Jeff Ostermueller

Jeff Ostermueller is a voice teacher and audition coach, as well as an actor, singer, musician, and coach based in New York City. Originally from New Jersey, Jeff received his BFA in Music Theatre from Elon University before hitting the road with the National Tour of Spring Awakening. Jeff has acted and sung in productions throughout the US, as well as all 5 NYC boroughs, in dozens of venues. Favorite acting credits include Jean-Michel in La Cage aux Folles, Brad in Rocky Horror, L.M. in Pump Boys & Dinettes, Jamie in The Last 5 Years, and Franky in Forever Plaid, and he regularly travels to perform with the musical theatre review company Broadway Tonite Live!

As a musical director, Jeff has worked with the St. Bart's Players in New York, Flat Rock Playhouse, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Applause Theatrical Workshop, and the Play Group Theatre. Favorite shows include The Drowsy Chaperone, Seussical, Newsies, Peter and the Starcatcher, Dear Edwina, and Joseph...Dreamcoat. After committing to full-time professional voice teaching, Jeff attended Teachers College Columbia University receiving his master’s in music & music education, focusing on vocal pedagogy, and reconstructing the applied lesson studio. In the fall and spring, Jeff teaches over 40 students per week, working as an Adjunct Professor of Voice at CAP21/Molloy University in NYC, where he teaches BFA musical theatre majors, Columbia University, The Convent of the Sacred Heart, The Front N Center Performing Arts Studio, and Broadway Kids Auditions, where he’s been a voice teacher, coach, and musical director for kids from all over the world. He also runs a private voice studio for singers of all backgrounds in NYC. Jeff is an active member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing- NYC Chapter. My Teaching Philosophy (short version): If we are proverbial onions, wrapped layer-upon-layer of depth and humanity, rather than revealing ourselves by un-peeling our onion one layer at a time, our voice works as a metal straw (save the turtles) that cuts right through to our center and shares that which is most intimate, most true.