“ In demand as one of the finest vocal coaches of belt,
legit and classical vocal technique!”
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Maryann Kyle has dedicated her professional life to guiding singers and teachers in their pursuit not only of exceptional singing but also captivating performance. In addition to her active studio of performers she also actively mentors over thirty teachers of voice and theatre in various universities across the United States, and her students can be found on the stages of the finest opera and musical theatre companies, conservatories, and training programs across the globe.
Kyle remains an active performer of multiple genres of music and has shared the concert stage with some of the world’s greatest artists including Denyce Graves, William Warfield, Timothy Noble, and Marietta Simpson. She has appeared as a soloist on the pop music stage with famed artists Patti Labelle, Patti Austin, Dionne Warwick, Ann Nesby, and Vesta Williams. Kyle’s one-woman show, Sondheim in the City, premiered in NYC at the Laurie Beechman Theatre/West Bank Café in 2011 followed by her concert entitled Apparitions, Reminiscence and Stages: My Life with Stephen Sondheim, all presented by Opera Mississippi and the Duling Hall Series. Kyle’s recent multi-media concert, La Divina, 100th Anniversary Celebration of the birth of Maria Callas was presented to great acclaim by Opera Mississippi and Natchez Festival of Music.
Specializing in the teaching belt, power belt, and high belt technique, Kyle has had tremendous success in training singers and teachers in the best and healthiest use of their voice, and in integrating the function of singing with their character and physical acting process. In addition, she has developed a curriculum in musical theatre and commercial music pedagogy and literature which she presents as a part of the Alabama School of the Arts Artistic Development Series and the International Performing Arts Institute Teaching Fellowship. This acoustically sound training for athletic vocal technique and style is easily connected to classical vocal training while maintaining an authentic musical theatre and commercial music sound.
“Specializing in belt and legit style Broadway technique, Kyle has had a tremendous success in training singers in the best and healthiest use of their voice, and in integrating the function of singing with their character and physical acting process.”
Kyle’s students have performed leading roles with major opera houses in the U.S. and Europe including the Metropolitan Opera, Sante Fe Opera, Dresden Semper Oper, and the Deutsches Oper Berlin, among others. Her students are featured in leading and supporting roles on Broadway and throughout the US, including many National Tours, as well as countless former students teaching in universities and high schools in the US.
Kyle is the director of the Capital University Opera and Musical Theatre Program and a visiting artist teacher with CU. She teaches workshops throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia on Musical Theatre and Commercial Music Singing, as well as mentoring university and private studio teachers throughout the U.S. Kyle will be teaching a weeklong workshop with the professional singer-actors at Sight and Sound Theatre in Branson in November 2023. Her podcast MKSpeaks, deals with relevant topics in singing, teaching, and health and can be found on Apple Podcasts and YouTube. In her free time, Kyle enjoys riding her Yamaha V-Star 950 motorcycle, working out, Spartan Obstacle Course racing, gardening, spending time with friends, mothering her five Shih tzu pups, and giving snuggles to her two grandgirls.
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“I have had the pleasure of taking part in Dr. Kyle’s Command Performance workshop and classical singing master classes. Having taught for over twenty years and attended dozens of these types of events, I can honestly say that I have never been in a more effective class . The depth of information and dynamic approach to teaching kept all those in attendance riveted for over six hours and eager for more. She has an approach to teaching that is clearly scientifically and pedagogically sound. Yet, she is able to describe this approach to both classical singing and musical theatre techniques in a creative way that students and teachers at all levels can comprehend and immediately apply to their performances. She is one of a handful of music educators in voice I consider a master teacher. The list of her successful students performing around the world and in faculty positions across the country is most impressive. I have sent a dozen of my students to study with her and pursue advanced degrees in voice. Their experience under her direction has been extraordinary.”
“There are many knowledgeable teachers of singing, but it is rare to find one who teaches from the heart like Maryann Kyle. Her ability to connect with students through teaching helps them to unlock their potential as an artist like no other.”
“Maryann Kyle teaches not just with energy and imagination, both of which she has in abundance, but with a commitment to the complete singer actor – voice, body, breath, character, color, shape, style. She ties it all together, giving the student the language and confidence to be a better singer technically and inhabit a fully realized character simultaneously.”
“In musical theatre, the industry looks for a triple threat performer. In Dr. Maryann Kyle, one finds a triple threat Artist: teacher/singer/mentor. Dr. Kyle encompasses the skills to teach and produce performers of the highest calibre, present repertoire in genres spanning Bach to Broadway and provide a learning environment for many to call “home”.”
SChEDULe A WORKSHOP WITH MARYANN
