Mezzo-soprano Alissa VanCamp, daughter of Nils and Bonnie Allen and Sally and Tim Detzel, was raised in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Her mother, a fellow mezzo and choir teacher, instilled in her a love for music and she began performing at the age of eight.

She attended Eastern New Mexico University where she earned a Bachelors degree in Vocal Performance with honors. She began as a Music Theater major but soon discovered that her future lies in classical voice. While she was there she studied under soprano Jean Wozencraft-Ornellas and was in numerous contests, ensembles, and productions. At the 2000 New Mexico NATS auditions she won Second Place Division V and Third Place Music Theatre. She then went on to win First Place Division VII, First Place Music Theatre, and Most Promising Young Singer at the 2001 NMNATS in Santa Fe. She went on to receive her Masters Degree with highest honors in Vocal Performance at Oklahoma City University under the teachings of contralto Rebekah Kirtey-Ambrosini and tenor Larry Keller. She is now living in Las Vegas with her husband, Jason VanCamp. She is performing with three different opera companies there as well as being part of the Opera Las Vegas Young Artist Program.

Her credits consist of: Carmen (Mercedes/Carmen Cover), The Medium (Baba), Hansel and Gretel (The Witch), Suor Angelica (La Principessa), Dido and Aeneas (Dido), The Old Maid and the Thief (Miss Todd), The Pirates of Penzance (Ruth), Texas! The Musical Drama (Grace), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Oklahoma! (Gertie), Bye Bye Birdie (Gloria Rasputin), and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Linda Lou). Her future engagements include: The Sound of Music, Madame Butterfly, Cavalleria Rusticana, and I Pagliacci with the Tulsa Opera.