Music is my life

"I picked up my first instrument when I was three living in Japan. My first performance was at the age of 6. There has never been a single moment of my life in which I wanted to do anything but music. I love performance, I love teaching, and I love sharing my passion with my students."

About Jennifer Tyler

I have my degree in vocal performance and minor in jazz. I began voice lessons at age eight. I am a mezzo-soprano and teach both male and female students. I have performed in several opera productions including but not limited to The Marriage of Figaro, Dido and Aeneas, Tenderland, and Hand of Bridge. I have worked and performed in masterworks by Brahms, Chopin, Mozart and Haydn to name a few. I studied in French, English, Spanish, Italian, and German. I studied diction, ear training, piano, music history, pedagogy, and music theory. I have taken master classes with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Jane Monheit, Kurt Elling and New York Voices. I spent a summer in Dr. Steve Zegree's Vocal Jazz Camp, learning from him and other great teachers and artists including Cedric Dent from Take 6.


I am a member of Music Teachers National Association and Virginia Music Teachers Association. I sing with Fairfax Choral Arts Society’s Vocal Arts Ensemble and have performed with Mothers to Mothers and Fairfax Symphony Opera Chorus. I have also adjudicated All-District Choir auditions for Loudoun County, and All State Choir auditions for Virginia. I was the vocal director for Farmwell Station’s production of Hairspray. I am currently the vocal director for Independence High School’s Musical Theatre program. I am also co-author for an adaptation of Spoon River Project.

Just a few

Student Achievements

Main Roles in the Following Shows

  • Annie Jr, Tarzan
  • Newsies
  • Legally Blonde
  • High School Music
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • Guys and Dolls
  • Matilda
  • Little Women
  • As It Is In Heaven
  • 9 to 5
  • Big Fish
  • Seussical the Musical
  • Aladdin
  • Peter Pan
  • Wonderland
  • Wizard of Oz
  • Peter Pan a Steampunk Adventure
  • Shrek
  • Rent
  • Hairspray
  • Bright Star
  • Ghost
  • Tuck Everlasting
  • Chicago
  • Spoon River Project
  • Freaky Friday

Supporting Roles in the Following Shows

  • Hello Dolly
  • Gypsy
  • Fantasticks
  • The Music Man
  • Oliver
  • Annie Get Your Gun
  • Peter and The Star Catcher
  • Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Les Miserables
  • Anything Goes
  • Cinderella
  • Mary Poppins
  • Grease
  • Lion King
  • Mulan Jr.
  • Addams Family
  • Aida
  • Faust
  • Pirates of Penzance

Awards Given

Students have been awarded:

  • Best Male vocalist
  • Best featured role
  • Outstanding vocalist in a state choir competition
  • Best lead actress
  • NCA CAPPIES NOMINATION-Best Dancer (9 to 5)
  • NCA CAPPIES NOMINATION- Best Musical (Mary Poppins)
  • VA Thespian Festival
  • Open Jar Institute Scholarship
  • 1st place and Honorable Mention at the NVMTA Musical Theater Competition

Competitions

Students have been selected to attend:

  • Governor’s School
  • All-County Choir
  • All-District Choir
  • All-State Choir
  • Honor’s Choir
  • ACDA Regionals
  • the King Kamehameha Lei Draping Ceremony
  • Broadway Bound International
  • NCA CAPPIES
  • Students have received the highest rating of Superior and Excellent at the Virginia Thespian Festival
  • First Place Dramatic Duo in Districts for the Forensics Competition
  • Second Place Dramatic Duo in Regionals for the Forensics Competition

Extra Curriculars

Students are:

  • Members of the Thespian Honors Society and Executive Boards in their theater and choir programs
  • Lighting Designers
  • Choreographer directors assistant
  • Vocal directors
  • Student Directors for several high school programs across the country
  • Students are also members of Tri-M Music Honors Society.

Students have also:

  • Performed in the Seth Bisen-Hersh's Online Talent Showcase
  • Recorded an album
  • Perform professionally around Virginia
  • Sun Dance Singers
  • The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC
  • and spoken in the Artists in Conversation: Chita Rivera series

Schools for Theater and Musical Theater

  • James Madison University
  • CAP 21
  • Otterbein