Jennifer Budd, is an award winning recording artist, and celebrated vocal coach across the GTA, dedicated to telling important stories through music and drama. Budd began teaching vocals and piano 10 years ago, and remains actively involved in the North American music scene. She is often praised for her equanimity and comfort level with her students, and for providing incredible vocal breakthroughs.

After 3 years of training privately with Barbara Young (Stratford Festival), Jennifer began training with Janet Obermeyer at Redeemer University. During this time, she also trained with Brett Manning (Singing Success Founder, Nashville, TN) and his associate, Charmaine Brown for 3 years. Budd graduated from The Contemporary Music Centre in Nashville, TN in 2013, a program focused on songwriting, performing, and the music industry. In 2014 she earned her B.A. in Music Performance from Redeemer University. Dedicated to her craft and continual learning, she continues to be mentored by Lorraine Lawson (LVS Studios, Toronto, ON), Tom Oliver (Voice Concepts, Hamilton, ON), and Amanda Kind (Amanda Kind Voice Studio, Waterloo, ON).

Professionally, as a performer Jennifer Budd has been working in music, musical theatre, film and television for the past 8 years as a singer, vocal adjudicator, songwriter and actor. Budd released her debut album “Lip Service” in 2015, recorded at Threshold Studios (Hamilton, ON). Budd won “Best New Artist” in 2016 at the Hamilton Music Awards and was nominated for “Gospel Song of the Year” at the 2016 Canadian Gospel Music Awards. Presently, she travels between Nashville and Toronto working on her upcoming sophomore Pop album. Budd’s notable co-writes have been with Jordan Saap, Phil Barlow, Randall Kent, and Elias Dummer.

Budd’s notable performances include Elle Woods in Theatre Ancaster’s Legally Blonde: The Musical, The Hamilton Music Awards broadcasted on CHCH, Supercrawl Hamilton (Main Stage), Maxwell’s (Waterloo, ON), Harmony Vocalist for The City Harmonic broadcasted on 100 Huntley Street, opened for Jully Black at Mills Hardware (Hamilton, ON), resident Artist at the Poetry Jazz Café (Toronto, ON), and Mary Kay Conference (Toronto, ON) with Director, Jeff Dimitrou.  Jennifer Budd is commonly featured both locally and nationally in the press, including CBC, Exclaim!, and The Hamilton Magazine.

In 2017, Budd established Singer Studio in Hamilton, ON, and has been mentoring singers, musicians, songwriters, and artists.

Jennifer Budd is a member of CARAS, SOCAN, NATS, and WIMM.