Joshua South - Boulder Voice Lessons Owner and Lead Teacher

Joshua South, vocalist and singing teacher, has performed with 50 Cent, Paul McCartney, Kelli O’Hara, Kelsey Grammar, Brian Dennehy, and many other world class singers and conductors at many world class venues like Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. He has been a member of several world class vocal ensembles, including The Clarion Choir (2017 GRAMMY nomination for Best Choral Performance), St Thomas Men and Boys Choir, New York City Opera Chorus, New York Choral Artists, the Bard Opera Chorus, and has sung on numerous SAG/AFTRA major motion picture soundtracks. 

Career highlights include a Carnegie Hall debut in the New York Philharmonic’s West Side Story Suites, an Avery Fisher Hall debut with the American Symphony Orchestra. Joshua also appeared at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the critically-acclaimed staging of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, directed by Sir Jonathan Miller.

He has performed in Brazil, Italy, Austria, and gave a 2-week recital and masterclass tour in China, with performances in Shanghai and Xiamen.

Joshua holds a Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from Birmingham-Southern College.

Lessons from Josh will focus primarily on Voice Building, Repertoire, and Music Theory. Beginning to Intermediate Piano is offered, as well as Music Production, Songwriting, Guitar and Uke.

Ron Ben-Joseph - MasterClass Instructor

Public Speaking, Content and Storytelling Coach

Ron has built an amazing coaching practice working with high-achieving entrepreneurs that have reached huge goals in their businesses and now want to speak on larger stages and virtual platforms. Many of his clients have seen huge increases in confidence, mastery of their authentic voice, and especially client conversions based on their work with Ron.

In addition to coaching, Ron has also taught and/or presented storytelling-based courses for various organizations ranging from 1871 Chicago to Chambers of Commerce throughout the Chicagoland area as well as Canopy in Boulder. He has also lectured at Northwestern University, Depaul University, College of Dupage, Devry, Chicago City Colleges, St. Xavier, Benedictine University and most recently, Community College of Denver.

For close to two decades, Ron Ben-Joseph has used the principles of effective communication to successfully engage, educate, and inspire clients to discover and articulate their true greatness. As a presentation skills coach since 2000, he has worked with actors, musicians, teachers, doctors, salespeople, and professionals in many fields to present themselves honestly and confidently (both live and on-camera).

When not coaching, or running after his high-energy superhero daughter, Ron can be found performing his comedy show on stages around Denver and Chicago or directing theatre productions ranging from Opera to musicals to one-person shows.

Ron has a B.A. in Theatre and Psychology from National Louis University, and an M.A. in Communication, Media, and Theatre from Northeastern Il University.

Elena Ricardo - Masterclass Instructor

Elena Ricardo is an Actor, Singer, Dancer, currently working out of New York City. Being born to Broadway veterans, Elena resisted the business as she pursued her Olympic gold dreams as a competitive gymnast.

Retiring from the sport at the ripe old age of 15, Elena traded in her leotards and chalk for costumes and makeup. She left college to start her professional acting career in the world premiere of Bring it On: the Musical! and jumped from the Mamma Mia tour to Broadway.

After making her debut in the ensemble, Elena moved on to the role of Sophie Sheridan and had the honor of closing out the hit show’s 14 years on Broadway in 2015.