Lyric Soprano Isabel Koehler

Lyric soprano Isabel Koehler is currently pursuing her Master of Music in Classical Voice at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where she studies in the studio of Susan Quittmeyer. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the College of Music and Performing Arts at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she studied under Dr. Ted Wylie and worked closely with repetitors Julie Kutosh and Dr. Charlene Harb.

At Belmont, Isabel participated in master classes with renowned artists including Kathryn Lewek, Carl Dupont, Nathan Gunn, Savannah Sokolnicki, Nancy Jones, and Katherine Ciesinski. She studied French, Italian, and German, with particular emphasis on German, and expanded her training through immersive programs abroad. Her international experience includes:

  • 2022 – Goethe Institute, Berlin (language study)

  • 2023 & 2025 – AIMS (American Institute of Musical Studies), Graz, Austria

  • 2024 – Berlin Opera Academy, where she performed Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte with Opernfest Berlin and undertook role study of Pamina

At AIMS, Isabel studied with Dr. Laura Portune, Joanna Ruszala, and Eric Trudel, performed in showcases such as Women of Broadway and Suitcase Full of Melodies, and participated in a masterclass with Marzio Conti and the AIMS Festival Orchestra.

Her stage credits include Valencienne (The Merry Widow), Amy (Little Women), and Carolina (Il Matrimonio Segreto), along with featured performances in Belmont Opera Scenes and the Keith B. Moore Classical Singers recital. She also contributed to the world premiere and recording of Dr. Jeffery L. Ames’ oratorio Requiem for Colour.

Offstage, Isabel is committed to outreach and arts education. She has worked as a voice and piano instructor at Nashville’s W.O. Smith Music School, served as choir director and music coach for the Brian Muha Foundation’s Day School in Columbus, and volunteered as a character performer with The Wishes Foundation, bringing music to schools, hospitals, and community events.

Isabel’s diverse performance experiences and her dedication to teaching reflect her belief in the transformative power of music. Whether performing in opera, recital, or community settings, she is passionate about sharing the joy of music with others.

Based in New York City and Columbus OH | Available to Travel

Izzy is a master’s student at the Manhattan School of Music in the studio of Susan Quittmeyer:

Mezzo Soprano Susan Quittmeyer performed regularly with the Metropolitan Opera, the San Francisco Opera, Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera Garnier, Paris Opera Bastille, Bavarian State Opera, Salzburg Festival, Los Angeles Opera, Opera of Montreal, Canadian Opera Company and many others. Some of her signature opera roles are Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Idamante in Idomeneo, Octavaian in Der Rosenkavalier, der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte, and Nicklausse in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Ms. Quittmeyer also enjoyed singing the premieres of many operas, song cycles, and orchestral pieces, including works by John Harbison, Kirke Mechem, and John Eaton.She was as busy on the concert stage in appearances with orchestra and in recital as she was in the opera house. In a diverse repertoire including works by Monteverdi, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Berg, Stravinsky, Dallapiccola, and Lerner and Lowe, she sang with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Arena di Verona Symphony, and worked with conductors including James Levine, Pierre Boulez, Raymond Leppard, Donald Runnicles, Christohph von Dohnanyi, Sir Colin Davis, and Bernard Haitink.

Ms. Quittmeyer is a passionate voice teacher for all voice categories and levels. She has given masterclasses at Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to the Arts Summer Opera Program, Michigan State Universtiy, College of Music, Temple University, Santa Fe Summer Opera Program for Chinese Students, the NJ Opera Theater Institute, NJ High Schools, and others. She is an adjudicator for The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and the George London Foundation Competition.

Ms. Quittmeyer can be heard on recordings on the BMG and EMI labels.

-https://www.msmnyc.edu/faculty/susan-quittmeyer/

As an undergraduate student, Izzy studied with Dr. Ted D. Wylie (Belmont University):

Dr. Wylie is Professor of Music and Coordinator of International Studies in Music at the Belmont University School of Music. He teaches studio voice, vocal diction, opera literature and graduate song literature. He received his Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Indiana University and his Bachelor of Music w/Honors from Oklahoma Baptist University. He was a student of Eileen Farrell at Indiana University and has had further study with Carol Smith-Zanforlin (Zurich), Paul Matthen, Walter Bricht, Frank St. Leger, Edwin McArthur and Margaret Harshaw.

Dr. Wylie’s coordination of the International Studies Program has resulted in study opportunities for students at the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow, the St. Petersburg Conservatory, the Hochschule fuer Musik in Dresden, Germany, Conservatory of Angers, Angers, France and the Center for Music Studies in Florence, Italy.

Dr. Wylie has performed with the Indianapolis Opera, the New Orleans Opera, Gulf Coast Opera, the Nashville Opera, Tennessee Opera Theater, the Nashville Symphony, the New Orleans Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Oklahoma City Symphony, Symphony Ecoutez of New Orleans and several European venues. Among his roles are Max (Der Freischuetz), Manrico (Il Trovatore), Des Grieux (Manon Lescaut), Pinkerton (Madam Butterfly), Dick Johnson (La Fanciulla del West), Tamino (Die Zauberfloete) as well as numerous comprimario roles.

- https://www.belmont.edu/cmpa/music/faculty/faculty-bios/wylie_ted.html

Izzy has also studied music with:

  • Laura Portune The Ohio State University/AIMS in Graz

  • Joanna Ruszala American Institute of Musical Studies (Graz, Austria)

  • Eric Trudel American Institute of Musical Studies (Graz, Austria)

  • Debra Rentz Ohio University (Athens OH USA)

  • Nathan Medley private vocal coach (Columbus OH USA)

  • Cierra Lee private vocal coach (Columbus OH USA)

  • Alyson Bates Capriccio Columbus (Columbus OH USA)

  • Ryan Jenkins Bishop Watterson High School (Columbus OH USA)

  • Christen Joyce Bishop Watterson High School (Columbus OH USA)

  • Diana McCullough private vocal & Alexander Technique coach (Columbus OH USA)

  • Laurie Kirk Kodaly ear training, Suzuki Violin School of Columbus-Worthington (Columbus OH USA)