Katie Hall is originally from Alabama where she obtained a Bachelors of Music with a major in vocal performance from Birmingham Southern College. She has a Master of Music in vocal performance from Southern Methodist University where she was awarded a Meadows Artistic Scholarship.

She has particitated in numerous operas and concerts: Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte, Britten’s Turn of the Screw, Bach B Minor Mass, Concert of Arias. She is a member of the music honorary society, Pi Kappa Lambda. Ms. Hall was winner of the Whittington Concerto/Aria Competition in 2004 and also 2005.

Katie Hall has taught at Highland Part Middle School, Highland Park High School, and Lake Highlands High School as a private voice teacher. She began teaching at the Gray School of Music as a voice instructor in 2007. Ms. Hall is an enthusiastic, warm teacher whose instruction is enjoyed by all ages.

Ms. Hall also enjoys cooking and photography in her leisure time.

Ilana Delaney Lemke holds a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance from Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts where she studied with Virginia DuPuy. She earned a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania where she studied with Louisa Jonason.

Ms. Lemke has performed many lead roles in operas including Cherubino in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Tessa in THE GONDOLIERS, Dorabella in COSI FAN TUTTE, and Page in SLEEPING BEAUTY. She has also performed as a soloist in many oratorios, including the Durufle REQUIEM, Mozart Solemn Vespers, and Caldara STABAT MATER, among others.

Ms. Lemke has been teaching private voice lessons for 7 years and enjoys working with students of all ages and abilities, but has a special fondness for working with the youngest singers. She has enjoyed performing some musical theater roles and has recently joined Helios chamber group. Ms. Lemke enjoys working with children, classical singing, literature, health and fitness, and following style and fashion trends.

Tiffany Roberts graduated from the nationally recognized Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts in Dallas. She received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Voice from The University of Tulsa, and an Artist Certificate & Master of Music Degree in Voice from Southern Methodist University. Ms. Roberts has just completed her third year as the administrative assistant and first year as one of the voice teachers for the Gray School of Music. She has been a private voice teacher for the Amarillo Opera Summer Opera Camp and held an assistantship during her studies at Southern Methodist University.

As a performer, Ms. Roberts is equally at home performing Opera, Orchestral Concerts or Recitals. She has appeared with numerous groups including Saltnote Stageworks, International Lyric Academy of Rome, New York Opera Studio, Houston Ebony Opera, Amarillo Opera, Portland Opera Works, Turtle Creek Chorale, Ft. Worth Symphony, Meadows Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of New Spain, and Orpheus Chamber Singers.

For her artistry as a performer in Ricky Ian Gordon’s Only Heaven, Lawson Taitte of the Dallas Morning News, raised Ms. Roberts for “having a soprano voice that stands out for its warmth and purity of tone.”

In her spare time Ms. Roberts hones her craft and enjoys exploring culture and the arts.

Margarita Roco graduated from Southern Methodist University with a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance. She also obtained a Bachelor of Music, Magna cum laude, from University of the Philippines. She taught voice for three years in the Philippines before coming to the United States, and has since taught at Highland Park High School and Arlington High School as well as Gray School of Music. She is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honors Society.

Ms. Roco has played leads in numerous operas including Susanna in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and Casilda in THE GONDOLIERS, Dorabella in COSI FAN TUTTE, as well as many other opera productions. She has participated as a soloist in productions of the MESSIAH, STABAT MATER, CHRISTMAS CANTATA, and others. She recently won second place in the graduate women’s division of NATS auditions in Dallas.

Ms. Roco is a scholarship singer in the Lovers Lane United Methodist Sanctuary Choir. Ms. Roco is a vocal teacher Park High at Highland School. She was an opera assistant while at S.M.U.