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Michelle Gosnell is a Texas transplant to the New Hampshire Area. When she was in high school, she accomplished the coveted first chair position in the Texas All-State choir. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music with a specialization in vocal performance from Texas Tech University, from which she was awarded the top vocal scholarship. Miss Michelle, as her students affectionately call her, is a coloratura soprano and recently retired from performing.
After college she had the incredible opportunity to work with Marshal Williamson, instructor, who retired from Juilliard School of Music after 36 years and has now passed on. Mr. Williamson was the accompanist for Roberta Peters and a world-renowned opera coach. During her first session at Juilliard Mr. Williamson said, “My dear, you have a rare gift and there a very few of you left in this world; you must practice much and sing often.” He then invited her to his Master’s Class and asked her to interpret the intricacies of Gabriel Fauré’s “Les Berceaux” to his students. She also had the opportunity to study with Edwardo Brown, Opera Director, of the Fort Worth Symphony. She was poised to begin her career in opera when personal tragedy struck her life at which time, she decided to leave Texas and move to New Hampshire to be near her sister.
While in Texas she had extensive experience with a professional acting troop call the Salt Box Players who traveled throughout the DFW Metroplex performing children’s theatre.
Miss Michelle excels in her twenty plus years of teaching expertise by using each enjoyable session to bring a sense of accomplishment to all of her students. She is incredibly patient and works with young children, adults and children with special needs including those on the autism spectrum. Her instruction for voice students includes preparing students to perform and preparation for auditions for New Hampshire All-State Choir, musical theatre productions including the Palace Theater in Manchester, NH, specialized summer vocal programs, and college scholarships. In all of these categories, her students have had an incredible success rate. Three of her students were finalists in the PBS Celebration of Music competition in 2018 with one student moving on to the Performance in California. Another student made it to a second audition of America’s Got Talent and one has moved on to a budding career in Broadway.