Lyndsee Bell Bell

(she/her)

Visiting Assistant Professor

Theatre

TEACHING SUMMARY

Lyndsee has taught a variety of voice courses, including Voice for the Actor, Musical Theatre Vocal Styles, and Acting for Musical Theatre at Oklahoma State University, while mentoring students in both private lessons and studio classes. In the Fall of 2025 she directed the mainstage production Urinetown the Musical. She has also served as a Teaching Artist, Program Director, and guest instructor, and her teaching experience spans private voice lessons, group coaching, and academic lectures, focusing on the integration of vocal technique with performance skills across different genres.

TEACHING

  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Honors Creative Component
    9 Mar 2026 - 1 May 2026
    A guided creative component for students completing the requirements for college or departmental honors awards leading to an honors thesis, project or report under the direction of a faculty member from one of the undergraduate colleges, with a second faculty reader and oral examination.Prerequisite(s): Honors Program participation, senior standing.
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    Elective Applied Lessons: Voice
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Applied lessons for non-music majors or for majors studying secondary instruments.Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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    Major Applied Lessons: Voice
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Offered for variable credit, 1-4 credit hours, maximum of 8 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Music major status.
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    Musical Theatre Scene Study
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Musical Theatre Scene Study is an advanced performance course focusing on musical theatre scenes. This course will be a combination of lecture and practical application of learned concepts, focusing on navigating the transition between scene and song.Prerequisite(s): TH 2343 or Instructor Approval.
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    Performance Lessons I
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    This one-on-one vocal coaching focuses on learning and performing musical theatre song as well as other popular styles encountered by the modern singing actor (jazz, pop, rock, country). Emphasis is on healthy singing, musical style, developing practice routines, and analyzing music and lyrics.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 4 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): BFA Musical Theatre major or instructor permission.
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    Performance Lessons I
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    This one-on-one vocal coaching focuses on learning and performing musical theatre song as well as other popular styles encountered by the modern singing actor (jazz, pop, rock, country). Emphasis is on healthy singing, musical style, developing practice routines, and analyzing music and lyrics.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 4 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): BFA Musical Theatre major or instructor permission.
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    Upper-Division Projects
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Individual or group study of techniques, history, or literature of the theatre. Required project or term paper. May not be used for degree credit with TH 5400.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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    Elective Applied Lessons: Voice
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Applied lessons for non-music majors or for majors studying secondary instruments.Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Major Applied Lessons: Voice
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Offered for variable credit, 1-4 credit hours, maximum of 8 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Music major status.
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    Performance Lessons I
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    This one-on-one vocal coaching focuses on learning and performing musical theatre song as well as other popular styles encountered by the modern singing actor (jazz, pop, rock, country). Emphasis is on healthy singing, musical style, developing practice routines, and analyzing music and lyrics.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 4 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): BFA Musical Theatre major or instructor permission.
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    Performance Lessons I
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    This one-on-one vocal coaching focuses on learning and performing musical theatre song as well as other popular styles encountered by the modern singing actor (jazz, pop, rock, country). Emphasis is on healthy singing, musical style, developing practice routines, and analyzing music and lyrics.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 4 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): BFA Musical Theatre major or instructor permission.
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    Theatre Practicum II - Full Semester
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Advanced laboratory experience in theatre production, design, acting, and/or major crew assignments.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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    Upper-Division Projects
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Individual or group study of techniques, history, or literature of the theatre. Required project or term paper. May not be used for degree credit with TH 5400.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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    Elective Applied Lessons: Voice
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Applied lessons for non-music majors or for majors studying secondary instruments.Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Major Applied Lessons: Voice
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Offered for variable credit, 1-4 credit hours, maximum of 8 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Music major status.
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    Musical Theatre Vocal Styles I
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    This course explores the musical features and vocal styles represented in early 20th century Musical Theatre literature including operetta, Golden-Age, and musical comedy. Core topics include tone, diction, phrasing, and vibrato as well as the physicality and movements associated with a style period. Students apply these styles and techniques to their own performance. The course includes critical viewing and listening of musical theatre repertoire.Prerequisite(s): TH 1403 or Instructor Permission.
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    Performance Lessons I
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    This one-on-one vocal coaching focuses on learning and performing musical theatre song as well as other popular styles encountered by the modern singing actor (jazz, pop, rock, country). Emphasis is on healthy singing, musical style, developing practice routines, and analyzing music and lyrics.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 4 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): BFA Musical Theatre major or instructor permission.
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    Performance Lessons II
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Building on Performance Lessons I, this upper-level one-on-one vocal coaching explores the synthesis of music and lyrics within theatre song as well as popular styles encountered by the modern singing actor (jazz, pop, rock, country). Emphasis is on advanced techniques in vocal style, musical phrasing, lyric analysis, diction, and performance.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): TH 2320 and Instructor Permission.
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    Upper-Division Projects
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Individual or group study of techniques, history, or literature of the theatre. Required project or term paper. May not be used for degree credit with TH 5400.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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    Voice for the Actor
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Study of the skills required to develop an expressive, resonant voice, and Improved speech on and off the stage. The class will focus on freeing the breath, the release of physical tenslon, the flexibility of the voice, and application of vocal and physical variety as It pertains to the impulse to speak. Content includes vocal anatomy, methods to prevent vocal Injury, and an Introduction of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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    Elective Applied Lessons: Voice
    19 Aug 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
    Applied lessons for non-music majors or for majors studying secondary instruments.Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Major Applied Lessons: Voice
    19 Aug 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
    Offered for variable credit, 1-4 credit hours, maximum of 8 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Music major status.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Performance Lessons I
    19 Aug 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
    This one-on-one vocal coaching focuses on learning and performing musical theatre song as well as other popular styles encountered by the modern singing actor (jazz, pop, rock, country). Emphasis is on healthy singing, musical style, developing practice routines, and analyzing music and lyrics.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 4 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): BFA Musical Theatre major or instructor permission.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Performance Lessons I
    19 Aug 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
    This one-on-one vocal coaching focuses on learning and performing musical theatre song as well as other popular styles encountered by the modern singing actor (jazz, pop, rock, country). Emphasis is on healthy singing, musical style, developing practice routines, and analyzing music and lyrics.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 4 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): BFA Musical Theatre major or instructor permission.
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    Upper Division Voice Lessons
    19 Aug 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
    Building on Performance Lessons I, this upper-level one-on-one vocal coaching explores the synthesis of music and lyrics within theatre song as well as popular styles encountered by the modern singing actor (jazz, pop, rock, country). Emphasis is on advanced techniques in vocal style, musical phrasing, lyric analysis, diction, and performance.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): TH 2320 and Instructor Permission.