Guide
Claude Stein
Guide, Ethos Advocacy Institute
Claude Stein is an internationally recognized, multi-platinum award-winning voice and performance coach who has spent decades helping people communicate with greater authenticity, power, confidence, and presence. His clients have included Grammy-winning recording artists, corporate executives, political leaders, advocates, and lawyers, and he has taught thousands of people throughout the United States and internationally.
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Training in Music, Voice, and Performance
Claude studied music composition at Bard College, vocal physiology at the Voice Foundation, and directing at the New York Actors Institute. His work combines vocal technique with experiential performance methods designed to help people move beyond self-consciousness and habitual ways of communicating to discover a voice that is genuinely their own. He has taught at institutions including the Juilliard School, Omega Institute, Kripalu, Esalen Institute, and NYU, and his leadership programs have been presented to organizations including NASA, the U.S. House of Representatives, General Electric, JPMorgan, Johnson & Johnson, and other major organizations.
Voice and Trial Advocacy
Beyond Sounding Confident
Claude has also worked extensively with trial lawyers, helping advocates develop courtroom presence, emotional range, vocal freedom, and the ability to communicate persuasively without becoming performative.
His approach asks lawyers to do something more difficult than simply sound confident: to find the authentic voice capable of carrying what they genuinely mean.
At Ethos, Claude uses voice, music, performance, and experiential work to help lawyers discover what happens when technique falls away and they allow themselves to be fully heard.
His work reflects a principle central to Ethos: the most powerful voice in the courtroom is not necessarily the most polished one. It is the one the jury can believe belongs to the person speaking.