Leading audiences and students to explore the depth of human experience through music, movement, and mindfulness.

Singer

I offer honest, transformative performances that invite audiences into a deeper understanding of themselves and their world.  Creative programming and multi-media recitals heighten the experience beyond traditional performances.

Voice Teacher

Building solid technique is just the beginning of our work together. We explore music you love along with performance skills that increase body awareness and overall resilience.

Performance Coach

I help musicians overcome performance anxiety and students of all types manage the challenges of everyday life with mindfulness skills and exercise routines. Reach your potential and enjoy life more fully!

What People Are Saying

“…perfect articulation of the soprano, who seems to sculpt each one of the syllables of text.”

Sakira Ventura

svmusicology.com

“Hearing Hurst-Wajszczuk and Gainey work as one on these songs just underlines the music’s power. This is a most moving selection of songs for voice and clarinet, beautifully recorded; music to touch both heart and spirit.”

Colin Clarke

Fanfare

“Hurst-Wajszczuk brings an informed approach to each programme she prepares leaving the audience not only aware that they are in the presence of a learned scholar but also a performer with a fresh modern sensibility.”

Austin Clark

Director / Founder, Bourbon Baroque

“The performances by soprano Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and clarinetist Denise Gainey are inward and focused… This is a fine addition to the repertory of music that takes up the subject of the Holocaust.”

James Manheim

allmusic.com

Each year, the UAB Department of Music spotlights ensembles and faculty in a gala “Prism” concert. This is from the 2022 Prism, when I performed a Kurt Weill song with esteemed and much-beloved colleague Yakov Kasman.

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