Megan Pfeiffer Miller

Style: Opera; Jazz; Folk; Gospel; Rock; Classical; Pop; Musical Theatre

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Bio:

Megan Pfeiffer Miller completed her undergraduate studies in Music and Linguistics at the College of William and Mary in Virginia before returning to Kansas for a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Wichita State University. During her undergraduate years, she was a participant in the six-week Canta in Italia program in Florence, Italy, studying voice, Italian song, opera history, Italian, and acting. She also he excelled in her coursework in vocal pedagogy, lyric diction, and music history. Ms. Miller studied voice with Dr. Vernon Yenne, Dr. Dorothy Crum, Dr. George Gibson, Susann Hagel, and Valerie Nicolosi.

After her master’s degree, Ms. Miller spent three years living in southwest Germany, where she taught voice, cello, and violin lessons. As a performer, she played supporting roles in musicals at the award-winning Kelley Theatre in Stuttgart, Germany. She also sang classical recitals and performed extensively in church settings.

In 2014 and 2015, Ms. Miller was accepted to sing as part of Opera Theatre of the Rockies’ Vocal Arts Festival. During the festival, she studied privately with Martile Rowland and performed in scene recitals. In 2014, she performed in scenes from Carlisle Floyd’s opera Susannah, André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire, and a complete production of Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s The King and I as a royal wife and dancer. And in 2015, Ms. Miller performed the title role in scenes from Offenbach’s La Perichole (the 1956 soprano version), as well as the sandman from Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. In 2017, she returned to sing the title role in scenes from Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, as well as Sister Catharine in scenes from Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. Ms. Miller rounded out the 2017 festival by exercising her musical theater chops singing the Oscar winning Rodgers and Hammerstein song “It Might as Well Be Spring,” as well as performing in the chorus for Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and more.

Ms. Miller excels in the light lyric Mozart opera roles and has a passion for lied and art song as well as oratorio repertoire. She is fluent in German and Spanish, speaks French at an advanced level, and has functional Italian. However, she doesn’t shy away from non-Classical repertoire, continuing to perform musical theatre roles, as well as folk music, gospel, and jazz when she has a chance.

Although she has a passion for the stage, Ms. Miller feels deeply at home in the teaching studio. She has focused on teaching since graduate school, where she completed a terminal research project in vocal pedagogy, working one-on-one with each of the members of the Wichita State University vocal faculty to glean as much knowledge as possible from her studies. Ms. Miller often finds that her studies of linguistics at William and Mary tie in perfectly with her work on the singing voice, both giving her scientific grounding for vocal function, as well as providing useful knowledge for the accurate teaching of phonetics and diction. She was honored in 2012 to be one of the twelve NATS Interns selected by the National Association of Teachers of Singing from an international pool of applicants. This program allowed her to spend ten days teaching, performing, and learning under the mentorship of master teachers from around the country in the company of some of the most-promising young voice teachers.

Ms. Miller is active in the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the American Choral Directors Association, and the Pikes Peak Music Teachers Association, the local chapter of Music Teachers National Association, for whom she served three years as webmaster. She further develops her skills by regularly attending master classes, workshops, and conferences. Some of her favorite past development experiences include attending the bilingual 7th International Congress of Voice Teachers in Paris in July of 2009; and auditing the Heidelberg Lied Akademie in 2011 and 2012, a program under the direction of international opera star Thomas Hampson.

Ms. Miller teaches voice and cello privately, and has held the position of Director of Music at Ascension Lutheran Church in Colorado Springs since 2015. She performs as a vocal soloist, and sings in the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble, as well as, the Colorado Springs Chorale. She also continues to play cello in chamber music. In fall of 2021, she began studies at University of Wisconsin Eau Claire toward a Speech Language Pathology certification.

When not rehearsing, performing, or teaching, Ms. Miller is often out exploring beautiful Colorado with her husband, Daniel, and sons, Karl and Martin.

Voice Type: Soprano

Music Styles Taught: Opera; Jazz; Folk; Gospel; Rock; Classical; Pop; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am available as a performer; I am currently accepting private students; I am available as a clinician or presenter

Contact Information

Studio

Colorado Springs, CO
USA 80907

TEL: (719) 685-6788

E-mail: megan@meganpfeiffermiller.com
Web: www.meganpfeiffermiller.com

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