Stephanie Henkle, Soprano, is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and Indiana University, where she studied with renowned Metropolitan Opera star, Margaret Harshaw.  She completed her doctoral coursework at The Ohio State University.

Ms. Henkle has won numerous awards and competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera District Auditions, First Place in the Opera/Columbus Competition, the NATSAA State Artist Award and the Eleanor Steber Foundation Award.  Awarded the Theodore Presser Prize for 4 years, she also received the Margaret Speaks Scholarship at The Ohio State University and performed with the OSU Symphony, as winner of the Doctoral Concerto Competition.  A soloist at Carnegie Recital Hall, Kennedy Center with the National Symphony, the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. and concert halls throughout the United States, Germany, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic, she has sung under Leonard Bernstein, Robert Shaw, Robert Page, Helmuth Rilling and Antal Dorati.  Summer programs include The American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, the Tanglewood Festival, Chautauqua Institute and the Eastman School of Music Vocal Jazz Symposium.

She is an oratorio soloist, recitalist and jazz singer, and presents her cabaret, A Salute to the Divas of Broadway, in a variety of venues.

At Denison, she teaches Applied and Class Voice and has held similar positions at Otterbein University, Capital University, the University of Findlay and Kenyon College, where served as Coordinator of Vocal Studies. She maintains a large private studio in Westerville, Ohio.
Currently serving as Vice President of the Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Ms. Henkle is proud of her many students who are enjoying careers as professional Classical and Music Theatre performers, as well as successful Music Educators.