Faculty

Jane West, Artistic Director

Jane West has more than 30 years performing and teaching experience.  She has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Vocal Performance from Butler University and has performed in Opera, Oratorio and Musical Theater throughout the State of Indiana and the Baltic Countries with the Indianapolis Opera Company, the Indiana Opera Theater, Indianapolis Civic Theater, Anderson Summer Music Festival and the Christian Theological Seminary Theater to name a few.  However, she found her true passion 30 years ago when she was tapped to teach private voice and piano lessons in the IPS Performing Arts Magnet.  Since then she has taught those subjects plus Music Theory and Piano Keyboard Class in grades 5 through 12 and also served on the Music Faculty at now, Marian University.  Jane especially enjoys helping students (of all ages) find their dramatic center enabling them to become the performers they dream they can be.  Her teaching philosophy is twofold:  A) Music is a language.  In order to speak it, one must be able to read it!  B) Music (to many) is life, itself.  The student of music must be allowed to have fun with learning.  Students should be encouraged, challenged, and above all nurtured in this magnificent relationship with music!

Jillian Wade, Music Director

Jillian Wade holds a B.M. in Vocal Music Education from Hope College, and is currently pursuing a M.M. in Choral Conducting at Butler University. In addition to being certified to teach music for grades K-12, she teaches voice and beginning piano at the Meridian Music School in Carmel, IN. 2025 will be her third summer at M3 Theater Camp.

Joyce Buchholz, Technical Director

Joyce has been teaching music for many years.  She holds a B.S. in harp performance from Indiana University of Bloomington and an M.B.A. from Indiana Wesleyan.  In addition to teaching piano and harp, Joyce is also a certified Harmony Road instructor.  Not only is she a highly qualified teacher, but she is also a certified harp technician.  Joyce is affiliated with the Folk Harp Society, American Harp Society, the World Harp Congress, and American String Teachers Association.  Joyce believes that people of all ages can learn music.  She also believes that music can “feed your soul like few things can.”  Joyce is a classically trained musician, but she enjoys performing and teaching all styles of music including pop music and jazz.