Megan Yates

Megan is the co-owner of Yates Vocal Studio and teaches professional singing lessons and performance/style coaching in Utah and internationally via Skype. With over 10 years of teaching experience, Megan has trained hundreds of voices to sing with functional freedom and vocal balance. She is a Mentor Level Certified Instructor with the Institute for Vocal Advancement - an international organization dedicated to the education and integrity of voice teachers around the globe. Megan has an extensive performance background in National Tours, US Premiers, and professional theaters across the nation. Her favorite roles include Kim in Show Boat, Lucie Manette in A Tale of Two Cities, Emma Carew in Jekyll and Hyde, Cosette in Les Miz and Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime. She feels especially grateful to be following her passion of teaching singers to utilize their complete instrument and then watching them dominate! And being able to do all of it alongside her incredible husband and business partner, Preston!

Preston Yates

Preston is the co-owner of Yates Vocal Studio and teaches professional singing lessons and performance coaching in Utah and internationally via Skype. He is a Certified Instructor with the Institute for Vocal Advancement- an international organization dedicated to the education and integrity of voice teachers around the globe. Preston graduated from BYU with his Bachelors Degree in Musical, Dance, Theatre and soon moved to New York City. He has an array of professional performing experience with roles including the Count in the US Premier of The Count of Monte Cristo, Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera, Javert in Les Mis, and the Beast in Beauty and the Beast. He was also featured in a Broadway Records Album alongside Ramin Karimloo. Because of his vast performance experience, Preston helps singers achieve not only their singing goals, but also helps them connect with and captivate their audiences. He is thrilled to be pursuing his passion in teaching voice and the best part is he gets to do it alongside his beautiful wife Megan!

Chelsea Cowan

Chelsea has a unique edge to help singers advance to their highest level. She is not only a certified Vocal Instructor through the Institute for Vocal Advancement, but also has years of musical background in intensive training, performance, and teaching. From strong foundational technique, stylization, audition tips and performance coaching, Chelsea  equips her clients with the tools to find their individual sound, making them successful artists in any genre of music. Chelsea’s background is in both solo and choral music, singing and teaching vocal methods that allows the voice to have freedom and flexibility to sing any style of music, while maintaining balance through the entire range. She has studied extensively with Master Teachers Linda Tomkinson, Jeffrey Skouson, Guy Babusek, Spencer Welch, Stephanie Borm-Kruger, and Greg Enriquez.  She is a current member of Salt Lake Vocal Artists and spent her undergraduate years in Musical Theatre and Vocal Performance at Utah State University and the University of Utah.

Stephen Nelson

Stephen Nelson is an award-winning composer, producer, and songwriter.  Aside from producing for GENTRI, he has also worked with artists such as Lexi Walker, David Archuleta, Madilyn Paige, and The Gardiner Sisters.  His music can be heard on radio, television, Emmy-winning films, and Billboard Chart-topping albums.  Additionally, he has written and produced for major corporations, charity organizations,  Disney, and Sony Masterworks. In 2017, Stephen had the opportunity to arrange the song for the Vice-President’s first dance at the Presidential Inaugural Ball. He has also toured across the United States with symphonies performing his original compositions.

From an early age, Stephen could hear music in his head scoring life’s day-to-day activities. Growing up, there was no keeping him from the piano as he spent hours composing original songs. At the age of fifteen, he was hired to write and arrange music for several local performing groups. Soon after, Stephen became a regular in recording studios where he could finally produce the music he heard in his head. Because every creative aspect of the music industry fascinated him, Stephen pursued it all: songwriting, producing, film scoring, and performing.

Stephen Nelson is renowned for his rare piano abilities. From the age of sixteen, his sight reading and improvisational skills have caught the attention of ballet, modern dance, and vocal studios. Additionally, various recording studios have sought him out for his rare gift to hear a song and play it back verbatim.

Stephen welcomes the challenge of producing albums of any genre. Some of his credits include pop/rock, country, inspirational, electronic dance, and—his recent favorite—Rock/Orchestral fusion. Because of his wide range of abilities, Stephen has established himself as a hands-on producer with the capacity to be involved in every step of the creative process. In every project he strives to push the musical envelope with innovative sounds and melodies. Stephen is making his mark on the music industry one song at a time.