Current LCYAP Director - Dr. Alexandra Schoeny
Dr. Alexandra Schoeny serves as the director of LCYAP. In repertoire spanning Monteverdi to Gregory Spears, Cincinnati native Alexandra Schoeny is known for her versatility and engaging stage presence. With a voice hailed as "hauntingly beautiful" by Opera News, she is equally praised for her convincing character portrayals as she "embodies melodrama with flair," (Broadway World).
Alexandra has performed with ensembles including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Het Residentie-Orkest (The Hague), het Nederlands Jeugd-Orkest, the Omaha Symphony, the Reno Philharmonic, the Eugene Symphony, and in venues including Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Das Konzerthaus (Berlin), the Palace of Versailles, the Kimmel Center, and the Mann Center.
Upcoming appearances include a collaborative presentation of Rebecca Dale’s Materna Requiem with Breath Collective, the Vocal Arts Ensemble and the Cincinnati May Festival and a ground-breaking re-imagining of Schumann’s Frauenliebe-und-leben and Joni Mitchell’s Blue.
Along with her colleague, conductor Trevor Kroeger, Alexandra founded Breath Collective, a production company, to create immersive and relevant musical experiences that bring artists and communities together. In her role as Founder and Co-President, Alexandra is deeply involved in the creative process for the organization’s innovative programming.
Alexandra attended the College-Conservatory of Music where she received her DMA in voice with a cognate in stage direction, the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague (M. Opera), the Royal Academy of Music (M.Mus, DipRAM), and Northwestern University (B.M). She is an alumna of Aspen Music Festival, English National Opera OperaWorks, and the Britten-Pears Programme.
Alexandra has performed with ensembles including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Het Residentie-Orkest (The Hague), het Nederlands Jeugd-Orkest, the Omaha Symphony, the Reno Philharmonic, the Eugene Symphony, and in venues including Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Das Konzerthaus (Berlin), the Palace of Versailles, the Kimmel Center, and the Mann Center.
Upcoming appearances include a collaborative presentation of Rebecca Dale’s Materna Requiem with Breath Collective, the Vocal Arts Ensemble and the Cincinnati May Festival and a ground-breaking re-imagining of Schumann’s Frauenliebe-und-leben and Joni Mitchell’s Blue.
Along with her colleague, conductor Trevor Kroeger, Alexandra founded Breath Collective, a production company, to create immersive and relevant musical experiences that bring artists and communities together. In her role as Founder and Co-President, Alexandra is deeply involved in the creative process for the organization’s innovative programming.
Alexandra attended the College-Conservatory of Music where she received her DMA in voice with a cognate in stage direction, the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague (M. Opera), the Royal Academy of Music (M.Mus, DipRAM), and Northwestern University (B.M). She is an alumna of Aspen Music Festival, English National Opera OperaWorks, and the Britten-Pears Programme.
Former YAPP Director - Lincoln Chapman, Director from 1999-2024
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On the voice faculty at MAC since 1997, Lincoln Chapman was a founding director of the Young Artist Preparatory Program at MAC, one of the very few opera programs in the nation for outstanding high school singers. He also taught voice at the School for Creative and Performing Arts and was an instructor for Miami University’s Ohio High School Choral Workshop.
Mr. Chapman held a Bachelor of Science in Music from Bowling Green State University and a Master of Music from University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, where he studied voice with Andrew White and opera with Italo Tajo and Malcolm Fraser. He made his professional debut with the Cincinnati Opera in Schwanda the Bagpiper, and has performed with Opera Columbus, Syracuse Opera, The Spoleto Festival, Florida Arts Celebration, the Melbourne-Spoleto Festival and Her Majesty’s Theater (Australia), Charlestown Symphony, and the Cincinnati Symphony, among others. Lincoln worked with the Musical Arts Center for nearly 30 years - YAPP was such a huge part of his time with us. He was the heart, soul, and visionary of the program and participated as its director since its inception until he passed away on Tuesday, January 30th, 2024. In his honor, we have renamed YAPP as the Lincoln Chapman Young Artsist's Program (LCYAP). We strive to continue his life's work in vocal education and the development of classical, young vocal talent. We have created the Lincoln Chapman Scholarship Fund - a fund dedicated to supporting talented young classical artists to continue their vocal education, as well as the continuation and future development of the LCYAP program. If you would like to donate to Lincoln's scholarship fund, please use the link here. |
LCYAP Staff
Karl Resnik
Therese Sutula
Sam Krausz
Jake Balzer
Alex Yersky
Megan Hamman
Therese Sutula
Sam Krausz
Jake Balzer
Alex Yersky
Megan Hamman