MEGAN
MEGAN POFF
CLASSICAL VOICE INSTRUCTOR & PERFORMER
Megan Poff, a coloratura soprano, is most noted for her performance and research of Baroque and 20th Century Music. She is currently serving in the Music Department at York College of Pennsylvania and at Sight & Sound Conservatory. Her previous collegiate experience was teaching voice and music literature at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Megan holds a Masters of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from Lee University and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Mars Hill College with a minor in English. She is currently completing her Graduate Certification in Writing at Millersville University with an emphasis in music criticism and literature. With regard to vocal training, she has studied with notable teachers in the industry such as Chery Brendel, Stella Zambalis, Julie Fortney, and Julianne Baird.
As a performer, she has worked professionally as a Young Artist intern with the Asheville Lyric Opera singing in recitals and fulfilling various ensemble roles in shows such as Die Zauberflöte, Madame Butterfly, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Carmen. She is also an alumna from the esteemed Brevard Music Center Janiac Opera Company, Schumann Liederfest in Zwickau, International Baroque Institute at Longy, and University of Michigan's inaugural program Singing Down the Barriers. She is currently the main soprano for the historical ensemble group The Jane Austen Playlist.
Megan has taught many area professionals who have performed in local theater venues such as: Sight and Sound Theatres, Fulton Theatre, Dutch Apple Theatre, AMT, PRiMA, Hershey Area Playhouse and numerous National Broadway Tours. Her students have also found success in acceptance to competitive graduate music programs, National Television spots and most notably, Broadway. She is a member of NATS and is currently involved with helping facilitate the next round of auditions locally at the Allegheny Mountain Chapter.
Megan is passionate about teaching all genres of music and has made it a mainstay with instruction to teaching voice. Historical reference, detail to communication with text, pedagogical technique are all foundational elements she provides to her students.
Recent Performances
In fall of 2017, Megan had the distinguished honor of singing The National Anthem
at the Pentagon for the commanding officers of the Air Force for a ceremony of promotion. Her most recent performance was in Broadway Theatre’s Rocktopia!
as a soprano swing for NYCC’s choir (Spring 2018).
Performance Schedule
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Notable Stage Credits
Some of Megan's more notable stage credits include: Marie, Daughter of the Regiment;
Mrs. Hayes, Susannah;
Gertrude Stein, The Mother of Us All;
Lola, Gallantry;
Nellie, South Pacific;
and Maria, West Side Story.
Megan’s guest artist performances at UAH were the roles of Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
and Ana Gomez in Menotti’s The Consul.
She was also a professional artist at the Schumann Liederfest in Zwickau, Germany. This allowed her to perform German lieder specific to Robert Schumann and sacred works in such venues as Das Robert-Schumann-Haus ist ein Museum in Zwickau and Leipzig respectively.
Choral Works
Megan's choral works have included soprano solos with Schubert’s Mass in G,
Mozart’s Requiem,
Rutter’s Mass of the Children.
She has performed the roles of Mary Magdelene in Jesus Christ Superstar!
and also as Cosette from Les Misérables
in Mass form at St. James Episcopal. She also performed in the Cabaret series Portrait of a Lady
singing the songs of Diana Ross.
Performance Resume
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