WENDELIN LOCKETT
Music Arts Studio
B i o g r a p h y
Wendelin's concert work includes solo performances with the Bel Canto Chorus (Will Todd's Mass in Blue), the Milwaukee Symphony, Lakeshore Symphonic Band (Christmas at Holy Hill) , St Johns Cathedral, the Menomonee Falls Symphony Orchestra (The Armed Man) , St Peters Chorale in St Louis (Messiah and Broadway Hits), San Diego Chamber Chorale, Concordia University in Irvine (Carmina Burana), the Fall River Symphony Orchestra (MA), the Newton Choral Society (Boston), the Masterworks Chorale (Boston), and Faculty Recitals at Concordia University, Alverno College and Cardinal Stritch University. She has also performed a variety of concerts and recitals throughout Wisconsin, Missouri, Maryland and Southern California. While living in NYC, she sang in a number of concerts with the New York Choral Artists in concert with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Handel & Haydn Society in Boston.
Upcoming performances in December 2024 as soprano soloist in MAMCCO performances of Handel's Messiah.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Wendelin has lived in Wisconsin since 2001. Prior to that, she lived and performed in San Diego, Boston and New York City. While in Boston, she received her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music with the honor of “Distinction in Performance”. Her Bachelor of Music Degree is from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Wendelin has received her Level 3 certification of Somatic Voicework (sm) The LoVetri Method from the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute of Shenandoah University in Virginia.
Voice Type: Soprano
Specialties: Classical, Opera, Broadway,
Contemporary Commercial Styles
Wendelin has also performed in numerous operas, operettas and musicals with the Skylight Opera Theatre, Sarasota Opera, Central City Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Brown Opera, Longwood Opera, The Moonlight Amphitheater, Paper Mill Playhouse, and the North Shore Music Theater. Some of her favorite roles include the Countess in “Le Nozze Di Figaro”, Rosalinda in “Die Fledermaus”, Jenny Lind in “Barnum”, Guilietta in “The Tales of Hoffmann”, and Lady Thiang in “The King & I”. Locally she performed the role of Mother Abbess in “Sound of Music” with the Port Summer Theater, and as Mother in “Ragtime” with Menomonee Falls Patio Players.
Wendelin is a Vocal Instructor at Concordia University in Mequon, and has held Vocal Faculty positions at Cardinal Stritch University, Alverno College and Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. She received the Certificate of Excellence in Studio Teaching by the Civic Music Of Milwaukee . She is a past board member of the Wisconsin Chapter of National Association of Teachers of Singing, and the owner of Wendelin Lockett Music Arts Studio, teaching voice and piano as a private instructor, with over 25 years of teaching experience. Her students have been winners of the Ruth DeYoung Kohler Award, Washington County Concerto Competition, exemplary awards at the Wisconsin Solo & Ensemble Festival, winners and finalists in the Wisconsin NATS auditions and recipients of many college scholarships to study music.
Wendelin is an active adjudicator (NATS, WSMA, Hal Leonard Voice Competition) and presents Masterclasses to high school and colleges in the Milwaukee area.