Voice Faculty

Heidi Clark

Applied Instructor of Voice

Heidi Clark is a skilled teacher who blends extensive knowledge of voice with wide-ranging performance experience, theater training, the Alexander Technique, and Body Mapping. Since 2001, she has helped numerous Gordon students develop a clear understanding of how to sing with a healthy, dependable technique, enabling them to sing with greater ease, beauty of tone, and expressiveness. Her Gordon students have graduated to become accomplished performers ... more ➔

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Ya Lin Huang

Assistant Teaching Professor of Music
Collaborative Pianist
Vocal Coach
Conductor of Men’s Choir

Ya Lin Huang, has performed as a soprano, chamber musician, art song recitalist, and collaborative pianist in Austria, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, China, Taiwan, and throughout the United States. As a passionate and caring collaborator, she is noted for her warm and colorful tones, expressive playing, and sensitivity to various forms of art. 

Having joined Gordon College in 2019, Ya Lin is currently an Assistant ... more ➔

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Jessica Modaff

Assistant Professor in Music
Collaborative Pianist
Vocal and Instrumental Coach

Jessica Modaff, Assistant Professor of Music, is a collaborative pianist, music theorist, music director, and vocal/instrumental coach. Dr. Modaff has held professional collaborative pianist and coaching positions for numerous choirs and individual performers throughout the United States, England, France, Russia, Slovenia and Austria. She has been a collaborative pianist at contests and events for ACDA, NATS, IMEA, IHSA, ... more ➔

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Katherine Whyte

Applied Instructor of Voice

Katherine Whyte has performed on opera and concert stages across her native Canada, the United States and Europe. Opera Today has hailed her for her “keen artistic sensibility” while the San Francisco Classical Voice has praised her “her glamorous, vibrato-rich voice”. Last season included her debut with the Dallas Opera as Pousette in Manon, a return to the Metropolitan Opera Company for their production of Rigoletto, ... more ➔

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