Dr. Stephanie Meyer (soprano) currently serves as a voice instructor to Benedictine College and UMKC Conservatory’s Academy/Musical Bridges programs, 2011-present, with previous teaching at Avila University, 2016-2020.
Her past stage roles include: Noema (Mother Noah), Nimue (Camelot), Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Le feu and Le rossignol (L’enfant et les Sortilèges), Mrs. Fiorentino (Street Scene), La Fée (Cendrillon), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and the title role of Donizetti’s Rita. Lyric Opera Kansas City, Kansas City Baroque Consortium, Missouri Oratorio Society, and Taneycomo Festival Orchestral are among her prior concert engagements.
As a champion of interdisciplinary collaboration, she has produced two opéra-ballets entitled Moving Songs: Faith, Hope, and Love in 2009 and Moving Songs: Celebration of Diversity in 2016. Her research on Debussy and the cultural influences surrounding his early vocal works was initially presented on her 2014 lecture recital and reprised with Midwest Chamber Ensemble in 2021.
Meyer holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, a Master of Music from University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from South Dakota State University.