Tessa Marie Hoffman is a queer performer, vocalist, musician, actor, and educator local to Chicago, Illinois. With a master's degree in vocal performance and pedagogy, Tessa has spent the last 12+ years working as an educator for several reputable schools and theatre companies’ (F. W. Parker, Porchlight, Chicago High School of Performing Arts, etc.), while also maintaining her private voice studio, VOCAL VOLITION, for industry professionals.
As a student of voice, music, and theatre for over twenty years, Tessa Marie Hoffman has a wide range of technical skill about practice and performance techniques, with a focus on helping others find their authentic sound and personal attachment to artistry through science-based vocal technique, theatre training, body mapping, movement instruction, artistic collaboration, acting through song, group workshops, and performance practice. She believes engaging the human instrument as a whole (mind, body, voice, and soul) promotes critically thinking individuals who strive for personal advancement and growth rather than the illusion of perfection.
Outside of teaching and performing, Tessa spends her free time playing Dungeons and Dragons and video games, supporting theatre in Chicago, singing karaoke, and spending time with her family.
VOCAL VOLITION is now accepting private students, both in-person and online.
See contact page for more details.
“To sing is to bring to the surface all the depth of one’s being.” -Marty Rubin