Private Voice Teachers
Melanie Allsop
Ms. Melanie has worked in musical theater for over 15 years as a vocal performer, dancer and choreographer. Her experience in Classical, Jazz, Opera, and Music Theatre, insures she can help students find their special sound and confidence no matter the style.
Melanie was trained at a young age to connect personal sound to the audience. Her family was the community entertainment for public and private events and by the time she was a teen she ran a community dance studio while competing in theatre and musical vocal performance.
Accepted into a university scholarship program she was immersed in classical/jazz vocal refinement and a rigorous performance schedule while she completed her Bachelors degree.
Her unique opportunities living overseas led to supporting the music program at international schools and leading the children’s celebration of country productions that represented America.
Grace Schexnayder
Ms. Grace is a classically trained vocalist, with extensive experience in Music Theatre, Opera, Pop, Jazz, and Rock. She has performed at Disney World, Carnegie Hall, with the Houston Symphony Orchestra at the Astros, and all over the country. She comes with unique knowledge from world renowned conductors, composers, and broadway stars and directors. She placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the National Association of Teachers of Singing solo competitions, and recently placed 1st in the talent at the National American Miss Texas Pageant.
She has especially found a deep love for Musical Theatre having performing on stages all over Houston. Some roles including: Dorothy (The Wizard of Oz), Sandy (Grease), Johanna (Sweeney Todd), Janet Van De Graaff (The Drowsy Chaperone), Little Red Riding Hood (Into the Woods), Linda Mason (Holiday Inn), Margo (Bright Star), Erma (Anything Goes), and many more!
Grace is currently pursuing a degree in Vocal Performance at the University of Houston and has her Associate of Arts from Lone Star College. She has participated in elite competitive choirs throughout her school years, including, but not limited to: the intermediate district Honor Choir, the Peet Junior High TMEA and Region Choirs, the Conroe High School Chamber, Women’s, and elite a cappella competition choirs, the TMEA regional Women’s and Mixed choirs, the Texas All State Mixed Choir, and the Lone Star Montgomery Chamber Choir.
Lindsey Fuson
Ms. Lindsey is a dedicated and accomplished voice teacher. She has taught private voice since 2009, both in Houston and in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she continued teaching while pursuing her graduate studies. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Sam Houston State University (2013) and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance with an emphasis in Vocal Pedagogy from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2016).
Her students consistently achieve outstanding results, earning Superior ratings at UIL Solo & Ensemble contests, advancing to Region Choir, and earning places in the Texas All-State Mixed, Women’s, and Men’s Choirs. Her students have also auditioned successfully for collegiate music and musical theatre programs at universities throughout Texas and across the United States.
Ms. Lindsey specializes in performing opera, classical, and musical theater music. She began her love for performing during high school where she performed roles such as Philia (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Fruma Sarah (Fiddler on the Roof), and Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd) where she was nominated for Best Actress for the 2009 Tommy Tune Awards. She was also an avid choral singer in her high school program and a 2007 TMEA Texas All-State Mixed Choir Member. In college, she fell in love with opera and has performed many roles throughout her collegiate and professional career including Countess Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Terentia (The Beautiful Bridegroom), First Lady (Die Zauberflöte), The Mother (Amahl and The Night Visitors), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), and Magda Sorel (The Consul). Ms. Lindsey has also performed with opera companies and programs across the US and in Austria where she was awarded 2nd Place and the Audience Favorite Award in the 2017 AIMS Meistersinger Vocal Competition.
With extensive performance experience, professional training, and a strong record of student achievement, Ms. Lindsey is passionate about helping singers develop confident, healthy, and expressive voices while reaching their highest musical potential.
Kylee Haueter
Ms. Kylee has been a musical theater performer for over 15 years, falling in love with performing at a young age.
She was professionally vocally trained from the ages of 10 to 21, studying a range of styles from Music Theatre, Opera, Pop, and Classical, and has studied multiple languages including Italian, German, French, Spanish, and Latin.
In high school, she sang competitively in choral and solo competitions, and consistently received “Superior” rankings in the Minnesota State High School League solo competitions. She was honored to sing a solo at Carnegie Hall when her high school choir traveled to New York for a high school choral festival and spent two of her high school years singing in the MMEA All-State Choir. She also helped to start and was a founding member of a competitive a cappella group that advanced to the semi-finals of the ICHSA competition and still competes ten years later.
Some of Ms. Kylee’s favorite roles include Sylvia (Finding Neverland), Lucy (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown), Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Paulette (Legally Blonde), and Nancy (Oliver).