NATS 2020 56th National Conference Program

N AT I O N A L A S S O C I AT I O N O F T E A C H E R S O F S I N G I N G

56TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

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JU ST R EL EA SE D !

THE YIDDISH FOLKSONG PROJECT ANTHOLOGY

The arrangements of Robert De Cormier Compiled, edited, and with background material, by John Yaffé The first-ever publication of the late, great Robert De Cormier’s finely-crafted arrangements of Yiddish folk songs — and the firstever large body of Yiddish folksong repertoire arranged by a master composer-arranger and suitable for concert/recital performance.

‘A superb anthology. The information about the songs, arrangements, and their musical and cultural history, is very engaging and of genuine pedagogical significance. The songs themselves in these arrangements are eminently worthy of inclusion in the art song œuvre’.

Dr. Lori McCann Associate Professor of Voice Coordinator of Voice Program John J. Cali School of Music Montclair State University (New Jersey)

VOLUME 1 (18 SONGS) INCLUDES: • Versions for voice and piano • Downloadable MP3s (with and without voice) • IPA and Roman transliterations as well as ‘word-forword’ and ‘idiomatic’ translations.

• Yiddish Pronunciation Guide • Article on folk songs in arrangement • Article on Yiddish vis-à-vis German • Historical/contextual background on the Yiddish language as well as on each individual song

To order: Anthology, Volume 1 (192 pgs.), plus MP3 tracks: $30.00 | £25.00 | €28.00 | plus shipping and handling Ipsilon Music Press www.ipsilonmusic.com/yfsp/order E-mail: info@ipsilonmusic.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Conference Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7 Exhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–10 National Anthems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Lifetime Achievement Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–16 NATSAA Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18–19

DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE: Wednesday & Thursday, June 24–25, 2020 (pre-conference workshops) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Friday, June 26, 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21–23 Saturday, June 27, 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23–24 Sunday, June 28, 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24–25 Monday, June 29, 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–27 Tuesday, June 30, 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 National Conference Presenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29–123 Van L. Lawrence Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 2020 Joan Frey Boytim Award for Independent Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 NATS Executive Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 2020 Emerging Leaders Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Advertiser Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 2019 and 2020 NATS Intern Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136–137 NATS 57th National Conference in Chicago (2022) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 NATS Dates and Deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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WELCOME TO THE 56TH NATS NATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE!!

We are excited to gather virtually and share our collective love for all that singing offers our world! Its power has, does, and will always enrich, reflect, and express the times we live in along with the history we access through songs and singing from lives and times before our own. Each one of us is part of a wondrous journey as lovers of singing and song through our various ways and for our various purposes. That is indeed something we celebrate throughout the conference!

We kicked off NATS’ 75th Anniversary Celebration in Las Vegas in 2018. Since then NATS has made great strides to honor our past and plan for our future by crafting the NATS Strategic Plan 2020–2025: Framing Our Future. We have a new mission statement, and our first vision, values, and diversity and inclusion statements. This conference reflects the association we have become and offers a vision for where we go from this point on.

Our musical lives were transformed due to COVID-19. NATS sprang into action to help our colleagues affected by the seemingly sudden silencing of voices as we each sought to understand what this means for us. Our members were quick to respond through NATS-Chats and NATS social media to share expertise and move most of us to “on-line” ways that have kept singing going safely with consideration of facts about the virus as related to singing. We are fortunate to live during a time of incredible electronic communication possibilities. Over 150,000 viewed the first COVID related webinar on OfficialNATS YouTube.

NATS’ switch to a virtual event has been a monumental task that we are pleased to share with a record-setting 2000+ participants. This comprehensive conference includes the finals round of the National Student Auditions and student workshops, along with breakout sessions and correlating Q & A sessions, plenary sessions, recitals and special events, publisher showcase sessions, and poster paper sessions. You will find events about voice science and pedagogy, collaboration, teaching young singers, independent studios, COVID-19, community, CCM, diversity and inclusion, art song, singing through a lifetime, and health and wellness. Thank you to all our presenters and sponsors for your dedication to our profession and your willingness to contribute to our expanded virtual audience.

The exciting line-up of internationally known guest performers and speakers includes acclaimed American tenor Lawrence Brownlee, research scientist Christian Herbst, the incredible talents and perspectives of Rhiannon Giddens, a sing-along with our own Erin Guinup, an exciting musical and collaborative presentation with soprano and composer, Patrice Michaels, titled Notorious RBG in Song , and two “The Ethics of a Profession” panel discussions, one on creating a safe workspace and the other on diversity and inclusion.

Thank you for being a part of 56th NATS National VIRTUAL Conference!

Karen Brunssen NATS President

Majorie Bennett Stephens 2020 Conference Program Chair

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Carole Blankenship NATS President Elect

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Allen Henderson NATS Executive Director

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RICORDI OPERA ANTHOLOGY

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ECS has earned its renowned place in the world of vocal music as the long-time publisher of composers such as Libby Larsen, Gwyneth Walker and David Conte, and maintained that place with new additions to the catalog in Juliana Hall, John Conahan, and other active vocal composers. Furthermore, the history of ECS operas reaches back to former Galaxy editor Robert Ward’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera The Crucible, and spans to the present with the operas of Tom Cipullo (Glory Denied, After Life, Josephine), Michael Ching (Buoso’s Ghost), and Leanna Kirchoff (Scrapbookers).

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CONFERENCE SPONSORS NATS 56TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Ipsilon Ipsilon Music Press is one of the most highly regarded music preparation companies in the world, with offices both in the U.S. and the UK. We are especially proud of our close working relationship with the late, great Robert De Cormier, the rediscovery of his forty-four Yiddish folksong arrangements, and the long-awaited release of The Yiddish Folksong Project Anthology, Volume 1: The Arrangements of Robert De Cormier (please visit our exhibitor’s booth, and see our showcase, at the NATS National Conference this summer in Knoxville). Ipsilon is under the supervision of conductor John Yaffé, who, along with conductor David Daniels, is co-author of the globally acclaimed reference book Arias, Ensembles, and Choruses: An Excerpt Finder for Orchestras (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012). Ipsilon also has the largest modern rental/sale library of new, informed, corrected editions of extractions from opera, operetta, and orchestral song (scores and parts). We offer a broad range of personalized music services — in both classical and popular music genres — including state-of-the-art music notation, editing, score/part preparation, arranging, orchestration, transcriptions, proofreading, musical theater workshop production, and recording production. Please visit us at: https://store.ipsilonmusic.com/ View our Exhibit Booth

CONFERENCE SPONSORS American Academy of Teachers of Singing The American Academy of Teachers of Singing is a select group of nationally recognized teachers of singing and voice experts. Members include those who are faculty at prestigious colleges, universities and conservatories, as well as teachers in independent studios. Many members are esteemed performers of classical and/or contemporary commercial music, noted authors, and voice science researchers. The Academy offers professional advice and guidance to those interested in singing, the teaching of singing, the business of singing, and the science of singing.

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CONFERENCE SPONSORS Steinway Piano Gallery, Nashville Steinway & Sons is the official piano sponsor of the 56th NATS National Conference Steinway Piano Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee steinwaynashville.com

COMPETITION SPONSORS Distinguished Concerts International New York CHANGING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF PERFORMANCE Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) is the leading producer of dynamically charged musical excellence. With its unforgettable concert experiences in renowned venues, empowering educational programs, and its global community of artists and audiences, DCINY changes lives through the power of performance.

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The University of Tennessee Knoxville The School of Music is a department within the College of Arts and Sciences, the largest and most comprehensive college at the University of Tennessee, the largest of the state universities in the Tennessee higher education system. UT has more than 27,000 students - over 21,000 undergraduate and almost 6,000 graduate students. There are 8,100 faculty and staff on campus.

The School of Music offers a broad and comprehensive professional music program. Through its many specialized professional music concentrations, the School affords music students the opportunity of a wide variety of professional direction, training, and experience.

In the School of Music, there are 47 full-time faculty, 10 part-time faculty and 9 full-time staff.

Currently there are 266 B.M. and 18 B.A. (284 undergraduate students total) and 84 M.M. students for a total of 368 music majors.

The School of Music is housed in the brand new Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. As of August 2013, the School of Music at UT is an All-Steinway School, meaning that at least 90 percent of its pianos are Steinway-designed pianos.

The School is extremely proud of its record of achievement in education, performance, and service. Internationally recognized performing artists and conductors, members of major symphony orchestras, leading performers in commercial music and jazz, composers, and faculty members of leading academic institutions are included in the ranks of the school’s graduates.

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EXHIBITORS AuditionWare - Conference Sponsor

Hal Leonard - Platinum Sponsor

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Ipsilon Music Press - Bronze-Level Sponsor

Contemporary Musical Theatre Corp.

LaGrange College

DCINY - Competition Sponsor

Longy School of Music of Bard College

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E.C. Schirmer Music Company - Bronze-Level Sponsor

Oklahoma City University, Wanda L. Bass School of Music

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EXHIBITORS NATS 56TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Petrie School of Music, Converse College

S.T.M. Publishers

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Tennessee Tech School of Music

RCM Certificate Program - Gold-Level Sponsor

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Voice Series 2019 EDITION

The definitive North American standard for teaching and studying voice at all levels.

A holistic approach that promotes healthy singing development for students of all levels An exciting selection of North American literature An online community with access to free digital recordings

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NATIONAL ANTHEMS NATS 56TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER Francis Scott Key (1814)

Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM: O CANADA! Robert Stanely Weir (English lyrics, 1908), Calixa Lavale (Music, 1880)

O CANADA!

NOTRE HYMNE NATIONAL

Our home and native land!

True patriot love in all of us command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free!

From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada!

Terre de nos aïeux, Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!

Car ton bras sait porter l’épée, Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une épopée Des plus brillants exploits.

Et ta valeur, de foi trempée, Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

AN DIE MUSIK Franz Schubert (1817) Lyrics by Franz von Schober

Du holde Kunst, in wieviel grauen Stunden, Wo mich des Lebens wilder Kreis umstrickt, Hast du mein Herz zu warmer Lieb entzunden, Hast mich in eine bessrer Welt entrückt! in eine bessrer Welt entrückt Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf' entflossen, Ein süsser, heiliger Akkord von dir Den Himmel bessrer Zeiten mir erschlossen, Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür, Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir!

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NATS 56TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

MARY COSTA, internationally acclaimed

example of a high standard of artistic singing.

Later in 1961, Mary sang her first Manon in operatic soprano, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1930. In her early teens, Mary’s Cincinnati, followed by an appearance at the familya relocated to Los Angeles, California, Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden, where she completed her high school where she sang in La Traviata, the opera in education and entered the Los Angeles which she made her debut at the Metropolitan Conservatory of Music to study with the famed Opera on January 6, 1964. She was asked to maestro, Gaston Usigli. Between 1948 and sing the Star Spangled Banner for the opening 1951, she appeared with Edgar Bergen and of the 34th Academy Awards Ceremony, hosted Charlie McCarthy on the Bergen radio show.

by Bob Hope, in 1962.

She also sang with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Among Costa’s fondest and most treasured in concerts at UCLA, and made numerous Mary Costa memories, was receiving a personal request commercials for Lux Radio Theater. from Jacqueline Kennedy to sing at the John F. In 1952, Costa was personally chosen by Walt Kennedy Memorial Service. The President and Mrs. Kennedy Disney to be the speaking and singing voice of Princess Aurora had been following the career of the diva since she sang the in the Disney film, Sleeping Beauty. The Disney classic was Star Spangled Banner at the Academy Awards. Costa had long seven years in production, during which period Costa became been an admirer of President and Mrs. Kennedy. The service the female spokesperson, serving alongside William Lundigan was telecast throughout the world from the Sports Arena in and Jack Benny, on CBS’s duo, Climax, and The Shower of Stars.

Los Angeles.

In 1958, Mary was called upon to substitute for Elisabeth Costa’s Metropolitan Opera debut received one of the Schwarzkopf at a gala concert in the Hollywood Bowl, season’s greatest ovations and engendered enthusiastic praise conducted by Carmen Dragon. Because of her glowing reviews from critics. It is considered one of the most outstanding from that performance, she was invited to sing the lead in debuts of an American singer in the history of the company. her first fully staged operatic production, The Bartered Bride, Mary performed a number of leading roles with the produced by the renowned German producer, Carl Ebert, Metropolitan in succeeding seasons, including Massenet’s for the Los Angeles Guild Opera. Ebert later requested that Manon, her favorite role. She was subsequently chosen by Mary appear at the Glyndebourne Festival, where she made a Samuel Barber and Gian-Carlo Menotti to recreate the title role stunning debut. Following these triumphs, Leonard Bernstein in a new production of the Barber opera, Vanessa. Jacqueline deemed her, “perfect,” as the leading lady for his Candide, Kennedy attended the opening night gala production and which had both a United States tour and a London season. came backstage to congratulate Mary on the success of the Costa received great acclaim from critics and public alike, both performance. in the United States and Europe.

One of Costa’s favorite remembrances was being chosen by Her appearance at the Vancouver Festival in 1959 brought Igor Stravinsky for the role of Anne Trulove in the San Francisco her to the attention of eastern critics, who dubbed her the Opera’s production of the new work, The Rake’s Progress, new soprano star on the horizon. The San Francisco Opera which, prior to its opening, included an unforgettable three then engaged Costa for several operas, and she immediately weeks of private vocal coaching in the Stravinsky home. Also became a favorite leading soprano with the company. considered a special occasion was the invitation to perform Impresario Sol Hurok signed Mary to an exclusive contract, and in the world premier of Norman Dello Joio’s Blood Moon, and remained her manager until his death. the Western Hemisphere production of Benjamin Britten’s A Costa was featured in Life Magazine in 1964. The article Midsummer Night’s Dream. showcased a four page spread entitled, “Jingle Singer Makes In 1963, Costa was invited to London to film the BBC’s highly Met Debut,” covering Costa’s rise from singing television jingles acclaimed television productions of La Traviata, Faust, and The to her Metropolitan Opera debut.

Merry Widow. English critics acclaimed her the definitive Merry In 1961, she recorded La Boheme for RCA Victor from Widow, and the productions have since had several annual rethe stage of the Rome Opera House. This recording was rebroadcasts throughout the United Kingdom. mastered and re-released in 1998, and was awarded the RCA Mary’s choice to sing at the Bolshoi Opera in 1970, during Victor Red Seal CD release of the month. The original recording has been used in music schools across the country as an her first tour of Russia, was La Traviata and the Russians

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD loved her. She made such an impact on the audiences that she was asked to extend her two-week trip to 13 weeks in order for audiences all over Russia to hear her. This was an unprecedented triumph for an American singer.

In 1971 at the request of Leonard Bernstein, Costa sang the lead in a revival of Candide, which opened the opera house at the new Kennedy Center in Washington. She performed the role for an extended run. After seeing her in Candide, producer Andrew Stone cast Costa as the wife of Johann Strauss, Jr in the 1972 MGM film, The Great Waltz, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Her personal flair and natural affinity for Viennese music resulted in many highly acclaimed Viennese concerts across the USA. In 1973, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music from HardinSimmons University.

Prior to his resignation in 1974, President Nixon invited Costa to the White House for a command performance at a State Reception for the Prime Minister of Singapore.

Costa impressed television audiences throughout her career with guest appearances on many shows, such as Bing Crosby’s Christmas Show on NBC-TV. She also appeared on Frank Sinatra’s Woman of the Year Timex Special for NBC, where she was honored, along with Juliet Prowse, Lena Horne, and Eleanor Roosevelt, as women of the year. In 1972, Sammy Davis Jr. asked Mary to appear on his first NBC Follies. Among his other guests that evening, were Mickey Rooney and Ernest Borgnine. Mary performed a blues selection with Sammy, backed up by one of her favorite performers, Charlie Parker.

Her other television credits include appearances on the shows of Jim Nabors, Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, Della Reese, Jack Benny, Joey Bishop, George Burns, Don Knotts, Diana Shore, and many others.

Another highlight of Costa’s life was in 1975, when she joined the Metropolitan Opera on its historic tour of Japan, singing Musetta in La Boheme, delighting Japanese audiences.

She opened the season at the Metropolitan in 1977 in La Boheme, receiving high critical acclaim.

During the beginning of her operatic career, Mary studied voice with the great Metropolitan Opera tenor, Mario Chamlee. Fritz Zweig, famed assistant conductor to the great composer, Richard Strauss, helped Mary prepare her recital, concert and operatic repertoire, which encompassed 39 opera roles.

In1984, Costa took a sabbatical from traveling and performing in order to care for her 90-year old mother, who had begun to need more extensive attention. During this period, Mary became involved with the Palm Beach Opera, NATS.org/Virtual2020.html H #VirtualNATS

donating her time to help judge opera auditions and speak at various local charity benefits on their behalf. She also served the opera in the capacity of a consultant and advisor to aspiring singers.

In 1993, after the passing of her beloved mother at 101 years of age, Mary returned to her hometown of Knoxville, TN, to establish a permanent residence. She immediately became affiliated with the efforts of Childhelp USA, and subsequently was asked to become one of their National Ambassadors, an honor that she graciously accepted. Costa was given the Licia Albanese–Puccini Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989.

In November of 1993, Mary was chosen as one of the Women in the Performing Arts, an award presented to her in Washington, DC at the opening of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Costa was also given a position as an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Board of the Knoxville Opera Company. In this capacity she has, along with other responsibilities, served as an advisor to the board and a mentor to young performers at the University of Tennessee School of Music.

In the latter part of the 1990’s, Mary divided her time between personal appearances for the Disney Corporation, and a demanding schedule of motivational speaking engagements.

In 1998, Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist presented the Tennessee Achievement Award to her for her contribution to the arts and her constant inspiration to young people throughout the country. And in the same year, she was asked

by Governor Sundquist to be one of the individuals to choose the music for a Classical CD that is presented to every child born in the state of Tennessee. In 1999, she was the recipient of the coveted Disney Legends Award. Much of her motivational enthusiasm was, and still continues to be, directed toward primary, secondary and college level students. Her association with the Walt Disney Corporation as the voice of Sleeping Beauty has afforded her the opportunity to raise funds on behalf of various charities, including Childhelp USA, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Read Across America, and Signal Centers of Chattanooga, all of which benefit children in need.

In 2000, Costa was selected as the Tennessee Woman of Distinction by the American Lung Association. And in April of 2001, she was one of 38 honorees chosen by the Metropolitan Opera Guild for Distinguished Verdi Performances of the Twentieth and Twenty-first centuries.

In August 2002, Costa was recognized, along with a panel of other Disney legends and performers, when the newlydigitized Disney classic, Sleeping Beauty, opened to a large

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crowd of enthusiastic fans at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. The distinguished panel was interviewed by an ABC affiliate spokesperson, who asked questions of the panel members about the making of the original movie, and their personal experiences with Walt Disney. Rhett Wickham, a critic who covered the event, wrote, “[The panel] delivered some very articulate and often moving observations on the film.

Chief among these was Mary Costa, whose true grace makes it seem for all the world like she has some angelic key-light that follows her.”

On February 5, 2003, Costa was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve on the National Council on the Arts from 2003 through 2006. According to a spokesperson for the National Endowment for the Arts, The National Council on the Arts advises the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts on agency policies and programs and also reviews funding guidelines and applications for grants. The Council members are chosen for their widely recognized knowledge of the arts, their expertise or profound interest in the arts, and their record of distinguished service or achievement in the arts. Costa’s nomination was confirmed by the U. S. Senate and she was sworn in at the Supreme Court by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in April of 2003. In speaking about her new responsibilities with the National Council on the Arts, Mary commented, “Throughout the years, I have had many mentors who helped further my career. Without their assistance, I would not have been able to accomplish numerous goals that were important in my life. I now have the opportunity through the National Council to be a mentor to deserving artists who are seeking to achieve their destiny. This is a wonderful chance for me to return to others a portion of that which was so generously given to me.”

In 2004, John Mauceri, noted conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, extended a personal invitation to Mary to perform at the Hollywood Bowl in a musical extravaganza paying tribute to a truly Great American icon, the inimitable Walt Disney. Maestro Mauceri requested that Mary present a narration taken from the 1942 animated film, Bambi, with background accompaniment of the Edward Plumb orchestral suite provided by the Bowl Orchestra. The concert was performed for sell-out audiences on both August 20 and 21st, and delighted cheering fans of all ages.

On November 2, 2007, Costa was inducted into the Knoxville Opera Hall of Fame. She launched the inaugural Knoxville Opera season in 1978, starring as Violetta in La Traviata. The following season she appeared in the title role of The Merry Widow. Costa has remained a crucial advocate for Knoxville

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Opera at both the state and national level. In December of 2007, Costa received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree from Carson-Newman College, a liberal arts college located in Jefferson City, Tennessee. In the 157 year history of the college, Costa is the first individual to have been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts.

The Walt Disney Studios released the 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition of Sleeping Beauty in 2008, the first full-length Disney animated feature to come to Blu-RayTM Disc, honoring the 1959 debut of the original film. Costa was asked to make personal appearances at numerous venues, including special functions in NY City, Los Angeles and London. During the month of October of 2008, she was invited to return to the National Endowment for the Arts to present the first NEA Opera Honors to her longtime friend, Leontyne Price.

In 2009 she received the Honorary Award for Musical Achievement presented by Los Angeles Guild Opera.

In February of 2011, Costa was awarded a Senate Joint Resolution, signed by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, honoring her for her distinguished musical career and her outstanding service to the State of Tennessee.

At the 78th annual “Metropolitan Opera Guild Luncheon: Star Power!” in December of 2012, the Guild celebrated the Met Auditions Program by recognizing artists whose esteemed careers began through their start as participants in this program. Costa was honored as one of the legends from the Opera Auditions Program, who had gone on to make their debut at the Metropolitan Opera.

In 2014 Costa was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane and Musical Letters from the University of Tennessee.

Costa was honored in January of 2015, when The Mary Costa Endowed Scholarship in Opera was established at the University of Tennessee.

Costa was a recipient of one of the Governor’s Arts Awards in the category of Distinguished Artists in March of 2015.

‘Established in 1971, the Governor’s Arts Awards is produced by the Tennessee Arts Commission, the state arts agency whose mission is to cultivate the arts for Tennesseans and their communities. This award is presented to Tennessee artists of exceptional talent and creativity who have influenced directions, trends and aesthetic practices on a state and national level.’* (*Nashville Arts Magazine.)

For many years, Costa has been listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in America.

Costa continues to be actively involved in mentoring and encouraging young vocalists.

Authorized Biography ©Mary Costa 2018

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Matthew Hill, tenor 2020 NATS Artist Award Winner

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Thursday, June 25, 2020 • 6:00 pm

PROGRAM Matthew Hill, tenor Christopher Koelzer, piano The throstle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maude Valerie White So, we’ll go no more a-roving Ich trage meine Minne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Strauss Sehnsucht Liebeshymnus Cäcilie In the Alley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Ives A sound of a distant horn Slugging a Vampire The Childrens’ Hour Canon 5 Poèmes de Max Jacob . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis Poulenc 1. Chanson bretonne 2. Cimetière 3. La petite servante 4. Berceuse 5. Souric et mouric Canticle I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Britten

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Matthew Hill, tenor, from Laurel, Maryland enjoys a varied career as a soloist and ensemble singer, based in Washington D.C. Recent opera credits include his debut with Washington National Opera as Older brother in Dead Man Walking, understudying the title role in Candide with Washington National Opera, Marceullus in Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet with Washington Concert Opera, Parpignol in La Bohème with Wolf Trap Opera, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with the Maryland Opera Studio and Music Academy International, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with the Maryland Opera Studio, and Damon in Acis and Galatea with New Dominion Chorale. ​Past solo concert work includes Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt, Mozart’s Requiem, Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, and The Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew and St. John Passion. He was a frequent soloist with the University of Maryland Bach Cantata series. He performs regularly as a soloist and chorister with the American Bach Soloists, Washington Bach Consort, and Washington National Cathedral Choirs. Matthew is also a member of the United States Air Force Band Singing Sergeants.

Matthew recently won first place at both the local and regional rounds of the NATS competitions, and was a prize winner at the following competitions: the National Society of Arts and Letters Dorothy Lincoln-Smith Voice Competition, Choralis Young Artist Competition, Oratorio Society of New York Competition, Vocal Arts DC Art Song Competition, and at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Middle Atlantic Regional Competition. Matthew received his Master of Music degree in opera performance and Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the University of Maryland College Park on a Creative and Performing Arts full scholarship. ​

Solo and collaborative pianist Christopher Koelzer hails from the San Francisco Bay Area, and performs and coaches regularly in the New York City and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. Christopher began collaborating in opera, musical theater, and chamber music at age 13, working with Mission City Opera in Santa Clara, CA, and Lyric Theater of San Jose, CA. Christopher received his Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance, studying with Dr. Irene Peery-Fox at Brigham Young University, where he coached and performed in the Opera department during his entire degree. He holds a Master’s Degree in Collaborative Piano from University of Maryland, College Park, and is currently a Doctoral Candidate at University of Maryland, studying with Professor Rita Sloan.

Christopher has performed across the world as a solo and collaborative pianist. He received an Oscarson Grant to attend the International Music Academy at Plzen, Czech Republic in 2009. He attended Aspen Music Festival and School with full scholarship from 2011–2012, returning as Vocal Fellow in 2014. Christopher was an advisor, musical coach and performer in the Rural Artists Project, Inc. in western Alaska in 2014, a program designed to promote music appreciation and cultural development in rural areas. He was awarded Outstanding Collaborative Pianist Award and Grand Prize Art Song in the Metropolitan International Music Festival Competition in New York, 2016 with mezzo-soprano Nicole Lévèsque. Christopher was a Coaching Fellow at Wolf Trap Opera in 2017, as coach and accompanist for Rigoletto, as well as pianist for a new production of Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins as part of Halcyon’s By The People, an international arts and dialogue festival in Washington, D.C., a performance that collaborated with Hong Kong Ballet and Terra Firma Dance Company. Christopher joined the Merola Opera Program for its 2019 season as Apprentice Coach, premiering Jake Heggie’s If I Were You. Christopher has worked as assistant conductor and vocal coach with many opera companies, including Washington National Opera (Washington, D.C.), Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, VA), Northern Lights Music Festival (Minnesota), Maryland Lyric Opera (Bethesda, MD), and has coached and performed with the Maryland Opera Studio from 2013–2017. Christopher was selected for Washington National Opera’s Cafritz Young Artist Program as pianist and coach from 2017–2019. He has performed and recorded several new musicals written by Blake Allen in New York City (shards, Boston|Nebraska), as well as world premieres of new operas in D.C. and South Carolina. He is nominated for a 2019 Grammy® Award for his work performing and recording with the National Orchestral Institute + Festival on the album RUGGLES, STUCKY & HARBISON: ORCHESTRAL WORKS with conductor David Alan Miller. Christopher joins Maryland Lyric Opera as Assistant Conductor for its 2019 Season.

Upcoming engagements include Berkshire Opera Festival’s production of Don Giovanni in Summer 2020.

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NATS 56TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE * PROGRAM SCHEDULE

*All sessions scheduled are subject to change as needed

ALL TIMES NOTED ARE EASTERN (adjust to your time zone accordingly) Full Registration will include a complimentary 6-month access to all sessions through the NATS Live Learning Center.

Virtual Expo Hall is always open! Please visit our exhibitors and enjoy their presentation.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020 Pre-Conference Workshop Events (Additional ticket must be pre-purchased to attend with special code.)

*11 am–3 pm Acoustic and Perceptual Voice Pedagogy: From Impulse and Affect to Pedagogy and Performance Presenters: Ken Bozeman, Chadley Ballantyne, and Ian Howell *3 pm–7 pm Teaching the Singer-Songwriter Presenters: Marcelle Gauvin and Matthew Edwards *7 pm–11 pm Emotional Safety on Stage, In Rehearsal, and In the Studio Presenter: Tonia Sina

THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020 Pre-Conference Workshop Events (Additional ticket must be pre-purchased to attend with special code.)

*11 am–3 pm Voice and Hearing Health for Singers and Voice Teachers Presenters: Lucinda Halstead MD, Deanna McBroom, Chandler Thompson, and Randall Dick *3 pm–7 pm When Pedagogy Meets Profession Presenter: Michelle Markwart Deveaux 7 pm–8 pm Journal of Singing Forum Presiding: Richard Dale Sjoerdsma 8 pm–9:30 pm NATS Artist Award Competition Winner Concert/Military Service Ensemble Panel 2020 NATSAA Winner Matt Hill, tenor; Christopher Koelzer, piano Following the concert join Benjamin Park and Matt Hill for a panel discussion with current members of the Air Force Singing Sergeants and NATS members that are alumni of service choruses.

Presenters: Matt Hill, Christopher Koelzer, Benjamin Park, Kurt Hansen, Nancy MacArthur Smith, Susan Bender, George Shirley

FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020 (Breakout sessions are available for viewing all day) • Teaching Contemporary Music Theater Presenters: David Sisco, Laura Josepher • Singers and Self Laryngeal Manipulation: What Singing Teachers Need to Know Presenters: Nicholas Perna, Josephine Alston, Sarah Pigott • Research 101: How to Design Publishable Research Studies in Voice Pedagogy Presenter: Amelia Rollings • Voice Masculinization and Voice Feminization: Vocalises for Trans and Gender Expansive Singers Presenter: Loraine Sims

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DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE FRIDAY, JUNE 26

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• The Office: Voice Instructors’ Work Environment and the Effects Upon Voice and Hearing Presenters: Yvonne Gonzales Redman, Lori Sonnenberg • Engaging the Community Through Vocal Chamber Music Presenters: Susan Hochmiller, Adam Cordle • Navigating Higher Education Presenters: Allen Henderson, Randall Umstead, Bronwen Forbay, Jason Lester, Kyle Marrero, Amy Petrongelli, Todd Queen, Mario Martínez

Student Breakout Sessions • Eat, Sing and Be Merry: A Singer’s Guide to Nutrition for Peak Performance in Singing Presenter: Elizabeth Rotoff • Coaching Singers on Healthy Practice Habits Outside the Studio Presenters: Deanna McBroom, Lucinda Halstead • Musician Legalese: Understanding Contracts and the Law for Professional Singers, Teachers, and Composers Presenters: Jill Terhaar Lewis, Kevin Hackler • Country Singing 101 for Musical Theatre Presenter: Edrie Means Weekly • Versatility for Employability: Current Music Theater Training, Research and Practice Presenters: Elizabeth Ann Benson, Dale Cox

Official Event

11 am–1 pm Opening Ceremony 56th National Virtual Conference—Live Stream Session Presiding: Karen Brunssen, NATS President

PUBLISHERS SHOWCASE

1–2 pm Exhibitor Publishers Showcase—Presented by Plural Publishing

2–3 pm Exhibitor Publishers Showcase—Presented by RCM Certificate Program

3–4 pm Live Stream Sessions • Let’s Make Music: Building a Long-term Singer/Pianist Relationship Presenters: Sonya Baker, Victoria Berneking-Cavendish, Caroline Schiller, Christy Lee • Keeping Pop/Rock Voices Healthy on the Road Presenters: Matt Edwards, Marci Rosenberg, Marcelle Gauvin

4–5 pm Wine with Dr. Wendy: Music Theater Teacher – Singer Panel—Live Stream Session Join Dr. Wendy LeBorgne as she converses with one of her students and three other teachers and their students about student teacher dynamics, the realities of a career in music theater, and how singers are navigating the profession.

Presenters: Wendy LeBorgne, Noah J. Ricketts, Mary Saunders-Barton

5–6 pm Composers and Cocktails with the Cincinnati Song Initiative—Live Stream Session Join Samuel Martin for a conversation with Kurt Erickson, winner of the 2020 NATS Art Song Composition Award. Yes, there will be a signature cocktail!

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DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE FRIDAY, JUNE 26 – SATURDAY, JUNE 27

6–8 pm Plenary Session—Sponsored by Hal Leonard Q&A – Lawrence Brownlee—Live Stream Session

8–9 pm Q&A Session with Breakout and Student Session Presenters

9–10:30 pm The World of Cabaret: David Sabella and Sue Matsuki Join David and Sue, authors of So You Want to Sing Cabaret, as they take us on an adventure into the world of cabaret with a host of special guests.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020 (Breakout sessions are available for viewing all day) • Lifting the Curse of Knowledge in Voice Pedagogy Presenter: Melissa Treinkman • Reimagining “Ach, ich fühl’s”: A Lecture-Recital on Ornamenting Mozart Arias Presenters: Mutsumi Moteki, Jennifer Bird • Project 2020: A View of 21st Century Women Composers Presenters: Jennifer Sgroe, Eric Sedgwick • From Puccini to P!nk: Helping the Classically Trained Female Sing Pop Presenter: Timothy Carson • My Sister’s Keeper: The Songs of African American Women Composers Presenters: Marcía Porter, Minnita Daniel-Cox, Alexis Davis-Hazell, Rosalyn Floyd • New Choices in Art Song Repertoire: Canadian Composers Emilie LeBel and Cecilia Livingston Presenters: Elizabeth McDonald, Kathryn Tremills, Emilie LeBel, Cecilia Livingston, Emily Martin

Student Breakout Sessions • Warning: No Shoulders! Mapping the Arms to Free the Breath Presenter: Bonnie Draina • Singing for Better Lung Health with Breathe, Sing, Move!

Presenters: Rachel Goldenberg, Jessica Demars • SongHelix: A ‘Behind the Scenes’ Look at the Online Hub for Art Song Discovery Presenter: Seth Keeton • Training Music Majors for a 21st Century “Mosaic Career” Presenters: Nancy Maria Balach, Brady Bramlett

10–11 am “Children Will Listen”: Teaching the Child Singer in the Private Voice Studio Presenters: Dana Lentini, Jenevora Williams

Plenary Session—Sponsored by Hal Leonard

11–1 pm Subharmonics—a common (but sometimes overlooked) phenomenon of the speaking and singing voice Presenter: Christian Herbst

PUBLISHERS SHOWCASE

1–2 pm Exhibitor Publishers Showcase—Presented by RCM Certificate Program

2–3 pm Exhibitor Publishers Showcase—Presented by E.C. Schirmer—The Music of Tom Cipullo

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DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE SATURDAY, JUNE 27 – SUNDAY, JUNE 28

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3–4 pm Live Stream Sessions • Agents and Critics Panel Session Presenters: Allen Henderson, Romana Jaroff, Anne Midgette, Kathy Olsen • “With a Little Help from My Friends”: Collaborative Teaching in the Voice Studio Presenters: Christin Coffee Rondeau, Michelle Markwart Deveaux

4–5 pm Classical Teacher-Singer Panel: Singer/Teacher and the Journey . . . the Rest of the Story Duo #1 Leah Crocetto, soprano and Arnold Rawls, tenor Duo #2 Alexandria Shiner, soprano and Marjorie Bennett Stephens, soprano Duo #3 Madison Leonard, soprano and Karen Brunssen, mezzo Trio #4 Reginald Smith Jr., baritone, Monica Dewey, soprano and Everett McCorvey, tenor Presenters: Arnold Rawls, Leah Crocetto, Marjorie Bennett Stephens, Alexandria Shiner, Karen Brunssen, Madison Leonard, Everett McCorvey, Reginald Smith Jr., Monica Dewey

5–6 pm Andrew Harley: A Collaborative Conversation Presenters: Andrew Harley and friends

Plenary Session—Sponsored by Hal Leonard

6–8 pm The Ethics of a Profession: Creating Workplace Safety—Panel Session Presenters: Claudia Friedlander, Kathleen Kelly, Anne Midgette, and Zach Finkelstein, Nicole Cabell, Tonia Sina, Isaí Jess Muñoz 8 pm Q&A Session with Breakout and Student Session Presenters

SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020 (Breakout sessions are available for viewing all day) • Women Singing Through Midlife, Menopause, and Beyond Presenters: Nancy Bos, Joanne Bozeman, Cate Frazier-Neely • Developing the Undergraduate Collaborator Presenter: Jenna Braaksma • Mini Recital #2 —This session will include: Laura Kafka-Price and Tomasz Robak—“Singing in Polish for Non-Polish Singers: Karol Szymanowski’s Rymy dziecięce (Children’s Rhymes) Op. 49 Song Cycle” Amy Kathryn Canchola and Colleen Kilpatrick—“Para qué recordar”: Preserving the Legacy of Marìa Grever Through Selected Vocal Compositions for Study and Performance Presenters: Laura Kafka-Price, Tomasz Robak, Amy Kathryn Canchola, Colleen Kilpatrick • Formalized Curiosity: An Overview of Six Years of Collaborative Research on Music Theater Singing and Training Presenters: Lynn Maxfield, Brian Manternach • Boys’ Changing Voices: The Research Evidence - What Does This Mean in Practice?

Presenter: Jenevora Williams • American Academy of Teachers of Singing Presiding: Mary Saunders Barton

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DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE SUNDAY, JUNE 28

• Mini Recital #3 - This session will include: Byron Jones and Karen Walker—Michael’s Letter to Mama: An Iconic Passage of LGBT Literature Set for Voice and Piano Gretchen Windt and Karen Cantrell—Female Voices for Equality Over the Centuries: Through the Guarded Gate Sabrina Warren—Dramatic Stories In An Intimate Setting: Exploring The Art Songs Of Rachel DeVore Fogarty Presenters: Byron Jones, Karen Walker, Gretchen Windt, Karen Cantrell, Sabrina Warren • Mini Recital #4—The Secret Ocean and Preach, Sister, Preach: An Introduction to Song Literature

by American Composer Evan Mack Presenters: Maribeth Crawford, Katherine Jolly, Evan Mack

Student Breakout Sessions • Biofeedback in Vocal Pedagogy: Real-time Success Using Mobile Application Technology Presenters: Heidi Moss, Meghan Dibble • Singers Need a Vibrant, Resilient Voice! Research-Based East/West/Alternative Medicines/ Exercises that Optimize Vocal Health Presenters: Lucinda Halstead, Deanna McBroom • Teaching the Versatile 21st Century Cis-Female Musical Theatre Singer: Navigating the Filter Presenters: Kevin Wilson, Katherine Fuller • “We’re Gonna Go Through It Together!”: Teaching Strategies for Functional Musical Theatre Group Voice Classes Presenter: Amelia Rollings

10–11 am Composers Coffee and Conversation Presiding: Patrice Michaels and Lori Laitman

Plenary Session—Sponsored by Hal Leonard

11 am–1 pm Why the Banjo—From Opera to Folk and Back Again Presenter: Rhiannon Giddens

1–2 pm Live Stream Session—Solutions for Teaching: Internet MIDI Presenters: David Sabella, George Litterst

2–3 pm Live Stream Session—Orfeo Remote: An Experimental Opera Film Presenters: Joachim Schaumberger, Stephen Alltop, Nick Lin

1–5 pm NSA Finals

5–6 pm Lifetime Achievement Award: Mary Costa

Plenary Session—Sponsored by Hal Leonard

6–8 pm Notorious RBG in Song: Collaboration and the Art of Dramatic Concert Presenters: Patrice Michaels, Andrew Harley, Michelle Areyzaga, Matthew Dean, Evan Bravos 8 pm Q&A Session with Breakout and Student Session Presenters

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DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE MONDAY, JUNE 29

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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 (Breakout sessions are available for viewing all day) • Damn the Da Capo! Stylistic Considerations for Performing and Ornamenting Baroque Song Presenter: William Hudson • Defining Evidence-Based Voice Pedagogy (EBVP): A New Framework Presenters: Kari Ragan, Lynn Helding, Lynn Maxfield, Kenneth Bozeman • NATS BOOKS: The So You Want to Sing Series Presenters: Matt Hoch, Allen Henderson, Michael Tan, Susan Hochmiller, Elizabeth Blades, Brenda Smith, Kelly Garner, David Sabella, Sue Matsuki, Eli Yamin • Mini Recital #5—This Session will include: Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and Denise Gainey—Lori Laitman’s THE SECRET EXIT Tony Boutté and Zachary Wadsworth—New American Voices: Championing the American Art Song Presenters: Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk, Denise Gainey, Tony Boutté, Zachary Wadsworth • Cognition in the Time of Corona: Teaching Students How to Learn Presenter: Lynn Helding • Feminization and Masculinization of Singing Voices: Practical Tools to Shift Gender Perception Presenters: Liz Jackson Hearns, Brian Kremer • 21st Century Songs by American and Canadian Composers Presenter: Victoria Holland • Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD) and the Singer Presenters: Lori Sonnenberg, Carla LeFevre

Student Breakout Sessions • Winning the Mental Game: The Simple Solution to Performance Anxiety Presenter: Nicholas Pallesen • Customized Community Performances—A Win-Win for Your Students and Community Presenters: Susan Mohini Kane, Jeffrey Williams • How to Sustain a Broadway Level Show: I Got the Gig! Now What?

Presenter: Zipporah Peddle • The SINGER SAVVY APP: Vanquishing Vocal Fatigue Presenters: Theresa Brancaccio, Aaron Johnson

Plenary Session—Sponsored by Hal Leonard

11 am–1 pm Virtual Community Sing (Live Event) Presenters: Erin Guinup, Melanie DeMore, Providence Kamana, Maggie Wheeler

PUBLISHERS SHOWCASE

1–2 pm Exhibitor Publishers Showcase—Presented by VoiceLessons.com

2–3 pm Live Stream Session—Solutions for Teaching: Rehearsal Live Share Presenter: Jeff Lazarus

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DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE MONDAY, JUNE 29 – TUESDAY, JUNE 30

3–4 pm Live Stream Sessions • Change Your Fee Structure to Change Your Life!

Presenter: Michelle Markwart Deveaux • Engaging New Art Song Communities: The songSLAM Presenters: Martha Guth, Erika Switzer, Mark Bilyeu, Clara Osowski, Kathleen Kelly, Tom Cipullo, Niloufar Nourbaksh, Theresa Plut, Felix Jarrar, Natalie Draper

4–5 pm CCM Teacher—Singer Panel Join Edrie Means Weekly as she converses with one of her students and three other teachers and their students about student teacher dynamics, the realities of a career in CCM, and how singers are navigating the profession.

Duo #1: Edrie Means Weekly/Kaitlyn Maher Duo #2: Louise Toppin/ Trice Be Phantom Magnetiq (William Trice) Duo #3: Richard Lissemore/Ereni Sevasti Duo #4: Melissa Cross/Lena Scissorhands

Recital

5–6 pm Art Song Composition Award Winners Recital 2019 Winner: Elemental Earth by Philip Lasser—Performed by Melissa Heath, soprano and Emily Williams, piano 2020 Winner: Here, Bullet by Kurt Erickson—Performed by André Chiang, baritone and Kurt Erickson, piano

Plenary Session—Sponsored by Hal Leonard

6–8 pm The Ethics of a Profession: Diversity and Inclusivity Presenters: George Shirley and Loraine Sims, Co-moderators; Donnie Ray Albert, Nicole Cabell, Trineice Robinson-Martin, Mari Ésabel Valverde, Matthew Valverde, Isaí Jess Muñoz, Stephen Ng, Lily Guerrero, André Chiang, Charles Moore, Albert Lee, Anna Lantry 8 pm Q&A Session with Breakout and Student Session Presenters 9 pm –10:30 pm SPECIAL WEBINAR—After COVID-19: Concerns for Singers

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020

11 am–4 pm Get Your Marching Orders—Bootcamp for Fall Presenters: Allen Henderson, Nick Perna, Joshua Glazner, Vern Crews

4 pm–5 pm How Will Auditioning Look This Year?

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5 pm–6 pm National Business Meeting & Installation of Officers Presiding: Karen Brunssen, NATS President Auld Lang Syne Conference Ends

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Voice at UNCG FACULTY

Theresa Bickham Robert Bracey, Chair Donald Hartmann Carla LeFevre Clara O’Brien Robert Wells David Holley, Director of Opera Carole J. Ott, Associate Director of Choral Activities Welborn Young, Director of Choral Activities James Douglass, Collaborative Piano/Coach Arlene Shrut, Vocal Coach

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DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Bachelor of Music Performance Music Education Bachelor of Arts Music Arts Administration Minors Arts Administration Music Musical Theatre

Graduate Master of Music Performance Music Education Music Composition Music Theory Doctor of Musical Arts Doctor of Philosophy Music Education Post-Baccalaureate Certificates Composition Ethnomusicology Jazz Music Education Music Theory Musicology Performance Post-Masters Certificates Music Theory Pedagogy

PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS

Donnie Ray Albert

Louisiana native and 1972 Louisiana State University graduate, DONNIE RAY ALBERT began his operatic career after completing his Masters of vocal Performance degree from Southern Methodist University in 1975.

For 13 years Mr. Albert performed as a Bass-Baritone before switching to Baritone in 1988.

Mr. Albert’s 40+ year career has taken him to some of the world’s greatest opera houses and concert halls. Highlights include TOSCA (Scarpia) in Portland, New York City Opera, Atlanta & Giessen; AIDA (Amonasro) in Washington, DC, Köln, Boston, Montreal, and Stade de France; NABACCO in Vancouver, Florentine Opera, La Scala; RIGOLETTO in Miami, New York City Opera, Mannheim, & Vancouver; OTELLO (Jago) in Sacramento, Kentucky Opera, Hamburg; UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (Renato) in Chicago Lyric and Los Angeles; THE FLYING DUTCHMAN in Austin, Köln, Arizona; MACBETH in Columbus, Ohio & Köln; LA TRAVIATA (Germont) Metropolitan Opera in the Parks; DIE WALKÜRE (Wotan) in Austin and Tokyo, Japan; SIEGFRIED (Wanderer) in Tokyo, Japan; TALES OF HOFFMANN (Villains) Houston, Köln, Prague National Theater, and Covent Garden. Orchestral engagements include Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Jerusalem, London, Cleveland and New York. Mr. Albert has collaborated with notables conductors, John DeMain, James Conlon, Paavo Järvi, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Alexander Joel, John Fiore and Karel Mark Chichon.

Mr. Albert’s 2016–2017 performances included soloist in the Opera John Brown (concert at Carnegie Hall), the 4 Villians in the TALES OF HOFFMANN (Dresden, Germany); Germont in LA TRAVIATA (Dresden, Germany). In 2018, he appeared as the Doctor in VANESSA, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, England.

Mr. Albert can be heard on RCA’s PORGY AND BESS (Grammy 1977—Best Opera Recording and the Grand Prix du Disc) conducted by John DeMain; THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY( 2 Grammys: 2008 Best Opera Recording and Best Classical Album) conducted

by James Conlon; EMI’s EINE FLORENTINISCHE TRAGÖDIE, also conducted by James Conlon.

Mr. Albert’s discography can be found on CD Baby, Spotify and Amazon.com.

Mr. Albert has been Senior Lecturer in Voice at the University of Texas Austin, Butler School of Music since the Fall of 2012.

JOSIE SEVIER ALSTON, M.A., CCC-SLP is Chief of the Division of Speech-Language

Josephine Alston

Pathology in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She obtained her initial experience as a voice disorder professional at the Vanderbilt Voice Center and has been practicing at UMMC since 2012. Josie co-chairs numerous committees for the Mississippi state association of SLPs and is an active volunteer with ASHA. She received her M.A. degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Memphis in 1997 and her undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia.

Josie currently specializes in the evaluation and treatment of voice, resonance, airway, head and neck cancer and dysphagia disorders at UMMC where she also serves an administrative role as Chief of the Division of Speech-Language Pathology for her academic medical center.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS NATS 56TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Michelle Areyzaga

Sonya G. Baker

Soprano MICHELLE AREYZAGA is held in high regard by orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and abroad. She has performed operatic roles with New York City Opera in Telemann’s Orpheus as well as in their VOX series, and has appeared in leading roles with Chicago Opera Theater, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Opera in the Neighborhoods programs, Opera Birmingham, Ravinia Festival, and Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México. Areyzaga toured the show Bernstein on Broadway with Jamie Bernstein for six years, performing it with the Cleveland Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Oregon Bach Festival among many others. She received her BA in Vocal Performance from Roosevelt University and was a member of Ravinia’s Steans Institutie for Young Artists.

SONYA G. BAKER made her Carnegie Hall debut with renowned conductor Michael Tilson Thomas in 2004, the same year she appeared as soloist on the Yale Alumni Chorus tour to Moscow singing at the Kremlin. Noted for her performances of American music, Baker’s debut recording, SHE SAYS, features art songs of American Women composers. Her lecture recital on Marian Anderson’s historic 1939 Easter Concert has been presented nationally. She has received numerous academic and vocal awards and is a frequent guest artist and teacher, having taught at Governor’s school programs in both Kentucky and Virginia. Baker’s past service includes Kentucky State Governor for NATS, board member for the Kentucky Arts Council, and university administrative positions. Baker is currently Professor of Voice at James Madison University. Along with a Doctor of Music from Florida State University, Baker holds degrees from Indiana and Yale universities.

NANCY MARIA BALACH is a versatile soprano who has performed roles with Florida

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Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Cleveland, New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, Ohio Light Opera, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Tulsa Opera. She has done extensive concert work with the symphonies of Acadiana (LA), Canton (Ohio), Mississippi, North Carolina, Tupelo (MS), and Tuscaloosa (AL). She has recorded leading roles for Albany Records, Newport Classic, New World Records, VOX Classics, and Operetta. She is an active researcher and recitalist, singing innovative programs and presenting topics internationally.

Balach is Associate Professor of Music and a faculty member for the Honors College at the University of Mississippi. In 2013, she founded UM’s Living Music Resource™ and is making Oxford the portal for a 21st Century approach to music. Balach currently serves as the Governor for the Mississippi District of NATS.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS CHADLEY BALLANTYNE, DMA is a frequent guest speaker on the topic of applying

Chadley Ballantyne

Mary SaundersBarton

vocal acoustic pedagogy for both classical and CCM techniques. He presented at the 2017 Pan-American Vocology Association (PAVA) Symposium, the 2018 Voice and Speech Trainers Association/PAVA Joint Conference, the 2017 West Central and Central Region NATS Conferences, the 55th NATS National Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, and at the 2019 ACDA National Conference. He is a co-instructor at the Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop at the New England Conservatory of Music and is a contributing author to The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Through the Lifespan. Ballantyne is Assistant Professor of Music, Voice at Stetson University. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Drake University, and a Master of Music degree and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Illinois.

MARY SAUNDERS-BARTON is a Penn State Professor Emerita, and currently resides in NY where she maintains a voice studio of Broadway professionals. In recent seasons her students have been seen on Broadway in Book of Mormon, The King and I, Beautiful, Chicago, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia, Wicked, Newsies, Sunset Boulevard, and Miss Saigon, among others. Mary has been a master teacher for the NATS Intern Program, and is frequently invited to present her workshop “Bel Canto/Can Belto” in the U.S and abroad. Her DVD tutorial, Teaching Women to Sing Musical Theatre was released in 2007. A second installment, What about the Boys? followed in 2014. Mary is a member of the American Academy of Teachers of Singing.

ELIZABETH ANN BENSON is Assistant Professor of Music Theater Voice at Auburn

Elizabeth Ann Benson

University where she teaches applied voice for music theater majors and serves as music/vocal director for the Department of Theater. In her Carnegie Hall debut, she created the title role of Lucy by Tom Cipullo, and her performance was acclaimed as “excellent” (The Big City). Elizabeth specializes in crossover vocal technique, spanning from opera to music theater to rock. She has taught master classes for NYSTA, Colorado-Wyoming NATS, and at several universities and theaters around the country. Her book, Training Contemporary Commercial Singers, analyzes pedagogical trends based on interviews with elite pedagogues (Compton Publishing, in press). She has presented research on CCM voice pedagogy at conferences for The Voice Foundation and NATS, among others. Within NATS, she was recognized as a 2012 Emerging Leader and was an intern in the 2016 NATS Intern Program.

VICTORIA BERNEKING-CAVENDISH is Professor of Music Emerita at James Madison

Victoria BernekingCavendish

University, where she taught piano, music theory, music honors seminars and directed the Accompanying Program for 21 years. Her principal teachers were John Wustman, Dalton Baldwin, Thomas Mastroianni, and Wesley True. She has also participated in masterclasses by such major artists as Menahem Pressler, Samuel Sanders and Joan Dornemann. Ms. BernekingCavendish has performed extensively as a collaborative pianist in the United States, Europe and the Virgin Islands. Her pianism and highly sensitive chamber playing have earned her critical acclaim. She has performed with such notable musical artists as Michel DeBost, Harold Robinson, Joseph Robinson, Pablo Elvira and Sharon Christman. Ms. Berneking-Cavendish has

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OCU WINS 2 FIRSTS AT NOA PRODUCTION AWARDS; CHENOWETH APPOINTED ARTIST IN RESIDENCE The Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University offers outstanding vocalists a myriad of performance opportunities in chamber, choral, orchestral and theatrical settings including a six-show, 18-performance season with the nation's oldest collegiate-based opera and music theater company.

OCU was honored with two first place NOA awards in the past season and named to Playbill's list of Big 10 Broadway schools for the second consecutive year. Top MM candidates are invited to apply for Graduate Performance Assistantships in Opera or Vocal Performance; undergraduates may double-major in music theater and vocal performance.

Artist-in-Residence Kristin Chenoweth (OCU BM Music Theater '90, MM Opera Performance '92) mentors students on campus twice each semester.

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OCU-TRAINED VOCALISTS HAVE PERFORMED AT FESTIVALS, VENUES AND WITH COMPANIES INCLUDING: The Metropolitan Opera Deutsche Oper Berlin La Scala Opera Bastille Paris Opéra de Montréal Bavarian State Opera Lyric Opera of Chicago Houston Grand Opera Teatro Colón Grosses Festspielhaus Semperoper Dresden Staatstheater Stuttgart Florence Opera Opera Orchestre National Montpellier Washington National Opera Glimmerglass Opera New York City Opera Santa Fe Opera Bayreuth Festival Tivoli Festival Caramooor Festival Welsh National Opera San Francisco Opera Florida Grand Opera Los Angeles Opera Boston Lyric Opera

PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS premiered a number of compositions, including Running the Edge by Jennifer Higdon and San Antonio by John Harbison. She also maintains a private studio in her home.

Jennifer Bird

Elizabeth Blades

Jesse Blumberg

Soprano JENNIFER BIRD is internationally recognized as a charismatic and versatile performer. Through a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship, she studied in Germany with renowned teacher Judith Beckmann. Engagements followed at opera houses in Bremen, Mannheim, Bonn, Vienna’s Volksoper, and many others, where she performed leading roles in the lyric and lyric-coloratura repertory, specializing in the operas of Mozart and the Bel Canto composers. An active recitalist and concert singer, Jennifer can be heard on the world premiere recording of Ticheli’s Songs of Love and Life. Highlights of recent seasons have included Elijah in South Africa, Mozart’s Requiem with the Midland-Odessa Symphony, Mahler 2 with the Boulder MahlerFest, Poulenc’s Gloria at Alice Tully Hall, Chanson Perpetuelle with the Takács Quartet, and St. Matthew Passion with Central City Opera. A prizewinner in several international competitions, she now serves as chair of the voice faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder.

ELIZABETH BLADES holds a earned her MM and DMA degrees in vocal performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music. She is currently an adjunct associate professor of music at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. Previous appointments include positions at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio, where she was associate professor of music, coordinator of vocal studies, and director of opera; and Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, where she was a visiting professor of music. Blades is the author of A Spectrum of Voices: Prominent American Voice Teachers Discuss the Teaching of Singing and Singing with Your Whole Self: A Singer’s Guide to Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement, coauthored with Samuel H. Nelson. Blades regularly presents at national and international workshops to advance understanding of the impact Feldenkrais work can have for performance enhancement. She is also an active performer with experiences in many forms of voice performance, including opera, oratorio, art song, music theater, and folk/Celtic. In 2010, Blades was invited to be one of the first seven American voice teachers to receive training and certification as a CoreSinging® teacher. During the 2020–2021 academic year, she will be a visiting professor at Alfred University in upstate New York.

Baritone JESSE BLUMBERG enjoys a busy schedule of opera, concerts, and recitals, performing repertoire from the Renaissance and Baroque to the 20th and 21st centuries.

His performances have included the world premiere of The Grapes of Wrath at Minnesota Opera, Bernstein’s MASS at London’s Royal Festival Hall, various productions with Boston Early Music Festival, and featured roles with Atlanta Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Atelier, and Boston Lyric Opera. Jesse has made concert appearances with American Bach Soloists, Boston Baroque, Apollo’s Fire, Oratorio Society of New York, Early Music Vancouver, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and on Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series. His recital highlights include appearances with the Marilyn Horne Foundation and New York Festival of Song, and

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performances of Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise with pianist Martin Katz. Jesse has given the world premieres of Ricky Ian Gordon’s Green Sneakers, Lisa Bielawa’s The Lay of the Love and Death, Conrad Cummings’ Positions 1956, and Tom Cipullo’s Excelsior, and works closely with several other renowned composers as a member of the Mirror Visions Ensemble.

Jesse has been featured on over twenty commercial recordings, including the 2015 Grammy-winning Charpentier Chamber Operas with Boston Early Music Festival, Bach cantatas with Montréal Baroque, Winterreise with pianist Martin Katz, Rosenmüller cantatas with ACRONYM, and St. John Passion with Apollo’s Fire. He was awarded Third Prize at the 2008 International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau, becoming its first American prizewinner in over thirty years. Jesse holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and is the founding artistic director of Five Boroughs Music Festival in New York City. jesseblumberg.com

NANCY BOS is a vocologist, author of multiple best-selling books on singing, professional

Nancy Bos

singer in a variety of genres, and lecturer, keynote speaker, thought leader, and business owner. She has taught singing for 23 years. Her work is guided by the philosophy that singing makes people happier, healthier, more peaceful, and thoughtful. Singing brings people together, soothes aching hearts, and occasionally allows us to spiritually transcend. Nancy is NATS Vice President for Membership. She has served as the Associate Editor of Inter Nos, on several national committees, and in chapter and regional offices. She taught as adjunct faculty at Cornish College, Seattle Pacific University, and Bellevue College. Nancy is a member PAVA, was a NATS Intern in 2005, and is a Distinguished Voice Professional through NYSTA. She is the Director of Operations for VASTA. Nancy received her undergraduate degree from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. For more information, please visit www.nancybos.net.

TONY BOUTTÉ, tenor, was described in a recent issue of Opera News as “possessed of a

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radiant, communicative tenor.” A native of Louisiana, Tony made his operatic debut as Orfeo in Stephen Wadsworth’s groundbreaking Monteverdi Cycle with Skylight Opera. He has sung extensively, here and abroad, including New York, London, Paris and Los Angeles, with his Carnegie Hall debut coming in 2006 singing Handel’s Messiah. Tony has performed and recorded numerous premiers, including John Eaton’s Benjamin Button, Douglas Cuomo’s Arjuna’s Dilemma, Michael Gordon’s Chaos, Bang on a Can’s Carbon Copy Building, and In the Penal Colony by Philip Glass. Festival appearances include Salzburg, Aspen, Bard, SchleswigHolstien, Settembre, Aldeburgh and Versailles. Tony’s extensive recording catalog includes works by Lully, Handel and Bach, as well as multiple world premier recordings. Recent releases include Fauré songs (Edition Peters Sounds) and music of Boismortier (Centaur) with Arcanum Ensemble. Tony is on the faculty of Sam Houston State University (Texas) and is artistic director of New American Voices, an initiative created to champion new American works for voice through the collaboration of singer and composer. For more info, visit www.tonyboutte.com.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS JOANNE HAYES BOZEMAN received the B.M. in voice performance from the University

Joanne Bozeman

of Arizona. Her teachers include Eugene T. Conley, Bruce Lunkley and Richard Miller. She has taught singing and voice-related courses for nearly 45 years, 26 of those at Lawrence University from which she recently retired. She teaches privately and works with singers from grade school age through mature adults. Many of her students have gone on to select graduate programs, young artist programs and singing careers, others to music teaching positions as well as to careers in speech and language pathology. For over 35 years, she performed frequently in recital, oratorio and chamber music. Joanne has a longstanding interest in voice health, including the effect of the hormones on women’s voices during the menopausal transition. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Pan American Vocology Association.

KENNETH BOZEMAN, Professor of Music, holds performance degrees from Baylor

Kenneth Bozeman

University and the University of Arizona, and studied at the Conservatory of Music in Munich.

He chaired the voice department for 26 years at Lawrence University, where he has received two awards for excellence in teaching. He was awarded the Van Lawrence Fellowship by the Voice Foundation for his interest in voice science and is the chair of the editorial board of Journal of Singing. His writings on acoustic voice pedagogy include the books, Practical Vocal Acoustics: Pedagogic Applications for Teachers and Singers and Kinesthetic Voice Pedagogy: Motivating Acoustic Efficiency. Bozeman’s former students have sung with Houston Grand, Boston Lyric, Deutsche Oper Berlin, San Francisco, New York City, the Metropolitan, Chicago Lyric, and Santa Fe Opera.

JENNA BRAAKSMA, piano instructor and collaborative pianist, is a pursuing a Ph.D. in

Jenna Braaksma

Piano Pedagogy at Florida State University with Diana Dumlavwalla. Her research involves combining the fields of collaborative piano and pedagogy by developing strategies to teach accompanying skills. Ms. Braaksma maintains an active teaching schedule that involves group and private instruction. She currently teaches group piano courses for music majors, an adult piano class through the FSU College of Music, and a 6-week adult beginner course offered through the Oscher LifeLong Learning Institute. Ms. Braaksma performs frequently by serving as the collaborator for instrumental and vocal juries and recitals. She also serves as the accompanist for the University Singers under the direction of Kevin Fenton. Ms. Braaksma holds Master of Music degrees in Collaborative Piano and Piano Pedagogy from the University of Missouri, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Iowa State University.

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Art Song

2021 Composition Award ADVANCING QUALITY VOCAL LITERATURE BY PROMOTING NEW WORKS FOR SINGERS

1st Place $2,000 plus the composer’s expenses to the NATS 57th National Conference in Chicago, IL, July 2–6, 2022, where the performance of the winning composition will be given.

The work will also be performed on a future concert presented by Cincinnati Song Initiative.

2nd Place $1,000

Cash prizes generously sponsored by composer Lori Laitman

REQUIREMENTS - The work must be: (1) a song cycle, group of songs, or extended song between 13 and 25 minutes in length. Genres other than the classical “art song” are discouraged.

(2) composed for single voice and single acoustic instrument (solo instruments other than piano as the collaborative instrument will be accepted).

(3) English (or English translation), either in the public domain* or for which the composer has secured appropriate permission.

(4) composed within the past 2 years (after January 1, 2019).

ENTRY FEE - $30 for professionals; $15 for full-time students each entry (payable in U.S. funds to NATS).

ENTRY DATES - June 1, 2020 through December 1, 2020.

ELIGIBILITY - Open to anyone meeting prescribed requirements.

PROCEDURE - All applications must be submitted electronically via www.nats.org.

Please read the complete details posted on the NATS website. The following are required materials for entry: (1) A PDF copy of the song score(s). Copies must be legible and should include composition title; poet’s (or poets’) name(s); public domain status or information regarding permission; length and date of composition. THE COMPOSER’S NAME MUST NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE ON THE SCORE. (2) Digital audio file(s) of the composition(s).

(3) Recordings must be of the highest quality possible (performance or working).

(4) The title of the composition should be the only labeling on the recording(s).

(5) The song order on the recordings must match the song order of the scores.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS BRADY BRAMLETT is associate director of development in the Ole Miss Athletics

Brady Bramlett

Theresa Brancaccio

Evan Bravos

Foundation and serves as the executive managing director of the Living Music Resource™.

He was the chair of the NCAA Division I National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, a member of the NCAA Division I Board of Directors, and a “star” pitcher for the Ole Miss Rebel baseball team. A three-year letter winner, he was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in 2015, and again by the Boston Red Sox in 2016. Brady graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2016 with his bachelor’s degree in biology and earned his master’s in integrated marketing communications in 2018. As a student, he was very involved with the Ole Miss Choirs and Ole Miss Theatre performing solos and roles. Brady frequently collaborates with Nancy Maria Balach and is sought after as both a countertenor and tenor soloist.

Mezzo-soprano THERESA BRANCACCIO is a Senior Lecturer in Voice and Opera at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. Ms. Brancaccio’s students perform throughout the United States, Europe and Asia in venues including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago, Santa Fe, Glyndebourne, Dresden, Opéra Comique and Royal Opera House. Her students are recipients of prestigious awards from: Richard Tucker Foundation; Marilyn Horne Foundation; Neue Stimmen International Competition; Palm Beach Opera; George London Foundation; District Finalists Metropolitan Opera National Council. The Chicago Tribune praised Ms. Brancaccio’s voice as “cushiony and appealing from top to bottom.”

She has performed in opera, concert, and recital throughout the US. She serves on the Mentorship Committee for NATS and is past Director of Workshops for Chicago Chapter NATS. She has done presentations on her SINGER SAVVY APP for NATS National Student Sessions in Las Vegas 2018, Chicago Master Singers Workshop Series and the Teach-X Conference, Evanston IL.

Baritone EVAN BRAVOS has received international acclaim for his expressive and artful interpretations of opera, oratorio and art song repertoire. A 2019 Grammy nominee, he has sung with Opera Theater St. Louis, Central City Opera, San Diego Opera, Virginia Opera, Norfolk, Richmond and Fairfax Operas. At the Aspen Music Festival he performed Martin in Candide, and Fisherman in Peter Grimes. His Northwestern University Opera Theater credits include Sid in Albert Herring, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus and Tom Joad in the Chicago premiere of The Grapes of Wrath. In 2017 he was a finalist in the National Opera Association Dominick Argento Competition, and a winner of the Pasadena Opera Guild Competition. Bravos received his BM from Lawrence University Conservatory of Music and his MM from Northwetern University’s Bienen School of Music.

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KAREN BRUNSSEN teaches at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University where

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she is an associate professor and co-chair of music performance. She is currently president of NATS (NATS president for 2018–2020 term) and previously served as governor of NATS Central Region. Past positions also include program chair for the 2016 NATS National Conference in Chicago, president of the Chicago Singing Teachers Guild, and vice president and president of Chicago Chapter NATS, where she started the annual vocal competition that has grown to over 400 singers. She is also a member of the American Academy of Teachers of Singing.

Karen is a frequent clinician, master teacher, adjudicator and presenter, most recently at the 2012 and 2014 NATS National Conferences, the 2011 and 2012 NATS Workshops, the 2015 ACDA Conference, West Central Region NATS, Missouri District NATS, Ohio Buckeye, Chicago, Tennessee, and Wisconsin NATS Chapters, Classical Singer Conferences, Association of Teachers of Singing in England, Opera America, and Chorus America. She was a keynote presenter for the International Symposium on Singing and Song at the University of Newfoundland in 2015. Presentations are often based on her article, “The Evolving Voice: Profound at Every Age” (Choral Journal, February 2010), that chronicles changes in respiration, vibration and resonance, and the impact on realistic, age appropriate expectations for vocal development throughout a lifetime.

In 2013 Karen was a Master Teacher for the NATS Intern Program in Nashville. Since 2008 Karen has done five teaching residencies at Cambridge University involving 19 of the colleges. She taught at the Zürcher Sing-Akadmie in Zurich, Switzerland, the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Italy, the Castleton Music Festival, and Dorian Opera Theatre.

Her singing career has spanned over 30 years including solo appearances with Chicago, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Houston, Cleveland, St. Louis, National, San Diego, Seattle, Milwaukee, Netherlands Radio, Halle, and Mexico City Symphony Orchestras, Cincinnati Opera, Music of the Baroque, Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago Opera Theatre, Carmel Bach Festival, Prague Autumn Festival, Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Aspen Music Festival, and the Berkshire Choral Festival.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS Vespers of 1610 with Music of the Baroque, John Philip Sousa’s Desiree, and others on Decca and Vox MMG. Students of Karen’s have gone on to sing professionally and in young artist programs with the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, Merola Opera and Adler Fellowship Programs with San Francisco Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Santa Fe, Chautauqua, Des Moines Metro Opera, Minnesota Opera, New York City Opera, Wolf Trap, Aspen Music Festival, and Sarasota Opera. Others have performed on Broadway and with national music theater tours, and are teaching privately and at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Karen attended Luther College, and did graduate work at the Yale School of Music and Kent State University. In 2013 she was presented with the Weston Noble Award by Luther College.

NICOLE CABELL, 2005 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, is an exciting lyric soprano whose

Nicole Cabell

Mark Campbell

career has taken her to the most important opera stages and concert halls in the world. Her many operatic roles include Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata (Royal Opera House Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera), Adina in L’elisir d’amore (Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera), Pamina in Die Zauberflote (Chicago, Met, Deutsche Oper Berlin), Contessa Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Chicago, Grand Theatre de Geneve), Micaela in Carmen (Met, Chicago, Berlin), and Musetta in La Boheme (Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Met, Chicago, Covent Garden, Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera). Her recordings include Soprano, an opera recital disc debut for Decca; Silver Rain, songs of Ricky Ian Gordon; Chanson D’Avril; Mademoiselle”Premiere Audience, Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger; and Musetta in La Boheme with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon as well as in La Boheme: The Film.

The work of Pulitzer Prize and GRAMMY Award-winning librettist and lyricist MARK CAMPBELL is at the forefront of the contemporary opera scene in the United States. He has written 36 opera librettos, lyrics for 7 musicals, text for 6 song cycles and 2 oratorios—and his works have been performed at more than 85 venues around the world. His best-known works are Silent Night, The Shining, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Edward Tulane, Sanctuary Road, Stonewall, As One, Bastianello/Lucrezia, Volpone, Later the Same Evening, Songs from an Unmade Bed, The Manchurian Candidate, The Nefarious, Immoral But Highly Profitable Enterprise of Mr. Bruke & Mr. Hare, Rappahannock County and Elizabeth Cree. Other awards include: the first Kleban Foundation Award for Lyricist, two Richard Rodgers Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Jonathan Larson Foundation Award, a NYFA Playwriting Fellowship, the first Dominic J. Pelliciotti Award, and a grant from the New York State Council of the Arts. Upcoming premieres include: A Nation of Others for the Oratorio Society of New York, The Secret River for Opera Orlando, Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World for Ft. Worth Opera, Supermax for Opera Saratoga and the musical Les Girls for Théâtre Du Châtelet. www.markcampbellwords.com

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Colonel Don Schofield, Commander and Conductor

THE OFFICIAL CHORUS OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

The SINGING SERGEANTS is the official chorus of the United States Air Force. Stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., the group is one of six musical ensembles that comprise The U.S. Air Force Band. Featuring 23 active duty Airmen musicians, the Singing Sergeants presents more than 200 performances annually performing a wide range of musical styles, from traditional Americana, opera, and choral standards to modern Broadway and jazz.

The U.S. Air Force Band honors those who have served, inspires American citizens to heightened patriotism and service, and connects with the global community on behalf of the U.S. Air Force and the United States of America. Each member is proud to represent all Airmen, whose selfless service and sacrifices ensure the freedoms we enjoy as citizens of the United States of America.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS AMY CANCHOLA is originally from Connersville, Indiana but has called Texas “home” since 2004. She graduated from Butler University then received her masters from Southern Methodist University. Canchola completed her DMA from the University of North Texas where her research centered on the life and work of Maria Grever. Amy is on the voice faculty at Highland Park High School and maintains an independent studio. She and her husband, Gil, have four active children and operate Canchola Handyman Services. www.amycanchola.com Amy Kathryn Canchola

KAREN WHITEHEAD CANTRELL is currently the staff collaborative pianist for the

Karen Cantrell

Department of Music at University of North Alabama. Her duties include playing for student and faculty recitals, Guest Artist master classes and recitals, Collegiate Singers, Chamber Choir, and Opera and Musical Theatre. She is a member of Trio Leo, a performing ensemble with Meghan Merciers, clarinet, and Whitney O’Neal, flute. In addition, Karen is not only a board member for the Walk With Me Foundation, but she also serves as pianist for SOLAS, the Foundation’s choral ensemble, as well as playing for all Foundation recitals and concerts.

Karen has played for numerous Alabama All-State Choral Festivals, Quad-City Choral Festivals, Alabama Honor Choir, University of North Alabama Honor Choir, Florence Honor Choir, Mississippi State University choral ensembles (including performance with Tupelo Symphony), and state, regional, and national ACDA reading sessions. She has collaborated with students for state, regional and national NATS auditions.

Timothy Carson

TIM CARSON is a voice teacher who specializes in popular style with clients all over North America and has over 20 years’ experience in the music industry. Tim’s students have appeared on American Idol, The Voice, Broadway, and include recording artists with national tours . . . and also include brand new beginners, and folks who just love to sing! Tim has a Master’s degree in Voice from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and his unique training has been featured internationally at music conferences, medical (otolaryngology) conferences, and in multiple published works including books distributed by Hal Leonard and TC Helicon. Tim Davis, vocal contractor for the FOX TV show Glee says, “Tim Carson is an amazing vocal coach.

In my opinion, he’s the best out there today!”

André Chiang

Baritone ANDRÉ CHIANG has been described as “handsome of voice” (Opera News) and lauded with “let’s hear more from this singer” (Washington Post). Chiang’s highlights include Dandini (La cenerentola) with Dayton Opera, Belcore (L’elisir d’amore) with Opera Birmingham, Ford (Falstaff) with Portland Opera, Anthony Hope (Sweeney Todd) with Virginia Opera, and Lancelot (Camelot) at the Glimmerglass Festival (Young Artist Matinee). He has performed as a soloist with DCINY in the Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall, the Richmond Symphony, the Huntsville Symphony, the Baton Rouge Symphony, and the Canterbury Singers. His competition honors include winning the 2017 NFMC Young Artist Competition and winning the 2018 NATSAA Competition. Chiang recently completed his Doctor of Musical Arts

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degree at Louisiana State University, earned a “National Center for Voice and Speech trained Vocologist” distinction, and was a 2018 NATS Intern. In the fall, he will be an Assistant Professor of Music—Voice at Oklahoma State University. www.andrechiangbaritone.com

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Violist ADAM PAUL CORDLE has been featured as a soloist and chamber musician in venues throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, including Carnegie Hall’s Weill and Zankel Halls. He performs with Duo 590, Trio Alexander, and the Suara Quartet; in duo partnerships with violinist Anyango Yarbo-Davenport and soprano Susan Hochmiller; and as principal violist with the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra. He serves on the faculty at Gettysburg College and maintains a private studio in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Cordle is a registered instructor with the Suzuki Association of the Americas and serves as a board member for the American Viola Society. Cordle holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance & Literature, with minors in Pedagogy and Music Theory, from the Eastman School of Music, where he also earned the Master of Music in Performance & Literature. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Baldwin Wallace University.

DALE COX is an experienced performer and specialist teacher of Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM). She is a Visiting Research Scholar at Shenandoah Conservatory while she conducts her PhD research (The University of Southern Queensland, Australia) examining how CCM styles are taught to music theater students in universities in the United States.

She has performed music theater, pop, rock, jazz, R&B, country and worship music as a lead vocalist, backing vocalist, worship leader, choir director, corporate band singer, and concert and cabaret performer. She is in-demand as a masterclass teacher, workshop and conference presenter, vocal pedagogy teacher, and competition adjudicator. She is a vocal coach and consultant for music theater productions. Her students have performed in touring productions throughout the Asia Pacific, including Jersey Boys, Strictly Ballroom, Rent, and Matilda, on cruise ships, the West End, TV and film, and her CCM students have toured throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand.

“Nimbly expressive of countenance and voice” are words used to describe soprano MARIBETH CRAWFORD (Green Bay Press Gazette). Praised for her “bright tone, ample vibrato, and careful diction” (Cleveland Classical), highlights on the concert stage include her debut performance at Carnegie Hall in NYC, as the soprano soloist in the Mozart Requiem.

Critics praised her performance, saying that she “sang with a soaring brilliance” (New York Concert Review, Inc.). Other notable solo performances include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Brahms’ Requiem with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with the Canton Symphony Orchestra. Crawford has received numerous awards, including first place in the Mississippi Federation of Music Clubs Competition in the soloist division and first place in the Artist Category in the Voices of Mississippi voice competition. She was a National Semifinalist in the NATSAA competition. She is currently Associate Professor of Voice/Opera at Murray State University.

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our perseverance, resilience, and creativity enabled you to meet new demands as teachers, collaborative pianists, performers, and voice specialists. Your strength and your talent have never been more important and more appreciated by your students, your community, and your professional association – NATS. While NATS has reached out to you in many ways over the last few months, we have also kept our eye on your needs beyond the current health and economic crisis through our work on the NATS Strategic Plan 2020-25: Framing Our Future. This plan was shaped by our members: nearly 1,200 who responded to the 2019 “climate” survey of our members, providing invaluable feedback about how NATS can serve you better, and more than 100 volunteer leaders of NATS who spent countless hours in strategy and planning meetings over the last year, building the framework for the new strategic plan. As the plan rolls out, you will have the opportunity to add your voice and your volunteer support to help refine and implement the plan strategies.

You can help ensure that strategic change and support continue in the months and years ahead. As a valued member of NATS, please join us in honoring our commitment to you by making a generous unrestricted gift to the Framing Our Future Fund. Your gift may be made online at www.NATS.org/FramingOurFutureFund.

OUR VISION: Transforming lives through the power of singing.

OUR MISSION: To advance excellence in singing through teaching, performance, scholarship, and research.

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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENT: NATS strives to be a welcoming and supportive community of members and students who celebrate the unique identities, varied backgrounds, and experiences of all individuals. We are dedicated to ensuring that all voices are heard in an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all.

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Leah Crocetto

Described by the New York Times as possessing an “agile coloratura technique and a feeling for the Italianate style . . . with warmth, full penetrating sound and tenderness,” American soprano LEAH CROCETTO continues to astonish audiences with her moving portrayals of opera’s greatest heroines.

In the current season, Ms. Crocetto sings the title role of Aïda in her debut with Opera Australia. She returns to Washington National Opera as Desdemona in Otello, followed by performances of Liu in Turandot with Palm Beach Opera and Verdi’s Requiem with the Philadelphia Orchestra. In the spring, she is Elisabetta in Don Carlo for Dallas Opera, and takes on the title role of Norma for Pittsburgh Opera.

Last season, Ms. Crocetto was Norma in concert with North Carolina Opera, followed by her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall with pianist Mark Markham. With Seattle Opera, she performed the role of Leonora in Il trovatore, and debuted with the Melbourne Symphony as the soprano soloist in Verdi’s Requiem. On the concert stage, she performed the Soprano II role in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand,” first with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, and subsequently with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival under Marin Alsop.

In 2017–18, Ms. Crocetto performed the title role in Aïda first with Washington National Opera, and subsequently with Seattle Opera. She sang Leonora in Il trovatore with Oper Frankfurt, returned to San Francisco Opera as Liù in Turandot and performed the title role of Tosca with Pittsburgh Opera. In concert, she sang Verdi’s magnificent Requiem with the National Symphony and the NTR Symphony, and performed a solo recital in Ann Arbor, MI. Ms. Crocetto sang her debut performances as the title role in Aïda with the San Francisco Opera in the 2016–2017 season. Also in this season, she made her role debut as Eleonora in the first US performances of Donizetti’s L’assedio di Calais with the Glimmerglass Festival.

On the concert stage, she performed Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall and sang a solo recital in her hometown of Adrian, Michigan.

MINNITA DANIEL-COX attended Bowling Green State University where she received a

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Bachelor of Music in Music Performance and the University of Michigan where she received her both her Master of Music and her Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees. A performing scholar, Daniel-Cox has recently appeared with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra, the Bach Society of Dayton, and the Dayton Opera as Anna Gomez in Menotti’s The Consul and Sister Rose in Dead Man Walking. Her research regarding the musical settings of texts by poet and Dayton native, Paul Laurence Dunbar led to her establishment of the Dunbar Music Archive (DMA). Daniel-Cox travels internationally lecturing about and performing excerpts from the archive. Daniel-Cox is Associate Professor of Voice and Coordinator of the Voice Area at the University of Dayton.

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Alexis Davis-Hazell

Matthew Dean

American mezzo-soprano ALEXIS DAVIS-HAZELL is an experienced teaching artist, entrepreneur and performer of opera, concert and music theater repertoire in the Southeast United States and on international stages. Alexis has done over 130 performances of Porgy and Bess, throughout Germany, Russia, Poland, Greece, Latvia, Estonia, Switzerland and North America. She is Creative Director of the production company Jazzoperetry, Inc., co-founded with her husband, Earl Hazell. Davis-Hazell holds degrees in Vocal Performance from Temple University (BM Hons.) and Arizona State University (MM, DMA) Her research centers on the improvement of curricula for lyric diction pedagogy and Russian art song literature studies, based on innovative applications of clinical phonetics and second language learning theory.

Alexis has taught in the Maricopa County Community College District, at Grand Canyon University, and recently joined the faculty of The University of Alabama School of Music as Assistant Professor of Voice and Lyric Diction.

Tenor MATTHEW DEAN anchors Midwest vocal chamber projects and performs nationally as an oratorio soloist. Dean has been an artist in residence at Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel since 2005 and an Evangelist in the Bach Passions and Christmas Oratorio. A medievalist and folklorist, he has studied in Spain and Siberia, and appears regularly with The Newberry Consort, The Rose Ensemble (MN) and Schola Antiqua. Dean is a new music collaborator with Bella Voce Camerata, and has originated roles in works by James Kallembach and Sven-David Sandström. Building community through sound, he leads the international Sound of Faith Initiative and co-directs The Rookery men’s choir. Dean has undergraduate (AB 2000) and graduate training as a medievalist from The University of Chicago.

JESSICA DEMARS graduated from the University of Alberta in 1998 with a Bachelor of

Jessica Demars

Melanie DeMore

Science Degree in Physical Therapy (with distinction). She continued her education with numerous post-graduate courses in manual therapy, myofacial release, and acupuncture. In 2006 after attending her first course in breathing biofeedback, she became certified in the BradCliff Method® of breathing retraining. She completed a Master of Science in Applied Breathing Sciences from the Graduate School of Behavioural Health Sciences in 2016, which allows her to focus on the behavioural aspects of dysfunctional breathing. She was the recipient of a grant through the Clinical Research Innovation Fund and is investigating the link between dysfunctional breathing and asthma in children. She has also researched pelvic floor function during inspiratory muscle training. Jessica is the 2016 recipient of the Pinnacle Award of Excellence from Physiotherapy Alberta. Jessica is the Canadian Instructor for the New Zealand based BradCliff Method®.

MELANIE DEMORE is a singer/songwriter, composer, conductor and vocal activist, who believes in the power of voices raised together. She says, “A song can hold you up when there seems to be no ground beneath you.”

Melanie DeMore is one of the most outstanding vocal artists of today helping to preserve the African American Folk Tradition through song and Gullah stick pounding. She was the subject of a documentary called ‘Stick and Pound which showcases this tradition.She has a career spanning 30 years dedicated to teaching, lecturing, mentoring, conducting, directing

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and inspiring children and adults about the power of song as social and political change.

Melanie is a sought after presenter, conductor and soloist at national and international choral and music festivals, including Festival 500 in NewFoundland, Canada and Chorus America.

She is sought after as a song/ prayer facilitator, creating spontaneous choirs for The Trinity Institute, The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and the Powell Foundation as well as many varied spiritual and faith based organizations.She is adjunct faculty at the California Institute for Integral Studies, lead teaching artist for CalPerformances at UC Berkeley, a featured presenter for SpeakOut! the Institute for Social and Cultural Change and the Artistic Conductor of The Oakland Children’s Community Choir with Living Jazz.

She was a founding member of the Grammy nominated, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir and has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with such varied artists as Odetta, Richey Havens, Pete Seeger, the Trinity Choir, MUSE Cincinnati Women’s Chorus and many others.

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No stranger to the motley requirements of today’s singer, MICHELLE MARKWART DEVEAUX’S career has afforded her the joy of performing the gamut of vocal music. Early on, she discovered her penchant for teaching, which compelled her to create FaithCultureKiss Studios. In addition to working one-on-one with private clients, Michelle travels the nation giving workshops and master classes. She is a business strategist for independent studio owners, the founder of The SpeakEasy Cooperative, and the past president of the California Capital Chapter of NATS. A vocal technician specializing in music theater and CCM, Michelle actively incorporates aesthetics and the science of voice. Forthright and no-nonsense, empowering and supportive, Michelle’s passion is to see every teacher know their value.

She began study at the University of Northern Colorado, holds a BA in Music from Patten University and an MA from Fuller Theological Seminary in Worship, Theology, and the Arts.

Recognized for her endearing timbre and indelible warmth and beauty, MONICA DEWEY is a soprano from Atlanta, Georgia. She started her career with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2017 as Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito. Since then, she has made several notable house debuts, including the San Francisco Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, and Oper Köln, while performing additional recitals at Opera America and the Kerrytown Concert House. This season Monica will join the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in their productions of Le Nozze di Figaro and Agrippina.

Monica has received top prizes from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (National Semi-Finalist), the Hilde Zadek International Voice Competition, the Sullivan Foundation, Gerda Lissner Foundation, the American Prize, and the Arleen Auger Memorial Scholarship. She is an alumna of the Chautauqua Voice Institute and the Michigan Opera Theatre Studio. Notable roles include Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Gilda in Rigoletto with the Sacramento Philharmonic, and Cunegonde in Candide with Michigan Opera Theatre.

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MEGHAN DIBBLE has been teaching privately for 25 years. She began teaching during her

Meghan Dibble

course work at California State University, East Bay focusing on college aged students who were interested in exploring their singing voice. While attending Northwestern University, where she received a master’s degree in Vocal Performance and Literature, she specialized in vocal pedagogy with Karen Brunssen and worked at conferences with Richard Miller. Meghan currently teaches voice and piano at her private studio in Berkeley, Skyline College, the San Francisco Community Music Center, and is professor of Vocal Pedagogy at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Meghan is a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), Theatre Bay Area, Opera America, and Musical America.

RANDALL DICK is a Fellow and former Board of Trustees member of the American College

Randall Dick

of Sports Medicine. He worked for 20 years with the NCAA managing its sports medicine and injury prevention programs, including the development and application of two generations of the NCAA Injury Surveillance System. He serves on the US Lacrosse Sports Science Committee and has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and multiple book chapters on a variety of sports medicine issues. Randy leads Athletes and the Arts, an initiative that works to integrate sports medicine principles and wellness into the performing arts, as a current project. In 2008, he joined Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, where he worked in a Real World Evidence Center of Excellence developing research applications for large electronic health records. In 2018, he joined IBM Watson Health as Director of Client Services for Treatment Pathways, a tool allowing researchers to quickly analyze millions of claims and medical record data.

BONNIE DRAINA is a passionate teacher of singing, innovative musicians’ wellness

Bonnie Draina

educator, and author of The Breathing Book for Singers. Since 2002 she has helped hundreds of collegiate and professional musicians improve performance and prevent injury through somatic training. Draina is a licensed teacher and active member of Andover Educators, an international organization of musicians dedicated to saving, securing and enhancing musical careers through Body Mapping. Recipient of the 2013 Van Lawrence Award, she holds graduate degrees in vocal performance and pedagogy from Westminster Choir College and University of Colorado - Boulder.

MATTHEW EDWARDS is one of the leading voice teachers for commercial and musical

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theatre styles in the United States. He is currently an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Musical Theatre Voice at Shenandoah Conservatory, and Artistic Director of the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute. Former and current students have performed on American Idol, Broadway, off-Broadway, on national and international tours, and in bands touring throughout the United States. He has written numerous articles, book chapters, and is an active blogger. His book So You Want to Sing Rock ‘N’ Roll is published by Rowman and Littlefield. He is a recipient of the Van Lawrence Fellowship and a former Intern and Master Teacher for the NATS Intern program. He is a regular presenter at the Voice Foundation, BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS Pan-American Vocology Association, Musical Theatre Educator’s Alliance, and Southeastern Theater Conference, along with many universities and NATS chapters. Online at CCMInstitute. com, EdwardsVoice.com, AuditioningForCollege.com, VoiceLessons.com, and EdwardsVoice.

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KURT ERICKSON is currently serving as composer-in-residence with San Francisco

Kurt Erickson

Laura Lee Everett

performing arts organization LIEDER ALIVE!, writing and premiering new commissioned works for guest artist recitals on their subscription concert series. His Here, Bullet song set received First Prize in the 2020 NATS Art Song competition and has been premiered by some 25 + singers across the globe. Noteworthy premieres and commissions include: choral works premiered by the San Francisco Girls Chorus at Davies Symphony Hall, performances of his song set Chicago Songs performed across the US, premiere performances and radio interviews at the American Guild of Organists National Convention, as well as a new commissioned work for soprano and orchestra to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra.

Erickson’s association with the late countertenor Brian Asawa led to premiere performances in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Long Beach, and Seattle with critical acclaim in The Huffington Post and San Francisco Classical Voice. Erickson has worked extensively with San Francisco Opera Ballet Master Lawrence Pech on a number of dance commission projects.

While in his twenties, Mr. Erickson served a unique 1999–2000 sacred music composer residency at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, St. Mary the Virgin, and Berkeley’s St. Mark’s.

Shortly thereafter, he served as the composer-in-residence at The National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi from 2001–2003, writing music for their professional choral ensemble Schola Cantorum; a recording of Mr. Erickson’s choral works by this outstanding vocal group garnered considerable critical acclaim.

A new music advocate, Mr. Erickson directs the Neue Lieder Commissioning Program - a biennial project that commissions prominent composers from the US and internationally for premiere performances on the LIEDER ALIVE! concert series. Mr. Erickson frequently serves as a guest composer and speaker at colleges and universities across the country. He is a frequent performer with his wife, acclaimed soprano Heidi Moss Erickson.

The Chief Programs Officer for OPERA America, LAURA LEE EVERETT has more than two decades of experience in opera production management, collaborating with some of the most renowned artists in contemporary opera. She has produced the Opera America Songbook (50 commissioned songs for the opening of the National Opera Center), created the programming series Onstage at the Opera Center and developed the Opera Grants for Female Composers programs. In 2015, she launched the Women’s Opera Network, which leads programs addressing gender parity in the arts. She serves on the Management Commission for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), encouraging technicians to pursue careers in opera. Everett oversees networks for technical/production, artist training, artistic administration and new American works across the world of opera.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS Her training as a singer and pianist has fueled her passion for mentoring young artists and nurturing the creation of new opera. Prior to her post at OPERA America, Everett spent 10 years as the managing director at the Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland and eight seasons with the Aspen Opera Theater Center, as well as working on new operas with many of today’s most prolific composers and librettists.

ZACH FINKELSTEIN has performed as a tenor concert and opera soloist for the past nine

Zach Finkelstein

years, from Seattle’s Benaroya Hall to New York’s Lincoln Center to London’s Sadler’s Wells to the National Arts Center in Beijing, China. Hailed by Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times as a “compelling tenor,” stage credits include the New York City Opera, Opera Grand Rapids, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. In the past five years, Zach has sung 32 performances of Handel’s Messiah with 14 orchestras, including the Virginia Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, and the Calgary Philarmonic. Recently, he toured the Spanish new music opera Comala with the Zohn Collective from Guadalajara, Mexico to Chicago, Illinois. Zach is on the roster of several prochoral groups, including Conspirare, True Concord, and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Zach released his first album, ‘Britten and Pears: the Canticles’ in 2017 and is releasing his second album this summer, ‘Dark is Yonder Town,’ featuring guitarist Dieter Hennings Yeomans and new compositions by Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon and Jesse Jones. His last pre-COVID performance was as a Bach soloist with the Seattle Symphony on March 7th, 2020. He lost 11 concert, opera, and pro-choral contracts in 2020 to Force Majeure.

In his dual career, Zach has worked full-time for eight years as a research manager for Innovative Research Group, a Canadian public affairs and corporate communication firm, managing clients and analyzing data in the non-profit, arts, health, infrastructure, and political sectors. INNOVATIVE has provided Zach with the flexibility and financial stability to pursue a long-term singing career his own way, and for that, he is forever grateful.

Zach Finkelstein is, according to teacher/writer Chris Foley of ‘The Collaborative Piano Blog,’ “one of the strongest advocates for the artist in society and their never-ending challenge to make an honest living.” He currently serves as the Northwest Soloist representative to the AGMA Board of Governors, as well as on the AGMA Finance and Budget committee and as vice-chair of the Pacific Northwest Area AGMA Committee, and is a member of the Core Group in the AGMA Soloist Coalition. Zach is also the founder, editor, and lead writer of the website, The Middleclass Artist (www.middleclassartist.com), an “independent journalism site for artists and arts advocacy” which has been praised by Alex Ross of the New Yorker for its “assiduously well-informed” and “keen reporting.”

Zach is represented by Dean Artists Management and holds an Artist Diploma (Voice) from the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School in Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Political Science from McGill University, in Montreal.

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ROSALYN W. FLOYD is a Professor in the Department of Music at Augusta University. A

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graduate of Talladega College in Alabama, Dr. Floyd holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of South Carolina. Best known as a collaborative artist, Rosalyn Floyd has accompanied world-renowned performers such as Martina Arroyo, Cynthia Lawrence, Laquita Mitchell, Miss Jessye Norman, Nicholas Phan, Oral Moses, Kevin Thompson, and Timothy Jones. For her work in the Augusta community, especially with the Augusta Choral Society, Dr. Floyd was named the Greater Augusta Arts Council Artist of the Year (2005). Her collaborative endeavors include travel to many areas throughout the United States, the Bahamas, and the Peoples’ Republic of China. Dr. Floyd performs as the accompanist on the recordings Oral Moses Sings Songs of America (2008), Come Down Angels (2014) and Steal Away (2016).

Durban-born South African Fulbrighter BRONWEN FORBAY’S opera successes include critically acclaimed performances of Mozart’s Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute with the Wolf Trap Opera Company, Eugene Opera, and Tulsa Opera. Other celebrated roles include Orasia, Queen of Thrace in the U. S. premier of Telemann’s Orpheus, Adina in L’Elisir d’amore, Velmyra in Wading Home by Mary Alice Rich, Violetta in La Traviata, and the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Cape Town Opera. Hailed by Opera magazine as “At once powerful, radiant, timbrally beautiful, and balanced throughout the range, her soprano is that of a singer at the top of her game,” Forbay is also the first South African woman to earn a DMA in Voice Performance. She has presented at TEXOMA NATS, National NATS, and the CMS National Conference. Dr. Forbay is an Associate Professor of Music (Voice) at the McLennan Community College. She serves as the TMTA Voice Contest Chair and is on the Creative Waco board. Dr. Forbay holds a B. Mus. from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, an M. Mus. from the Manhattan School of Music, an Artist Certificate from SMU, and a DMA (Voice Performance) from the University of Cincinnati, CCM.

For 40 years, CATE FRAZIER-NEELY has taught singing with trained somatic empathy, somatic education, and wellness methods. Her focus on contemporary classical music allowed her to work with such luminaries as John Cage, Lori Laitman and Ulf Grahn, and she premiered over 300 works by American composers. She is a published composer, abstract artist, instrumentalist, and choral conductor. Working with her, singers have earned Broadway roles and contracts with Cirque de Soleil, Disney Tokyo and Washington National Opera. She worked with child actors, voice over and touring artists, professional singers in many genres, post-graduate singers, adult amateurs, ages 11 to 85, and has taught for pedagogy intensives, choral organizations, and award-winning ensembles. She founded four arts’ organizations, including The Washington Vocal Consortium, the nation’s first and longest running collegial voicing-teaching team. Cate served as NATS MD/DC Chapter President, is published in Journal of Singing and has presented at the national convention with colleagues.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS CLAUDIA FRIEDLANDER, DMus, NASM-CPT, CES, PES is a voice teacher and fitness

Claudia Friedlander

expert based in New York City. Early in her career, frustration with her inability to help her students address physical imbalances effectively motivated her to study kinesiology. She has completed Personal Trainer, Corrective Exercise Specialist, and Performance Enhancement Specialist certifications through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and applies principles of sport-specific training to classical singing. Dr. Friedlander has presented workshops on vocal fitness for The Voice Foundation and the Performing Arts Medicine Association, and was an invited panel discussant on health and wellness for OPERA America.

Her first book, Complete Vocal Fitness: A Singer’s Guide to Physical Training, Anatomy and Biomechanics, was published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2018; her second title, The Singer’s Audition & Career Handbook is forthcoming in November 2019. She contributes a monthly column, “Musings on Mechanics,” to Classical Singer Magazine and writes a widely read and cited blog on vocal technique and fitness, The Liberated Voice.

KATHERINE FULLER has built her versatile career on operatic, music and theater stages

Katherine Fuller

throughout the country. Highlights include Francesca Johnson in The Bridges of Madison County (Hackmatack Playhouse), Papagena in The Magic Flute (Cambridge Chamber Ensemble), title role in Patience, Fiametta in The Gondoliers (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company of Chicago), and Katharine/Lilli in Kiss Me, Kate (Longwood Players). An in-demand vocal pedagogue, she currently serves on the voice faculty at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Walnut School for the Arts, and Phillips Academy Andover. She has served as a guest artist and clinician with the Massachusetts Music Educators Association, Berklee College of Music, and in public school districts throughout New England. She is currently conducting research and developing an in-studio method for the bodywork-voice connection that incorporates breathwork, asana, and meditation into the voice lesson setting.

DENISE GAINEY is Professor of Clarinet at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Associate Chair of the Department of Music. She is President-Elect of the International Clarinet Association after serving two terms as Secretary of the ICA, and is the ICA State Chair for Alabama. Her book, Kalmen Opperman: A Legacy of Excellence, was released in January 2017.

Gainey is an artist/clinician for Backun, D’Addario, and Silverstein.

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KELLY K. GARNER is Associate Professor of Commercial Voice and Music Technology and

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Coordinator of Commercial Music at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. She also owns and operates Big Dog Studios and the Yellow Tree Music Group in Franklin, Tenessee. Prior to coming to Union University, she taught for ten years in the commercial voice department at Belmont University. Garner earned a BSEd degree in secondary mathematics from Auburn University in 1990. In 1992, she graduated with a BM degree in commercial voice performance from Belmont University and began her career in Nashville as a nationally distributed recording artist/writer. In May of 2014, she completed a DMA in jazz voice performance with a cognate in music technology from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Garner has four nationally distributed recordings of her own: Confession of Love, Undivided Heart, I Stand Redeemed, and Left Behind II, a motion picture compilation recording on which she is a featured artist-writer. She is currently working on an album of original songs and a jazz EP. She is a member of the jazz vocal sextet Music City Six.

KAYLA GAUTEREAUX, soprano, is an active performer and private voice teacher, serving as President of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Boston Chapter. Gautereaux is an active voice researcher, having recently earned her Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy at New England Conservatory. Ms. Gautereaux is the Assistant Music Director at the Union Church in Waban. Ms. Gautereaux is the co-founder of Folklore Guild, a choral ensemble specializing in music from video-game and film soundtracks with strong education component and is the creator of the Voice Box Channel on YouTube.

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MARCELLE GAUVIN is an associate professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston where

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she serves as the department’s voice retraining specialist; she is the former head of the CCM/Jazz voice studio at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Marcelle performs regularly as a jazz vocalist after the success of her two nationally recognized recordings The Edge of the Pond and Faces of Love with the Whaling City Sound label, and has appeared as a featured artist on many recording projects within the jazz community. Marcelle is a wellrespected instructor and vocal coach in jazz/pop techniques with a student roster that ranges from nationally signed recording artists to Broadway and TV performers. She has been a Shenandoah Conservatory Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy Institute faculty member since 2008 and hosts numerous vocal pedagogy conferences and events in the general New England area. Her daughters, Kelsey and Kimber-lee Jacobsen, are both professional singers and together they own Double Bar Music, a private music school located in Westport, Massachusetts. She is a strong believer in the power of music to heal and create positive change in the world.

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RHIANNON GIDDENS is a celebrated artist who excavates the past to reveal truths about

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our present. A MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, Giddens has been Grammy-nominated six times, and won once, for her work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a group she co-founded.

She was nominated this year for her collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, there is no Other (2019), an album that is at once a condemnation of “othering” and a celebration of the spread of ideas, connectivity, and shared experience. She has performed for the Obamas at the White House and acted in two seasons of the hit television series Nashville.

Giddens has been profiled by CBS Sunday Morning, the New York Times, and NPR’s Fresh Air, among other outlets. She is featured in Ken Burns’s Country Music series, which aired on PBS last fall. In 2019, Giddens also formed the band Our Native Daughters with three other black female banjo players and contributed to and produced their album Songs of Our Native Daughters (2019), which tells stories of historic black womanhood and survival. Pitchfork has said of her “few artists are so fearless and so ravenous in their exploration,” and Smithsonian Magazine calls her “an electrifying artist who brings alive the memories of forgotten predecessors, white and black.”

RACHEL GOLDENBERG received her Doctor of Musical Arts in vocal pedagogy from

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Shenandoah University where she was the recipient of the Dean’s Graduate Scholar Award for “exceptional aptitude for research and scholarship” for her dissertation focusing on the use of singing lessons as an adjunctive treatment for cystic fibrosis. She also holds degrees from Westminster Choir College. A winner of numerous awards and scholarships, she has sung with The Banff Summer Arts Festival, Opera Nuova, Westminster Opera Theatre, Cowtown Opera and Chesapeake Concert Opera. She is a frequent recitalist and has given concerts throughout Canada and the U.S. She co-founded “Breathe, Sing, Move!,” a program for respiratory patients combining physiotherapy with singing lessons. Goldenberg teaches voice and pedagogy at Ambrose University, serves as the President of the Southern Alberta NATS chapter, consults on vocal health issues at Breathe Well Physio, and maintains a private teaching studio in Calgary.

DR. LILY GUERRERO is Assistant Professor of Voice at Texas Lutheran University. In the performance arena, Guerrero has performed with Wichita Grand Opera, Opera Grand Rapids, Winter Opera St. Louis, Windy City Opera, Atlantic Music Festival, and was a soprano chorister with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus under the baton of Maestro Muti.

She received awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Bel Canto Foundation, the National Opera Association, and was the third-place winner of the 2020 NATS Artist Awards Competition. In 2016, Guerrero co-founded Praxilla Femina, a Chicago-based grassroots music collective that mounted concerts to raise money for at-risk women and girls in the community. Her recent treatise, “Contemporary Song Literature by Select Latina Composers,” highlights the contributions Latinas have made to our repertoire. Her scholarly and artistic work has been funded by the Society for American Music, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, and the Koch Cultural Trust. She is a recent graduate of the NYU Steinhardt Faculty First Look Fellowship Program, which recruits and trains talented scholars of color for a career in academia. Guerrero holds a Doctorate in Voice Performance, as well as a Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion, from Florida State University. www.lilyguerrero.com BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS ERIN GUINUP is an active performer, voice teacher, conductor, public speaker and corporate

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trainer. Her solo repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah, La Bohème and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and her one-woman musical theatre program, The Ladies of Lyric and Song has been praised as “an amazing tour-de-force.” Her private voice students have performed on Broadway, operatic stages and TV, including The Voice and American Idol. She founded the Tacoma Refugee Choir in January 2017 and has quickly found a community eager to raise their voices in solidarity with our most vulnerable community members. She speaks on topics including the Neuroscience of Singing and Vocal Wellness in the Workplace and leads corporate workshops using singing to address communication, teamwork and conflict resolution. Currently serving NATS as Western Washington District Governor, she has served as chapter President and was selected for the 2010 NATS Intern Program.

Soprano MARTHA GUTH’S international performances have included Wigmore Hall, the Leeds Lieder Festival, the Vancouver International Song Institute, Songfest, Lincoln Center, and St. John Smith Square, with frequent partners Graham Johnson, Erika Switzer, and Spencer Myer. Her recitals have been broadcast on the CBC Radio/Radio Canada, NPR, the BBC Radio in the U.K and the WDR in Germany. Other performances include the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Graz Oper, the Canadian Opera Company, the Santa Fe Opera, Voices of Ascension, The National Cathedral, the Calgary Philharmonic, and the Société d’Art Vocal society in Montreal. Her discography includes a solo disc of Schubert partnered by Penelope Crawford on her original Graf fortepiano, Roberto Sierra’s Beyond the Silence of Sorrow with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Puerto Rico for Naxos (nominated for a 2016 Latin GRAMMY), Go

by Contraries: songs of Andrew Staniland with baritone Tyler Duncan pianist Erika Switzer for Centre Discs, and the first Five Boroughs Song Book for GVR records. As an arts administrator, she is Co-Director of Sparks & Wiry Cries, a global platform dedicated to art song spanning publication, live performance, and commission of new works. Sparks is the force behind the popular regional songSLAM’s. Martha is Assistant Professor of Voice at Ithaca College, she is on faculty at Songfest in L.A. and is a guest teacher and performer with many of the national training programs that celebrate Art Song. Upcoming is a recital tour with long-time partner Graham Johnson at the piano, Fall of 2020.

KEVIN D. HACKLER is an attorney based in Charleston, South Carolina focusing on complex

Kevin Hackler

litigation in the areas of contracts, business, domestic relations, products liability, toxic exposure, and real estate. He earned his J.D. in 2012 graduating from the Charleston School of Law and receiving the CALI award for excellence in trial advocacy. He is admitted to the bars of the State of South Carolina and the Federal District Court for the District of South Carolina and is a member of the South Carolina Bar Association and the Charleston County Bar Association.

Kevin is an accomplished trumpeter and bandleader, performing for over twenty years. He received a B.A. in music at the College of Charleston and is a charter member (2008) and soloist with the renowned Charleston Jazz Orchestra.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS LUCINDA HALSTEAD, MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-

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Head & Neck Surgery and the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina and is the Medical Director of the MUSC Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing. She is the laryngologist for the internationally renowned Spoleto Festival USA. She publishes and lectures nationally and internationally on the topics of vocal health, disorders of the singing voice, singing voice dystonia, hearing loss, and noise exposure in singers, laryngopharyngeal reflux disorders, pediatric performing voice issues and pediatric voice, and swallowing disorders. She also enjoys lecturing to secondary, high school, and university voice students on vocal and hearing health. Now President Elect, she will assume the office of President of the Performing Arts Medicine Association in Summer 2020.

Professional societies include The Voice Foundation, Collegium Medicorum Theatri, and the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, among others.

English pianist ANDREW HARLEY enjoys an internationally recognized performing and teaching career. Specializing in song literature and instrumental chamber music, he has been heard in live radio and television broadcasts, on numerous recordings, as well as at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Kennedy Center, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Harley concertizes across the globe, collaborating with such distinguished recital partners as international opera stars J’Nai Bridges, Denyce Graves, Susanna Phillips, Eric Owens, the legendary American cellist Lynn Harrell, and members of The Cleveland Quartet, The Juilliard Quartet, and Talich Quartet. Recent recital partners include concertmasters and principal players of Bamberg Symphony, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Moscow Virtuosi, National Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra (WDR) Cologne, Radio Symphony Orchestra (NDR) Hamburg, Teatro La Fenice, and Teatro alla Scala. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung recently described him as “a soloist who understands how to blend within an ensemble with excellence, yet without subjugating himself. Pearls of gold met with a diamond.”

Mr. Harley has held numerous faculty positions including The Juilliard School, the Aspen Music Festival and School, and the University of Southern California. His summer affiliations have included the Vancouver International Song Institute (VISI), the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and Director of Chamber Music for the International Institute for Young Musicians. As a guest artist, he has taught and given master classes at The New England Conservatory, Indiana University Bloomington, the Royal Northern College of Music, and the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, where he served as Visiting Guest Faculty in Accompanying.

In June 2018, together with J’Nai Bridges and Susanna Phillips, Mr. Harley gave the East Coast premiere of The Long View: A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs by Patrice Michaels. In 2019, he released a CD of the complete sonatas for Piano and Violin by Brahms.

Fanfare magazine praised it as “a remarkable recording . . . a superb interpreter . . . effortless in

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technique, eloquent in expression . . . the Brahms violin sonatas could hardly be bettered to display what collaboration means.”

Mr. Harley recently joined the piano faculty at the Eastman School of Music, where he serves as Director of Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music.

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Singers from all different environments seek out LIZ JACKSON HEARNS’ (she/her/they/ them) teaching for her ability to illuminate traditional voice pedagogy with new scientific discoveries and methods, encouraging a balanced and sustainable singing technique over a range of singing styles within a creative and joyful environment. In 2014, Liz began working with transgender and gender nonconforming/nonbinary individuals, helping clients to develop a speaking voice that aligns with their affirmed identity. She also works with trans/ gnc singers, supporting a sustainable, healthy singing voice technique during medical transition (or not) and beyond. Liz is the owner of The Voice Lab, Inc. in Chicago; co-founder of ResonaTe, Chicago’s trans chorus; co-founder of Trans Turning Point, a wellness fair for trans/ gnc folks; author of One Weird Trick: A User’s Guide to Transgender Voice, and co-author of The Singing Teacher’s Guide to Transgender Voices.

Soprano MELISSA HEATH enjoys a varied career of opera, concert and recital work. Hailed as a “soaring, sparkling soprano” with “vivacious stage presence,” recent opera roles include Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen. Recent concert work includes Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and both Mozart’s Requiem and Mass in c minor with the Temple Square Chorale and Orchestra at Temple Square, Handel’s Messiah with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and both Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate and Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915 with Sinfonia Salt Lake. With Utah Symphony, Ms. Heath has performed both Nielsen’s Symphony no. 3 and Handel’s Messiah. In November 2017 she was the soprano soloist with Ballet West in choreographer Nicolo Fonte’s world premiere of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. In 2018 Ms. Heath had the pleasure of singing songs of Messiaen and Schubert on NOVA Chamber Music Series’ season finale concert, and performed recitals in Seattle and New York. In 2019 she sang the role of The Water in Utah Opera’s Production of The Little Prince, Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 with Salt Lake Symphony, and performed with Utah Symphony in their Deer Valley Concert Series. In 2020, she will appear with Utah Chamber Artists, Brigham Young University choirs and orchestra, and again with both Ballet West and the Temple Square Chorale and Orchestra. Ms. Heath was a district winner in the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions, and was a two-time regional finalist in the National Association of Teachers of Singing’s biennial art song competition. Ms. Heath is an Assistant Professor of music and the Vocal Area Coordinator in the Department of Music at Utah Valley University. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in voice from Brigham Young University, and her Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees in voice from the University of Utah.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS LYNN HELDING is Professor of Practice in Vocal Arts and Opera and Coordinator of Vocology/

Lynn Helding

Voice Pedagogy at the University of Southern California. A prolific writer on the nexus of cognitive science and music, she is an associate editor of Journal of Singing, founder of its “Mindful Voice” column, and author of the book The Mindful Musician: Teaching, Learning and Performance in the Age of Brain Science and “Brain” in McCoy’s Your Voice: An Inside View. She sang leading roles with Harrisburg Opera, Nashville Opera, Tennessee Opera Theatre, and Ohio Light Opera, and solo recitals throughout the US, Italy, France, England, Germany, Spain, Australia, and Iceland. Honors include the 2005 Van Lawrence Voice Fellowship and election as the first COO of PAVA. In 2018, she hosted the USC Symposium “The Art and Science of Great Teaching: Celebrating the Legacy of William Vennard,” to honor and promote evidence-based vocal pedagogy.

ALLEN HENDERSON, baritone, is executive director of NATS and professor of voice at

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Georgia Southern University. He holds degrees from Carson Newman College (BM), The University of Tennessee (MM), and the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati (DMA). Prior to his appointment as executive director in 2008, he served NATS as a district and regional governor, as national secretary/treasurer, and as interim executive director. Henderson was a 1993 NATS Intern and hosted the program in 1998. He was chair of the coordinating committee for the 2008 NATS 50th National Conference in Nashville.

Henderson has held teaching positions at Oklahoma Baptist University, Austin Peay State University, and Georgia Southern University, serving as music department chair at both Austin Peay and Georgia Southern. As baritone soloist, Henderson has appeared in concert, opera, and oratorio across the country.

CHRISTIAN T. HERBST studied voice pedagogy at Mozarteum University, Salzburg, and worked as a voice pedagogue for two decades. Driven by his interest in the physics and the physiology of voice, he enrolled in a PhD programme in Biophysics at the University of Olomouc, Czech Republic. Since his graduation in 2012, he has been working as a full-time voice scientist. As of November 2019, he accepted a position at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Antonio Salieri Department of Vocal Studies and Vocal Research in Music Education. The focus of Christian’s work is on both basic voice science and the acoustics and physiology of the singing voice. He received several international scientific awards, and has published, among others, in the prestigious Science Journal. www.christian-herbst.org

MATTHEW HILL, tenor, from Laurel, Maryland enjoys a varied career as a soloist and

Matthew Hill

ensemble singer, based in Washington D.C. Recent opera credits include his debut with Washington National Opera as Older brother in Dead Man Walking, understudying the title role in Candide with Washington National Opera, Marceullus in Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet with Washington Concert Opera, Parpignol in La Bohème with Wolf Trap Opera, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with the Maryland Opera Studio and Music Academy International, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with the Maryland Opera Studio, and Damon in Acis and Galatea with New Dominion Chorale.

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So You Want to Sing

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS ​Past solo concert work includes Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt, Mozart’s Requiem, Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, and The Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew and St. John Passion. He was a frequent soloist with the University of Maryland Bach Cantata series. He performs regularly as a soloist and chorister with the American Bach Soloists, Washington Bach Consort, and Washington National Cathedral Choirs. Matthew is also a member of the United States Air Force Band Singing Sergeants.

Matthew recently won first place at both the local and regional rounds of the NATS competitions, and was a prize winner at the following competitions: the National Society of Arts and Letters Dorothy Lincoln-Smith Voice Competition, Choralis Young Artist Competition, Oratorio Society of New York Competition, Vocal Arts DC Art Song Competition, and at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Middle Atlantic Regional Competition. Matthew received his Master of Music degree in opera performance and Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the University of Maryland College Park on a Creative and Performing Arts full scholarship.

MATTHEW HOCH is Associate Professor of Voice at Auburn University, where he teaches

Matthew Hoch

applied voice, diction, and Women in Music. Prior to coming to Auburn in 2012, he spent six years as Assistant Professor of Voice at Shorter College, where he taught applied voice, vocal literature, and served as Coordinator of Voice Studies. He is the author of A Dictionary for the Modern Singer and Welcome to Church Music & The Hymnal 1982, coauthor of So You Want to Sing Music by Women and Voice Secrets, and editor of four additional So You Want to Sing books: Sacred Music, World Music, Awareness, and CCM. Hoch is the 2016 winner of the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, awarded jointly by the Voice Foundation and NATS. He holds the BM from Ithaca College; MM from the Hartt School; DMA from the New England; and the Certificate in Vocology from the National Center for Voice and Speech.

SUSAN HOCHMILLER, soprano, is an accomplished performer of chamber music, art song,

Susan Hochmiller

oratorio, and opera. Performance highlights include singing at the Teatro Mancinelli in Orvieto, Italy, Carnegie Hall with the Susquehanna University Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra, in the Mozart 101 Series with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Colorado Bach Ensemble, and numerous recitals in Italy and across the United States. Susan Hochmiller earned a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music in Voice Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor of Music from Susquehanna University. Hochmiller is the Coordinator of Vocal Studies at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College, and directs Orvieto Musica’s Art of Song summer vocal chamber music program in Orvieto, Italy. She is the author of So You Want To Sing Chamber Music published by Rowman & Littlefield (2019).

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VICTORIA HOLLAND is the lead compiler and series editor for the Royal Conservatory

Victoria Holland

of Music’s 2019 Voice Series & Syllabus. She is a co-founder and voice instructor for RCM’s annual Summer Voice Intensive in Toronto. Holland’s recent masterclasses and conference presentations include Classical Singer, regional and national NATS workshops, Loyola University Chicago, the University of Chicago, Elmhurst College (IL), the University of Illinois in Chicago, and Northern Illinois University. As a lyric soprano, Ms. Holland performs in venues throughout Chicago and abroad. Notable Chicago performances include Ravinia Festival’s Martin Theater, the Chicago Cultural Center, and multiple live radio broadcasts on Chicago’s WFMT.

IAN HOWELL, DMA is a professor of voice and vocal pedagogy at the New England

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Conservatory in Boston. He has sung in most major concert halls across America, Europe, Canada, and Japan as a soloist and with the Grammy Award winning ensemble Chanticleer. He has presented original research at NATS, PAVA, the Voice Foundation, and the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, and has been an invited guest speaker for the NATS Chat series and NYSTA. He is published in Journal of Voice and VOICEPrints. His research interests include the intersection of human perception and the singing voice with a special focus on the role of auditory transduction. He believes that the human hearing mechanism so powerfully shapes and colors the sound of a singer’s voice that we may best conceive of the sound of a singer through the responses of the ear itself.

Highly sought after as a specialist in historical performance, tenor WILLIAM HUDSON has been described as “positively hypnotic” by Gramophone magazine. He earned his Doctor of Music from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in Vocal Performance, Early Music. In 2017, Hudson was awarded a prestigious grant from the NEH to teach performance practice. In 2009 he was the winner of the Noah Greenberg award recognizing his contributions to the field. He has taught at the Madison Early Music Festival and given lecturedemonstrations at universities throughout North and South America, most recently at the University of Alabama for their production of Handel’s Semele and at the University of Toledo for their production of Purcell’s The Fairy-Queen. He is currently editing 17th-century Italian cantatas for use in the voice studio. Dr. Hudson teaches at Illinois Wesleyan University where he is Head of the Voice and Choral area.

KRISTINE HURST-WAJSZCZUK has presented workshops and lectures nationally

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and internationally for NATS, ICVT, NOA, College Music Society, the Athena Festival, The Voice Foundation, and at Musik und Kunst, Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (the Vienna Conservatory). Her courses in Wellbeing for Musicians and The Mindful Student in the Honors College at UAB have met with resounding success. The soprano’s solo CD of Dowland lute songs was released in 2008 by Centaur. Recent performances include appearances with Bourbon Baroque, the Amherst Early Music Festival, the Tuscaloosa Symphony, and several workshops of a new opera with Opera Birmingham. Celebrated composer Lori Laitman composed The Secret Exit for her and clarinetist Denise Gainey, which received its world, BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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European, and Canadian premieres in 2018. Kristine is Associate Professor of Voice and Opera at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has served as Alabama NATS Governor and is currently NATS Vice President for Workshops.

KATHERINE JOLLY has brought her bright, agile voice to leading coloratura and soubrette

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roles with companies including Opera Theatre Saint Louis, Houston Grand Opera Co., Florida Grand Opera, New York City Opera, Virginia Opera, Amarillo Opera, Pensacola Opera, Union Avenue Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, and Piedmont Opera, appearing with conductors including George Manahan, Stephen Lord, Michael Christie, Stuart Robinson, and Jerry Steichen. She has performed with organizations including the Phoenix Symphony, the Richmond Symphony, the Evansville Philharmonic, the Kingsbury Ensemble, Bach Society of Saint Louis, and Sacramento Choral Arts Society. Her recording, Preach, Sister, Preach will be released on PARMA records in 2019. The soprano was a 2006 Metropolitan Opera National Council Winner and has received awards from the George London Foundation and Opera Theatre Saint Louis. Jolly received the DMA and MM degrees from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music and is an Associate Professor of Voice at Oberlin Conservatory.

AARON M. JOHNSON, MM, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a researcher and speech–language pathologist

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specializing in voice habilitation and rehabilitation at the NYU Voice Center in the Department of Otolaryngology at New York University School of Medicine. His research laboratory, funded by the National Institutes of Health, uses novel translational research methods to examine the effects of vocal training on laryngeal neuromuscular mechanisms in the aging larynx. As a clinician, he works with his physician colleagues to diagnose and treat voice disorders in performing artists. Both his research and clinical interests stem from his previous decade-long career as a professional classical singer and teacher of singing. Dr. Johnson holds degrees in vocal performance from Northwestern University, a certificate in vocology from the National Center for Voice and Speech, and a research doctorate from the University of WisconsinMadison. He is actively involved in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and is President of the Pan American Vocology Association.

BYRON JONES is well-known to Washington, DC, area audiences, having performed

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regularly for three decades in opera, concert, recital, and intimate cabaret settings. A versatile artist, Jones has received critical praise for his warmth of tone and clear, expressive use of language. He remains active as a singer and stage director. He is also Associate Professor of Music (voice) at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA, where his activities include teaching and directing. A specialist in French, he has given master classes for the Washington National Opera Institute for Young Singers and the American Singers Opera Project. During the summer, he is a member of the voice faculty at Seagle Music Colony in Schroon Lake, NY. He holds degrees in French Language and Literature from the Universities of North Carolina-

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Laura Josepher

Laura Kafka-Price

New York based theater director LAURA JOSEPHER has been directing, teaching, and coaching professionally in New York City for the past 30 years. Her most recent directing credits include Godspell and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at The American Musical Theatre Academy (AMTA); Edges at Den Danske Scenekunstskole in Fredericia, Denmark; and the new musical Searching for Romeo at the NY Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF).

Along with partner, David Sisco, she runs ContemporaryMusicalTheatre.com, a resource that helps teachers, students and professionals find well-written, largely unpublished contemporary musical theatre songs. Together they wrote the book, Mastering College Musical Theatre Auditions: Sound Advice for the Student, Teacher, and Parent. For the company she directed Vow at Marymount Manhattan College, as well as three concerts: Contemporary Writer’s Circle: Fifth Anniversary Concert, Binders Full of Women’s Songs at 54 Below, and A Celebration of Contemporary Musical Theatre at Second Stage Theater. Laura and David travel the country giving workshops and masterclasses at colleges and universities on how to perform contemporary music theater, as well as coaching high school students to prepare them for college auditions.

Laura has a Master of Arts in Educational Theatre, and a Bachelor of Music, both from New York University. She has taught/been a Guest Artist at Fordham University, Syracuse University, Den Danske Scenekunstskole, and Marymount Manhattan College. She is also an Equity stage manager, a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, and a Member of SDC. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.

LAURA KAFKA-PRICE, soprano, is an American artist of Polish heritage with a multidimensional career as a singer, scholar, and educator. Kafka-Price is on the adjunct faculty of The Peabody Conservatory; she also maintains a private teaching studio and an active singing career. She holds the Ph.D. in musicology from University of Maryland College Park where she concurrently participated in the Opera Studio Program. She is the recipient of several awards and recognitions. Her many public and private engagements throughout the country and abroad include: solo recitals, concerts with orchestra, oratorio, opera, operetta, and musical shows; she has performed at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in both public and private venues in support of the Embassy’s programs since 1993. These performances have received high praise. She is the originator of the Children’s Rhymes project, a multifaceted Polish music project. www.childrens-rhymes-project.com

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Providence Kamana

Susan Mohini Kane

Seth Keeton

Born in Goma, North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, PROVIDENCE KAMANA has spent his whole life surrounded by the rhythms and sounds of his people.

With the guidance of Alexia Waku, Beverly Bynes and Kelly Nazem, Providence began performing, and audiences took notice of his talent. Best Vocalist at the Elanga Festival of Kinshasa, 2012. 3rd place on Airtel Trace Music Star (the Americal Idol TV show of the Congo) in 2015. Providence soon established the Congolese American Language Institute Mass Choir in Kinshasa which has helped more than 2oo Congolese youth learn English through music; and PK Music, a foundation which supports emerging artists through grants, resources and mentorship. To further his own training, Providence enrolled in the National Institute Of Arts where he studied Music and specialized in ethnomusicology. Upon arriving in the United States in 2016, Providence has continued to share his musical gifts in his new home in Washington and was named by the African Diaspora of the Northwest as a rising talent and leader. He was recently named the Assistant Director of the Tacoma Refugee Choir.

American soprano, teacher, and author SUSAN MOHINI KANE has enjoyed a versatile career as an established classical and crossover vocal artist as well as an author and tenured professor of voice and opera. Kane’s “crystal-clear voice and impeccable technique” (LA Culture Spot Magazine) has kept her teaching and performing professionally for over two decades.

Kane’s book: The 21st Century Singer, Making the Leap from the University into the World, has been called “A must-read for any emerging singer” by iCadenza Artists. Kane has recorded two CDs.: Moment of Joy “a truly inspirational disc” and From the Heart: Music for Calm, Inspiration, and Wellness. Dr. Kane holds both an MM and DMA from The University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music. Visit www.the21stcenturysinger.com and www.smkane.com.

Bass-baritone SETH KEETON’S performances have been described by The New York Times as “driven” and “emotionally pointed.” He has performed roles on the stages of opera companies throughout the United States, and Theater Bremen in Bremen, Germany. In 2006, he was a national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has received awards from the Sullivan Foundation and the Eleanor McCollum Competition. In art song and in recital, Keeton’s creative expression takes many forms, and he delights in creating unusual song recitals for himself and his students. In 2018, he was featured on a recording, Chamber Music, Volume 2, of forgotten composer, Richard Stöhr. In the summer of 2018 Keeton recorded Voices of a New World, a cd featuring works with texts by Whitman and Dickinson. Keeton is an Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Utah School of Music.

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KATHLEEN KELLY enjoys a dynamic musical life as a pianist, opera coach, conductor,

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teacher, and writer. Her projects and repertoire are wide-ranging and diverse. From Mozart to commissioned works by her peers, she is both deeply experienced in the classical vocal canon and engaged in new creation. Her 2019–20 season includes recital dates with mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton in Atlanta, San Francisco and London, conducting Opera Columbus’ opening night, the Ohio premiere of Juliana Hall’s BEYOND THE GUARDED GATE with soprano Jennifer Cresswell, and many new collaborations in Cincinnati, where she joined the opera faculty of the College-Conservatory of Music in 2018.

The first woman and first American named as Director of Musical Studies at the Vienna State Opera, Kathleen’s operatic experience is the backbone of her career. Trained at the San Francisco Opera, she joined the company’s music staff and moved from there to a long association with the Metropolitan Opera. She was head of music at Houston Grand Opera, and music director of the Berkshire Opera before moving to Vienna. Since returning to the USA in 2015, Kathleen has conducted at the Glimmerglass Festival, Wolf Trap Opera, Arizona Opera, El Paso Opera, Opera Columbus, the Merola Program, and the Alexandria Symphony, and has been a regular visiting coach for the prestigious young artist programs of Chicago Lyric Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, and the Canadian Opera Company. Recently she joined the Cincinnati Opera to assist on the workshop of Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice, slated for a 2019 premiere with the Los Angeles Opera.

Kathleen’s recital career includes appearances at Weill Hall, Zankel Hall, the Kennedy Center, Vienna’s Musikverein, the Mahlersaal of the Vienna State Opera, the Neue Galerie, the Schwabacher Series in San Francisco, and the Tucson Desert Song Festival. Her recent collaboration with Jamie Barton has won wide acclaim, and her partners have included Christine Goerke, Michael Kelly, Troy Cook, Amber Wagner, Susan Graham, Albina Shagimuratova, Valentina Nafornita, Sorin Coliban, Joyce DiDonato, Ariana Strahl, Martha Guth, Karen Slack, and Jennifer Holloway. She has curated art song series for the Houston Grand Opera and the Vienna State Opera, and is currently involved in the creation of new song through Sparks and Wiry Cries’ songSLAM events.

In demand as a mentor of rising artists, Kathleen has given masterclasses and workshops across North America, among others at the University of Toronto, the Schulich School at McGill University, University of Cincinnati, Baylor University, Vanderbilt University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Michigan, the Peabody Conservatory, University of Washington, Westminster Choir College, and Interlochen. She has served on the juries of the Wirth Prize at McGill University, the Dallas Opera Guild competition, the Kristin Lewis Foundation Scholarship auditions, the Cooper-Bing competition, and the regional Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions.

A published poet and essayist, Kathleen has created several new opera translations and libretti. Her English adaptation of Hansel and Gretel, commissioned by Tri-Cities Opera, is now in use alongside her chamber orchestra arrangement of the work. For Arizona Opera, she created a multilingual version of Emmerich Kalman’s Arizona Lady, and she wrote the libretto for David Hanlon’s Wolf Trap premiere Listen, Wilhelmina!

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COLLEEN KILPATRICK earned a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from the University

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of North Texas in 2019 and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Ave Maria University in 2016. While a student at UNT, she was the accompanist for University Singers and Women’s Chorus, and served as staff accompanist and coach at AMU from 2016–2017. A lover of opera, Ms. Kilpatrick was rehearsal pianist for The Magic Flute and keyboardist for L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Miami Summer Music Festival in 2019. Ms. Kilpatrick has performed in masterclasses with Margo Garrett, Susan Youens, Margaret Singer, and Roy Howat, among others. Ms. Kilpatrick loves to share her passion for the piano with students of all ages, and has been teaching privately since 2009. Also a trained organist and soprano, she has held church positions both in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and her native Southwest Florida, and is a member of the Dallas Symphony Chorus.

Solo and collaborative pianist CHRISTOPHER KOELZER hails from the San Francisco Bay Area, and performs and coaches regularly in the New York City and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. Christopher began collaborating in opera, musical theater, and chamber music at age 13, working with Mission City Opera in Santa Clara, CA, and Lyric Theater of San Jose, CA. Christopher received his Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance, studying with Dr. Irene Peery-Fox at Brigham Young University, where he coached and performed in the Opera department during his entire degree. He holds a Master’s Degree in Collaborative Piano from University of Maryland, College Park, and is currently a Doctoral Candidate at University of Maryland, studying with Professor Rita Sloan.

Christopher has performed across the world as a solo and collaborative pianist. He received an Oscarson Grant to attend the International Music Academy at Plzen, Czech Republic in 2009. He attended Aspen Music Festival and School with full scholarship from 2011–2012, returning as Vocal Fellow in 2014. Christopher was an advisor, musical coach and performer in the Rural Artists Project, Inc. in western Alaska in 2014, a program designed to promote music appreciation and cultural development in rural areas. He was awarded Outstanding Collaborative Pianist Award and Grand Prize Art Song in the Metropolitan International Music Festival Competition in New York, 2016 with mezzo-soprano Nicole Lévèsque. Christopher was a Coaching Fellow at Wolf Trap Opera in 2017, as coach and accompanist for Rigoletto, as well as pianist for a new production of Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins as part of Halcyon’s

By The People, an international arts and dialogue festival in Washington, D.C., a performance that collaborated with Hong Kong Ballet and Terra Firma Dance Company. Christopher joined the Merola Opera Program for its 2019 season as Apprentice Coach, premiering Jake Heggie’s If I Were You. Christopher has worked as assistant conductor and vocal coach with many opera companies, including Washington National Opera (Washington, D.C.), Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, VA), Northern Lights Music Festival (Minnesota), Maryland Lyric Opera (Bethesda, MD), and has coached and performed with the Maryland Opera Studio from 2013–2017. Christopher was selected for Washington National Opera’s Cafritz Young Artist Program as pianist and coach from 2017–2019. He has performed and recorded several new musicals written by Blake Allen in New York City (shards, Boston|Nebraska), as well as world premieres of new operas in D.C. and South Carolina. He is nominated for a 2019 Grammy® Award for his work performing and BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Upcoming engagements include Berkshire Opera Festival’s production of Don Giovanni in Summer 2020.

BRIAN KREMER (he/him) is Assistant Professor of Voice and Music Theater at Elon University where he coaches musical productions and teaches courses in voice, specializing in contemporary singing and performance styles including music theater, rock, pop, jazz, country, R&B, and Hip-Hop. Kremer is co-author of The Singing Teacher’s Guide to Transgender Voices, the first comprehensive resource developed for the training of transgender and nonbinary singers. www.kremervoicedesign.com Brian Kremer

ANNA LANTRY is a voice teacher and coach based in the Portland OR area. She is the

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director of TruVoice Lessons LLC, a company that provides online voice and music lessons, with a focus on transgender voice training. She has spoken about transgender voice training at the Oklahoma University’s College of Allied Health, the NATS Texoma region’s annual conference, University of Michigan’s Graduate School of Social Work, and LGBT centers and conferences all over the country. Anna holds degrees in Voice Performance from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and in Public Health from The George Washington University. She has also performed publicly as a tenor, baritone, and mezzo soprano. Since 2013, Anna has brought a unique combination of professional and personal experience to her teaching and leadership, to help you Unlock Your TruVoice!

PHILIP LASSER is a visionary composer native to French and American traditions. His music,

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direct and undisguised, creates a unique sound world that blends together the colorful harmonies of French Impressionist sonorities and the dynamic rhythms and characteristics of American music. His newly commissioned concerto for piano and orchestra, “The Circle and the Child,” is featured on the Sony Classical album “Broadway-Lafayette” with Simone Dinnerstein and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kristjan Järvi.

Lasser’s works have also been performed by the Atlanta, Seattle, Boulder and Shreveport Symphonies, as well as The New York Chamber Symphony, and by artists including Kristjan Järvi, Susanna Phillips, Elizabeth Futral, Margo Garrett, Lucy Shelton, Cho-Liang Lin, Zuill Bailey, Brian Zeger, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger and Sasha Cooke. Lasser’s works can be heard on the Sony Classical, Telarc, New World, Crystal, and BMG RCA/Red Seal labels. He has been a distinguished member of the faculty of The Juilliard School since 1994. INFO: philiplasser. com/biography

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Emilie LeBel

Canadian composer EMILIE CECILIA LEBEL specializes in concert music composition, the creation of mixed works that employ digital technologies, and intermedia concert works.

Described as having a “deft compositional hand, unwilling to hurry ideas” and “impressively subtle and sensuous,” her work inhabits sonic worlds that are primarily concerned with textural landscapes, resonance, and variances in color. Emilie recently returned home to Canada after teaching at the University of Montana for three years. She is based in Edmonton, Alberta, where she is Assistant Professor at MacEwan University; and frequently returns home to Toronto for her position as Affiliate Composer with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Emilie completed a Doctorate in Composition at the University of Toronto in 2013, under the guidance of Gary Kulesha and Robin Elliott.

DR. WENDY LEBORGNE is a sought-after voice pathologist, speaker, author, and master-

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class clinician regarding vocal wellness and vocal athletes. She presents nationally and internationally on the elite professional voice and co-authored The Vocal Athlete book & workbook. Her 23 year career includes serving as the clinical director of two private practice voice centers evaluating and treating singers with vocal injury.

Dr. LeBorgne holds an adjunct associate professor position at Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music (CCM) as a Voice Consultant; caring for the voices of the actors and singers at CCM as well as teaching classical vocal pedagogy, commercial music pedagogy, and a course on Vocal Wellness for Vocal Athletes. She completed a B.F.A. in Musical Theater from Shenandoah Conservatory and both her masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Cincinnati in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Original peer-reviewed research has been published in multiple international journals numerous voice textbooks. She maintains an elite performer private studio (www.drwendy. me) and continues to perform professionally. Her patients and private students currently can be seen and heard on television, podcasts, film, cruise ships, Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, commercial music tours, and opera stages around the world. If you are interested in connecting with Dr. Wendy: contact@drwendy.me

Tenor, ALBERT RUDOLPH LEE’S performances have been described as “vocally sumptuous,” “musically distinctive” and even “acrobatically agile.” In his eighth year on the voice faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno, Dr. Lee’s most recent performances include the tenor solo in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Jackson Symphony, appearances with Opera Las Vegas in a tribute concerts to African American Opera Legends, a feature role in the world premiere of Douglas Buchanan’s opera Bessie and Ma, and engagements with the British classical crossover quartet Vox Fortura. He can be heard in George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning work Lilacs for Tenor and Orchestra with Ian Hobson and Sinfonia di Camera on Albany Records. He is a contributing author to the book Prejudice, Stigma, Privilege, and Oppression: A Behavioral Health Handbook due for release summer 2020 and as a speaker, his TedTalk When I Sing the Anthem shares his unique perspective on patriotism and protest.

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CHRISTY LEE continues to lead a diverse career as a collaborative pianist, chamber musician,

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vocal coach, conductor, and educator. In the world of opera, Dr. Lee has worked as pianist, coach, and assistant conductor at Opera Memphis, Chattanooga Opera, Pensacola Opera, Cleveland Opera, Knoxville Opera, Crested Butte Music Festival, La Musica Lirica, and the Lake Placid International Voice Seminar. In May of 2012 she had the pleasure of being a translator and vocal coach for the inaugural US/Cuba Choral Summit in Havana, Cuba. For six years Lee was on the faculty of the College of The Bahamas where she was a founding member of C Force, the premiere chamber group of The College of The Bahamas. She holds degrees from Florida State University, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the University of Alabama.

Currently on the faculty of Mississippi State University, she resides in Starkville, Mississippi.

CARLA LEFEVRE is Professor of Voice at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and also serves as teacher and coach for young artists and professional singers. Her students have been regional winners and National Grand Finalists in the Metropolitan Opera auditions, and first-place winners of various other national competitions. They have gained acceptance as apprentices with the country’s most prestigious summer opera programs, and many are pursuing professional careers in opera and music theater. LeFevre has presented voice pedagogy workshops for the NATS National Conference, Pan-European Voice Conference, and Voice Foundation, and master classes for 25 universities across the United States, including such schools as Florida State University, Boston University, Ohio State University, and Michigan State University. She is author/publisher of Diction Study Cards—275 flash cards providing detailed information and practice for each of the rules of pronunciation for Italian, German, and French lyric diction.

DANA LENTINI’S 30-year career as a vocal instructor and performer has included teaching

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posts at leading conservatories and performances at major opera houses and international venues, as well as frequent chamber performances with her husband, composer and guitarist James Lentini. As the founder of Born 2 Sing Kids LLC, Dana is a noted pedagogue and expert in teaching methodologies for young singers, with articles and podcasts that have been distributed worldwide. She loves empowering young singers to discover their voice and full potential in a healthy way. In recognition of her excellence in teaching, Dana was a 2018 recipient of the NATS Joan Frey Boytim Award for Independent Teachers. She earned her bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Southern California and her master’s degree in vocal pedagogy from Oakland University. Her book Teaching the Child Singer will be released by Hal Leonard in 2020.

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Madison Leonard

Idaho native MADISON LEONARD is a 2018 winner of the Metropolitan National Council Auditions, hailed by the New York Times for her “bright, dexterous voice and sassy charm.” Recent seasons brought debuts as Gilda in Rigoletto with Seattle Opera and Austin Opera, along with Haydn’s Creation and Handel’s Messiah with The Florida Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphony. She added Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and the title role of Picker’s Emmeline to her repertoire for performances with North Carolina and Tulsa Opera, respectively, that were unfortunately cancelled by COVID-19. Future engagements include a leading role and company debut with Dallas Opera, returns to Seattle Opera for her role debut as Adina in L’elisir d’amore as well as Austin Opera, and further debuts with Atlanta Opera and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Madison is an alumna of Washington National Opera’s Cafritz young artist program, Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, and Pepperdine University.

DR. JASON LESTER is the Dean of the School of Music and Fine Arts and Professor of

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Music at Palm Beach Atlantic University, where he serves the Departments of Art, Dance, and Music and the non-academic initiative Preparatory Department. Prior to this appointment, he served as a Dean of Fine Arts, Chair of Music, and Program Director for Houston Grand Opera.

Dr. Lester is passionate about the lifelong impact higher education can provide individuals, families, and communities, and believes the pursuit of academic excellence with both a global and entrepreneurial perspective enhances students’ educational experiences and future opportunities. It is with this in mind, Dr. Lester has secured partnerships and collaborations with organizations and businesses that foster pragmatic learning experiences and cultivate civic-mindedness within experiential learning environments that better support the students and programs in a mutually beneficial way. His advocacy for performing and visual artists helps to cultivate their distinctive contribution to our society as storytellers. A longstanding member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), he has served as the President of the Greater Houston Chapter, Governor of the Texoma Region, and is currently serving as the national Secretary-Treasurer of the 7,000-member organization. As a teacher of singing, students who have studied applied voice with him have participated in numerous summer music programs, been winners or finalists in many vocal competitions, and have been accepted into the most prestigious universities and conservatories. An accomplished performer, Jason Lester is at ease in operatic, concert, and song literature repertoire and has performed over thirty operatic roles in musical styles from Baroque to 21st Century, with roles including Colline in La Bohème, Méphistophélès in Faust, Raimondo Bidebent in Lucia di Lammermoor, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte and Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia. Additionally, as an active concert soloist, Dr. Lester has participated in many of the repertory’s standard works, including Mozart and Brahms’ Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, among many others.

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Jill Terhaar Lewis

Soprano JILL TERHAAR LEWIS is a Professor at Charleston Southern University and a respected performer. Known for her beautiful, rich tone and her ability to adapt to different styles and genres, she has performed with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Jazz Orchestra, and recently with Lowcountry Voices and Charlton Singleton Ensemble in the Duke Ellington Sacred Concerts as part of the MOJA Festival. She has also been a guest artist for concerts series including: Baker and Baker, the Women & . . . (Rolling Stones), and Hi Harmony and is a recurring soloist in Piccolo Spoleto Festival. She has presented American art song programs in the US and has collaborated on art songs with composers throughout the country. She is also a co-founder of Contemporary Collaborations, a student group that commissions student works for vocal chamber ensembles. She is a member of The In-Between, a classical and jazz fusion ensemble with her husband.

RICHARD LISSEMORE, an internationally acclaimed teacher, researcher, and educator of

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voice and voice performance, is equally adept at techniques for classical as well as popular vocal styles such as musical theater, rock, pop, R&B, and jazz. He has taught hundreds of students who perform on Broadway, at Carnegie Hall, at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, in both American and international touring productions and in theaters throughout the world. He is especially well known for his innovative and entertaining master classes in vocal technique and performance, which have been presented regularly in New York, Canada, Korea, Mexico, and Germany. As a guest speaker and clinician, he has taught workshops and masterclasses in voice pedagogy and performance for The Voice Foundation, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, The British Voice Association at London’s Royal Academy of Music, The New York Singing Teachers Association, and multiple colleges, conservatories, and universities. Educated at The Juilliard School (Oren Brown), Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (Andrew White), and Rutgers University (Valorie Goodall), Mr. Lissemore enjoyed a varied performance career that encompassed opera, music theater, orchestra concert, oratorio, and voiceover for radio and television. His professional affiliations include Actors’ Equity Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, The Voice Foundation, and The Acoustical Society of America. Presently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Speech Language, Hearing Sciences at Lehman College, he is a Ph.D. candidate in Speech, Language, Hearing at The City University of New York Graduate Center and is expected to defend his dissertation, Articulatory Activity of the Tongue, Jaw, and Lips During the Second Passaggio Acoustic Transition of Female Singers, in the Fall of 2020. His research interests are centered around articulatory effects on vocal tract transfer functions in professional singers.

Experimental protocols include electroglottography, acoustic analysis, ultrasound of the tongue, Optotrak infrared tracking of mouth and head positions. Additionally, he serves as Director of Donald Gray Miller’s Singing Voice Science Workshop, an annual gathering of voice researchers, singing teachers, and speech-language pathologists who continually investigate and evaluate the use of the VoceVista feedback system as a teaching tool in the singing voice studio. Please visit www.RichardLissemore.com and www.SingingVoiceScience.com for more information.

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Hone your Craft

at Shenandoah Conservatory Located in beautiful Winchester, VA, Shenandoah Conservatory has been training artists since 1875. Its numerous degree options in Music, Theatre and Dance ensure that students graduating from Shenandoah are both highly prepared and highly motivated to make their mark in their chosen profession.

Degree Options for Vocalists:

Join our faculty at the NATS Virtual Conference Edrie Means Weekly Country Singing 101 Monday, June 29 | 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Marcelle Gauvin and Matthew Edwards Teaching the Singer-Songwriter Friday, June 26 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Edrie Means Weekly CCM Teacher: Singer Panel Join Edrie Means Weekly as she converses with one of her students and three other teachers and their students about student teacher dynamics, the realities of a career in CCM, and how singers are navigating the profession.

• Voice Performance

• Music Education

• Voice Pedagogy (Graduate Only)

• Musical Theatre

Monday, June 29 | 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• Conducting (Graduate Only)

Byron Jones and Karen Walker Michael’s Letter to Mama: An Iconic Passage of LGBT Literature Set for Voice and Piano Sunday, June 28 | 5 to 6 p.m.

• Music Therapy • Music Production & Recording Technology

• Composition

For more information, visit www.su.edu/conservatory

PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS NATS 56TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Cecilia Livingston

Evan Mack

With music described as “haunting” and “eerily beautiful” (Tapestry Opera) CECILIA LIVINGSTON specializes in music for the voice. She is composer-in-residence at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in the UK supported by a Canada Council for the Arts Residencies Grant building on her 2015–17 Fellowship at American Opera Projects in New York. She is also a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow in Music at King’s College London and winner of the Canadian Music Centre’s 2018 Emerging Composer Award, the 2018 Mecenat Musica Prix 3 Femmes for female opera creators in Canada and a SOCAN Foundation Award for Young Composers. An associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre and a National Councillor of the Canadian League of Composers, her creative and research work is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, the SOCAN Foundation, and SSHRC.

Believing that opera should be “theater grounded in climatic expression that delivers largerthan-life stories and music that harnesses the full athletic thrill of singing,” EVAN MACK has devoted much of his compositional life to opera and song. His first major operatic composition, where he served as both composer and librettist, was Angel of the Amazon.

“Angel” premiered in May of 2011 by Encompass New Opera Theatre and was subsequently released on CD worldwide by Albany Records. Following its success, Mack partnered with librettist Joshua McGuire. Their works, The Secret of Luca, Roscoe, Lucinda y las Flores de la Nochebuena, and The Ghosts of Gatsby, have been performed all over the United States and won the 2019 NOA Argento Competition. Their new comedy, Yeltsin in Texas! is slated for a world premiere in 2020. Evan was named 2018 Professional of the Year by Musical America.

He is a Professor at Skidmore College and lives in Albany with his wife, Kristin and two sons, Carter and Henry.

KAITLYN MAHER has been singing for as long as she can remember. When she was only

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four years old, she shared her infectious personality and crystal clear voice with the nation as she became the youngest ever Top 10 Finalist on NBC’s hit show, America’s Got Talent. Since then she has continued to capture hearts through her performances at the internationally televised White House’s Lighting of the National Christmas Tree, National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington Nationals Major League Baseball games, and various gospel and other international singing tours. Kaitlyn has continued to draw and captivate audiences singing in her Disney debut in the movie Santa Buddies as well as The Search for Santa Paws, Treasure Buddies and Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups. She has starred on TV shows including Fox TV’s The Goodwin Games, appeared in People magazine, and was a featured performer on The Hollywood Christmas Parade, Entertainment Tonight and the Today Show. Most recently, she has been the voice behind the beloved main character Tiny in the Pup Star family of movies, including Pup Star, Pup Star: Better 2Gether, Pup Star: World Tour, and Pup Star Christmas, singing in multiple styles including blues, country, pop/rock and rap. Kaitlyn is most excited though about leveraging these incredible opportunities to make a positive impact in the lives of those around her. She is honored to serve as the first-ever Child Ambassador for Compassion International — a global aid organization focused on feeding, clothing, and educating BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS children around the world — and has traveled to El Salvador to take supplies and sing with the children she met. She has been a headline performer at multiple events both nationally and internationally using her voice to raise awareness for worthy causes and motivate audiences around the world in distant locations including Asia, Africa, Central America, and the Middle East. Her passion continues to inspire and highlight the fact that you truly are never too young to make a tangible difference in the world around you!

BRIAN MANTERNACH is on the voice faculty of the University of Utah’s Department of

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Theatre, maintains a private studio, and is a research associate at the National Center for Voice and Speech. He serves as District Governor for Utah NATS and Western Governor for the Pan American Vocology Association. His students have been cast in professional productions in the USA and abroad, in national and international tours, and have earned top honors in vocal competitions from the local to international levels. A recipient of the NATS Voice Pedagogy Award, he has given presentations for the Voice Foundation, VASTA, PAVA, NCVS, TEDxSaltLakeCity, and for NATS at chapter, regional, and national conferences. An Associate Editor of Journal of Singing, he also authors “The Singer’s Library” book review column for Classical Singer magazine. He is also an active performer in opera, music theater, oratorio, and recitals.

DR. KYLE MARRERO began his tenure as Georgia Southern University’s 14th president on

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April 1, 2019. As president, he leads the Eagle Nation, a Carnegie R2 institution, with more than 26,000 students, 3,000 faculty and staff on three campuses—Statesboro, Savannah and Hinesville, Georgia. In his short tenure, Georgia Southern has established a new culture of high performance and evidence-based leadership, data-informed decision-making, communication transparency, and an unwavering focus on a new Strategic Plan and assessment methodology aligned with five main pillars: student success; teaching and research; inclusive excellence, operational efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability; and community engagement.

Before arriving at Georgia Southern University, Dr. Marrero was president of the University of West Georgia (2013–2019), where the institution achieved record enrollment, graduation rates, degrees conferred, fundraising and annual economic impact. The institution won the 2015 AASCU national award for innovation and excellence, the University System of Georgia selected UWG as Institution and President of the Year, and Marrero has been acknowledged

by Georgia Trend as one of the “100 Most Influential Georgians,” 2015–2018. Prior to his appointment at West Georgia, he held positions as vice president for university advancement at the University of West Florida, Director of the School of Fine Arts and Chair of the Music Department at UWF, Associate Professor of Voice at Louisiana State University and Artistic Director of Pensacola Opera.

Dr. Marrero holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s and master’s in vocal performance from Bowling Green State University. His background in the arts has taken him to 10 countries as an artistic ambassador for the United States Embassies and 40 states as a singer, stage director, and artistic director. He has been

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS married to nationally acclaimed opera singer Dr. Jane Redding for 25 years and they are blessed with a 10 year old daughter, Lily.

Samuel Martin

Emily Martin

Pianist SAMUEL MARTIN is a dynamic artist in demand as a partner for recital, chamber, choral, orchestral, opera, and musical theater performances. A Presser Scholar, and the recipient of numerous other musical honors, his stylistic versatility has resulted in concert appearances both nationally and internationally.

2019–2020 brings numerous projects and performances, notably several music directing positions with HGOco (Houston) and the Vocal Audition Advantage (Hartford). He will appear as a guest artist with Cincinnati Song Initiative at Ithaca College in a week-long festival celebrating American art song, with a special focus on the vocal works of John Musto. In the recent past, Martin has served on the musical coaching staffs of Opera in the Heights (Houston), Cincinnati Chamber Opera, the International Performing Arts Institute (Bavaria, Germany), the Opera Company of Middlebury, and the CCM Summer Opera Studio (Cincinnati).

A strong proponent of new music, Martin has been directly involved in the premieres of works by numerous composers, including Sally Lamb McCune, Matthew Recio, R. Aaron Walters, Josh Oxford, and Christopher A. Sforza. In the realm of theater, he has served as music director for the premieres of two new musicals: Beautiful Dreamer: The Stephen Foster Musical by David Newman, and The Teddy Bear Awards by Peter Schmidt. Additionally, he had the distinct pleasure of serving as rehearsal and performance pianist for the world premiere of Dana Wilson’s opera The Wolf By the Ears.

A native of New York, Martin holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati’s CollegeConservatory of Music and Ithaca College. He has continued his training as a Fellow at the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar, an intensive program focused on the interpretation and performance of contemporary American art song, led by master teachers and performers Stephanie Blythe and Alan Louis Smith. Currently, Martin serves on the music staff of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where he can be seen in numerous song recitals with graduate-level singers throughout the academic year.

American soprano EMILY MARTIN has regularly received acclaim for her “enchanting iridescence,” and has been called “dramatically energetic and skillful” for her operatic performing in opera houses across the US including The Santa Fe Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Opera Nevada, and the Chautauqua Opera. Emily has graced the stage of Carnegie Hall in Handel’s Messiah and has presented solo recitals across the US and Canada. Assistant Professor at Bucknell University and Director of the Bucknell Opera Theatre, Emily regularly teaches and directs around the United States. As a certified yoga teacher (RYT) she has taught multiple singer and musician wellness classes and has presented on her wellness research at the Performing Arts Medical Association National Conference and the NATS National Conference. www.emilymartinvoice.com

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Grammy Award® winner ANA MARÍA MARTÍNEZ is considered to be one of the foremost sopranos of her time, with an international career that spans the world’s most important opera houses and concert halls. Her repertoire encompasses opera’s most intriguing and diverse leading ladies, and she engages her audiences season after season with signature roles, spellbinding debuts, and a myriad of captivating recordings.

Recent rave reviews for the soprano include the following: “Her soprano harks back to the golden age. Her range is even, from a dusky chest-voice through a claret-colored middle and up to radiant top, and is impressive in its quiet moments as it is at full power.” (Opera News, Cover Story) “The production was grounded by the exquisite performance of the title role by Ana María Martínez, who sang the opera for Glyndebourne in 2009. The soprano was in ravishing vocal estate, offering reams of floated lyricism in Act I’s famous song to the moon, as well as prodigious dynamic control in “Ó marno to je” and power in reserve for the climaxes of “Necitelná vodní moci. . . . Martínez’s achievement was easily one of the great soprano performances of the present era at Lyric.” (Opera News, Rusalka, Lyric Opera of Chicago) “Martínez’s voice alone - with its chocolate-rich vibrancy in the low and middle range and its thrilling brilliance at the top - is worth the price of admission, but she also has the expressive range, as a singing actress, to portray Marguerite’s complex transformation from youthful innocent in the throes of first love to outcast sinner consumed by tragedy and madness, who then achieves the miracle of redemption.” (Opera News, Faust, Houston Grand Opera) “It was a bit of theatrical magic in a beautiful performance: modest and delicate, yet rising to glimpses of the epic in her final aria of self-sacrifice.” (The New York Times, Madama Butterfly, The Metropolitan Opera) Ms. Martínez is constantly challenging and stretching herself as an artist. In addition to a full calendar of performances, she has recently taken on two new exciting roles that expand her presence offstage, including joining Houston Grand Opera as their first-ever Artistic Advisor as well as Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music as Artist-in-Residence for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 academic years. Equally interesting, she voiced the role of opera singer Alessandra in season three of Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle, and proudly represented her birthplace Puerto Rico as an honoree and performer in the 62nd Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. During her travels she frequently goes into the classroom to teach and offer guidance to students, has provided candid encouragement to young singers as a contributing editor to Classical Singer Magazine and her reflections were profiled in Latino Wisdom: Celebrity Stories of Hope, Inspiration, and Success to Recharge our Mind, Body, and Soul

by Cathy Areu, published by Barricade Books.

Ms. Martínez was the inaugural recipient of the Pepita Embil Prize of Zarzuela at the 1995 Operalia II, and in the years since has been honored to regularly share the stage in concert with Plácido Domingo. Highlights of their touring include performances at The White House, HSBC Arena in Rio De Janeiro for the World Cup Celebration, her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, as well as performances at the Abu Dhabi Festival in the United Arab Emirates, Arena di Verona, Chorégies d’Orange, Teatro Real in Madrid, with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra in honor BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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During the 2019–20 season Ms. Martínez portrays the role of Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Metropolitan Opera. She will be heard on the concert stage with the Houston Symphony for Composer-inResidence Jimmy López’s Dreamers Oratorio. During the 2018–2019 season she joined EsaPekka Salonen and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra for the World Premiere of Dreamers, an oratorio co-commissioned by Cal Performances and Stanford Live. Written by composer Jimmy López of Peru and librettist Nilo Cruz of Cuba, Dreamers explores the immigrant experience in the United States. She returned to the Los Angeles Opera as both Elisabetta in Don Carlo and Solea in El Gato Montes opposite Plácido Domingo in the title role, the Vienna Staatsoper on the 20th anniversary of her debut with them as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly, and Houston Grand Opera as the title role in Florencia en el Amazonas. She joined the Puerto Rico Symphony for their 60th Anniversary gala concert, shared the stage with Plácido Domingo on tour in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and with the San Francisco Opera and Houston Grand Opera for gala concert celebrations, and took part in a week-long residency at DePaul University in Chicago.

Ms. Martínez makes her home in Houston, Texas, where her relationship with Houston Grand Opera runs deep. In addition to being named the company’s first-ever Artist Advisor, she is an alumna of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, and the inaugural receipt of the Lynn Wyatt Great Artist Award, which is awarded by HGO and Lynn and Oscar Wyatt. In 1994 she won First Prize in HGO’s Eleanor McCollum Auditions and Awards Competition, and in 2015 established the Ana María Martínez Encouragement Award as part of that same competition.

The scholarship is awarded annually to a young singer with great artistic promise, and is to be used towards the furthering of his or her artistic training. On the Houston Grand Opera stage Ms. Martínez continues to portray some of her most beloved characters, often under the baton of their Artistic and Music Director, Patrick Summers. It was there that she debuted the title role of Carmen, as well as the role of Cio-Cio San, which she since has performed around the world. She joined them as the title role in Rusalka, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Nedda in Pagliacci, Mimi in La Bohème, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, la Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro, Liù in Turandot, Lucero in the world premiere of Daniel Catán’s Salsipuedes, and as both NATS.org/Virtual2020.html H #VirtualNATS

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Rosalba and then in a later production as the title role in Florencia en el Amazonas, both which were recorded for commercial release.

Ms. Martínez is delighted to perform season after season with Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Recent performances include Donna Elvira in a new Robert Falls production of Don Giovanni, her role debut as Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello, as well as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Mimi in La Bohème, Nedda in Pagliacci, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte and Marguerite in Faust. With the Los Angeles Opera she performed as Amelia in Simon Boccanegra and Elisabetta in Don Carlo, both opposite Plácido Domingo and conducted by LA Opera Music Director, James Conlon, as well as the title role in Carmen, Cio-Cio San in Madame Butterfly, Mimi in La Bohème, Nedda in Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Pagliacci, and Violetta in La Traviata, the last two conducted

by Maestro Domingo. She made her role debut as Elisabetta in Don Carlo, with San Francisco Opera conducted by Nicola Luisotti, and also joined them as Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Micaëla in Carmen, as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. She made her debut with The Metropolitan Opera as Micaëla in Carmen and returned to the house as Musetta La Bohème and Cio-Cio San. She joined Washington National Opera as Liù in Turandot, and Cio-Cio San, and she made her debut with Santa Fe Opera as Fiordiligi in Così fan Tutte, and returned there as Rosina in a new production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Mimi in La Bohème, as Cio-Cio San, and as the title role in Carmen.

Additional leading roles in the United States have taken her for multiples seasons to the stages of Opera de Puerto Rico, Dallas Opera, and Florida Grand Opera, among many others.

Career highlights from stages across Europe include her headline-making role and house debut as Rusalka with the Glyndebourne Festival, a performance that was recording live and released on the Glyndebourne label. She returned to the Festival as the leading role of Paolina in the United Kingdom’s first professionally staged performances of Donizetti’s Poliuto, also recorded live and released on DVD. She made her debut at Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires as Rusalka, and her debut with the Opera National de Paris as Amelia in a new production of Simon Boccanegra, returning as the title role in a new production of Luisa Miller, as Mimi in La Bohème, and for her role debut as Antonia in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffman. She made her debut with the Vienna Staatsoper as Adina in L’elisir d’amore, and returned there as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Micaëla in Carmen, Mimi in La Bohème, Liù in Turandot, and as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly, conducted by Plácido Domingo. She joined the Bayerische Staatsoper as Cio-Cio San, the title role in Luisa Miller, the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Mimi in La Bohème, the title role in Rusalka, and as Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffman. At the Royal Opera House Covent Garden she debuted her Alice Ford in Falstaff, and portrayed Violetta in La Traviata, Cio-Cio San in Madame Butterfly, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. She sang Liu in Turandot and Nedda in Pagliacci both with De Nederlandse Opera. In the Middle East, she portrayed Mimi in La Bohème with the Abu Dhabi Festival in the United Arab Emirates, for the city’s first ever fully staged opera production.

Ms. Martínez’s dynamic concert career also includes engagements with some of the world’s most celebrated orchestras and conductors. She made her debut at Teatro alla Scala with the Filharmonica della Scala, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, performed with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, conducted by Alan Gilbert, in selections from West Side Story, and has had solo concerts with the Puerto Rico Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Mercury Baroque in Houston, the Seoul Philharmonic, and with the English National Opera Orchestra in 86

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS London. She has performed with the Tchaikovsky Symphony in Moscow, under the direction of Vladimir Fedoseyev, the Orquestra Sinfonica Brasiliera in Rio de Janeiro, the BBC Symphony at Barbican Hall, and the National Symphony of the Dominican Republic. She joined the Boston Symphony, conducted by Bernard Haitink, Lyric Opera of Chicago for several concerts at Millenium Park conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, and the Washington National Opera Orchestra for a concert with Bryn Terfel conducted by Plácido Domingo. She made her debut with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg for Verdi’s Requiem, joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel, and performed alongside baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky in a gala concert with the Turkish Opera and Ballet Theatre. She sang with tenor Joseph Calleja in an open-air televised gala concert with the Esterhazy Festival in Austria, the Ravinia Festival in concert performances as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte conducted by James Conlon, joined the Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy, Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, and has appeared on several occasions with the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico.

Ms. Martínez’s recording collection is highlighted by her solo disc, entitled Ana María Martínez - Soprano Songs and Arias, of which she also served as Executive Producer. Recorded with the Prague Philharmonia and conducted by Steven Mercurio on Naxos, the album was selected by Gramophone Magazine as an “Editor’s Choice.” She stars on the soundtrack of Amazon’s season 3 of Mozart in the Jungle (Sony Classical), on the DVD Cosi Fan Tutte (Decca) filmed at the Salzburg Festival, and appears on Steven Mercurio’s Many Voices (Sony Classical).

She performs on the albums Glass’ La Belle et la Bête and Symphony No. 5 (Nonesuch), Albeniz’s Henry Clifford (Decca), Joaquin Rodrigo’s: Obra Vocal I, II, IV & V(EMI), and Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas (Albany). Recorded on Naxos for the Milken Archives and with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, she can be heard on Castelnuovo Tedesco’s Naomi & Ruth Opus 27(Naxos) as well as Yizkor’s Requiem (Naxos) and with the Barcelona Symphony, Marvin Levy’s Canto de los Marranos (Naxos), Julius Chajes’ Old Jerusalem (Naxos) and Hugo Weisgall’s Psalm of the Distant Dove (Naxos). Her rendition of Ave Maria is heard on the Aaron Zigman soundtrack in the Denzel Washington film “John Q,” and her “Je veux vivre” from Romeo et Juliette can be heard in the movie “Factory Girl.”

Born in Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican mother and a Cuban father, Ana María spent her formative years in Puerto Rico and New York City. She graduated from The Juilliard School with both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees. An alumna of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Martínez won the Pepita Embil Award at the 1995 Operalia II, first prize in the 1994 Eleanor McCollum Auditions and Awards from Houston Grand Opera, and in the 1993 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions she was a first place district and first place regional winner and national finalist. She is the recipient of the National Association of Latina Leaders’ Groundbreaking Latina in Music award.

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Mario Martínez

During his professional singing career MARIO MARTÍNEZ has performed leading baritone roles in numerous opera, oratorio and musical productions, including appearances with the Sociedad Proarte Latinoamericana, Rochester Lyric Opera, Mercury Opera of Rochester, Buffalo Opera Unlimited, Opera de las Américas, Compañia Lírica Dominicana, Eastman Opera Theater, the Buffalo Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Symphoria, Charleston Symphony, Rochester Oratorio Society, Western New York Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras of Santo Domingo, Orchard Park Chorale and Symphony, New Eastman Symphony and the Eastman Philharmonia, among others. He has also performed at concert venues in Jinan, China, the United Kingdom, the Dominican Republic, and at the Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. Engagements include appearances under renowned conductors such as Murray Sidlin, Robert Shaw, Grant Cooper, Mark Gibson, David Effron, Carlos Piantini, Rafael Villanueva, Andre Thomas, Weston Noble, William Weinert and Gerald Floriano, among others.

In 2015 his performances of the role Silvio in the opera I Pagliacci, were successfully received and warranted him a nomination as Best Classical Singer for the Soberano Awards, in the Dominican Republic. In the summer of 2016, Martínez was named Honorary Member of the National Company of Classical Singers, for his “brilliant career as classical singer and permanent exaltation of Dominican values.” Martínez is also an Honorary Member of the National Spanish Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pí, and the National Music Honor Society Pi Kappa Lambda. In April of 2018, Martínez was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Teaching Excellence Awards at Nazareth College, the highest academic recognition given to professors across the college. Martinez was also the recipient of the 2017–2018 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award.

Martínez has had a prominent career as arts administrator at the local, regional, national and international levels. He was recently appointed as Chairperson for the School of Music at Nazareth College, where he has served as Program Director for the graduate and undergraduate Music Performance Programs, and as Coordinator of Vocal Studies. Martínez is currently serving as Governor for the New York District of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), and previously served as the President for the NATS Central New YorkFinger Lakes Chapter. In 2015, Martínez was appointed, for the second time, as Arts Consultant for the Ministry of Culture in the Dominican Republic, where he worked extensively in restructuring and developing vocal arts programs.

Martínez has worked as guest adjudicator, guest clinician, master teacher, vocal coach, vocal pedagogue, stage director and musical director at the local, regional, national and international levels. Martínez holds doctorate and master degrees in Vocal Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, and a Bachelor of Arts in music and sociology from Luther College.

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SUE MATSUKI is the recipient of the first Julie Wilson Award, given by the Mabel Mercer

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Foundation in 2004, and was personally chosen to receive this award by Julie Wilson herself.

She is also a three-time MAC Award winner: 2002 for Female Jazz/Pop/R&B Vocalist; 2006 for Jazz Duo/Special Productions for Ten Years in the Making with her music director Gregory Toroian; and 2008 for Specialty Song with “One Stop Shopping” (Matsuki/Toroian/Page).

Additional MAC nominations include a 2002 nomination for Best Female Recording for A New Take; a 2004 nomination for Duo/Group (with Marcus Simeone); nominations in 2007 and 2010 for Female Vocalist; and in 2008, 2011, and 2012 for Duo/Group (with Edd Clark). Matsuki is a thirty-five-year veteran cabaret/jazz singer and has played in many legendary jazz clubs, including the Village Gate, Birdland, the Iridium, Sweet Rhythm, and many others. She has recorded two albums: A New Take and Sue & Edd’s Fabulous Christmas (with Edd Clark). Matsuki can also be heard on Christine Lavin’s album Christmas Angel and on A New York Holiday.

LYNN MAXFIELD, tenor, is Associate Director of the National Center for Voice and Speech at the University of Utah. He holds a PhD in Voice Pedagogy and an MA in Voice Performance, both from the University of Iowa. In addition to his research activities, he coordinates and teaches at the NCVS’s trademark Summer Vocology Institute. At the University of Utah’s School of Music, he teaches courses in Voice Pedagogy and Vocology.

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DEANNA MCBROOM, MM, Professor Emerita of Voice-The College of Charleston and

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Singing Voice Specialist-Medical University of South Carolina’s Evelyn Trammel Institute for Voice and Swallowing, lectures internationally on “rehabilitation of the singing voice” and “treatment/prevention/wellness for injured singers,” recently for The Voice Foundation Symposium, Performing Arts Medicine Association Symposium and PAMA’s Certificate PreConference, National Association of Teachers of Singing national convention, Music Teachers National Association’s national convention’s Health/Wellness pre-conference, and symposia for the British Voice Association and COMET/Austrian Voice Society in Europe. Throughout her 45+-year singing career, she appeared nationally and internationally in numerous solo/leading roles with orchestras, in operas/musicals, and in frequent recital/chamber music concerts.

She serves as national liaison for both NATS and The Voice Foundation to Athletes and the Arts and liaison for NATS to Performing Arts Medicine Association. Her students have attained successful singing and acting/film careers and are winners in national /international singing competitions.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS EVERETT MCCORVEY is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, and received his degrees

Everett McCorvey

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from the University of Alabama. Dr. McCorvey holds the rank of Professor of Voice and the OperaLex Endowed Chair in Opera Studies, and is the Director and Executive Producer of UK Opera Theatre, a program that is recognized by the Richard Tucker Foundation as one of the top 20 Recommended Opera Training Programs in the country. As a tenor soloist, he has enjoyed critical acclaim and has performed in many prestigious venues around the world, including the Kennedy Center, Radio City Music Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, and Italy’s Teatro Communale.

Dr. McCorvey established, directs, and tours nationally and internationally with the American Spiritual Ensemble and is in his 6th season as the Artistic Director of the National Chorale, a professional choral organization that presents an annual choral-orchestral series at Lincoln Center in New York. He served as the executive producer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the largest equestrian event in the history of the United States. Dr. McCorvey was recently chosen as the 2020 recipient for the Southeastern Athletic Conference Faculty Achievement Award for the University of Kentucky and was the 2018 recipient of the University of Kentucky Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement Award, one of the highest awards presented by the University. The award promotes education and creative thought. He is also vice-chair of the Kentucky Arts Council for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. www.EverettMcCorvey.com

Soprano ELIZABETH MCDONALD has developed a diverse career as a performer and teacher. A member of the trio Women on the Verge, she has performed across North America, the UK and France. As a soloist, Elizabeth has appeared with the National Ballet Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, and the Kingston Symphony and was a young artist with both the Santa Fe Opera and the Canadian Opera Company. On faculty at the University of Toronto, Elizabeth’s students have won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition, the Canadian Opera Company Centre Stage Competition, and the EckhardtGrammatte Competition, and have been featured on CBC’s annual list “Hot 30 Under 30 Classical Musicians.” Elizabeth holds a Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Toronto. She lives in Prince Edward County, ON with her husband and two teenage children. www.fromthevoiceof.ca

PATRICE MICHAELS is distinguished by vocal virtuosity and an eclectic musical personality.

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Her live and recorded performances rank her as “A formidable interpretative talent” (The New Yorker), possessing “a voice that is light, rich and flexible” (Opera News). The breadth of Michaels’ talents are fully expressed in her latest project, Notorious RBG in Song, a salute to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Cedille Records) with pianist Kuang-Hao Huang.

She receives consistent critical acclaim for her many recordings (Albany, Amadis, Cedille, Neos and Decca labels). Patrice’s appearances include Shanghai, Czech National, St. Louis, Atlanta and Minnesota Orchestras. Her compositions include incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a one-act opera on The Trojan Women. Her choral work, Refuge was premiered at the Kennedy Center in July, and is published by GIA in Doreen Rao’s new collection of repertoire

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ANNE MIDGETTE was the classical music critic of The Washington Post for 11 years, from

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2008 to 2019. Before that, she was for seven years a regular contributor of classical music and theater reviews to The New York Times. She has also written about music, the visual arts, dance, theater and film for The Wall Street Journal, Opera News, The Los Angeles Times, Town & Country, and many other publications, reviewing and interviewing everyone from Spike Lee to Twyla Tharp, Marina Abramovic to Plácido Domingo. At the Post, she oversaw every aspect of classical music coverage, offset her music writing with occasional visual art reviews, and posted online as The Classical Beat.

A graduate of Yale University, where she majored in Classical Civilization, she lived in Germany for 11 years, writing for a range of publications about music, the visual arts, theater, dance and film; editing a monthly magazine; working as a translator; and writing several travel guidebooks.

She is co-author of The King and I, a candid and controversial book written with Luciano Pavarotti’s former manager, Herbert Breslin, about his 36 years working with the temperamental tenor (Doubleday, 2004); and of My Nine Lives, the memoir of the pianist Leon Fleisher, who reinvented himself after losing the use of two fingers on his right hand, only to regain their use some 30 years later (Doubleday, 2010). She is currently working on a historical novel about the woman who built pianos for Beethoven.

Declared a “skyscraping tenor” in a review by Arkansan music critic Eric Harrison, DR. CHARLES MOORE hails from Kingston, Jamaica, and had his early music beginnings in the Boys Choir of the St. Richard’s Catholic School with internationally renowned conductor and musician Lloyd Hall. While maintaining an active national and international performance schedule, Dr. Moore received his Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Mississippi and his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees in Performance and Pedagogy from the Louisiana State University. His area of focus in his terminal degree was on the works of H. Leslie Adams. Dr. Moore is a recent recipient of the NATS Emerging Leader Award, and will complete the NATS Intern Program in 2021. Recent performances include: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, The Prince in Rusalka, Vuval in William Grant Still’s Troubled Island; Pat in David T. Little’s Dog Days; Pirelli in Sweeney Todd; Bénédict in Beatrice et Bénédict; Ruggero in La Rondine; Camille in The Merry Widow; Mack “The Knife” in Die Dreigroschenoper and Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor.

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HEIDI MOSS, noted for her “rich and radiant soprano” has performed nationally and

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internationally in both opera and concert repertoire. A champion of new music, she fosters many collaborations with living composers, including a series of neue lieder recitals with LIEDER ALIVE! which has already featured 14 commissions. Heidi currently teaches voice and physiology at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She has also taught privately for 15 years and specializes in adult amateurs, most notably at Google and in the SFCM Continuing Education program. She always loved the science of singing ever since her undergraduate days in Richard Miller’s voice lab at Oberlin, but passion became even more clear when she came down with a rare facial paralysis in 2007, greatly affecting her ability to sing. She used her knowledge to completely retrain her compromised instrument. This experience led her to teach other singers with various inhibitory disabilities such as partial tongue paralysis and singers with cochlear implants. The vast social media forums on voice science and pedagogy have become her village and she contributes to them regularly. In addition to her musical life, Heidi holds advanced degrees in biology. Her research on telomeres at Rockefeller University lead to prestigious publications, including a landmark paper in Cell and was featured in the New York Times. She is the wife of composer/pianist Kurt Erickson and they proudly parent four children together.

MUTSUMI MOTEKI is professor of vocal coaching at the University of Colorado Boulder. As

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a collaborative pianist she has appeared in many voice recitals in the United States, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, Mexico, Macedonia, Sweden, Brazil, and Germany. As a vocal coach Dr. Moteki combines 27 years of diction teaching experience with her love for poetry and her fervent goal to spread the beauty of legato singing. She has given many master classes for singers and pianists in the U.S., Egypt, Brazil, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, and she was one of the featured master class presenters at the NATS Summer Workshop in 2017. A passionate promoter of art song from Japan, as well as from other EastAsian countries, she often presents these songs in lecture-recitals and workshops. With Dr. Kumiko Shimizu, she co-created the Japanese Art Song Anthology, volumes 1 and 2, which are available from Classical Vocal Reprints.

Tenor ISAÍ JESS MUÑOZ serves as Associate Professor of voice and opera at the University of Delaware and as Vice President of The National Opera Association. Since 2015, Dr. Muñoz has chaired NOA’s Sacred in Opera Initiative that explores through research and performance, the interplay between music-drama and the ideologies of world religions. He has appeared throughout the Americas and Europe with leading organizations including the Israel Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Verbier Music Festival and New York City Opera. Since 2008, Muñoz has been a member of Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s music ensemble at NY City Center on Broadway. Dr. Muñoz is featured on 14 audio recordings including the 2009 Grammy-Nominated Album Song of the Stars with Voices of Ascension, and Sony Classical’s Iranian album Rumi Symphony Project Untold (twice ranked Billboard’s #1 Classical Album in 2013). His latest solo album scheduled for release in fall 2020, titled Visca L’Amor, BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS features 24 Catalan art songs by native composers. In Fall 2018, Dr. Muñoz was named Associate Artistic and Executive Director at Musiktheater Bavaria (MTB) in Germany. Dr. Muñoz is a graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, and SUNY Stony Brook where he studied with W. Stephen Smith of The Juilliard School. www.

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Stephen Ng

Heralded for his “powerfully expressive voice” (Washington Post), and “a superb singer . . . with a soaring voice in the extreme registers that could be simply described as amazing” (New York Concert Review), STEPHEN NG is known as an opera, oratorio, recital, and new music performer. His portrayal of Evangelist in Bach’s Passions has received much acclaim, and he has performed as soloist with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, De Nederlandse Opera, Orchestra Iowa, Washington Bach Consort, and Lucerne, Tanglewood and Aspen Festivals, working with conductors such as James Levine, Nicolas McGegan, and Pierre Boulez. His CD Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Vanished was released by Clear Note Publications. Of this, Journal of Singing writes, “Ng, a tenor with an impressively eclectic resume, is simply superb in every respect. His voice is gorgeous and distinctive.” His second CD, A Soft Florida Rain: Ng sings Juusela, was released in 2013. Stephen graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1995, and subsequently received his M.M. at New England Conservatory and D.M. at Indiana University. He previously taught at Stetson University, and is currently Associate Professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

KATHERINE OLSEN is the Founder of Encompass Arts LLC. She is a proud member of the

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Talent Managers Association. Encompass Arts represents leading Broadway, Film, Stage and Operatic talent. Her clients include: John Cullum- television, screen and theater star, Anthony Laciura of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and Marcello Giordani- leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera as well as Tony Award Nominee Willy Falk.

Katherine is one of the most famous and sought-after opera coach/accompanists in the world today. In 2001 she was offered the position of Principle Coach and Artistic Administrator for Baz Luhrmann’s Tony Award-winning production of Puccini’s La Bohème.

She worked closely with the company in both the pre-production phase and during the performance runs in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. Ms. Olsen was part of the casting team responsible for hiring both principle artists and chorus. Several of the young artists she selected for La Bohème have gone on to further operatic achievements including: Operalia-winner Joe Kaiser, who portrays Tamino in Kenneth Branaugh’s film The Magic Flute, conducted by James Conlon, Ben Davis who portrays Papageno in the same film, Alfie Boe, British crossover star and David Miller, member of the group Il Divo.

Ms. Olsen has played for and adjudicated many prestigious vocal competitions including: The MacAllister Awards, The Puccini Competition, The George London Awards, The Richard Tucker Foundation, The Reyfuss Competition, The United Negro Spiritual Foundation, and Voci Verdiane-Busetto, Italy. As a pianist she has collaborated with such artists as: Ben Heppner, Leona Mitchell, Sherrill Milnes, Cheryl Studer, Gary Lakes, Barbara Daniels, Harolyn Blackwell, Renata Scotto, Marcello Giordani and Riccardo Caruso (great-grandson of Enrico Caruso).

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Katherine currently serves on the board of The Singer’s Development Foundation and the Marcello Giordani Foundation.

Over the course of her career, she has been involved with many teaching programs and masterclasses with: Renata Scotto, Sherrill Milnes, Martina Arroyo and Regina Resnik, to name a few. Katherine has held staff positions with: Juilliard School’s American Opera Center, Lyric Opera Chicago, University of Tennessee and Orlando Opera. She has been on staff of numerous summer programs including: Opern Air Gars, Voice Experience, Berkshire Opera Young Artists Program, Mary Hardin-Baylor, and Prelude to Performance in New York City.

Katherine has performed for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Bush at the White House and she has performed at the Library Of Congress on three separate occasions.

Ms. Olsen has written articles and been interviewed numerous times on the subject of accompanying by: Keyboard Magazine, Classical Singer Magazine and The Christian Science Monitor. She holds both a Bachelor of Music and a Masters Degree in Piano Performance.

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NICHOLAS PALLESEN is a Transformative Coach and Mental Performance Specialist. He has gained respect throughout the performing arts community for helping artists thrive on both the biggest performance stages and in their lives offstage. As a performer himself, Nicholas sang at the Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the English National Opera, and Oper Köln, among other companies. He is also a winner of many of the major opera competitions in the United States. As a coach, Nicholas is honored to work with an international spectrum of clients from high school students to Hollywood and TV actors, Broadway performers, and artists at the top opera companies and orchestras in the world.

He regularly presents workshops on mental wellness and performance psychology at conservatories and young artist programs in the United States, including the Houston Grand Opera Studio and Wolf Trap Opera. To learn more, visit www.nicholaspallesen.com.

ZIPPORAH PEDDLE is a versatile singer whose dynamic career has taken her throughout

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the world. Highlights include: six years as lead vocalist in Cirque du Soleil’s O; Kate in NCT’s Kiss Me, Kate; and Tiffany in Long Beach Opera’s I Was Looking At The Ceiling, And Then I Saw The Sky. Zipporah has maintained private voice studios in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. She spent three years as Vocalist Supervisor for Princess Cruises. She recently joined Missouri State University as an Artist-in-Residence. She has an M.M. degree from UNLV and a B.M. from Memorial University. She has attended the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute, the Lovetri Institute for Somatic Voicework, and Voiceworks. Zipporah is a member of CAEA, The Voice Foundation, and NATS. She has been invited to speak for The Voice Foundation, the L.A. Chapter of NATS, PAVA, and for the 2018 NATS National Conference.

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NICHOLAS PERNA is Associate Professor of Voice and Voice Pedagogy at Mississippi College

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where he teaches studio voice and varying courses related to voice pedagogy. He holds degrees from the University of Miami and the University of Houston. He twice apprenticed with the Santa Fe Opera. An active researcher, Perna is a Presser Music Foundation awardee and is a research associate at the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Voice Research Laboratory. He has been published in Journal of Singing, Journal of Voice, and VOICEPrints. He has presented papers or posters for the Voice Foundation’s Annual Symposium on the Care of the Professional Voice, the International Congress of Voice Teachers, and NATS. In collaboration with soprano Mandy Spivak, they created The Comprehensive Britten Song Database: http:// www.brittensongdatabase.com. Perna is President-Elect of the Mississippi NATS chapter. He is the creator and co-host of the VocalFri Podcast, https://www.vocalfri.com.

Soprano AMY PETRONGELLI revels in performing music of all different periods and styles.

Lauded in the New York Times for her “admirable fluidity,” Amy has cultivated a diverse solo performance career, encompassing music from Haydn’s Creation in Carnegie Hall to Berio’s Sequenza III at the Radio Nacional Córdoba in Argentina. In 2020, Amy was honored with an Emerging Artist Award from the University of Michigan for her significant contributions to the field of music performance.

Amy’s commitment to musical collaboration has led her to fellowships at summer programs such as the Tanglewood Music Center, Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab, New Music on the Point, and the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar. She has also been a featured performer for organizations such as Five Boroughs Music Festival, the Casement Fund Recital Series, the Contemporary Undercurrent of Song Project, and the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.

An advocate for new music, Amy frequently works with living composers bringing to life new works for the voice. She has premiered new works for organizations such as the Houston Grand Opera, New American Voices, and AEPEX Contemporary Performance. Recent collaborations and premieres include works by Laura Kaminsky, Christopher Cerrone, Juliana Hall, Shawn Crouch, Evan Ware, and Carolina Heredia. Amy has also had the opportunity to perform with members of leading contemporary ensembles such as Eighth Blackbird, the Metropolis Ensemble, Latitude 49, and Bent Frequency. In 2018, Amy helped to establish the Music in Bloom Festival, a 3-day chamber music festival focused on promoting music and emerging artists of the 21st century.

Amy is also founding member of the Khemia Ensemble, a chamber ensemble focused on championing contemporary music through multimedia performances. Now in its 6th season, Khemia has led artist residencies across both North and South America and has been featured on festivals such as Strange Beautiful Music, Mizzou International Composers Festival, New Music Gathering, Moxsonix Festival, and the Bienal Composición Córdoba.

A passionate educator, Amy has taught at Eastern Michigan University, University of Akron, and Pennsylvania State University. She has been an artist in residence for the International Choral Conducting Symposium and Collaborative Piano Institute, and has served on the voice faculty for the Brancaleoni International Music Festival in Piobbico, Italy. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Voice at Baylor University in Waco, TX.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS SARAH PIGOTT is a native of Germantown, TN. She recently completed a Master’s of Music in Voice Performance and Pedagogy at Mississippi College. Some previous performance experiences include: Edith in The Pirates of Penzance with the Mississippi Opera, Pamina in The Magic Flute at MC, and as a soloist at Songfest 2017. Sarah continues to pursue performing, research, and teaching voice. She is the co-host of the VocalFri podcast.

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Award-winning soprano MARCÍA PORTER made her New York recital debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2005. An active recitalist, she has sung in venues throughout the United States, Italy, Brazil, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic. Most notably, she has performed at international music festivals such as the Prague Proms, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the Ravinia Festival, the Ameropa International Chamber Music Festival, and Varna International Opera Festival. She has sung with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing International Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Chautauqua Opera. Porter, a professor of voice at Florida State University College of Music, received degrees from Northwestern University (BM and MM) and the University of Michigan (DMA). In 2012, she was a Fulbright Scholar and visiting professor of voice at the Universidade de São Paulo. Porter’s research focuses on Brazilian art songs and lyric diction.

DR. TODD QUEEN currently serves as Dean of the LSU College of Music & Dramatic Arts and Penniman Family Professor of Music, a position he has held since 2014. During his tenure at LSU, Queen has worked with the faculty to modernize the undergraduate curriculum to meet the needs of the 21st century artist. New courses include instruction in technology, marketing, entrepreneurship, and arts leadership. As an avid fundraiser, Queen has led the college in a $60 million fundraising campaign, which is currently over 35% to goal, and includes a $4M gift in 2018, the largest gift in the college’s history. Queen is also a strong advocate for international study. He has traveled to Asia on multiple occasions to forge a partnership with East China Normal University in Shanghai, where he was named Visiting Professor. Queen currently serves as Executive Director of Operafestival di Roma, an organization that he has been affiliated with for over 12 years. Queen was recently elected to the Commission on Accreditation for the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). He earned the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Eastman School of Music after completing his undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University.

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Kari Ragan

Soprano KARI RAGAN, teaches voice and voice pedagogy at the University of Washington School of Music in Seattle. Ragan works in affiliation with the University of Washington Department of Laryngology program as an SVS to rehabilitate injured singers. She maintains an independent voice studio teaching both classical and Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) genres. Ragan holds degrees from Indiana University (BM, MM) and the University of Washington (DMA). In 2012, she was awarded the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, and in 2009 the NATS Foundation Pedagogy Award, Ragan has presented at conferences for NATS, Voice Foundation Symposium, National Center for Voice and Speech, PAVA, International Congress of Voice Teachers (ICVT) and the Vennard Symposium. She is a founding member and organizer of the Northwest Voice: Art and Science of the Performing Voice Conference, a charter member of the Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA) and is a NATS Foundation Board Member, and chair of the NATS Advancement Committee.

ARNOLD RAWLS is active as a professional singer and voice instructor. He has sung leading

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lyrico spinto roles in such opera houses as The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sydney Opera House, Frankfurt Opera, and Bregenzer Festspiele in Austria. Dr. Rawls has been teaching private voice for over twenty-five years including serving as Artist/Professor of Voice at Moody Bible Institute and Ouachita Baptist University.

Recent performances have included Mr. Rawls singing Calaf in Turandot and Manrico in Il Trovatore at the Metropolitan Opera, Radamès in Aida with Opera Australia (Sydney and Gold Coast) and the Pacific Symphony (Costa Mesa, CA), Don Josè in Carmen and Andrea Chènier with the Bregenzer Festspiele (Austria). ​Dr. Rawls is a recent recipient of a major grant from the Olga Forrai Foundation.

Arnold and his family live in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he bases his career.

YVONNE GONZALES REDMAN joined the University of Illinois Fall of 2008 as an Associate Professor and teaches a variety of students majoring in music education and performance. She is dedicated to staying current in pedagogy and science in all genres of music. In 2017, she presented at the International Conference of Voice Teachers held in Stockholm, on bridging pedagogy between genres. She presented at the 2019 Florida Music Education Association Conference, and in 2019 presented at The Voice Foundation in Philadelphia, presenting the results of a study on the work environment on voice instructors. She enjoyed an 18-year career as a main stage soprano at the Metropolitan Opera with nearly 200 onstage performances as a principal soloist, including 26 live radio and television broadcasts that are still regularly broadcast over Sirius XM radio. She also performed in many of the major opera houses and orchestras in the United States.

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NOAH J. RICKETTS most recently appeared on Broadway in Disney’s Frozen as Kristoff.

He joined the cast directly from the Broadway and touring productions of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Favorite regional credits include Hello, Dolly!, La Cage Aux Folles, Tarzan, and Dreamgirls. In addition to his stage credits, Noah has directed for Broadway Method Academy’s Spring Awakening, teaches master-classes on musical theater, and voice lessons.

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Versatile Polish-American artist TOMASZ ROBAK is a concert pianist, chamber musician, organist, and educator. His achievements as a pianist include concerto appearances with orchestras in the United States, and in solo recitals across the United States as well as in Poland, Austria, and Germany. In 2018 he received a Fulbright award to Poland and won the Grand Prix at the 32nd Polish Tournament of Foreign Scholarship Holders in Antonin, among numerous other awards. He recently joined Davidson College as Artist Associate where he serves as choral, vocal, and instrumental accompanist and organist for Davidson’s Music Department. Mr. Robak completed his undergraduate studies at Rice University and received a Master of Music degree in piano performance at the Peabody Institute, where he is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. www.tomaszrobak.com

Internationally recognized as one of the leading pedagogues in voice training for African American folk-based music styles, DR. TRINEICE ROBINSON-MARTIN holds faculty position at Princeton University where she teaches jazz voice and directs the Jazz Vocal Collective ensemble. In addition to her academic appointments, Dr. Robinson-Martin runs a private voice teaching studio, serves on the national faculty of Gospel Music Workshop of America and the LoVetri Institute of Somatic Voicework™, is the executive director of the African American Jazz Caucus, Inc.,is a board director for the Jazz Education Network, and a member of the distinguished American Academy of Teachers if Singing.

AMELIA ROLLINGS currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music Theater Voice at Western Kentucky University. The National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Voice Foundation awarded Rollings the 2018 Van L. Lawrence Award, an award given yearly to one voice pedagogue engaged in scientific research. Rollings holds a Ph.D. in Vocal Pedagogy from The University of Kansas and a M.M. in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from The Pennsylvania State University. Rollings has presented her research in such refereed venues as The Voice Foundation Symposium, The International Phenomenon of Singing Symposium, The Singing Network, the Pan-American Vocology Association Symposium, the National Association of Teachers of Singing National Conference, the Musical Theatre Educators Alliance, the Fall Voice Conference, and the Ohio State Voice Forum. Her most recent publication on the effects of high-heeled shoes on postural and acoustical measures of female singers can be found in the Journal of Voice.

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Christin Coffee Rondeau

Marci Rosenberg

Elizabeth Rotoff

Equal parts pedagogue and performer, soprano CHRISTIN COFFEE RONDEAU serves singers of diverse ages and abilities through her teaching studio, Sand Dollar Music, where she also provides mentorship, training, and networking opportunities to beginning voice teachers.

In addition to teaching, Christin serves as Community Manager for The SpeakEasy Cooperative and maintains an active performing schedule. Christin’s writing has been featured in the fourth Edition of Dr. Robert Sataloff’s Professional Voice: The Science and Art of Clinical Care, in NATS Inter Nos, and at The Full Voice. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Mercer University and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Miami University (Oxford, OH). She also holds a Level 2 Certification in Orff Schulwerk from the University of Kentucky.

MARCI DANIELS ROSENBERG, BM, MS CCC-SLP is a singer and clinical singing voice specialist at The University of Michigan Vocal Health Center specializing in rehabilitation of injured voices. Additionally, she serves as the on-site vocal health consultant to the Musical Theatre program at University of Michigan. She teaches workshops and lectures nationally on vocal health and wellness, managing vocal injuries in the vocal athlete, and application of kinesiology principals to voice therapy and singing voice rehabilitation. She is guest faculty at The New CCM Summer Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah and served at Vice President for the Pan-American Vocology Association. Ms. Rosenberg maintains a private voice studio. She is coauthor of The Vocal Athlete second edition and its companion workbook.

Mezzo-soprano ELIZABETH ROTOFF has performed across Canada and in England in opera, musical theatre and recital. Ms. Rotoff has been teaching voice for over 20 years. Many of her students have gone on to professional careers in the disciplines of classical music, music theater and jazz. She is an active adjudicator and clinician. Currently, she is President of the Manitoba Chapter of NATS. In addition to her love of the arts, Elizabeth has a strong passion for helping singers optimize their instruments for performance in singing as a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach and founder of The Fit Singer. Elizabeth has taken her expertise as voice teacher and health coach to be wellness consultant for Resonanz Opera in Ohio. She has also been a presenter at NATS Manitoba’s Vocal Wellness Day and the 2019 Canadian Federation of Music Teacher’s Associations National Convention.

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DAVID SABELLA is internationally recognized as a master teacher in music theater and

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contemporary commercial music voice techniques. He served as a two-term president of the New York Singing Teachers’ Association (NYSTA) and as an executive director of the Broadway Theatre Project. He has also served on the music theater voice faculties at Montclair State University and Fordham University, as well as NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, CAP21 Studio, the New School’s Mannes Prep precollege program, Purchase College, and SUNY at New Paltz. Additionally, Sabella has been a faculty member and workshop presenter at the Voice Foundation’s annual symposium and has conducted masterclasses, faculty training workshops, and music theater pedagogy seminars throughout the contiguous United States, Alaska, and South America. Sabella is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and presented a master class titled “Beyond Belt: Acoustics and Mechanics of the Contemporary Commercial Belt” at the 2012 NATS National Conference in Orlando.

He has been awarded NYSTA’s Distinguished Voice Professional Certificate, and is known as a singing voice specialist, working in tandem with several New York physicians and speechlanguage pathologists who specialize in care of the professional voice. Sabella was featured in So You Want to Sing CCM as one of twelve international pedagogues to have put forth a modern vocal technique for teaching contemporary commercial music. Sabella is the owner and editor in chief of CabaretHotspot.com, an online magazine and educational resource dedicated to the art and craft of cabaret and small venue performance. He is also a reviewer for BistroAwards.com.

NEW YORK SINGING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Educating Voice Professionals Worldwide Since 1906

NYSTA Supports NATS on its 56th Biennial Conference Available live in NYC and online worldwide, the New York Singing Teachers Association (NYSTA) offers its international membership events featuring leading figures in vocal performance, pedagogy, and health through the Great Coaches Series and Professional Development Program (PDP), as well as workshops, seminars, master classes and a peer-reviewed quarterly journal to inspire and educate those who work with the singing voice across all musical genres. Founded in 1906, NYSTA is the oldest singing teachers’ association in the world. Join history! For more information about membership, professional development resources, and our scholarship program, please visit our website at www.nyst.org.

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Caroline Schiller

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An artist equally at home in concert, opera, and music theater repertoire, CAROLINE SCHILLER has participated in the creation and performance of works with companies throughout North America. Her most recent project is the chamber opera entitled Your Daughter Fanny, by composer Alice Ho and writer Lisa Moore for Schiller and Duo Concertante.

This work, drawn from letters of nurse Frances Cluett to her mother, is a tribute to all women who served in wartime and has had performances throughout Canada. Recordings include, Great Britain Triumphant!, 18th-century cantatas with the Hungarian ensemble Capella Savaria (Centaur) and Voyage to Canada, a recording of Canadian art song (Centrediscs). Caroline Schiller is Professor of Voice/Director of Opera at Memorial University of Newfoundland; director of Memorial’s touring program, Opera RoadShow/Opéra en tournée; past District Governor of NATS; and Chair of Research for National Opera Association. She is a frequent recitalist, adjudicator, and clinician in Canada and abroad.

Pianist ERIC SEDGWICK has performed with many of music’s top talents including Leona Mitchell, Sanford Sylvan and Marni Nixon, Broadway leading ladies Sarah Rice, Carole Demas and Debra Monk, and English hornist Thomas Stacy of the New York Philharmonic. He is a staff vocal coach at the Manhattan School of Music, and since 2009 has been music director and pianist for the Junior Opera Theater there. He is also a staff accompanist for the Tanglewood Music Center, and has served as rehearsal pianist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, under the batons of Michael Tilson Thomas, Bramwell Tovey, John Williams and Andris Nelsons. He is a regular pianist for events with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and has worked for Carnegie Hall’s Music Education Workshops with Joyce DiDonato, as well as for the International Vocal Arts Institutes in New York and Montreal. On the west coast, he has been a longtime coach and music director for the OperaWorks training program in Los Angeles. Mr. Sedgwick is the official pianist for the Art Song Preservation Society in New York, a group whose regular masterclass series has included Dalton Baldwin, Thomas Grubb, Margaret Lattimore and Joan Dornemann. He performs regularly with local groups in New York including Opera Singers Initiatives, the Stonewall Chorale, La Forza dell’Opera, and the Halcyon chamber music series, and has been featured in the Center for Contemporary Opera concert series. He has appeared often with the Broadway Concerts Direct performances in upstate New York, in cabaret shows at 54 Below and the Metropolitan Room, and as music director/pianist for “The World According to Kurt Weill” at UrbanStages. He can be heard in the PBS series “The Heart of Art” as well as on the soundtracks for the prize-winning short films “Connection Lost (The Tinder Opera),” “Something Blue (The Bachelor Opera)” and “Someone Like Me (The Facebook Opera).”

He was a winner of the Boston Steinway piano competition, and has premiered new works by composers Seymour Barab, J. Mark Stambaugh, Joelle Wallach, and Louis Hardin. He is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music and Brown University.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS ERENI SEVASTI is a singer, actor, musician, and singing teacher whose performance

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highlights include The Visitor with Mandy Patinkin (Public Theater); The Bacchae (Shakespeare in the Park); and Lili in Carnival! (Kennedy Center). She performed as Joan Baez in Search: Paul Clayton at Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, and in a staged reading of Zorba the Greek with Antonio Banderas and Chita Rivera. For over six years, she regularly performed in Jacques Brel Returns at The Triad Theater, now Stage 72, in NYC. Ereni still sings regularly with Sondheim Unplugged at 54 Below and sold out tribute shows with the Losers Lounge at Joe’s Pub, My Father’s Place and White Eagle Hall. In her solo show, Ereni Sevasti Sings Joni Mitchell: Stepping Out of Blue, she celebrated the life and times of the great singer-songwriter while accompanying herself on guitar, dulcimer, and piano which she performed in NY and NJ. In the summer of 2019, Ereni was on full scholarship to study Greek music and singing at Nakas Conservatory in Athens, Greece. She is working on two new shows to be performed in 2021: a rock and roll legend and a famous Greek popular singer.

Ereni holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and a Master in Music in vocal performance from Montclair State University. She has provided pedagogical demonstrations for Richard Lissemore’s presentations for NATS, the Voice Foundation, the Singing Voice Science Workshop and his PhD dissertation in Speech and Language Hearing. A student of Kelley Hijleh and Richard Lissemore, Ereni serves as Associate Director of Operations for The Singing Voice Science Workshop. Ereni joined the Montclair State University music theater voice teaching faculty in 2017 and is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Education in Music and Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

ALEXANDRIA SHINER, soprano, continues to garner critical acclaim for her “blazing soprano” (Wall Street Journal) and returns to the Cafritz Young Artists Program of Washington National Opera for the 2019–2020 season where she will be seen as First Lady in The Magic Flute and Magda Sorel in The Consul. Orchestral engagements include the VerdiRequiem with Quad City Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the National Symphony Orchestra. She is a 2020 Grand Finals Winner in The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and will make her debut there in 2020–2021 as Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia.

In 2018–2019 Ms. Shiner was seen as Kayla in the world premiere of Sankaram’s Taking Up Serpents, where she was praised for her “powerful soprano voice with precise intonation and a broad range of dynamics and color” (Washington Classical Review), as Mirra in the North American premiere of Liszt’s lost opera Sardanapalo, and the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos with Wolf Trap Opera. Concert appearances included Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII with the Choral Arts Society of Washington.

Alexandria began the 2017–2018 season singing the title role in Alcina for the Cafritz Young Artist Performance at Washington National Opera. Other season highlights include Celestial Voice in Don Carlo, and Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia, both at WNO, and a debut at The Glimmerglass Festival as Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia. Other roles include Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Magda Sorel inThe Consul. Additionally, she has performed with Knoxville Opera, Marble City Opera, and Opera Naples.

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She received an Encouragement Award in the 2017 Middle East Tennessee District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and she placed second in the Young Artist category of the 2016 Orpheus National Music Competition for Vocalists. She also competed as the Mid-South Regional Winner in the 2016 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Artist Awards in Chicago. A native of Waterford, Michigan, Alexandria received her Master of Music from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and her Bachelor of Music from Western Michigan University.

GEORGE SHIRLEY is The Joseph Edgar Maddy Distinguished University Emeritus Professor

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of Music and former Director of the Vocal Arts Division of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. He has won international acclaim for his performances with the Metropolitan Opera, where he was the first African American tenor to sing leading roles, and with major symphony orchestras, opera houses and festivals in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and South America. Mr. Shirley received a GRAMMY AWARD in 1968 for his role (Ferrando) in the RCA recording of Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte. He has performed more than 80 operatic roles as well as oratorio and recital literature over the span of his 60-year career. A graduate of Detroit Northern High School and Wayne (State) University, he was the first African American to be assigned to a high school teaching position in vocal music in Detroit, and the first African American member of the United States Army Chorus in Washington D.C. He received the 2014 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2015.

LORAINE SIMS is Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick Professor of Voice and Vocal Studies Division

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Chair at Louisiana State University. Recent performances include “Comedy in Song: Humorous Art Songs in English” at the 2017 ICVT in Stockholm and at the 2016 NATS National Conference. Professional activities include a pre-conference workshop, “Teaching Outside the Gender Binary: Working with Transgender and Non-Binary Singers” for the 2018 NATS National Conference; “What the Fach? Voice Dysphoria in the Transgender and Genderqueer Singer” for the Voice Foundation’s 2018 Annual Symposium; “Honoring and Validating Transgender Singers in a Choral Context II: Healthy Vocal Pedagogy for Transgender Singers” for the 2019 National ACDA Conference; “Training Transgender Singers for Opera Performance: Gender Bending Beyond the Pants Role” for the 2017 NOA Conference, “Teaching Lucas: A Transgender Student’s Vocal Journey from Soprano to Tenor” at the 2017 ICVT, and “Training the Terrible Tongue!” for the 2012 NATS National Conference.

TONIA SINA is the Founder of Intimacy Directors International (along with co-founders, Alicia Rodis and Siobhan Richardson). She was the first ever Intimacy Choreographer and invented the term in her master’s thesis at VCU. Along with teaching workshops internationally traveling with a dialysis machine and service dog, Daphne Rose, she has choreographed intimacy at the Lyric Opera, Stratford Festival, The Marriott Theatre, and is slated to be the Intimacy Choreographer at Steppenwolf this winter. Directing credits include: The Woman in Black, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Angelina Project (in collaboration with playwright, Frank Canino), Spring Awakening, along with three self-devised original plays. Recently featured in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Also a director, playwright, model, and performer, Tonia is a soon-to-be triple kidney transplant recipient and rare and chronic disease patient advocate and national motivational speaker. She attended Niagara University for her BFA in theatre performance, and Virginia Commonwealth University where she studied movement and earned her MFA in Movement Pedagogy with a specialty in Intimacy for the Stage.

DAVID SISCO has served on the faculties of Suffolk University, Marymount Manhattan

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College, and is currently a visiting professor at Wagner College. He currently maintains a private studio in New York and has presented at the 2012 & 2016 NATS National Conferences, and the 2013 & 2017 ICVT Conferences. He was also keynote speaker for the ANATS National Conference in Fall 2018. David is a member of the Dramatist’s Guild and BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop (Advanced). A winner of the 2010 NATS Composition Award, David is a prolific art song composer. His songs have been heard at concerts produced by Friends & Enemies of New Music, Joy in Singing, Lyricfest, Songfest, Songfusion, and at Carnegie Hall.

With business partner Laura Josepher, David runs ContemporaryMusicalTheatre.com. David earned a BA in Vocal Performance with Composition Honors from Syracuse University and a MM in Vocal Performance from Boston University.

Praised for her “patrician ease and polished vocal refinement” by the Boston Music Intelligencer, soprano JENNIFER SGROE has performed across the US and at festivals in Finland, England and Austria in opera, recitals and on the concert stage at venues such as Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, The Society for Ethical Culture and the United Nations.

She specializes in contemporary American opera and repertoire of the Baroque and Classical eras on the operatic and concert stage.

In Spring 2019, Jennifer offered many concerts and performances in the Boston area.

In addition to her debut with Boston Chamber Symphony as Soprano Soloist for Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, she joined the University of Massachusetts - Lowell Choirs and Orchestra as the Soprano Soloist for Mozart’s Requiem in April. Later in May, she joined Cambridge Chamber Ensemble as Flavia for Handel’s Silla.

In March 2019 Ms. Sgroe sang her first solo recital in Jordan Hall with pianist Timothy Steele in a program of songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Mendelssohn on Suleika texts, selected Strauss Lieder, Poulenc’s Fiançailles pour rire and songs by leading women composers of this decade, including works by Jessica Rudman, Lori Laitman, Jodi Goble, Luna Pearl Woolf, Paola Prestini and Julia Meinwald. In November 2018, Jennifer made her debut with Center for Contemporary Opera singing the lead soprano role of Susanna in Laura Schwendinger’s Artemisia at Symphony Space and in December was the Soprano Soloist with The Back Bay Chorale for their Boston Christmas concerts.

Earlier in 2018, Ms. Sgroe returned to Jordan Hall (Boston) as the guest Soprano Soloist in Poulenc’s Gloria for New England Conservatory’s 150th Anniversary concert series. She made

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her Jordan Hall debut in concert with The Shakespeare Concerts in April 2017 in works by Joseph Summer, Schumann, Brahms and Pesestky for voice, harp and horn including World Premieres by Summer and Pesestky. A commercial recording of this project is forthcoming including her performances of the rarely heard Drei Gesänge, Op. 93 by Schumann for Soprano and Harp.

Also in 2018, Jennifer reprised her performance of Jessica Rudman’s monodrama Trigger for Speaking her Truth, an evening of works by the composer with Hartford Opera Theater and for a benefit for Rosie’s Place, the oldest continually operating women’s shelter in the US. Jennifer sang the US premiere of Rudman’s Trigger with Hartford Opera Theatre in November 2016.

Other recent opera and concert performances include Soprano Soloist for Handel’s Messiah (Belmont, MA), Cambridge Symphony’s Holiday Pops Concert, Soloist for the 15th Anniversary Concert with Arbor Opera Theater, Miranda (cover) for Joseph Summer’s premiere of The Tempest, Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) with Sinfonietta Nova, Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) with Arbor Opera Theater, Lula/Lightfoot McClendon cover (Cold Sassy Tree) & Curley’s Wife (Of Mice & Men) with Sugar Creek Opera.

Highlight concert performances include the Angel in Handel’s Jephtha with Graeme Jenkins, and soprano soloist in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with David Temple at The Dartington Festival (United Kingdom), Handel’s Messiah, the Pergolesi Stabat Mater, and Schubert’s Mass in A-flat Major in Graz, Austria with Cornelius Eberhardt and the workshop premiere of Esther in Scott Wheeler’s Democracy with American Opera Projects. Highlight operatic performances include Romilda (Xerxes), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Monica (The Medium), Greta Fiorentino (Street Scene), Drusilla (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), and the premiere of the role of Esther in Scott Wheeler’s Democracy (American Opera Projects). In 2020, she travels to England to sing multiple concerts of songs of Leonard Bernstein and also the UK Premiere of Jessica Rudman’s monodrama Trigger, about the effects of domestic violence, at the Brighton Fringe.

An active recitalist and proponent of New and American music, Jennifer is currently developing the song recital, Project 2020: A Vision of 21st Century Women Composers - 20 Composers over 2 Programs in works composed over the past 20 years during the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 Seasons. She is also developing the Refugee Voices project, a concert project of newly commissioned song settings of refugee stories in collaboration with UNHCR and USA for UNHCR. She also offers performances of the original recital program, To the Sea, developed with her collaborator, pianist Beverly Soll across New England.

Her first commercial recording project with composer Joseph Summer THE SHAKESPEARE CONCERTS SERIES 7 “SUMMER’S DISTILLATION” was released this January 2020 on Navona Records. She can be heard singing the rarely performed Drei Gesänge, Op. 95 by Schumann for Soprano and Harp, along with Brahms’ Vier Gesänge, Op.17 and premieres by Summer and Pesetsky.

She also works regularly as an actress in film and commercials and has served on the Voice Faculty for NEC’s Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education since 2011, and was Chair of Prep Voice from 2011 - 2015. She also served as Head of Voice & Musical Theater at Dean College from 2014 - 2017. She resides in historic Salem, MA. www.jennifersgroe.com

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Lyric soprano BRENDA SMITH teaches studio voice, singer’s diction, and vocal pedagogy at the University of Florida. She is widely recognized for her contributions to the concept of lifelong singing through proper voice care. Brenda Smith’s most recent publication is Diction in Context: Singing in English, Italian, German and French. She is also the author of So You Want to Sing for a Lifetime: A Guide to Performer, published by NATS and Rowman & Littlefield. Smith and has collaborated with Robert T. Sataloff on a variety of projects to promote vocal health through choral singing. They are the coauthors of two textbooks—Choral Pedagogy and Choral Pedagogy and the Older Singer—that unite voice science and pedagogy with choral conducting. Smith serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Voice and is a consulting editor for Plural Publishing. In recognition of demonstrated excellence in teaching and her interest in voice science, Smith received the 2000 Van Lawrence Fellowship, awarded jointly by the Voice Foundation and NATS. Before joining the University of Florida faculty, she taught at Westminster Choir College, Dickinson College, and Rowan University.

Baritone REGINALD SMITH, JR. has been lauded as a “passionate performer” (New York Times) with an “electric, hall-filling” (The Baltimore Sun), and “thrillingly dramatic” (Opera News) voice that is “one of the most exciting baritone sounds to come along in years” (Opera News). Reginald, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, is a Grand Finals winner of the 2015 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and he is a graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio.

Reginald Smith, Jr.’s 2019–2020 season opens with his much-anticipated debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Jim in Porgy and Bess, followed by Amonasro in Aida with the Houston Grand Opera and the Cincinnati Opera and Jake in Porgy and Bess with the Atlanta Opera. His orchestral appearances include Christmas Pops Concerts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Oregon Symphony. Future engagements include stage debuts with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Santa Fe Opera.

In addition to receiving recognition from the Dallas Opera Guild Competition, the Mildred Miller International Vocal Competition, and the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Vocal Competition, Mr. Smith has won first place in the National Opera Association Competition: Scholarship Division, Orpheus Vocal Competition: Young Artist Division, George London Vocal Competition: Top Prize (George London Award), Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition: Top Prize, received a 2015 Sarah Tucker Study Grant, and he has received a 2016 Career Grant from the William Matheus Sullivan Foundation.

LORI L. SONNENBERG is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Voice Specialist. With over 19 years of experience in the singing and speech pathology fields, she combines her passion for treating injured voices with her extensive background as a singer and voice teacher. This blend of talents and skills makes Ms. Sonnenberg a formidable asset to the clinical and singing voice worlds. Sonnenberg works exclusively with voice and breathing disorders in her private practice in suburban Chicago and specializes in helping singers overcome voice injuries, postoperative voice struggles, and problematic technical voice issues. She is a certified member of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) holding the Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC-SLP) and is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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MARJORIE BENNETT STEPHENS, soprano, is newly retired Associate Professor of Voice

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and Vocal Pedagogy and Area Coordinator for Voice at the University of Tennessee. She serves on the faculty of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.

Ms. Bennett Stephens made her professional debut with the Graz Opera where she earned critical acclaim for her vocal refinement and finesse as well as her genuineness on stage. Representative roles such as Cio-cio san (Madame Butterfly), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Countess (The Marriage of Figaro), Marguerite (Faust) Gilda (Rigoletto) and Hanna (The Merry Widow). To her credit, as well, are performances of the Verdi heroines Lady MacBeth, Odabella (Attila), Luisa Miller, and Giovanna d’Arco. Demonstrating a singular versatility, Ms. Bennett Stephens’ growing list of operetta credits include The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, Yeomen of the Guard, Iolanthe, Ruddigore and The Student Prince.

In the spring of 2004 Marjorie was praised for her concert performances and master classes at the Moscow Conservatory and the St. Petersburg Conservatory - Russia. Among her interpretive triumphs are her performances of the Edvard Grieg Norwegian song cycle, Haugtussa, and the Richard Strauss masterwork, Vier Letzte Lieder.

Ms Bennett Stephens has served NATS as Ohio Buckeye Chapter Treasurer/Secretary, Tennessee Governor, Mid-South Regional Governor and is currently Program Coordinator for the NATS 2020 National Conference.

ERIKA SWITZER is an internationally active pianist, teacher, and arts administrator.

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Heard on the stages of New York’s Weill Hall (Carnegie) and Geffen Hall, at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, and the Bard Music Festival, she has also appeared across Canada at festivals including Vancouver’s Music on Main and Ottawa’s ChamberFest. During her seven-year sojourn to Germany, she performed at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and for the Munich Winners & Masters series, and won numerous awards, including best pianist prizes at the Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf, and Wigmore Hall International Song Competitions. Devoted to the performance of new music, Erika has recorded works by Jocelyn Morlock and Andrew Staniland for Centrediscs. An upcoming release, “English Songs à la française” features her long-standing duo-partnership with baritone Tyler Duncan. Erika Switzer is on the music faculty at Bard College and the Vocal Arts Program of the Bard Conservatory of Music. As co-founder of Sparks & Wiry Cries (sparksandwirycries.org), she contributes to the future of art song performance through publication of The Art Song Magazine, presentation of the songSLAM Festival in NYC, and the commission of new works. www.erikaswitzer.com

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MICHAEL TAN is an Assistant Editor at Rowman & Littlefield. He has a B.M. in piano performance from Temple University, and an M.M. in piano performance from New York University. At R&L, he works on the music list alongside John Cerullo, Senior Executive Editor, and manages titles under the Amadeus Press imprint as well as music performance-related professional and academic titles. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his cat Hildegard.

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CHANDLER THOMPSON, DMA, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist/professional voice specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, where she evaluates and treats patients with voice disorders, chronic cough and disordered breathing. An active singer and lecturer, Dr. Thompson holds three degrees in Vocal Performance, including a DMA from Michigan State University. She taught singing at several universities before earning a Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology at New York Medical College, winning the Clinical Excellence Award. She is certified in Performing Arts Health by the Performing Arts Medicine Association and the American College of Sports Medicine. Before moving to Mayo Clinic, Dr. Thompson worked at the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, and was Coordinator of Voice Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and the Clinical Coordinator of the Voice and Speech Lab at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

LOUISE TOPPIN, has received acclaim for her performances in opera, oratorio, symphonic

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soloist and recitalist throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean. She has appeared in recital on many concert series including Carnegie Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center. Orchestral appearances with conductors such as: Murry Sidlin, Paul Freeman, Richard Aulden Clark, Justin Brown, James Meena, Vladmir Ashkenazy and Gearhart Zimmerman. She toured in “Gershwin on Broadway” with pianist Leon Bates for many years and toured in 2019–20 with Robert Sims and Joseph Joubert for Joanne Rile Artist Management. She has recorded eighteen compact disks of American Music for New World, Albany, Centaur and Cambria Record labels. Recent performances include the 150th celebration of the ratification of the 13th amendment for Congress and President Obama at the U.S. Capitol, a performance in Havana, Cuba at the new U.S. Ambassador’s residence, and a recital for the opening of the Smithsonian’s African American Heritage Museum. She teaches on the summer faculties of The National Conservatory (Colombia), The Amalfi Coast Music Festival (Italy) and in Ghana. She is a graduate of The University of Michigan (DMA voice), Peabody Conservatory (MM voice, MM piano) and The University of North Carolina (BM piano). Her teachers and coaches include: George Shirley, Reri Grist, Charlotte Holloman, Sylvia Olden Lee, and Mattiwilda Dobbs. In the summers of 1995 & 1996 she worked with Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge and Elly Ameling respectively at the Britten Pears School in England. Director of the non-profit organization, Videmus and the Director for the George Shirley Vocal Competition, she was previously a BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Her website is www.louisetoppin.com.

MELISSA TREINKMAN, mezzo soprano, is an active performer and teacher in the Los

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Angeles area. In 2013, she made her solo mainstage debut with LA Opera as the Vendor in Carmen, a role she reprised in the 2017/2018 season. In 2015, she was a Featured Ensemble singer in LA Opera’s production of The Ghosts of Versailles, which won two Grammy awards for Best Opera Recording and Best Engineered Album, Classical. Melissa recently premiered the role of Dulcinea in Juan Colomer’s new opera Dulcinea XL. Melissa holds a Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University and a Master of Music from DePaul University. She is currently pursuing her DMA at the University of Southern California, where she holds the position of Head Teaching Assistant in Vocal Arts. Her articles have been published in Journal of Singing and she was honored to be a 2019 NATS Intern.

Canadian pianist KATHRYN TREMILLS’ extensive performing career has taken her to the stages of Roy Thomson Hall, Koerner Hall, the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Off Centre Music Salon, the Canadian Art Song Project, Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Thursday Noon Concerts, and Pro Musica Detroit. A three-time Canada Council Grant recipient, she has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras in North America and has served as musical staff at the Canadian Opera Company, and the Toronto Children’s Chorus. Kathryn is a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Toronto and serves on the faculty at the Centre for Opera in Sulmona, Italy (COSI) and Canadian Operatic Arts Academy (COAA). www. kathryntremills.com

TRICE BE PHANTOM MAGNETIQ (William Trice) is a vocalist, musician, and educator

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whose artistic diversity reflects the versatility of his character. He combines African and Caribbean folk music, Opera, Hip-Hop, Reggae, EDM, Jazz, Gospel/Spiritual, and R&B/Soul to bring a unique and moving experience to any audience. A native of Maxton, North Carolina, by way of Washington, D.C., Trice strives to create music that reflects his spiritual journey as a human BE-ing. He has been fortunate to share the stage with established artists and ensembles including: T-Pain, Ziggy Marley, Brother J (X Clan), Jurassic 5, Uprite Lions, Abyss, Saul Williams, Darius McCrary, and many more. Trice dedicates his time to the community as an independent voice instructor, as an educator in the public schools district, and as a full time musician in the city of Las Vegas NV. He is currently producing a solo EP, as well as collaborating with many artists in the music industry on an international level. Trice says, “When I embrace the performance stage, it is my aim to shine light and impart love through my gifts of artistic expression . . . it’s my wish that audiences will feel the sincere and genuine innergy I share.”

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS RANDALL UMSTEAD, tenor, has performed widely in both operatic roles and in concert

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music. He was twice a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, where he also was selected to participate in the Tanglewood Bach Institute. Dr. Umstead has recently sung the role of the Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion and St. Matthew Passion, as well as in the Bach/Handel/ Kaiser St. Mark Passion (1747) with Bach Society Houston. Dr. Umstead has an extensive concert repertoire, including Bach’s Mass in b minor, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Mass in C, Carissimi’s Jepthe, Handel’s Messiah, Acis and Galatea, and Dixit Dominus, Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine, Mozart’s Mass in C minor and Requiem, Haydn’s Missa in tempora belli, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and Vaughan Williams’ The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains. He has performed as a soloist with the Cliburn Festival, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Flagstaff Symphony, Colorado Bach Ensemble, Dallas Bach Society, Cincinnati Baroque Orchestra, CCM Philharmonia, Catacoustic Consort, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, the Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) Philharmonic Orchestra, the Irving Symphony, the Valley Symphony Orchestra, and the Bach Society of Dayton.

Dr. Umstead was a quarterfinalist in the 2010 International Vocal Competition‘sHertogenbosch and was a finalist in the American Bach Society’s 5th Biennial Vocal Competition. Randall is active as a recitalist and has taught masterclasses throughout the United States and in South Africa.

Dr. Umstead currently holds the Charles W. Evans Chair in Voice at Baylor University, where he serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Voice in the School of Music.

He is a Past Chair of the Baylor University Faculty Senate, and currently serves on Baylor’s Board of Regents. Dr. Umstead currently is in his second term as Texoma Region Governor for NATS, where he also is a member of the NATS Board of Directors.

Award-winning composer and singer MARI ESABEL VALVERDE has been commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Texas Music Educators Association, Seattle Men’s and Women’s Choruses, and Boston Choral Ensemble among others and has appeared with Dallas Chamber Choir, Vox Humana, and EXIGENCE (Detroit). She was featured at the 2016 Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses Festival, where her “Our Phoenix” was premièred by six collective ensembles from the United States and Canada. Fluent in Spanish and French, she actively studies Brazilian Portuguese and Swedish. She has translated numerous vocal works and documents including a phonetic guide of Ravel’s opera L’Enfant et les Sortilèges.

A native of Texas, she holds degrees from St. Olaf College, the European American Musical Alliance in Paris, France, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She is a member of ACDA, the American Composers Forum, and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

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DR. MATTHEW VALVERDE has been praised for his sensitive phrasing, “mellifluous”

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singing, and his “handsome” tenor voice (Star Tribune, New York Classical Review). He was awarded a Doctor of Musical Arts degree and a master’s degree in vocal performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY) and holds degrees from Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX). Valverde has recently been promoted to Associate Professor of Music at Adams State University in Alamosa, CO, where he also serves as Inclusive Excellence Liaison, supporting initiatives of diversity, equity, and inclusion. He is a member of NATS, was a 2018 NATS Intern, and has served on the voice faculty at Nazareth College, the Eastman Community Music School, the Clear Creek Music Festival, and the Mount Blanca Summer Music Conservatory.

Valverde has performed solo recitals and has been featured in concerts and operas in New York, Minnesota, Michigan, Colorado, Indiana, New Mexico, and Texas. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in May 2014 and has been tenor soloist in performances including Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s The Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Golijov’s La Pasión según San Marcos, Mozart’s Requiem, and Britten’s Serenade and War Requiem. Orchestral credits include: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Oratorio Society, Finger Lakes Choral Festival, and the San Luis Valley Symphony. Valverde has appeared with the Rochester Lyric Opera, Finger Lakes Opera (Geneseo, NY), Eastman Opera Theatre, TCU Opera Studio, and sang in the première performances of Tienda (Moya/Vincent), the first chamber opera commissioned by the Schubert Club (St. Paul, MN). He has performed with the Internationale Bachakademie’s Festivalensemble Stuttgart (Helmuth Rilling), Vox Humana (David Childs), Voices Chamber Choir (William Weinert), Border CrosSing (Ahmed Anzaldúa), First Inversion Vocal Ensemble (Lee Wright), and is the tenor section leader of EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble (Eugene Rogers).

ZACHARY WADSWORTH is an American-Canadian composer of “fresh, deeply felt and

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strikingly original” music (Washington Post). Praised for their “evocative mixture of old and new,” his works have been heard in venues around the world, from Kennedy Center in Washington to Takinogawa Hall in Tokyo. Wadsworth’s Out of the South Cometh the Whirlwind won an international competition, and was performed by the choir of Westminster Abbey in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II. Through the Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera, Zachary completed fellowships with Metropolitan Opera and Santa Fe Opera. Commercial recordings of his music are available on Gothic Records, Albany Records, and Innova Recordings. Wadsworth’s music is widely broadcast and distributed, with recent publications

by Novello and Schirmer, and airings on NPR, BBC, and CBC. Currently an assistant professor of music at Williams College, Wadsworth also maintains an active performing life as a tenor and pianist. zacharywadsworth.com/about

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS KAREN L. WALKER joined the faculty of Shenandoah Conservatory in 1982 and served as

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Associate Dean for Graduate Studies from 2007–2017. As Associate Professor of Piano, she has taught courses in piano literature, piano pedagogy and most recently developed the doctoral curriculum to include coursework centered on the Artist Teacher in the Classroom and Career Navigation for the Artist Teacher. Currently, Karen serves as Coordinator of Graduate and Teaching Assistantships, oversees the Class Piano program and teaches both undergraduate and graduate pianists. She is a frequent collaborator with her voice colleagues and works closely with piano students on vocal accompanying. She holds degrees in performance and pedagogy from Eastern Washington University, Northwestern University, and The Catholic University of America. Walker is a frequent adjudicator at regional, state and national festivals and competitions.

Praised as a “powerful and finely nuanced soprano” with “seemingly unlimited vocal possibilities,” SABRINA LANEY WARREN has international acclaim and has performed opera, concert, and oratorio works throughout North America and Europe. Warren has performed as a guest artist with the Festival Durance Luberon in France, the Eutiner Festspiele in Germany, the Deutsche-Amerikan Musik Fest in Germany, and the Differdange International Festival in Luxembourg. As the soloist in Ein deutsches Requiem, her performance was lauded as “a soft-lined, expressive consolation song full of vocal grace.” Selected appearances include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elias, and Mahler’s Symphony No 4, Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus), La Contessa in (Le Nozze di Figaro), Mimi in (La Bohème), and Violetta in (La Traviata). Awards and recognition include New York District Winner and Eastern Region Finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Grace Moore Vocal Competition, and Coeur d’Alene Symphony competition.

EDRIE MEANS WEEKLY, Co-Founder of the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University, is recognized expert in training singers in all vocal styles and an active professional singer. She was a master teacher for the NATS Intern Program in 2013. Her students can be heard on Grammy recordings, in films, on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in national and international tours, television (including The Voice, American Idol, Kidz Star USA), cruise ships, concert halls and opera houses worldwide. She regularly presents at the Voice Foundation, NATS Chapters/National Conferences, Pan-American Vocology Association, Southeastern Theatre Conference, and universities throughout the United States and authored several research publications in Journal of Voice regarding the teaching of commercial styles and vocal health. She is a contributing author for four books; Teaching Singing in the 21st Century, The Vocal Athlete (second edition), The Voice Teacher’s Cookbook: Creative Recipes for Teachers of Singing and Training Contemporary Commercial Singers. Edrie’s many performances have been broadcast internationally on radio and television, recorded by Decca and Koch. She has been a standby for Broadway stars Patti LuPone, Elaine Paige, and Linda Lavin. Edrie serves on the Advisory Board for the NATS National Musical Theatre Competition and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Voice Foundation. Edrie is the biological daughter of The King of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin. http://edriemeans.wix.com/edriemeans

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MAGGIE WHEELER is best known in the U.S and internationally for her work as an actress in

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film, television and voice-over and most notably as the character of Janice on NBC’s hit series Friends. Maggie is a passionate singer, songwriter, choir director and workshop facilitator. She has been teaching her vocal workshop ”Singing In The Stream “ for over 30 years, providing the experience of creating interpersonal harmony and internal harmony through the powerful act of creating vocal harmony. In 2005 Maggie co-founded The Golden Bridge Community Choir in Los Angeles with her co-director Emile Hassan Dyer. The choir is an intergenerational, non- auditioned choir, upholding the belief that the joy of singing is a universal birthright and that together, regardless of musical background, we can help improve the world by joining our voices in song. Maggie’s original music for choirs and communities is available on Itunes.

To accompany her most recent CD entitled ‘Walk With Me,’ Maggie has created a songbook available by request through her website goldenbridgechoir.com During this time of change Maggie hosts an online community gathering , Together In Song, bringing together people from around the world to join in the healing power of song.

MS. WILLIAMS is the principal vocal coach and accompanist at Westminster College, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In addition to individual vocal coaching, she is the accompanist and coach for the Westminster Chamber Singers, Westminster Community Choir, and musical director for Opera Studio. She has appeared at various universities collaborating on chamber music.

She regularly accompanies guest master classes at Westminster including those taught by Frederica von Stade, Celena Shafer, Michael Chioldi, and Robert Tweten. She also accompanies and coaches for several voice studios at the University of Utah where she regularly performs on student recitals.

In addition to her work in academia, Ms. Williams often spends her summers in Italy as a principal rehearsal pianist with La Musica Lirica, a summer program for young American performers. Since attending the program in 2007, she has coached and accompanied rehearsals for Gianni Schicchi, Sour Angelica, Falstaff, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and La Rondine.

Ms. Williams spent two seasons as a Young Artist with Utah Opera performing daily outreach shows at schools throughout Utah introducing young audiences to opera. She has returned to Utah Opera on several occasions as a guest coach/pianist (Die Zauberflöte, Man of LaMancha, Don Giovanni, I Pagliacci, and Gianni Schicchi).

JEFFREY WILLIAMS, baritone, is Associate Professor of Voice at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. Williams has been hailed by the Baltimore Sun as “very likable, a winning performance sung with much confidence, phrasing everything stylishly,” by the Miami Herald as possessing a “commanding, sizeable, effortless, manly baritone” and by Opera News as a “versatile, fearless performer.” He appears on two world-premiere recordings, both with Albany Records, Thomas Sleeper’s series of mini-operas Einstein’s Inconsistency and Michael Dellaira’s The Death of Webern. He has portrayed Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Marschner’s Lord Ruthven, Mozart’s Papageno, Rachmaninoff’s Aleko, Mozart’s Figaro, many of Gilbert & Sullivan’s baritones and numerous others. Williams is a frequent soloist in the diverse BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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oratorio and concert works of Adams, Bach, Barber, Brahms, Fauré, Handel, Saint-Saëns, Vaughan Williams and others. He is a proud former NATS Intern and is actively involved in his NATS Chapter.

JENEVORA WILLIAMS has limitless enthusiasm for voices: singing, teaching singing and

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training singing teachers. She has a particular interest in vocal health, her teaching is focused on enabling the most efficient and easy ways of finding the best sound for the student. During her performing career she became concerned at the level and awareness of vocal technique and health issues among singers. Combining this interest with her scientific background led her to PhD and post-doctoral research. She is now a leading expert in both vocal health and pedagogy. Her work is in three related areas: teaching singing, training teachers and writing/research.

KEVIN WILSON is a voice teacher, clinician, and 21st-century vocal pedagogue. His teaching

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is influenced by over 18 years of study of anatomy and physiology, historical pedagogies, voice and speech, and acting. His students have appeared in venues ranging from national tours, to over 21 Broadway productions, to the Metropolitan Opera in addition to winning many awards for performance. He is currently the Director of Vocal Pedagogy and Associate Professor of Voice at the Boston Conservatory where he developed and is the primary instructor for both the MM in Vocal Pedagogy, the MFA in Music Theater Vocal Pedagogy, and serves as the creator and director of the annual Vocal Pedagogy Professional Workshop. Kevin holds a Master in Vocal Pedagogy from the New England Conservatory and the Bachelor of Music in Voice from the University of Central Oklahoma. He was a master teacher in 2019 NATS intern Program.

GRETCHEN WINDT, mezzo-soprano, has completed apprentice and young artist programs

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with Sarasota Opera, Sugar Creek Symphony and Song Festival, Utah Symphony & Opera, and Ohio Light Opera. She has performed with Cincinnati Opera, Opera Idaho, Opera Southwest, Chesapeake Chamber Opera, Bowen Park Opera, OperaModa, and DuPage Opera Theatre.

She has performed and covered roles including title roles in Cendrillon and La Périchole, Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Dorabella (Cosí fan tutte), Third Lady and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Mercedes (Carmen), Meg Page (Falstaff), Jo (Little Women), and Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia).

Ms. Windt graduated from University of Utah (D.M.A. in vocal performance), University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music (M.M. in voice/opera), and North Park University (B.M.E. in music education/voice). She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of North Alabama.

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PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARTISTS ELI YAMIN is an internationally presented pianist, composer, educator and singer. He is the

Eli Yamin

cofounder as well as the managing and artistic director of Jazz Power Initiative, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to ignite the power of jazz arts education to transform lives by fostering self-expression, leadership, collaboration and diversity. Yamin is also the founding director of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Middle School Jazz Academy. His three youth-centered musicals include Nora’s Ark (on climate change and teamwork), Holding the Torch for Liberty (about women’s suffrage), and Message from Saturn (about the healing power of the blues) have been performed internationally in four languages and across the United States. Eli has trained over one thousand teachers in Jazz Power Pedagogy and his instructional videos for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz Academy have received over 1.5 million views. As a jazz and blues ambassador for the United States, Yamin has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the White House, his international performances include over two dozen countries. Eli teaches jazz, blues history, piano, and voice at Lehman College, the City University of New York (CUNY), and SUNY Stony Brook, where he is also working toward his DMA degree.

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Click now to download sheet music and audio: philiplasser.com/NATS Philip Lasser is a professor at The Juilliard School, founder of the European American Musical Alliance, and celebrated composer. His works can be heard on the Sony Classical, Telarc, New World, Crystal, and BMG RCA/Red Seal labels. His works have been performed worldwide by artists such as Simone Dinnerstein, Zuill Bailey, Susanna Phillips, Elizabeth Futral, Margo Garrett, and Cho-Liang Lin, among others.

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American-born tenor LAWRENCE BROWNLEE captivates audiences and critics around the world, and has been hailed as “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (The New York Times), “one of the world’s leading bel canto stars” (The Guardian), and “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR). Brownlee was named 2017 “Male Singer of the Year” by the International Opera Awards, and also serves as Artistic Advisor at Opera Philadelphia, helping the company to expand their repertoire, diversity efforts and community initiatives.

The 2019–2020 season starts with a return to Lyric Opera of Chicago for one of his signature roles as Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis, followed by Dutch National Opera for another Rossinian comedy favorite as Don Ramiro in his La Cenerentola. Brownlee then makes a welcome return to Houston Grand Opera, adding a new role to his repertoire as Fernand in a new production of Donizetti’s La Favorite.

Brownlee then switches gears to perform several concerts and recitals with the Orchestra dell’Academia Santa Cecilia, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Würth Philharmoniker, and more.

He will also perform in a series of solo recitals featuring his critically-acclaimed song cycle Cycles of My Being that centers around the black male experience in America today, including Shriver Hall in Baltimore, and at Gardner Museum Concerts in Boston. His spring includes a house debut at Dallas Opera for Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

Brownlee’s season concludes with singing in Il Pirata at the Konzerthaus Dortmund and Klangvokal Festival and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at the BBC Proms.

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VAN L. LAWRENCE FELLOWSHIP 2020 Van L. Lawrence Fellowship presented to Angelika Nair, PhD We congratulate Angelika Nair as winner of the 2020 Van Lawrence Fellowship Award jointly sponsored by NATS, the NATS Foundation, and the Voice Foundation. Nair is a professional singer, trained Vocologist (NCVS), voice pedagogue, and owner of Pro Voce LLC, a voice studio in Austria and the USA providing private vocal instruction and habilitation. Additionally, she holds adjunct Professor of Voice positions at the College of Saint Elisabeth and Drew University. As this year’s Fellowship Awardee, she proposed the research project Tongue-Tuning. Physioacoustic and Pedagogy of Morphological Changes in the Tongue during Formant Tuning.

Dr. Nair researches and specializes in the use of voice technology and kinesthesis and pioneered the practical use and implications of ultrasound as both a voice research and biofeedback tool in the voice studio. Using MRI, Ultrasound and spectrographic techniques, she has conducted groundbreaking research investigating the physiology of the Low Mandible Maneuver (drop of the posterior mandible) and its ramifications for resonance production, as well as the rehabituation of tongue shapes required for all phonemes in high-ranking singers (JoV 2016).

Building on these new scientific discoveries, Dr. Nair has developed a regimen of exercises combined with step-by-step instructions and peda­ Angelika Nair gogical tools that help accelerate the learning of various vocal strategies (physioacoustic) and address the multitudinous challenges of sensory awareness, flexibility and control within the tongue. Her new book The Secret Life of Consonants. Make your songs and monologues as good as your warm-ups! (Compton, UK) is to be released in 2020. It is her hope that this effort to codify new insights on tongue shapes and maneuvers will benefit all voice users and practitioners!

The critical success of this work has led to publications in peer reviewed journals, 1st Place in the 15th Annual David W. Brewer Award for Best Poster, as well as presentations worldwide. Dr. Nair teaches voice workshops, master classes, and lectures at music schools, conservatories, and universities both nationally and internationally. Dr. Nair also maintains an active professional performing career throughout the United States and Europe. We express our thanks to the Van Lawrence Fellowship Committee: Robert T. Sataloff, MD, Chair; Kate Emerich, MS, CCC-SLP; Karen Brunssen; Matthias Echternach, MD; Brian Horne, DM; and Adam Rubin, MD. The Van L. Lawrence Fellowship was created to honor Van L. Lawrence, M.D. for his outstanding contribution to voice, and particularly to recognize the importance of the interdisciplinary education he fostered among laryngologists and singing teachers. Deadline to apply for the 2019 Van L. Lawrence Fellowship is November 15, 2020. Information and application instructions are available online at nats.org/van-lawrence-fellowship.

Van L. Lawrence Fellowship for 2021 Application Deadline: Nov. 15, 2020

The Van L. Lawrence Fellowship was created to honor Van L. Lawrence, M.D. for his outstanding contribution to voice, and particularly to recognize the importance of the interdisciplinary education he fostered among laryngologists and singing teachers. It is awarded jointly by the Voice Foundation and the National Association of Teachers of Singing Foundation.

Candidates for the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship shall be:

1. A member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing who is actively engaged in teaching.

2. The Fellowship shall be awarded to candidates who have demonstrated excellence in their professions as singing teachers, and who have shown interest in and knowledge of voice science.

Members of NATS wishing to apply for the fellowship should write an electronic letter of intent to The Voice Foundation along with your CV (combined into one PDF document). Include the area and methods of your proposed study. E-mail: office@voicefoundation.org a. b. c. d. e.

Current application of scientific knowledge in the studio; The area of intended study and/or research project; How the Fellowship and research project will benefit your teaching; NATS Chapter to which you belong; A detailed curriculum vita.

The 2021 fellowship will be awarded at the 50th Annual Symposium – Care of the Professional Voice, June 2–6, 2021, in Philadelphia For more information, contact The Voice Foundation at 215-735-7999 or email office@voicefoundation.org.

Visit www.nats.org and click on the programs tab to find complete application instructions.

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2020 JOAN FREY BOYTIM AWARD FOR INDEPENDENT TEACHERS

The Joan Frey Boytim Award for Independent Teachers is designed to recognize and support independent teachers who do not hold full or part-time teaching positions in a college or university.

These fellowships are awarded to voice teachers who are NATS members in order to assist with their attendance at the NATS National Conference.

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2020 EMERGING LEADERS AWARDS Seven early-career teachers of singing have been selected to receive 2020 Emerging Leader Awards. This biennial grant program is designed to recognize teachers of singing with no more than 10 years of teaching experience and who are active at the chapter and regional levels of NATS. Winners receive a grant to assist with their attendance and enjoy all the benefits available at the NATS 56th National Conference. This year’s applicants were from the Central, Eastern, Great Lakes, Intermountain, North Central, Northwestern and West Central regions. Applicants from the other seven NATS regions will be eligible for the 2022 awards.

National Association of Teachers of Singing and the NATS Foundation Congratulate the Winners!

Colin Briskey

Seattle, Washington (Northwestern Region)

Troy Castle

Kylie T. Gougler

Marion, Indiana (Great Lakes Region)

Andy King

New York, New York (Eastern Region)

Ingrid Kammin

Dubuque, Iowa (Central Region)

Charles Moore

Greeley, Colorado (West Central Region)

Champaign, Illinois (Central Region)

Heidi Wylie

Milwaukee, Wisconsin (North Central Region)

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2021 NATS Art Song Composition Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 36 2021 NATS Intern Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 135 2021 NATS Winter Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 97 2021 Van Lawrence Fellowship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 127 Abrom Vocal Studio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 47 American Academy of Teachers of Singing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 126 Auditonware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 82 Backing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2 Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 133 Columbus State University – Schwab School of Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 73 Contemporary Musical Theatre Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 115 Diction Buddy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 58 Distinguished Concerts International New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 121 E.C. Schirmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17 Glen Street Press. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 133 Hal Leonard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4, back cover International Congress of Voice Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 111 Ipsilon Music Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside front cover LaGrange College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 55 Longy School of Music of Bard College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 125 NATS Cascade Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 38 NATS 2022 Conference—Save the Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 139 NATS Framing Our Future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 43 New York Singing Teachers’ Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 104 New York University Voice Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 50 Oakland University School of Music, Theatre and Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 139 Oklahoma City University, Wanda L. Bass School of Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32 Petrie School of Music, Converse College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 128 Plural Publishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 90 Rasel Editions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 123 RCM Certificate Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 11 Reinhardt University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 132 Roosevelt University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 65 Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 62 SAVI Singing Actor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 68 Schmidt Vocal Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 138 Shenandoah University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 79 Singing Sergeants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40 Steinway Piano Gallery Nashville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8 S.T.M. Publishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 92 Tennessee Tech University School of Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20 Texas A & M University - Commerce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 100 The Speak Easy Cooperative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 74 The United States Air Force Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 106 UNC Greensboro School of Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28 Vita Vocal Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 13 VoiceLessons.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back cover

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ANNOUNCING THE

2021 NATS Intern Program June 1–10, 2021 Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia Karen Brunssen, Director of the NATS Intern Program Allen Henderson, Local Coordinator • Tana Field, Literature Liaison

The NATS Intern Program is an exciting and innovative venture that seeks to pair experienced and recognized master teachers with talented early career members of NATS. We invite both independent and academic voice teachers and collaborative pianists to apply. Each voice intern teaches lessons to two students and performs in master classes under the supervision of a master teacher. Collaborative piano interns accompany lessons, master classes, and other sessions as appropriate, and coach students under the supervision of the collaborative piano master teacher.

FACULTY: MASTER TEACHERS

Applicants must apply online at www.nats.org

Deadline: Dec. 15, 2020

VOICE Theresa Brancaccio (Northwestern University) Frank Ragsdale (University of Miami) Michelle Markwart-Deveaux (Independent Studio, CA) Kari Ragan (University of Washington, Independent Studio) COLLABORATIVE PIANO Craig Terry (Ryan Opera Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago)

REQUIREMENTS A voice applicant must be a Full or Associate member of NATS in good standing with no more than five years of full-time teaching or the part-time equivalent. Working as a graduate teaching assistant does not count towards the five-year limit. Holding a master’s degree or higher is preferable but not required. A collaborative piano applicant does not have to be a NATS member (although preference is given to those who are), but membership is required if accepted into the program. Applicants should be at the beginning of their careers with no more than approximately five years of full-time collaborative work/teaching/coaching or the part-time equivalent.

APPLICATION PROCESS Complete the application form online at NATS.org, which will include (1) the upload of a resume and headshot. (2) Two letters of reference (solicited and collected electronically during the application process). (3) A brief statement addressing the applicant’s teaching philosophy/philosophy of collaborative work with singers, and motivation for participating in the program. (4) Web links to performance recordings, and (5) web links to video recordings of a sample lesson or coaching.

Testimonials from recent interns: “It was, indeed, career-shaping, and I will never forget the things I learned and the people who have now become part of my vocal family.”

“The most valuable part was absolutely working with my master teacher…. He went above and beyond for us pianists.”

“This program was exactly what my mentors told me it would be and more: the single most formative experience of my early teaching career…. And more than anything, I am so thankful for the lasting relationships I forged with the other interns.”

2019 NATS INTERN PROGRAM NATS 56TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

With partial funding from the NATS Foundation, the annual NATS Intern Program is an exceptional training experience for early career members of NATS, in both studio voice teaching and collaborative piano. Class of 2019 participants worked with master teachers Lynn Helding, Mary Henderson Stucky, J.J. Penna, Dan Johnson-Wilmot, and Kevin Wilson at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, June 3–13. Special events included a guest lecture by Dana Lynne Varga and a tour of the Mass General Hospital Voice Center. Ian Howell and Kayla Gautereaux served as local hosts.

Linda J. Snyder, NATS Past-President, served as Program Director.

2019 Collaborative Piano Interns

2019 Voice Interns

Allan Armstrong

Marquese Carter

Jean Bernard Cerin

Bryan DeSilva

J. Bradley Baker

Kerry A. Ginger

Suna Gunther

Errik M. Hood Logan, UT

Salt Lake City, UT

Michael Womack

David Kirkwood

Rhea Olivaccé

Christopher Reames

Melissa Treinkman

Bloomington, IN

Hillsboro, KS

Magnolia, AR

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Statesboro, GA

Durango, CO

Houston, TX

Lincoln University, PA

Albany, NY

Portage, MI

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East Boston, MA

Cookeville, TN

Andrew Garland Boulder, CO

Seth Keeton

Venice, CA

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2020 NATS INTERN PROGRAM

(RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 2021)

The year of 2020 marks the 30th offering of this signature NATS mentoring program. The NATS Intern Program is an annual 10-day forum that pairs experienced and recognized master teachers with talented early career members of NATS. Within an intensive format designed to promote the dynamic exchange of ideas and techniques, the goal is to improve substantially the studio teaching skills of voice interns and the coaching skills of collaborative piano interns.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 program has been rescheduled for May 2021. NATS Intern Program Class of 2020 participants will work with master teachers Ollie Watts Davis, Margo Garrett, Lorna MacDonald, Dean Southern, and Cynthia Vaughn at the University of Dayton. Program Director is Linda Snyder. Application materials for the official 2021 NATS Intern Program will be available in late summer 2020 at nats.org

2020 Collaborative Piano Interns

2020 Voice Interns

Patricia Au Boston, MA

Sarah Bucher

Katherine Calcamuggio Donner

Sarah Folsom

Susan Gouthro

Liz Gray

Carrie 'CJ' Greer

Samuel Handley

Michael Hendrick

Charles Moore

Daniel Stein

Gretchen Windt

Rachel Lindsay Wood

Bellbrook, OH

Cincinnati, OH

Harrisonburg, VA

Louisville, KY

Qiao Zheng Goh Chapel Hill, NC

Interlochen, MI

Reno, NV

Sheboygan, WI

Baton Rouge, LA

Casey Robards Urbana, IL

Natalie Sherer

Greeley, CO

Athens, OH

Salt Lake City, UT

Whitewater, WI

Ann Arbor, MI

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N AT I O N A L A S S O C I AT I O N O F T E A C H E R S O F S I N G I N G

57TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

SAVE THE DATES AND JOIN US IN CHICAGO For the 57th National Conference July 2-6, 2022 Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile For more information coming soon, visit us at www.nats.org.

NATS DATES & DEADLINES NATS 56TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

To help you stay engaged with NATS, we’ve provided a timeline of important dates as we progress toward the next National Conference in Chicago, July 2–6, 2022. We encourage you to print and post this sheet to remind you of the key dates and deadlines on the NATS schedule.

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2021

2022

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October 1, 2020

NATS National Membership Dues Renewal Begins

November 1, 2020

NATS 2021 Winter Workshop Early Registration Deadline (Registration begins early fall 2020)

November 15, 2020

Van L. Lawrence Fellowship Application Deadline (Registration begins early fall 2020)

December 1, 2020

Art Song 2021 Composition Award Application Deadline (Registration is now open)

December 15, 2020

NATS 2021 Intern Program Application Deadline (Application available late summer 2020)

January 1, 2021

NATS National Membership Dues Renewal Deadline

January 8–10, 2021

NATS 2021 Winter Workshop: Moving Forward: Singing, Teaching, and Self-Care During COVID-19 Grand Canyon University, Phoeniz, AZ

February 15, 2021

Voice Pedagogy Award Application Deadline

Early April, 2021

National Student Auditions (NSA) National Preliminary Round Application Deadline (by invitation only)

May 2021

2020 NATS Intern Program Rescheduled

May 1, 2021

NATS 2021 Summer Workshop Early Registration Deadline

June 1, 2021

NATS 57th National Conference Presentation Proposal Deadline

June 1–10, 2021

NATS 2021 Intern Program, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

June 2021

NATS 2021 Summer Workshop, NSA Semifinal and Final Rounds, TBA

September 1, 2021

NATS Artist Awards (NATSAA) Application Deadline

September 15, 2021

National Music Theater Competition (NMTC) Application Deadline

October 2021

NATS 57th National Conference Registration Begins

October 1, 2021

NATS National Membership Dues Renewal Begins

November 1, 2021

NATS 2022 Winter Workshop Early Registration Deadline

November 15, 2021

Van L. Lawrence Fellowship Application Deadline

December 1, 2021

NATS 57th National Conference Poster Paper Deadline

December 1, 2021

Art Song 2020 Composition Award Application Deadline

December 15, 2021

NATS 2020 Intern Program Application Deadline

January 1, 2022

NATS National Membership Dues Renewal Deadline

Early January, 2022

NATS 2022 Winter Workshop, NATSAA and NMTC Semifinal and Final Rounds, New York City

January 15, 2022

NATS Emerging Leaders Award Application Deadline

February 1, 2022

Joan Frey Boytim Awards for Independent Teachers Application Deadline

February 15, 2022

Voice Pedagogy Award Application Deadline

April 1, 2022

NATS 57th National Conference Early Registration Deadline

Early April, 2022

National Student Auditions (NSA) National Preliminary Round Application Deadline (by invitation only)

Early June, 2022

(dates and location TBA) NATS 2022 Intern Program

July 2–6, 2022

NATS 57th National Conference, Chicago, Illinois

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