Voice and Beginner Piano

McKey Monroe (they,them) began studying voice when they were accepted to a performing arts high school located in Greenville, SC, the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and
Humanities. Mx. Monroe completed their Bachelors Degree in Vocal Performance at Converse University in Spartanburg, SC. Currently located in Baltimore, MD, they are a student at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins pursuing a Masters of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy under the teachings of Miss Margaret Baroody and Mrs. Denyce Graves.

They have been involved in many productions since they began studying voice at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in 2016. They have been in opera scenes from Pirates of Penzance, Così fan tutte, Die Zauberflöte, Benedict et Beatrice, and Falstaff. They have been in musical theater scenes as well including some from Sweeney Todd as well as Fiddler on the Roof. Mx. Monroe has also been in three full stage productions of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Speed Dating Tonight! by Michael Ching, Hänsel und Gretel by Humperdinck, and Cendrillon by Massenet. McKey has a great love for both opera and musical theater and hopes to pursue both in their career. They are hoping to gain more experience in teaching young singers as well as train themselves more dramatically within their time at the Peabody Institute and believe that they will push themselves to become a very successful performer in the future.