The Workshop Beyond:
Masterclass Series.

Rachel Wresh is a working soprano and the founder of The Wresh Workshop. She earned her Master of Music in Vocal Performance, summa cum laude, from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and her Bachelor's in Vocal Performance from Texas Woman's University. She has performed opera and Golden Age musical theater with Florida Grand Opera, Ohio Light Opera, Opera Arlington, and Frost Opera Theater, in roles from Brigadoon and South Pacific to The Light in the Piazza, Die Fledermaus, and Cendrillon. The Kurt Weill Foundation named her an Emerging Talent at its Lotte Lenya Competition.

With more than ten years of teaching behind her, Rachel has taught students from age three to conservatory level, including as a Teaching Artist with Florida Grand Opera and as musical theatre voice faculty at Florida Atlantic University.

Dr. Adam T. Lloyd is a speech-language pathologist, vocologist, and voice specialist at the University of Miami, where he serves as Associate Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology and Associate Professor of Vocal Performance. His clinical and research work focuses on vocal health, professional voice users, and evidence-based approaches to voice training and rehabilitation. Through collaborations across medicine and music, he is dedicated to helping singers achieve healthy, efficient, and sustainable voice use.

Lacey Gelfand is a speech-language pathology clinical fellow at the University of Miami. She earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, where she conducted research on acute stress and its effects on the larynx and voice. Her clinical work focuses on helping all voice users, whether they are singers and performers or everyday speakers, use their voices effectively, efficiently, and in a sustainable way.

Rachel Wresh is a working soprano and the founder of The Wresh Workshop. She earned her Master of Music in Vocal Performance, summa cum laude, from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and her Bachelor's in Vocal Performance from Texas Woman's University. She has performed opera and Golden Age musical theater with Florida Grand Opera, Ohio Light Opera, Opera Arlington, and Frost Opera Theater, in roles from Brigadoon and South Pacific to The Light in the Piazza, Die Fledermaus, and Cendrillon. The Kurt Weill Foundation named her an Emerging Talent at its Lotte Lenya Competition.

With more than ten years of teaching behind her, Rachel has taught students from age three to conservatory level, including as a Teaching Artist with Florida Grand Opera and as musical theatre voice faculty at Florida Atlantic University.

Ryan Townsend is Instructor and Coordinator of Musical Theatre Voice at Florida Atlantic University. Originally from Philadelphia, he has performed with theatre and opera companies across the country, including Florida Grand Opera, OperaDelaware, Actor's Playhouse in Miami, and Imagination Stage in Washington, DC. Favorite roles include James in Top and Bottom, Peter Pevensie in Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Zangara in Assassins, Henrik in A Little Night Music, Gastone in La Traviata, and Monastatos in The Magic Flute.

He created the role of Death/Israfil in the world premiere of Coming: A Rock Musical of Biblical Proportions at the Prince Theatre in Philadelphia, Matthew Shepard in Not in My Town at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, and most recently Victor/Sergio in Always Remember at The Moss Center in Miami. A Certified Personal Trainer through the National Council on Strength and Fitness, Ryan is committed to helping singers grow in their strength, flexibility, and alignment through inclusive and body-positive practices. He holds an M.M. from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University.