09/23/2026
We're excited to welcome Melissa Foster (Melissa Foster Voice Studios) to FSU for her upcoming masterclass, next Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 at 2:30 pm in DRH. Melissa Foster is a Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction in the Department of Theatre at Northwestern University, specifically teaching voice and topics in music theatre such as Pop/Rock History and Vocal Styles.
Foster has been a Resident Vocal Consultant for LYRIC UNLIMITED (a division of the Lyric Opera of Chicago), and teaches for the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University. Guest faculty for: Broadway Evolved, Artsbridge, Broadway Breakthru, IHSTA, ArtsLink and NATS. Masterclasses/Residencies: San Diego, San Francisco, NYC, Ithaca, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Madison, South Bend, Goshen, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, Birmingham, Palo Alto, Xi’an, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Foster also co-taught a live-streamed, masterclass with world renowned opera legend Renee Fleming. Vocal consultant for national tours, (Miss Saigon, Fiddler on the Roof, A Bronx Tale), and a pop/rock consultant (NPR Tiny Desk series, and for a project with multi-Grammy winning band Coldplay). Author: “Don’t Sweat the Technique; A Performers Guide to Hip-Hop and Rap” (Bloomsbury, 2023.)
