Clara '96

EDUCATION and CURRENT POSITION

Doctor of Music, Voice, Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, 1999

Minors: Choral Conducting and Music History and Literature

Master of Music, Voice, Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, 1991

Cognate: Choral Conducting

Bachelor of Music, Voice, Wheaton Conservatory, Wheaton, Illinois, 1986

Associate Professor of Music, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Penn. 2001-present

Teaching Studio Voice, Diction for Singers, Music Theory, Music Literature

PERFORMANCE

Opera

Huntsville Opera Theater productions of:

    Upcoming:  Rossini – Cenerentola (Don Ramiro), 2002

Mozart - Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio), 2000

1995 Bloomington Early Music Festival production with Bimbetta

Purcell - Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas), 1995

Indiana University Opera Theater productions of:

Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos (Tanzmeister/Brighella), 1996

Britten - Peter Grimes (Boles), 1994

Massenet - Manon (Guillot de Morfontaine), 1994

Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Pedrillo), 1993

Holst - Savitri (Satyavan), 1993

Purcell - Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas), 1993

Weill - Zar lässt sich photographieren (Falsche Gehilfe), 1993

Verdi - Falstaff (Bardolfo), 1992

Mozart - Nozze di Figaro (Don Curzio), 1992

Bizet - Carmen (Remendado), 1992

Mozart - Impresario (Mr. Cash) 1991-1992

Bizet - Le Docteur Miracle (Silvio), 1991

Major Song Cycle Repertoire

Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Sechs Lieder für eine Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Op. 1
Louis Spohr: Deutsche Lieder, Op. 103 for Voice, Clarinet and Piano
Robert and Clara Schumann: Gedichte aus Friedrich Rückert's Liebesfrühling, Op. 12/37
Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 24
Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Johannes Brahms: Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Op.63
Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder

Vincenzo Bellini: Sei Ariette
Antonin Dvorák: Biblische Lieder, Op.99
Arthur Honegger: Trois Psalmes

Gerald Finzi: Oh fair to see, Op. 13b
Ivor Gurney: Five Elizabethan Songs
Alan Hovhaness: Three Odes of Solomon
Ned Rorem: Flight for Heaven
Ralph Vaughn Williams: Four Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Piano

Solo Concerts and Recitals

Faculty Recital, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Penn., 2001

Alban Berg, Paolo Tosti, G.F. Handel, Gerald Finzi, Charles Gounod

1840: Wedding-Year Lieder of Robert and Clara Schumann, Including Dichterliebe

Guest Artist Recital, University of Victoria School of Music, British Columbia, 2001

1840: Wedding-Year Lieder of Robert and Clara Schumann, Including Dichterliebe

Faculty Recital, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2000

The Joys & Tears of Love - Faculty Recital, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1999

Bellini, Duparc, Gurney, Clara Schumann and others

Departed Spirits - Halloween Faculty Recital, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1997

Clara Schumann, Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn, Mozart, Brahms, Webber

Songs, Romances, and Piano Trio of Clara Schumann - Centenary Concert, 1996

Sponsored by the College Music Society’s Institute on Women, Music & Gender

Complete Lieder of Clara Schumann - Centenary Concert, 1996

Doctor of Music recitals, Indiana University

The Joys & Tears of Love: A Song Recital

Bellini, Duparc, Gurney, Clara Schumann and others, 1999

Friends, Siblings, Spouses - Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn, Robert & Clara Schumann, 1994

Recital of Mozart, Spohr, Gurney, Honegger, 1993

Master of Music recitals, Indiana University

Recital of Handel, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, 1991

Recital of Bach, DeLuca, Bizet, Schumann, Vaughan-Williams, 1990

Bachelor of Music recitals, Wheaton Conservatory

Recital of Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Rorem, 1986

Recital of Haydn, Wolf, Fauré, Dvorák, 1985

Solo appearances

Friends of Geneva College Concerts, Beaver Falls, 2001

Handel - Messiah, Tenor Rôle, Southwood Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, 2000

Schumann - Dichterliebe, Lindberg Farm Concert Series, Madison County, 2000

Handel - Messiah, Tenor Rôle, Huntsville Community Chorus, 1999

Handel - Messiah, Tenor Rôle, Weatherly Heights Baptist Church, Huntsville, 1999

Handel - Messiah, University of Alabama in Huntsville Concert Choir, 1999

Masterclass and Concert, Oberlin Conservatory, 1999

City Lights & Stars Concert at the Burritt Museum, Huntsville, 1998

Music Appreciation Group Concerts, Huntsville, 1998-2001

Christmas Eve Concert, First Church of God, Dallas, 1997

Southwood Christmas Program, Southwood Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, 1997

Music for the Holidays - Huntsville Community Chorus, 1997

D. Royce Boyer Retirement Concert, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1997

Handel - Messiah, Tenor Rôle, Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, 1994

Bach - Cantata 131 Indiana University, 1991

Bach - Cantatas 80, 97, 130, 149 Columbus Pro Musica Orchestra, 1990

CHORAL CONDUCTING

Concert Choir, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1998

Music on the Move - Fall Concert, 1998

Christmas Messiah:  Highlights and Stars - Christmas Concert, 1998

Music Department Christmas Concert, 1998

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

 “Severn Meadows I: A Background of Influences,” Ivor Gurney Society Journal 6 (2000): 93-105.
 “Severn Meadows II: The Actual Catalysts,” Ivor Gurney Society Journal 7 (2001): 81-90.
 “Singing Gurney: A History of Recording and Mandate for the Future,”

Ivor Gurney Society Journal 5 (1999): 53-60.

 “Gurney Bibliography Update,” Principal contributor, Ivor Gurney Society Journal 5 (1999): 61-72.

“An Interpretive Analysis of Three Early Songs of Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)”

Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University, 1999 (325 pages).  Abstract.

“Ivor Gurney: Poet-Composer (1890-1937)” Website, Founder and Editor, 1999-present

URL: “Ivor.Gurney.net”  Designated in 2000 as the Official Website of the Ivor Gurney Society.

“Clara Schumann and the Clara’96 Campaign: Making a Great Man of a Woman,”

International Alliance for Women in Music Journal 2 (June 1996): 8-11. Full text.

Clara Schumann Website, Founder and Editor, 1995-present

URL: “www.uah.edu/clara/schumann.html”

TEACHING

Associate Professor of Music, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Penn., 2001-present

Courses Taught at Geneva:

Studio Voice (MUA121-MUA321)

Class Voice (MUA156)

Diction for Singers (MUS121)

Introduction to Music Literature (MUS210)

Aural Skills I-IV (MUS128-9, MUS228-9)

Huntsville Opera Theater

French Language Coach, Bizet - Carmen production, 2001

Assistant Professor of Music, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1997-2001

Courses Taught at UAH:

Studio Voice (MUA111-414)

Voice Class (Seminars on Diction, Opera & Art Song Literature, Vocal Pedagogy, Sightsinging)

Introduction to Music Literature (MU100)

Music Theory I and Musicianship I (MU201/MU203)

Introduction to Music Theory (MU101)

UAH Concert Choir (MUA190/390)

Tools for Learning in Courses Taught by David Kenneth Smith

URL: “www.uah.edu/clara/courses.html”

Lectures on the Nineteenth Century Female Musician

Private voice studio 1992-1997, Bloomington
Guest lecturer for Doctoral Song Literature classes, Indiana University
Guest conductor for Bloomington South High School Sounds of South Madrigal Camp

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Member, Patent and Copyright Committee, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2000-2001

Representative of the College of Liberal Arts to The Arts Council, Huntsville, 2000-2001
Member, Search and Screen Committee for Music Faculty Position, 1998

Editor, Music Department Newsletter, 1997, 1999

Music Department Liaison to University Library, 1997-2001

ADJUDICATION

          Adjudicator, National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)

Tri-State NATS Auditions (Penn., Ohio, W.Virg), 2001-present

          Alabama State Auditions, 1998-2001

                    Southeast Regional Auditions, 1998

          Adjudicator, Trumbauer Theater Competition (Alabama District One)

                    Male and Female Solo and Duet Auditions, 1997

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

College Music Society (CMS)

National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)

Clara Schumann Society

Ivor Gurney Society

VOICE INSTRUCTORS

Indiana University School of Music:

Giorgio Tozzi, Professor Emeritus of Voice, 1992-1997

James King, Professor of Voice, 1991-1992

Dallas Draper, Professor Emeritus of Voice, Louisiana State University, 1991-1992

Jean Deis, Professor Emeritus of Voice, 1987-1991

Wheaton Conservatory:

Clayton Halvorsen, Professor of Voice, 1983-1986

CONDUCTING INSTRUCTORS

Indiana University School of Music:

Prof. Robert Porco, Professor of Conducting, 1993

Dr. Thomas Dunn, Professor of Conducting, 1991-1994

Dr. Jan Harrington, Professor of Conducting, 1990

Dr. Carmen Tellez, Associate Professor of Conducting, 1989

Wheaton Conservatory:

Dr. Paul Wiens, Professor of Conducting, 1983-1986

CONDUCTORS

Leonard Slatkin — Imre Pallo — Raffi Armenian — Bryan Balkwill — Thomas Baldner

Robert Porco — Jan Harrington — Paul Biss — Paul Wiens — Viliar Puu Weimann

STAGE DIRECTORS

Vincent Liotta — David Morelock — James Lucas — Giorgio Tozzi — Helen Bargetzi

VOCAL COACHES

Leonard Hokanson — Gary Arvin — Mark D. Phelps — Marie Libal-Smith

DEVELOPMENT

Richard Miller - Institute of Vocal Performance Pedagogy, Oberlin Conservatory, 1999

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Approval Plans Supervisor, Monographic Processing Services, Indiana University Libraries, 1988-1997

REFERENCES

Giorgio Tozzi, Professor of Voice, Indiana University

Robert Porco, Director of Choruses, The Cleveland Orchestra

James King, Professor of Voice, Indiana University

Jean Deis, Professor Emeritus of Voice, Indiana University

Dallas Draper, Professor Emeritus of Voice, Louisiana State University

Dale Moore, Professor of Voice, Eastman School of Music

Gary Arvin, Associate Professor of Voice, Indiana University

James Feldman, Professor of Music Theory, Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory

Nina Alspaugh, Artistic Director, Huntsville Opera Theater

Clara '96 at ClaraSchumann.net