Lee Coleé Atnip: Raised as a dancer as well as a well rounded vocalist Lee has appreared as an actress in commercials, voice overs, countless theatre and opera venues.
A member of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) and a member of the National Federation of Musicians, Local 433, Lee is also a director of over 30 productions for the Wimberley Players and corporate entertainment packages with clients as far way as Las Vegas. Each summer Lee Colee holds a music theatre boot camp for kids 8-17 that have sold out for the past eight years.
Lee Attended The American Academy of Performing Arts in New York as well as the Sonia Moore Theatre Institute. An alum of Texas Women's University and a former student of Lanelle Blanton and Cary Michaels of Texas State University. Lee also was a public relations major at Central State University of Oklahoma.
An extensive dance background includes the Phil Black dance studios in New York City and Tulsa Civic Ballet where Lee excelled in tap, jazz, ballet and modern dance styles, especially the techniques of Bob Fosse. Today Lee Colee still choreographs her own shows and puts her performing art talents on stage across the country.
Pam Shultz: Director of Ballet programs
Amanda Forsyth: Dance Instructor-Ballet/Jazz/Tap/Hip Hop
Rodger Marion: Film Producer and Director of the Actor's Filmmaking Workshops for Lee Colee Studios. He has a lifetime of experience as a filmmaker and teacher. As a distinguished teaching professor at the University of Texas, he is known for his ability to combine technology with education. He has taught research methods, team building for health care providers, and role of spirituality in health care. Dr. Marion has incorporated filmmaking into health education via a series of short films used in patient care simulations. He and his Wimberley-based Stock Movie Company have just completed a feature film, <Impasse>. For further info see his IMDb page and on-line portfolio.
Cary Micheals: Has performed nearly 40 leading operatic roles, ranging from "Ferrando", "Werther", "Tamino", "Count Almaviva", and "Elvino", to more unusual roles such as "The Devil" in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Night Before Christmas and "Chanticleer" in the opera of the same name by Seymour Barab. Mr. Michaels received a Bachelor of Music degree from the Indiana University School of Music, a Master of Music Degree from the University of Nebraska School of Music, and an Artist Diploma from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, all in Vocal Performance. Mr. Michaels is an educator, having taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is now a tenured Associate Professor of Vocal Music at Texas State, where he teaches private voice and vocal diction. He is one of the Co-Directors of the music ministry at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas.
