Michelle McIntire is dedicated to the musical success of her students. A stroke survivor, Michelle had to re-learn how to walk, play piano, and sing. She approaches music from the standpoint of a professional music educator, with emphasis on student achievement and mastery. She has been teaching privately since 1989, and holds professional teaching certificates in K-12 music education in both Florida and Missouri. She is a conductor, a director, a singer, a pianist and (most of all!) a teacher. This Florida native has performed widely throughout her native state and upstate New York in concert and stage venues, and is actively pursuing a career in music. As well as singing traditional classical recitals and performances, she has also been very active in musical theater. You can follow her recovery story on Instagram!
Choral Conducting
She is a past Artistic Director of UMKC's Canta Filia and the Kansas City Children's Choir at the Academy at UMKC, and also GALA Choruses Youth Member choir PerformOutKC!. Michelle has also served as the Director of Music at St. Teresa's Academy in Kansas City, MO, Director of Choirs at Ward Parkway Presbyterian Church in KCMO, and the Artistic Director of Crescendo: The Tampa Bay Women’s Chorus, located in Tampa, Florida.
Education
Michelle holds a Master of Music in Voice Performance from Ithaca College, a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Missouri - Kansas City, and a Bachelor of Music in Voice from Florida Southern College. In addition to being an VicePresident of her local chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, her current memberships include: Music Educators National Conference, Missouri Music Educators Association, and the American Choir Directors Association.
Private Studio
Michelle has been teaching voice and piano since 1989. In that time, she has worked with college and high school aged students, beginning adults, young children and retirees, gifted and special needs students, raw beginners and experienced professionals. Michelle feels that her love of people helps her to connect with her students on a very special level, which allows both to grow, no matter what the starting point! For school aged students, she strongly encourages parental involvement. Michelle has a strong track record of past student success.
Classroom Teaching
Michelle began teaching in the public schools in 1996. She has taught mainly vocal music on the secondary level, but has also taught K-12 general music and beginning band and orchestra. In addition, Michelle spent an informative year teaching 3rd grade, as well as a rewarding two-year period working with the at-risk population in central Florida. Her Kansas City school teaching experience includes a year a the French immersion school Academie Lafayette teaching K-1st general music and three years spent at St. Teresa's Academy, where she led three choirs, the orchestra and the praise band as well as a piano studio.
Church Music
Michelle has been a professional and volunteer church musician since she was first allowed to sing in the choir! She has been professionally involved in church music since her first job as a choir director in 1993. Since then, Michelle has worked mainly in the Methodist and Presbyterian churches -- although not constrained by denomination! She has also conducted, subbed, and soloed for the AME Zion, Unitarian, Lutheran, Baptist, Catholic, Episcopalian, and Presbyterian churches. She was the Director of Vocal Music at Ward Parkway Presbyterian Church until 2012.
Musical Theatre
Since the twins were old enough to make it through rehearsals, Michelle has been involved with musical theatre productions as music director and/or keyboard player in the community and high school arenas.
Michelle has worked with several companies in the area, including The Barn Players, OCTA, RCCP, Shawnee Mission TTIP, City Theatre Independence, Summit Theatre Group.Michelle also served as MD for the St. Theresa'a Academy productions.
Partial list of shows, in no particular order:
- Zombie Prom, MD STA
- Honk!, MD STA
- Curtains, MD STA
- The Fantasticks, Asst MD Olatha Community Theatre Assn.
- Spring Awakening, keyboard The Barn Players
- Spring Awakening, Marta and Asst MD Mid-life Players
- Lucky Stiff, MD The Barn Players
- Anything Goes, Reno Bell Road Barn Players
- Spamalot!, MD River City Community Theater
- Spamalot!, keyboard, Shawnee Mission TTIP
- 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, MD Summit Theatre Group
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Conductor, City Theatre Independence
- Forever Plaid, MD & keyboard, Shawnee Mission TTIP
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, MD,Shawnee Mission TTIP
- The Addam’s Family, MD River City Community Theater
- Grey Gardens, MD The Barn Players
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame, keyboard The Barn Players
- Chicago , keyboard The Barn Players
- Big! Jr, keyboard The Barn Players
- The Bridges of Madison County, MD The Barn Players
- Mama Mia!, MD The Barn Players
- Mama Mia!, keyboard SMSHS
- If/Then (Sadly cancelled just before opening due to Covid), MD The Barn Players
- Company, MD The Barn Players
Photo Credit: Insight Photography 2012
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