Stephanie Tennill
Assistant professor
Music
Professional Experience
Director and Soprano Stephanie Tennill has performed with such companies as the Aspen
Opera Theater Center, Encompass New Opera Theatre, Union Avenue Opera and has made
appearances at Alice Tully Hall, the Metropolitan Room and has been featured at Lincoln
Center as well as with Trinity Wall Street’s Concerts at One series. Additional musical
theater credits include a 10-month run as Cornelia in the American Girls Revue (off-Broadway), Deb in Hot ’n’ Cole, as well as The Cabaret Singer in the world premiere of the Rodgers and Hart ballet
Glad To Be Unhappy. Ms. Tennill was a member of the Manhattan School of Music Precollege voice faculty
and has taught voice at Highbridge Voices (Outstanding Teacher Award), Stagecoach
Theatre Arts School, and the world-renowned Saint Thomas Choir School, where she headed
the vocal program for eight years. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of
Music and Vocal Instruction Coordinator at Saint Louis University where she heads
the Vocal Program, teaching voice as well as Musical Theatre Performance, and serves
as director for musical theatre productions (Godspell, Seeing Other People). She is on faculty with Union Avenue Opera's Young Artists' Program, Crescendo,
serving as a director (Hansel and Gretel) and Voice Master Class Instructor. Ms. Tennill serves as Co-Director of Musical
Theatre at Manhattan School of Music’s summer program, MSM Summer, where she has served as both stage and music co-director since 2015.