Pearl Rutherford

Pearl is an experienced and highly qualified music instructor and performer. Her students come from a variety of ages, singing backgrounds, and music genres, from beginner to college level to professional. She is equally comfortable teaching classical, musical theatre, contemporary Christian and contemporary commercial music styles. 

About Pearl Rutherford

Pearl Rutherford has been playing piano from the age of 8, and has been singing for as long as she can remember—from junior high school and high school choirs, to leading both traditional and contemporary worship in church, to community choirs, to classical soloist in opera and oratorio. Her teaching and performing experience spans time spent in Hawaii, Wyoming, Idaho and, currently, Colorado.  

“Pearl is an excellent teacher! I have had other teachers and I can say with full confidence that she is the best I’ve ever taken lessons from.”

—A.P. (current student)

She is a member of the highly acclaimed vocal group, Kantorei in Denver, is a regular soprano soloist with Denver’s Metropolitan Choral Festival, and has performed as soloist with Denver’s Stratus Chamber Orchestra, with whom she sang Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 during their 2017 tour in the Czech Republic.

Pearl Rutherford is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), has earned a degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Hawaii, and continues to expand her knowledge of vocal pedagogy by attending NATS conferences and workshops (including the 2019 Cascade CCM Symposium in Oregon, presented by Matt Edwards), continued personal study of voice teaching, as well as continued private vocal study herself.