Voice Lessons

Terrie Preskitt-Brown, Soprano, has been singing professionally since she was in high school.  A magna cum laude graduate of TCU, Ms. Preskitt-Brown holds degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Education.  She has used her knowledge in both through the years!  She has been soloist for many major works with orchestra, including Brahms’ “Requiem” (numerous times including the debut of Lara Hoggard’s translation with Dr. Hoggard conducting), Haydn’s “Creation”, Mozart’s “Solemn Vespers”, Handel’s “Messiah” & “Dixit Dominus”, Rutter’s “Requiem”, Fauré’s “Requiem”, Poulenc’s “Gloria”, Bach’s “Mass in B minor”, “St. Matthew Passion”, “St. John Passion”, other cantatas, Shubert’s & Haydn’s masses and other works.  Her European debut occurred in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, and continued through Germany.

While at TCU she earned the Nordan Fine Arts Scholarship, the Performer’s Certificate for numerous solo appearances with orchestra, and was named Senior Scholar in Music for the Honors Program.

She was the Soprano Section Leader for Orpheus Chamber Singers for its first 20 years, and currently serves as soprano soloist for the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration.  Having taught Elementary Music and Middle School/High School Choirs, she moved into full-time church music ministry at Highland Park United Methodist Church in 2004, where she served for 15 years as Associate Director of Music.  

Her career as a voice teacher spans over 45 years, coaching more than 75 students to the prestigious TMEA TPSMEA All State Choirs.  Many of her students are now music educators, professional singers and voice teachers themselves.  As she continues her teaching, she has embarked on a new journey - coaching many clients to a Healthier Life through better nutrition and the creation of healthy habits.

For 20 seasons, she served as principal conductor of the Apprentice Chorus, Concert II (for Childrens Chorus of Greater Dallas), and the Brio Chorus of Greater Dallas Choral Society, conducting regularly at the Meyerson Symphony Center, preparing choruses for the Dallas Symphony (Jaap van Zweden, conductor), National ACDA (Sir John Rutter, conductor) and The Dallas Opera.  

Her Voice Students have been very successful in TMEA & TPSMEA All State Choir Competitions over the years with over 100 of them successfully earning their spots in these prestigious choirs.  She has former students singing on Broadway, teaching at the collegiate level, and singing all over the world on cruise ships and in music theater and opera productions!

Christian Knight is a graduate from Texas A&M University-Commerce with a Bachelors of Arts in Vocal Performance. Christian has been featured in several operas and musicals throughout his college career with TAMUC. He has also been a featured soloist with his college choir at TMEA and with the Pride Marching Band at Bands of America. In 2020 he was also awarded first place in an international musical theater competition.

Since graduating from A&M Commerce, he has been singing at the Mcfarlin United Methodist Church and the Norman Philharmonic under the direction of Dr. Richard Zielinski in Norman Oklahoma. Christian is excited to come back to Texas and share his skills and love for music.

Sabrina Martinez, Soprano, is a Spring 2024 graduate of Texas A&M University-Commerce. Throughout her time as an undergraduate student, Ms. Martinez was a member of the TAMUC Chorale, Chamber, and Opera Scenes Ensembles; Participating in the musical productions of A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, The Bridges of Madison County by Jason Robert Brown, as well as the opera production of Le Nozze Di Figaro by W.A. Mozart. The Opera Scenes Ensemble provided an opportunity for her to perform and grow as a soloist, eventually performing as Cendrillon from Jules Massenet’s opera Cendrillon. While being a Chorale and Chamber Choir member, Ms. Martinez performed in multiple churches and schools across the DFW area. Through the Chamber Choir, she obtained the opportunity to perform in concerts at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, Cathedral de San Juan Bautista in Puerto Rico, and the Natural Bridge Caverns in New Braunfels, Tx.

Outside of these productions, Ms. Martinez performed as a soloist in two recitals featuring extremely challenging art songs, song cycles, Lied, and arias by W.A. Mozart, Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Hugo Wolf, Undine S. Moore, and many more. The repertoire featured in both recitals was composed for lyric, soubrette, and dramatic soprano, assisting Ms. Martinez in attaining a vast understanding of vocal literature, musical technique, and vocal pedagogy. She also continuously competed as a soloist at the Texoma Region Voice Competition and DFW Region Voice Competition of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. In February 2024, she was the winner of the Collegiate Vocal Solo Competition hosted by the Plano Civic Chorus.

Ms. Martinez has been a member of the Texas Music Educators Association since 2019. Despite being an alternate for Pre-Area in 2018, she earned a place in the 2019 Large School All-State Mixed Choir, acquiring personal experience on how to be successful through the All-State process. She is thrilled to share her understanding of the voice, and to assist students in creating music that they love!