Welcome to Mountain View Music Academy
Mrs. Marcia Kuhlman, Artistic & Musical Director
Applied Musical Instruction for Voice, Piano, & Bassoon
Rich & Famous --- How the history of this studio has become the future!
Aaron Timothy Jenkins, Tenor
BM Colorado University, Boulder 2016
MM, MANNES & The New School, Manhattan, NYC
WMS Studio Student from 2010-2012
From the small town of Grand Junction, Colorado, Aaron T. Jenkins has always believed in being a performer. Jenkins holds a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Colorado Boulder and will be completing his Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Mannes School for Music at The New School in New York City (completion Summer 2018). Jenkins performed at the University of Colorado with The Eklund Opera Program, including roles such as Bardolfo in Falstaff, Liberto in L’incoronazione di Poppea, and Bruce in Side by Side by Sondheim. Aaron was the recipient of the Anderson’s Voice Competition three years from 2013 - 2015 at CU Boulder. Most recently, he performed with New Amsterdam Opera in the Messiah. As a student of William Burden, Jenkins played Uncle Billy in CUNOW’s Workshop of Jake Heggie’s It’s a Wonderful Life which recently premiered at Houston Grand Opera and San Francisco Opera.
Visit His AMAZING Website Here: https://www.aarontjenkins.com/
Michelle Meredith, Singer & Actress
BA Michigan State University, 2009
MVMA Studio Student from 2002-2005
Michelle Meredith is a versatile actress, singer and Adele-Impersonator based out of Los Angeles. While earning her BFA in Acting from Michigan State University, Michelle starred in over 30 plays and musicals, playing such notable roles as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show, Essie in You Can't Take It With You, and Mrs. Pearce in Pygmalion. Michelle was also a part of the phenomenal cast of Expecting Isabel for which they won an ACTF award for best ensemble. She wrote and directed two student produced shows at the university as well as directed Stephen Karam’s remarkable play Speech & Debate in the Arena Theatre. During Michelle’s final year at Michigan State she won a Best Supporting Actress Pulsar award for her work in Kimberly Akimbo and filmed an episode of HBO’s Hung with Anne Heche. She has been lucky enough to perform for three years in East Lansing’s Summer Circle Theatre, a local outdoor repertory, and to work with the students of the Young People's Theatre in Ann Arbor.
After graduating she starred as Adele in the unofficial music video for the song "Set Fire to the Rain", which racked up over 8 million views on youtube thanks in large part to Michelle's striking resemblance to the star. The viral video jumpstarted her work as a professional impersonator and she has traveled the world doing live performances, photoshoots, and meet and greets. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2013 Michelle has also booked roles on ABC Family's Young & Hungry as well as ABC's upcoming fall comedy Black-ish.
As for advice... I guess I would just say don't let fear get in the way. I missed out on some opportunities early on because I was afraid of embarrassing myself, and looking back I wish I had taken more risks!
Nathaniel Huhta, Bassoonist
Senior at Florida State University, Miami
MVMA Studio Student from 2006-2009
Nathaniel Huhta is currently a junior seeking his Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance from the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida under the direction of Jeff Keesecker. During his time at Florida State University Nathaniel has been a member of the University Symphony Orchestra, University Phillharmonia Orchestra, and Symphonic Band. An avid chamber musician Nathaniel has been a member of the Optimal Destruction woodwind quintet, the Detroit Civic Woodwind Quintet and Chamber Ensemble, and has played chamber works by composers such as Ligeti, Maslanka, Schubert, and Strauss.
Nathaniel has participated many music festivals, including the National Music Festival, Miami Summer Music Festival, Blue Lake International Symphony Orchestra, Interlochen Advanced Bassoon Institute, Interlochen Orchestral Institute, and the Michigan Youth Arts Festival Orchestra, an has performed under the batons of Octavio Más-Acros, and Leonard Slatkin. He has also performed with in masterclasses for Max Wharton, John Miller and Benjamin Kamins. Other major bassoon teachers include Marcia Wieland, Scott Armstrong, and Jeff Lyman.
Advice to future performers: "I would say to stay weird because we are a weird bunch, but being yourself will make you happy at the end of the day."
Cheyanne's Performance at the Kennedy Center -- Begin at 15 minutes
Cheyanne Coss, Soprano
New England Conservatory, Graduate Student
MVMA Studio Student from 2006-2008
Cheyanne Coss is a first year Master's student at NEC studying with Patricia Misslin. Miss Coss has performed such roles as Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte and Lauretta in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi; she also portrayed Gerhilde in NEC's concert performance of Act III of Richard Wagner's Die Valküre alongside Jane Eaglen and Greer Grimsley, under the baton of Robert Spano. Miss Coss has been a past young artist at Chautauqua Opera (http://chautauquaopera.squarespace.com/artsongs-recitals2014/), and has been the winner of several competitions, including the David Daniels Young Artist Competition and the Bel Canto Institute Orchestral Competition. In the summer 2013 she did a summer study abroad in Florence, Italy and performed with the Vermont Philharmonic as a featured soloist (http://www.vermontphilharmonic.org/bios/Soloists1310.html) Miss Coss hails from Eaton Rapids, Michigan, and is a recent graduate of Oakland University.
Bianca Keitel, Soprano & Actress
Graduate of Oakland University, Michigan
MVMA Studio Student from 2006-2009
Bianca was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois but moved to Michigan when she was three
years old. Growing up listening to Celine Dion and Shania Twain, Bianca had a love for music
before she could walk. Though she's been singing all her early years, she started private lessons
with Marcia Wieland at the age of eleven. It was through Marcia that she learned how to sing
classical and opera music. Although Bianca's voice was very powerful in opera, she wanted to continue studying other genres of music. Around the time she was fifteen, Bianca attended Broadway Artist Alliance Camp, held in the summer to study and meet with many of New York City's best choreographers, vocal coaches, acting coaches and casting directors. Through this experience, she met and signed with two agencies in New York City, Carson Adler and FFT. This kept Bianca very busy throughout her high school years, being in classes one day then having to pack up and go to an audition in New York City the next. Graduating Clarkston High School in 2010, Bianca knew she'd always end up pursuing a career in music, so she decided to enroll at Oakland University and was accepted into the Musical Theater program where she has recently completed her Bachelors Degree. In the past two years, Bianca has began working toward her own genre of music, incorporating the many genres she's studied over the years, and now she's released her first single, Hole In My Heart. Bianca Keitel was last seen in David Rich's production of "Margarine Wars" starring as the hippie Starshine, but in addition to her stage and film credits, she's also an accomplished vocalist and violinist. Her styles include Opera, Classical, Musical Theater, Pop/Rock, Celtic, and Country. She's performed and worked with a number of stars nationwide, such as Dorian Holley, Michael Orland, Debra Byrd, Seth Riggs and many more. Bianca is now a graduate of the Musical Theater Program at Oakland University, and she hopes to continue her studies and work both in film and music.
She has an incredible business
in Michigan
called Princesses By Bianca.
Visit it here! www.princessesbybianca.com
Diane McNulty, Actress
Graduate of Columbia University, Chicago
MVMA Studio Student from 2007-2009
Diane McNulty, originally from Lake Orion, MI, currently resides in Chicago, IL. Here, she attended Columbia College Chicago where she graduated with a BFA in Theatre Acting. While she has worked on student films and theater productions through CCC, Diane's other credits include work with Silent Theatre, Redmoon Theater, Coriolis Theater, Fine Print Theater and Double Edge Theater. While working with DET, she traveled to Washington, D.C. to perform in their world premiere of The Grand Parade of the 20th Century. She is an ensemble actor with the Spectacle Collective.
When she is not performing she enjoys riding her super cool new bike, paper folding and reading a plethora of half read novels on her bookshelf. You can mostly find her listening to either Fleet Foxes or James Taylor if you run into her on the train.
Advice to future performers: "My mantra coming out of college has been, 'Don't be your own casting director.' Push your own boundaries cause you're the only one who knows them." Read more about her here: http://www.dianemcnulty.info/bio
