From a family of teachers, Kristin Halliday has a natural affinity for teaching. After years of training her own instrument with the Institute for Musical Arts, Ms. Halliday immersed herself in the study of vocal pedagogy from world renowned leader in vocal technique and vocal rehabilitation, Betti McDonald.

Ms. Halliday began teaching private voice in her hometown, Potomac, Maryland in 2004. As a result of the rapid success of her students, within one year, Ms. Halliday had a studio of over 20 singers and within two years, she had nearly 50 singers. In 2011, Ms. Halliday opened a second studio in New York, with a Bronxville location in 2012.

Since the opening of the school in 2003, singers have been honored with the Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts, Washington Post Performing Artist Scholarships, Cappies Awards including BEST VOCALIST, 1st Place in the NAACP Act-SO Competition, 1st place in Golden Voices of America Competitions, 1st place in NATS Competition, Foundation Scholarships, MCPS Singing and Theatre Awards, Superintendent Performing Artist Awards, University Scholarships and numerous other honors and awards.

Students who have trained with Ms. Halliday have been accepted to continue their performing arts education at such institutions as the Manhattan School of Music; the Stella Adler and Meisner Studios at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; Northwestern University; Indiana University; Carnegie Mellon; Yale; Penn State; Webster College; Elon, Muehlenberg, Miami, Syracuse, Emerson, USC, UMD, UM, and others.

A native of Potomac, Maryland, Ms. Halliday is an award winning lyric soprano and actress who performs in concert and recital throughout the United States and abroad. Noted for her "uncommon voice of great beauty," and "exceptionally moving interpretation of almost all kinds of music," Ms. Halliday has performed on concert stages around the world including the Altenburg Music Festival in Altenburg, Germany and was featured in recital in Iceland, alongside leading visual artist, Eirikur Smith. Ms. Halliday was a recipient of the Peggy and Yale Gordon Award in the Rosa Ponselle Competition, advanced in both the Marjorie Lawrence and the Freiderich Schorr Competitions and was a winner of the Gretchen Hood Vocal Competition. 

She currently splits her time between Maryland and New York.