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Andrea Cox - Soprano
Andrea Cox, soprano, enjoys careers in both singing and teaching. She received her Master of Music in vocal performance from Southern Methodist University. Andrea has been teaching private voice for 18 years and is thrilled to return for a seventh year to Keller High School. She also has a home studio of teenage and adult students, from beginners to professionals. Andrea enjoys teaching all ages, levels, and musical styles. Her former students have gone on to sing with prestigious opera programs, choirs, and Broadway. Andrea has served as Soprano Soloist and section leader at East Dallas Christian Church for 16 years, where she is a frequent featured soloist as part of the EDCC Concert Series, under the direction of Keith Critcher. She is an avid recitalist and enjoys performing musical theater as well as opera. Favorite operatic roles include Guadalena in La Perichole, Laurie in The Tender Land, Tamiri in Il Re Pastore, Sister Geneveive in Suor Angelica, and Laetitia in the Old Maid and the Thief. Favorite musical theater roles include Mrs. Segstrom in A Little Night Music with Theater Three, Maria Del Castillo in Her Song with Echo Theater (which she reprised in February of 2018), and Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie at Garland Summer Musicals. Andrea lives in Lewisville with her husband Jason, two sons, Ethan and Collin, and two poodles, Hurley and Charlie.
Contact Info: andrea.talladino@yahoo.com or 817-658-1722.
Madelaine Fell - Alto
Madelaine Fell, a lifelong DFW resident, received both her Bachelors (2014) and Masters degrees (2017) in Vocal Performance from the University of North Texas, studying with Linda Difiore and Carol Wilson. While there she performed the roles of Kate (Pirates of Penzance), Prince Charming (Cendrillon), Rosina (The Barber of Seville), Constance Fletcher (The Mother of Us All), Ottone (The Coronation of Poppea), Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro) and Mother Jeanne (The Dialogues of the Carmelites). Madelaine performed with the Dallas Opera Outreach program after graduating for two years. She then went on to teach private voice and secondary choir from 2017 on.
Her most recent stage appearances have been with The Stolen Shakespeare Guild as Sister Margaretta in their 2023 production of Sound of Music and Opera Arlington’s 2024 production of Rusalka as 3rd Woodsprite. In February 2024, she was an invited soloist with the TMEA Small School All-State Choir in their performance of the Gloria from Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Madelaine has been a member of the Orpheus Chamber Singers since December 2023. She currently teaches voice at Colleyville Middle School, Paschal High School and is so pleased to join Keller High School’s choir program.
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Kandice Whitehead - Soprano
Kandice Whitehead, soprano, is excited to be starting her fifth year of teaching voice in Keller ISD.
She was a three year Texas All-State Choir member in high school. She received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Wayland Baptist University and her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Texas Tech University. Some of her memorable roles are Fiona (Brigadoon), Laurie (Oklahoma), Marian (The Music Man), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Audrey (Little Shop of
Horrors) and Amahl’s Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors).
In 1993 while at Texas Tech, she started teaching voice lessons as a Teaching Assistant. She then taught for eleven years in Texas public schools as a high school choir director, a middle school choir director and an elementary school music teacher. She continued to teach private voice during those years.
In 2011, she helped start a local, auditioned community chorus for students called Cantare Performance Choir. She has been the assistant director of Cantare for thirteen years. For the last eight years, she has had a private voice studio in her home where she has worked with Pre-schoolers through adults. She has enjoyed helping many high school students involved in the Texas All-State Choir process. She is a member of White’s Chapel Methodist Church and has been a featured soloist there for thirteen years. She is also the Director of Small Ensembles at White’s Chapel where she directs both adult and youth ensembles. Kandice also helps prepare vocalists to sing with the Keller Area Youth Jazz Orchestra (KAYJO).
She is married to Hunt Whitehead who is a chiropractor in Keller. They have two sons. Hayden recently graduated from Keller HS and will be attending Texas Tech University this fall where he will major in Biology and minor in Music. Harrison is a junior at Keller High School.
Their sons were and are both baritones in the Keller HS Varsity Mixed Choir, members of the Keller HS Varsity Show Choir and percussionists in the Keller HS Band.
When Kandice is not teaching, she enjoys spending time with family, singing in her church choir, watching movies and shopping.
Contact information: kwhiteheadvoicestudio@gmail.com 214-546-0182