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Lisa Willson DeNolfo,
Founder and principal teacher of Willson Vocal Academy

Ian DeNolfo

Metropolitan Opera tenor, Ian DeNolfo, has sung leading tenor roles in many of the world's greatest opera houses. Ian was proud to have been mentored by the great Placido Domingo, singing multiple dramatic tenor roles under the baton of Maestro Domingo. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music. Ian has also appeared as a soloist with leading orchestras throughout the world. He is considered to be one of the great dramatic tenors of his generation.
​Ian also provides media creation expertise for clients of the Willson Vocal Academy including; audio and video recording, headshot photography and website creation.

Chelsea Stotter

Elizabeth Duska
Chelsea is a graduate of Temple University where she holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre - Cum Laude. She was the 2011 winner of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (Delaware Chapter) Musical Theater Award. She has performed in two national musical theater tours and currently continues to work as an actor and singer in the greater Philadelphia area. Chelsea has been a student of the Willson Vocal Academy for almost 10 years, and now, as a teacher embodies Lisa Willson’s methods of vocal pedagogy, musical expression and performance.
Elizabeth is a singer/songwriter born out of the Willson Vocal Academy. She graduated from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance - Cum Laude in May of 2017. She furthered her studies at The Boston Conservatory by earning her Masters in Music Education in December 2017. She studied under Lisa Willson DeNolfo for five years and continued to study classical voice with Kerry Deal at The Boston Conservatory for four more years. In addition to classical singing, Elizabeth regularly performs as the lead singer with the Indie Rock group WhateverWhatever where she regularly performs original music all around the country. With her knowledge of performance, vocal technique, and a passion for teaching, she is ready to share her love of music with young, up and coming singers.

Allison Boyle

Allison has been a student of Lisa's since the age of 15 and has been teaching with her for about 2 years. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theater and Acting from Temple University and is currently pursuing a career as an Actor in NYC and Philadelphia. Voice lessons with Lisa have encouraged her to always keep learning and inspire her own students to reach for the stars!

Michelle Eugene
Dramatic Coaching

Actor, singer, performance coach, and voice therapist; MFA in Classical Acting at the Shakespeare Theatre’s Academy for Classical Acting at GWU; member of Actors Equity and SAG-AFTRA.  Michelle has performed onstage appearing with companies at the Wilma, Mauckingbird, Gas & Electric Arts, Cape May Stage, and Peterborough Players, among others, and was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role for her work at the Metropolitan Playhouse. Her on-camera work includes the award-winning documentary, Letters from Baghdad, and the television series Law & Order: SVU.  She has a vocal performance degree from the Catholic University of America and a Speech & Hearing Sciences degree from Indiana University Bloomington, but continues to consider herself a lifelong student and feels privileged to be able to share her love of craft and artistry with her own students.

Queade Dweh

Queade is a proud student turned voice teacher of Lisa Willson DeNolfo. She has performed lead roles in Dreamgirls, Hairspray, and Phantom of the Opera to name a few. In 2011, Queade attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where she gained experience in developing career strategies and analyzing recording contracts for recording artists while earning her bachelors in Music Business. She then moved to Spain to further her education at Berklee, and earned her masters in Global Entertainment & Music Business where she focused on topics related to entrepreneurship. With almost 10 years of experience studying with Lisa, and six years of student teaching, she is extremely excited to share her passion and knowledge of music with vocalists!