Who is Lizzy?
Lizzy Clarke – dually based in Toronto & Haliburton ON – wears many musical hats. She's a performer, singer, songwriter, vocal coach, piano teacher, music mentor, and producer, but really, she just loves making music and helping others do the same.
A graduate of Humber College’s Contemporary Music program, Lizzy has spent the past decade-plus diving headfirst into all kinds of musical adventures. She’s released music under her own name, as well as under the pseudonym ELSY, and has fronted multiple beloved projects including The Intentions, a soul band that’s all groove and heart, and The Spandettes, a funk-disco vocal trio that somehow found its most devoted fans all the way in Japan (true story).
Teaching has always been part of the journey—Lizzy’s been mentoring musicians as long as she’s been performing. In 2018, she launched her own vocal coaching business, which went fully remote during the lockdown of 2020 and has thrived ever since. Her teaching style is holistic, warm, and deeply rooted in function. She’s all about helping singers understand how their voices work, while weaving in strong musicianship through theory, harmony, and rhythmic training.
In 2023, Lizzy relocated from Toronto to the picturesque hills of Haliburton with her husband and their three (very vocal) cats. There, she’s built a cozy home studio where she continues to teach, write, and produce music—both her own and for local artists.
Whether she’s on stage belting vintage soul, in a Zoom lesson decoding vocal mechanics, or at the piano helping someone find their first chord, Lizzy brings a rare combo of skill, heart, and sparkle to everything she does. She believes music should feel good, sound great, and maybe even change your life a little—and she’s here to help make that happen.
Lizzy also offers backup singing and harmony arrangements for studio projects worldwide and is available for live performance showcases. most recently working with UN Jefferson and Demin Blu.
Lizzy understands the needs of modern singers because she is one. She uses her experience and functional knowledge of the voice to build up other singers AND to bring passionate energy to each and every performance she’s a part of.