Mindy Cox

A native Oklahoman, Mindy Cox received her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Oklahoma City University. She also studied voice at the Conservatory at University of Missouri- Kansas City. She has performed in numerous roles in musicals and operas across the country. Mindy has appeared with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and was a featured singer and dancer at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, where she also served as Vocal Captain for one season (and where she met her husband, choreographer Jeff Cox). Since moving to Fort Wayne, she has appeared on the stages of the First Presbyterian Theater, the Fort Wayne Civic Theater, and the Embassy. Mindy was the invited community guest artist to play Marian in The Music Man at IPFW Department of Theater’s Summer Classics, and has also appeared with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and IPFW as Laurey in Oklahoma! at the Embassy Centre.  At the Civic, she has received Anthony Awards for her performances as Maria in The Sound of Music, Sister Mary Amnesia in Nunsense, and Polly Baker in Crazy For You. She taught a Musical Theatre Performance class at IPFW, and served as the Music Director and conductor for their musicals for a decade. She was also the featured soloist with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic for their Holiday Pops community concerts.  Mindy is the co-founder and music director of Summit City Music Theatre, a professional musical theatre company in Fort Wayne.

Mindy's students have been seen in leading roles and as winners many performing arenas and competitions, including the Barn Theatre of Michigan, the Miss Indiana pageant system, Arena Dinner Theatre, the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, Indiana State NATS auditions, and the William Schmidt vocal competition. She has former students who have gone on to pursue degrees in music at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, AMDA-New York, Anderson University, Wright State University, DePauw University, Ball State University, Elmhurst College, and Oklahoma City University, among others. Mindy is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and was honored with their Independent Teacher Award for the Great Lakes Region in 2018.