Artist in Residence: Multi-Disciplinary Class at Hope Partnership
Throughout the 2025-2026 school year, Community Arts Facilitator Kyle Chastulik will meet with 7th and 8th grade students at Hope Partnership for Education to foster and support students’ musical goals. Students may focus on voice or an instrument of their choosing, such as guitar, piano, or percussion. Students will receive individual lesson instruction in these areas, while learning foundational skills in music theory, ear-training, and ensemble work in the classroom. In partnership with their music teacher, the students will apply core Hope Partnership values of Compassion, Hope, Hospitality, Joy, and Respect to facilitate community-minded musicianship. The program will culminate in a showcase of their hard work, done by each class for the Hope Partnership community in May of 2026.
Kyle Chastulik (they/them) is a versatile singing actor, concert artist, and songster living in West Philadelphia. Recent performances include Frank in Die Fledermaus (Wilmington Concert Opera), Bass Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem (Haverford-Bryn Mawr Chorale), and Pâris/Le Duc in Roméo et Juliette (Prismatic Arts Ensemble). 2025-26 season highlights include the Philly premiere of Alice Tierney (Opera on Tap Philadelphia), Poets and Painters— a multimedia recital with Liberty City Arts, and the world premiere of Sleepers Awake with Opera Philadelphia.
Kyle holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Temple University, where they appeared as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Golaud in Pélleas et Mélisande, and Prophet/King in Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters. Kyle also holds a BFA from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In addition to being a seasoned vocal soloist and ensemble musician, Kyle frequently interprets chamber music as a singing classical guitarist, presenting works for voice and self-accompanying guitar.
Committed to expanding access to music at all levels, Kyle co-manages Opera On Tap Philadelphia. As a teaching artist, Kyle offers instruction in early childhood music, group classes, and private lessons to all ages in all musical styles. In addition to working with Opera Philadelphia, Kyle serves as a teaching mentor with ArtSmart and is an instructor with Music Theatre Philly.