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Deadline for Camp Registration: Monday, June 15, 2026
First half of tuition due: June 15, 2026 Second half of tuition due: June 22, 2026
First half of tuition due: June 15, 2026 Second half of tuition due: June 22, 2026
Crescendo! Vocal Arts Camp with Indianapolis Opera is an exciting summer vocal workshop for high school aged students held at the Basile Opera Center, home of the Indianapolis Opera, in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood in the heart of Midtown Indianapolis.
This five-day camp is an intensive program for students aged 13-18 years old (rising high school freshmen through rising college freshmen). Over the course of the camp, students will learn about and experience the art of solo vocal performance through classical repertoire, folksong, and musical theater while also enjoying workshops in movement, acting, sight singing, choral music, diction, and technical theater. At 5 PM on the last day of camp, we conclude with the Crescendo Showcase, a fully-staged final concert featuring all of the campers in solo and group performances.
Students receive individual attention and training through daily private lessons, coachings, and master classes, benefitting from the extensive performing and teaching experience of our highly acclaimed faculty.
COST*:
Full 5-day Camp: $375 (Students must participate in the full 5-day camp to appear in the Crescendo Showcase.)
Single Day Cost: $80
(Please note: Scholarships are available. Contact us for more information)
*Please note, students are responsible for providing their own lunch.
For more information, please contact Education Director, Lyndsay Moy at [email protected] or 317-283-3531.
Sample Daily Schedule:
10:00 AM Welcome/Daily Overview
10:15 AM Warm-Up/Movement for Theater/Choreography
- students get to know one another and warm up their bodies and minds for the day
11:30 AM Voice faculty introductions and Vocal Masterclass
- students meet the faculty and have an opportunity to express feedback among their peers
OR
11:30 AM Daily Vocal Workshop
- Workshops throughout the week will focus on various aspect of singing, including vocal health, character development, presentation, etc.
1:00 PM LUNCH
1:30 PM FREE Headshots with Roger Manning during lesson rotations
2:00 PM Voice Lesson Rotations among the faculty (30 minutes each)
- begin preparations for Crescendo! Showcase
- focusing separately on technique, diction, musicality, physicality, and acting.
4:00 PM Mock Auditions
- discussion of audition strategies and building a package
OR
4:00 PM Group Workshop
- building and rehearsing group numbers for Crescendo! Showcase
5:00 PM Pick-Up/Departure
10:00 AM Welcome/Daily Overview
10:15 AM Warm-Up/Movement for Theater/Choreography
- students get to know one another and warm up their bodies and minds for the day
11:30 AM Voice faculty introductions and Vocal Masterclass
- students meet the faculty and have an opportunity to express feedback among their peers
OR
11:30 AM Daily Vocal Workshop
- Workshops throughout the week will focus on various aspect of singing, including vocal health, character development, presentation, etc.
1:00 PM LUNCH
1:30 PM FREE Headshots with Roger Manning during lesson rotations
2:00 PM Voice Lesson Rotations among the faculty (30 minutes each)
- begin preparations for Crescendo! Showcase
- focusing separately on technique, diction, musicality, physicality, and acting.
4:00 PM Mock Auditions
- discussion of audition strategies and building a package
OR
4:00 PM Group Workshop
- building and rehearsing group numbers for Crescendo! Showcase
5:00 PM Pick-Up/Departure
FACULTY:
Dr. Rachelle Woolston, Co-Director
Soprano RACHELLE WOOLSTON was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and completed her bachelor's degree in voice at Brigham Young University, then master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. A Rocky Mountain Region Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, some of Dr. Woolston’s favorite stage roles include Angelica (Suor Angelica), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Adina (Elixir of Love), Violetta (La Traviata), Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly), The Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), Valencienne (The Merry Widow), and Mother Abbess (The Sound of Music). She has performed both as a soloist and ensemble member with numerous choral groups and orchestras, including the Varna International Orchestra in Italy, Midland-Odessa Symphonic Choir, VOCE, Indianapolis Symphony Pops, Kokomo Symphony, Vox Society of Los Angeles, Southern California Mormon Choir, Vocal Arts Ensemble, and multiple local church choirs. Dr. Woolston has an eighteen-year career as a private voice instructor and was most recently an adjunct professor at Midland College and the University of Texas Permian Basin, where she taught applied voice, lyric diction, vocal pedagogy, music appreciation, introduction to music in theater, and ran a summer musical theater camp. She has worked as the Director of Education & Community Engagement for Indianapolis Opera, and as faculty of Marian University in Indianapolis. Rachelle enjoys collaborating with talented musicians in recital performances, including with her bassoonist husband, PJ. In her free time, she loves to travel, listen to podcasts, practice yoga, and enjoy her four children.
Lyndsay Moy, Co-Director
Mezzo-soprano LYNDSAY MOY is an Indianapolis native and serves as the Director of Education & Community Engagement of Indianapolis Opera. Lyndsay is a leading artist with the company, an alumna of the IO Resident Artist Program, and has appeared in several IO productions, most recently as Netter Fowler in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel this past May. She has also portrayed Bloody Mary in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, and the Housekeeper in Leigh’s Man of La Mancha. Other operatic roles include Maurya (Vaughan-Williams' Riders to the Sea), Marcellina (Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro), Fidalma (Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto), Mère Marie (Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites), Zita (Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi), L’Architecture (Charpentier’s Les Arts Florissants), L’écureuil (Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges), and La Badessa (Puccini’s Suor Angelica), among others. Lyndsay holds a Master of Music in Voice from The Cleveland Institute of Music, as well as a Bachelor of Music in Voice and Bachelor of Arts in Painting from DePauw University. During her training at CIM, she received the Frederick B. Prentice Award for Excellence in Voice, and at DePauw, the prestigious Performer’s Certificate, along with four first-place awards from the NATS Great Lakes Region competition. Regionally, Lyndsay has also regularly appeared as an alto soloist in concert works, including Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Beethoven Mass in C Minor, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, and most recently, Christopher Tin's The Drop That Contained the Sea. She currently serves as Education & Community Engagement Director for Indianapolis Opera and resides locally with her husband and two border terriers.
Doug King
DOUG KING is an Indianapolis local director, choreographer, and equity actor. Most recently with Indianapolis Opera, he served as choreographer for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel at the Palladium. On stage, Doug has worked extensively in Chicago and Indianapolis. Locally, he primarily works with Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, having been in over a hundred productions. Roles include Will Parker (Oklahoma), The Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz), Frank Shultz (Show Boat), Cosmo Brown (Singin' in the Rain), Joy (Cinderella). Other productions include South Pacific, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, and 42nd Street. Dough was in the first national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and he has directed nearly a dozen productions of the show at various theatres and schools. Doug has danced in A Yuletide Celebration with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and with Indianapolis Ballet Theatre and Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. He is on the dance faculty at Anderson University teaching tap, jazz, and musical theatre. Doug works with numerous high schools and universities with the choral and theatre departments.
Dr. Cara Chowning
Dr. Cara Chowning is currently the vocal coach and voice area coordinator at Ball State University. She has served on faculties of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Simpson College, Oklahoma City University, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her students and private coaching studio singers can be heard in young artist programs, in opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, Minnesota Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Utah Opera. Chowning is in demand as coach, music director, and collaborative artist; she performs extensively throughout the US, South America, and Europe as duo partner and chamber musician. Internationally, Chowning has been guest coach for the American Institute of Music Studies in Graz, Austria and Teatro Bicentenario in San Juan, Argentina. She has lectured and performed for Road Scholars, Uniworld cruises and been broadcast on Public Television and Radio. Chowning has prepared opera and musical theater productions at the professional, young artist, and collegiate level. She is music director for the vocal series of the Bar Harbor Music Festival and has served on the music staff of Lyric Opera Cleveland, Opera Cleveland, Finger Lakes Opera, Kansas City Lyric Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Cleveland Opera where she created and prepared nationally recognized opera educational programs for performance in schools across Northeast Ohio.
Jared Slothower
Jared Slothower is excited to be returning to Indianapolis Opera for the Crescendo! Vocal Arts camp! He was seen last in Indy Opera’s production of Carmen in 2023 as part of the chorus. Jared is a multifaceted musician and teacher based in Indianapolis, Indiana. He currently serves as the Tenor 2 section leader at Second Presbyterian Church, Staff accompanist at Anderson University, and has a private studio of 25 students. His favorite roles have included Cinderella’s Prince (Into the Woods), The Minstrel (Once Upon a Mattress), Danilo (The Merry Widow). Jared has been a soloist and ensemble member of numerous choirs and orchestras, including CCM Chamber Choir, Kantorei, Elysian Voices, Ball State Concert Choir, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Rock Valley Pops Orchestra, and Rock Valley College Concert Choir. Jared is very passionate about art song and has collaborated with Second Presbyterian fine arts and music to create themed art song performances using local singers titled, The Art Song Series. Jared lives in Indianapolis with his husband and their two dogs.
Benjamin Swain
Benjamin holds degrees from Louisiana College and the University of Denver. With the Louisiana College Opera Theater, he portrayed Antonio (The Marriage of Figaro), Dr. Gregg (Gallantry), Vogelsang (The Impresario), and Bob (The Old Maid and the Thief). After joining the University of Denver’s Lamont Opera Theater in 2022, Benjamin starred as The Pilot (The Little Prince) in 2023 and Demetrius (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) in 2024. Most recently, Benjamin sang Danilo (Die lustige Witwe) with Ball State Opera Theater. In 2023, he made his European debut as Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) with Berlin Opernfest. Benjamin returned to Europe in 2024 to Conte (Le nozze di Figaro) at the historic Estates Theater with Prague Summer Nights and returned to Berlin Opernfest to reprise the role. Beyond the stage, Benjamin was the soloist for Vaughn Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and served as the soloist cover for Dona Nobis Pacem with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra.
Vandi Enzor
Vandi Lynnae Enzor, American Soprano, is thrilled to be returning to Indianapolis Opera, having performed in South Pacific and Camelot and co-founding the Indianapolis Opera Camp. In the Indianapolis area, Vandi has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (Yuletide Celebration, A Night in Paris, and Harry Potter in Concert), the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (Trouble in Tahiti and Kiss Me, Kate), Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre (A Christmas Carol), Theatre at the Fort (The Little Prince and The Old Man and the Sea), the Phoenix Theatre (Meisner Scenes), and with Jazz and Big Band Groups. Some of Vandi's favorite performances have included Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Le Fee in Cendrillon, Gretel in Hansel und Gretel, Bastienna in Bastien und Bastienna, Gaby in The Blue Paradise, Madame Goldentrill in The Impressario, and singing an unpublished Handel Gloria in the Vianden International Music Festival. In addition to her singing endeavors, Vandi runs a private voice and piano studio in Carmel, Indiana, is a songwriter, playwright, composer, and music producer, and acts in film and theatre productions.
Dr. Rachelle Woolston, Co-Director
Soprano RACHELLE WOOLSTON was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and completed her bachelor's degree in voice at Brigham Young University, then master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. A Rocky Mountain Region Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, some of Dr. Woolston’s favorite stage roles include Angelica (Suor Angelica), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Adina (Elixir of Love), Violetta (La Traviata), Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly), The Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), Valencienne (The Merry Widow), and Mother Abbess (The Sound of Music). She has performed both as a soloist and ensemble member with numerous choral groups and orchestras, including the Varna International Orchestra in Italy, Midland-Odessa Symphonic Choir, VOCE, Indianapolis Symphony Pops, Kokomo Symphony, Vox Society of Los Angeles, Southern California Mormon Choir, Vocal Arts Ensemble, and multiple local church choirs. Dr. Woolston has an eighteen-year career as a private voice instructor and was most recently an adjunct professor at Midland College and the University of Texas Permian Basin, where she taught applied voice, lyric diction, vocal pedagogy, music appreciation, introduction to music in theater, and ran a summer musical theater camp. She has worked as the Director of Education & Community Engagement for Indianapolis Opera, and as faculty of Marian University in Indianapolis. Rachelle enjoys collaborating with talented musicians in recital performances, including with her bassoonist husband, PJ. In her free time, she loves to travel, listen to podcasts, practice yoga, and enjoy her four children.
Lyndsay Moy, Co-Director
Mezzo-soprano LYNDSAY MOY is an Indianapolis native and serves as the Director of Education & Community Engagement of Indianapolis Opera. Lyndsay is a leading artist with the company, an alumna of the IO Resident Artist Program, and has appeared in several IO productions, most recently as Netter Fowler in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel this past May. She has also portrayed Bloody Mary in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, and the Housekeeper in Leigh’s Man of La Mancha. Other operatic roles include Maurya (Vaughan-Williams' Riders to the Sea), Marcellina (Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro), Fidalma (Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto), Mère Marie (Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites), Zita (Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi), L’Architecture (Charpentier’s Les Arts Florissants), L’écureuil (Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges), and La Badessa (Puccini’s Suor Angelica), among others. Lyndsay holds a Master of Music in Voice from The Cleveland Institute of Music, as well as a Bachelor of Music in Voice and Bachelor of Arts in Painting from DePauw University. During her training at CIM, she received the Frederick B. Prentice Award for Excellence in Voice, and at DePauw, the prestigious Performer’s Certificate, along with four first-place awards from the NATS Great Lakes Region competition. Regionally, Lyndsay has also regularly appeared as an alto soloist in concert works, including Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Beethoven Mass in C Minor, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, and most recently, Christopher Tin's The Drop That Contained the Sea. She currently serves as Education & Community Engagement Director for Indianapolis Opera and resides locally with her husband and two border terriers.
Doug King
DOUG KING is an Indianapolis local director, choreographer, and equity actor. Most recently with Indianapolis Opera, he served as choreographer for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel at the Palladium. On stage, Doug has worked extensively in Chicago and Indianapolis. Locally, he primarily works with Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, having been in over a hundred productions. Roles include Will Parker (Oklahoma), The Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz), Frank Shultz (Show Boat), Cosmo Brown (Singin' in the Rain), Joy (Cinderella). Other productions include South Pacific, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, and 42nd Street. Dough was in the first national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and he has directed nearly a dozen productions of the show at various theatres and schools. Doug has danced in A Yuletide Celebration with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and with Indianapolis Ballet Theatre and Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. He is on the dance faculty at Anderson University teaching tap, jazz, and musical theatre. Doug works with numerous high schools and universities with the choral and theatre departments.
Dr. Cara Chowning
Dr. Cara Chowning is currently the vocal coach and voice area coordinator at Ball State University. She has served on faculties of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Simpson College, Oklahoma City University, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her students and private coaching studio singers can be heard in young artist programs, in opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, Minnesota Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Utah Opera. Chowning is in demand as coach, music director, and collaborative artist; she performs extensively throughout the US, South America, and Europe as duo partner and chamber musician. Internationally, Chowning has been guest coach for the American Institute of Music Studies in Graz, Austria and Teatro Bicentenario in San Juan, Argentina. She has lectured and performed for Road Scholars, Uniworld cruises and been broadcast on Public Television and Radio. Chowning has prepared opera and musical theater productions at the professional, young artist, and collegiate level. She is music director for the vocal series of the Bar Harbor Music Festival and has served on the music staff of Lyric Opera Cleveland, Opera Cleveland, Finger Lakes Opera, Kansas City Lyric Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Cleveland Opera where she created and prepared nationally recognized opera educational programs for performance in schools across Northeast Ohio.
Jared Slothower
Jared Slothower is excited to be returning to Indianapolis Opera for the Crescendo! Vocal Arts camp! He was seen last in Indy Opera’s production of Carmen in 2023 as part of the chorus. Jared is a multifaceted musician and teacher based in Indianapolis, Indiana. He currently serves as the Tenor 2 section leader at Second Presbyterian Church, Staff accompanist at Anderson University, and has a private studio of 25 students. His favorite roles have included Cinderella’s Prince (Into the Woods), The Minstrel (Once Upon a Mattress), Danilo (The Merry Widow). Jared has been a soloist and ensemble member of numerous choirs and orchestras, including CCM Chamber Choir, Kantorei, Elysian Voices, Ball State Concert Choir, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Rock Valley Pops Orchestra, and Rock Valley College Concert Choir. Jared is very passionate about art song and has collaborated with Second Presbyterian fine arts and music to create themed art song performances using local singers titled, The Art Song Series. Jared lives in Indianapolis with his husband and their two dogs.
Benjamin Swain
Benjamin holds degrees from Louisiana College and the University of Denver. With the Louisiana College Opera Theater, he portrayed Antonio (The Marriage of Figaro), Dr. Gregg (Gallantry), Vogelsang (The Impresario), and Bob (The Old Maid and the Thief). After joining the University of Denver’s Lamont Opera Theater in 2022, Benjamin starred as The Pilot (The Little Prince) in 2023 and Demetrius (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) in 2024. Most recently, Benjamin sang Danilo (Die lustige Witwe) with Ball State Opera Theater. In 2023, he made his European debut as Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) with Berlin Opernfest. Benjamin returned to Europe in 2024 to Conte (Le nozze di Figaro) at the historic Estates Theater with Prague Summer Nights and returned to Berlin Opernfest to reprise the role. Beyond the stage, Benjamin was the soloist for Vaughn Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and served as the soloist cover for Dona Nobis Pacem with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra.
Vandi Enzor
Vandi Lynnae Enzor, American Soprano, is thrilled to be returning to Indianapolis Opera, having performed in South Pacific and Camelot and co-founding the Indianapolis Opera Camp. In the Indianapolis area, Vandi has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (Yuletide Celebration, A Night in Paris, and Harry Potter in Concert), the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (Trouble in Tahiti and Kiss Me, Kate), Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre (A Christmas Carol), Theatre at the Fort (The Little Prince and The Old Man and the Sea), the Phoenix Theatre (Meisner Scenes), and with Jazz and Big Band Groups. Some of Vandi's favorite performances have included Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Le Fee in Cendrillon, Gretel in Hansel und Gretel, Bastienna in Bastien und Bastienna, Gaby in The Blue Paradise, Madame Goldentrill in The Impressario, and singing an unpublished Handel Gloria in the Vianden International Music Festival. In addition to her singing endeavors, Vandi runs a private voice and piano studio in Carmel, Indiana, is a songwriter, playwright, composer, and music producer, and acts in film and theatre productions.
