Ian Michael, bass-baritone

Ian Micheal (he/him) is a versatile singing actor who resides in South Bend, IN, and is the owner of the Ian Michael Vocal Studio. An Indianapolis native, Ian has performed as a soloist in various concerts throughout Northern Indiana, including Handel’s Messiah, the Mozart Requiem, and Holiday Pops with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. His theatrical credits include Ragtime: The Musical (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.) with Art 4, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Drifter/Ensemble) with Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts, Tosca (The Jailer) with South Bend Lyric Opera, and Gianni Schicchi (Simone) with Purdue Fort Wayne. He is also a 2022, 2023, and 2025 finalist of the Lotte Lenya Competition, and won the “Outstanding Performance of a Lenya Competition Songbook Selection” prize in 2024.

Ian Michael is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a BMA in Voice Performance and Bachelor of Theatre Arts. He has studied the principles of Levels I-III of the LoVetri Institute of Somatic Voicework™, and is a 200-hour Certified Yoga Teacher.