Samantha Joy Pearlman is a New York–based multi-hyphenate: a performer, singer-songwriter, writer, and voice teacher whose career spans original musical theatre, new work development, and contemporary music. She originated the role of Deb in The Art Tour Off-Broadway at Theatre Row, appeared as Mary Jane Gumm in Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz at Paper Mill Playhouse, and wrote and starred in the solo musical Devotedly, Sincerely Yours. Her band, Joy and the Wildfire, has toured throughout the Northeast and opened the pre-show party for Heart at Bethel Woods. As a vocalist, her sound has been praised as “rich, textured, and utterly captivating—like if silk and fire had a baby,” and she is the proud founder of SJP Voice Studio.

In this episode of On The Voice, Samantha joins hosts Mackenzie Bykowski and Jenna Battipaglia, MS, CCC-SLP, to discuss her journey through multiple vocal hemorrhages, navigating pseudocysts, understanding vocal load, and recovering from parathyroid surgery. She speaks candidly about resilience, vocal identity, and learning to embrace the voice she has rather than the one she thought she was “supposed” to have. 

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