A Basic Singing Guide For All Voices
Kathryn Staley-Hanmm was raised in the Fond du Lac area. She began her music career early,
at age seven with violin lessons. Raised in a musical family, she
started voice and piano lessons at age 14 with Madame Ada Lombardi, a vocal teacher from Italy.
Madame Lombardi’s vast knowledge taught her:
discipline
understanding of opera
respect for vocal technique
This formed the basis for her current teaching method and vocal guide book, “Pure Voice”.
After attending Marion College in Fond du Lac, Kathryn moved to Chicago and began a professional singing career. She attended the Chicago Conservatory, furthering her studies in voice; French, German, and Italian diction; piano; and music theory.