Capital City Choir Camp | Austin, TX

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A teacher and performer from Austin, Texas, Dr. Cummings holds a Bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently serves as Teaching Assistant Professor of voice at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point and previously taught at the University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University. Equally interested in solo and choral performance and pedagogy, she has received numerous awards from the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and served as a section leader for the 2021 TMEA All State Treble Choir. Her interests include the alignment of solo and choral pedagogy, voice science, equity and accessibility in the voice studio, and issues of gender and race in vocal pedagogy and she has shared her research on these topics to the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and the Texas Choral Directors Association (TCDA) and in the Journal of Singing. She enjoys making music with her husband, Austin who is also a performer and music educator, and her two very theatrical children.

Chris Vineis, an Austin native, is the Assistant Director of Choirs at Westlake High School. Ms. Vineis recently completed the Master of Music degree at the University of Texas in Choral Conducting where she served the Butler School of Music Choral Area as Assistant Conductor of the University Treble Chorus and the University Tenor/Bass Chorus. Chris is Director of Music at The Church at Highland Park and is a proud alumnus of the TMEA All-State Mixed Choir, Oklahoma State University, AND Westwood High School in Round Rock ISD!

Austin Bradley is a baritone, conductor, and educator originally from Texas, now based in Central Wisconsin. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Texas at Austin, he has over a decade of experience as a private voice instructor and choral conductor. In 2013, he founded a successful voice studio in Austin, TX, mentoring many students into top collegiate music programs and the Texas All-State Choirs. He currently serves as choir director at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and lives in Wisconsin with his wife, Natalie, and their children.

Spencer Wiley is in his sixth year as Director of Choirs at Harker Heights High School in Killeen ISD. As a TMEA All-State musician himself, Mr. Wiley has guided many students through the TMEA All-State process during his teaching career, and is honored to be presenting a group of his students as a TMEA Honor Choir at the 2024 Convention. He holds a Master of Music Education from Texas State University and a Bachelor of Music in Choral Music Education from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Choirs under his direction have enjoyed outstanding success at the Texas UIL Concert & Sight-Reading evaluations as well as many other festivals throughout the state. Most recently the a cappella ensemble at Harker Heights HS, Pitch Black, won the First Place Grand Prize at the AcaTex Acapella Competition.

Susan Neff is a retired choir director and Austin native. Her long career included positions at Pflugerville High School, Georgetown High School, and Hyde Park Baptist High School. During her tenure at Pflugerville High School, the Varsity Treble Choir was selected as a performing choir at the 2012 Texas Music Educators Convention, and her influence as a secondary choir director has included countless TMEA All-State students, Outstanding Performers, and  a wide array of her students entering the teaching field! Ms. Neff holds a Bachelor of Music in Choral Music Education from the University of Texas, and enjoys accompanying choirs all over the Austin area including the Austin Masterworks Singers under the direction of Morris Stevens, and she is the collaborative pianist at St. Theresa's Catholic Church. 

Lee Ashlee Fletcher is a graduate of Baylor University where she earned her Bachelor of Music Education degree. At Baylor, she was a Walker Harman Scholar and remained active in dual roles as a vocalist and flutist - performing with the acclaimed  Baylor Symphony Orchestra and at significant national conferences with the Baylor Wind Ensemble and Baylor Bella Voce. In addition, Lee Ashlee began studying piano privately at eight years old and maintained a rigorous routine throughout her schooling. A native of Austin, Lee Ashlee is a graduate of Westlake High School in Eanes ISD. When not teaching, she enjoys writing and performing music with her best friends, exploring the nature that Texas has to offer, and dissecting every new song Taylor Swift writes.