Dr. Elvia L. Puccinelli, pianist

VITA AND BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET

Dr. Elvia Puccinelli College of Music, Vocal Studies Division

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas 76203

Home Address: 8301 Early Dawn Trail

Denton, Texas 76210

Phone: Office 940.565.3753

Home 940.898.1399

Email: Elvia.Puccinelli@unt.edu

Education

2000 DMA Keyboard Collaborative Arts University of Southern California minors in Opera Coaching/Stage Directing and Analysis

1991 MM Accompanying University of Southern California

1989 BA Piano Performance and French California State University, Los Angeles

1986 AA Piano Performance, French, Pasadena City College

and Italian

Training Principal Teachers Coachings / Masterclasses

Alan Smith Timothy Lindberg (coaching) Margo Garrett

Milton Stern William Vendice (coaching) Gwendolyn Koldofsky

Henrietta Pelta (coaching) Martin Katz

Hans Beer (conducting) Graham Johnson

Malcolm Hamilton (harpsichord) Warren Jones

Festivals 2000 Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Pianist

1999 San Francisco Opera Center Merola Apprentice Coach Program

1998 Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Pianist

1992 Music Academy of the West Vocal Accompanying

Honors 2000 Outstanding Doctoral Student USC

and 1998 Mickey L. Hooten Memorial Prize, Tanglewood Music Center

Awards 2000, 1997-99, -95 Koldofsky Graduate Fellowship in Accompanying USC

1991 Koldofsky Graduate Fellowship in Accompanying USC

1991 Outstanding Masters Student USC

1991 Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society USC

1987, 1988 Piano Performance Award CSULA

1989 Outstanding Undergraduate Student in French CSULA

1985 Italian-American Scholarship for Students of Italian PCC

Professional Experience: Teaching

Teaching Positions

2009-present Associate Professor of Music University of North Texas, Denton

Coordinator of Collaborative Piano since 2011 Overseeing, maintaining and visioning all aspects of MM and DMA programs in

Collaborative Piano, including curriculum development, website, guest artists/residencies and auditions; Artistic Director of CollabFest (2016-present);

private lessons and weekly studio class for all collaborative piano majors and

selected minors, in addition to classes in collaborative piano skills, art song performance, lyric diction for collaborative pianists and coaching skills;assigning

graduate assistants in collaborative piano and piano performance to playing in

studio, ensemble or classes as part of assistantship or other responsibilities

2004-2009 Assistant Professor of Music

(Collaborative Piano/Vocal Coaching) Courses for graduate pianists and for undergraduate singers in vocal literature

and performance; private coaching for voice majors at all degree levels; related field professor for graduate pianists pursuing a related field in collaborative piano

(vocal); coordination of pianists for auditions; other committee and administrative

duties by election or by appointment of dean and/or chair Acting Director of Collaborative Piano (Fall 2007):

additional administrative and related field responsibilities

2001-2004 Director of Collaborative Piano/ Baylor University, Waco (TX)

Assistant Professor of Piano Studio lessons for graduate and undergraduate pianists; solo and collaborative

literature;

Courses taught: Undergraduate collaborative piano course; Graduate seminars in

vocal literature (two semester survey/performance course) and instrumental duo literature (two semester survey/performance course)

Administrative responsibilities include: directorship of Masters of Music program in Collaborative Piano; making

studio and class assignments for graduate assistant pianists as well as for

graduate and undergraduate pianists enrolled in collaborative piano courses; working with instrumental, vocal and ensemble faculty to meet

the collaborative needs of the school

2000-2001 Full-time Lecturer, Vocal Arts University of Southern California Courses taught: Vocal Chamber Music; Song Literature (two-semester

survey course); Graduate Special Studies in Vocal Literature (Songs of

Poulenc, 1999; Songs of Schumann and Brahms, 2000; American Song after Barber, 2001)

1995-1998 Piano Instructor Pasadena City College, Pasadena (CA) Group and private instruction.

Honors and Awards for Teaching

2009 J. H. Shelton Award for Excellence in Teaching (UNT) (nominated, not received)

Adjudications (by invitation)

2015 Collaborative Piano Competition (University of Texas, Austin)

2007 NATS Chapter Auditions (Fort Worth, TX)

2007, 2003 Dallas Music Teachers Association, Achievement Auditions (Dallas, TX)

2005, 2003 Texas State Solo and Ensemble Competition (Austin, TX)

2004, 2003, 2002 Baylor/Waco Piano Competition (Waco, TX)

2002 Waco Music Teachers Association, Fall Festival Solo Piano Competition

Masterclasses and Residencies (by invitation)

2019 Residency Vanderbilt University

2018 Masterclass Chapman University

2016 Masterclasses University of Massachusetts, Amherst

2015 Masterclass University of Texas at Austin

2015 Masterclass Voces Intimae, Dallas, TX

2012 Residency and Masterclasses University of Southern California

2011 Masterclass Southwestern College (Kansas)

2010 Masterclasses Opera in the Ozarks

2008 Sabbatical Replacement for University of Southern California

Dr. Alan Smith,

Head of Keyboard Collaborative Arts Program

Courses and private instruction at one of the foremost collaborative

programs in the country by invitation of the director of that program.

2008 Masterclass University of Massachusetts, Amherst

2008 Masterclass Dallas Baptist University

2008 Masterclass Virginia Commonwealth University

2007 Artist-in-Residence University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2006 Masterclass NATS, Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter

2006 Artist-in-Residence University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2006 Artist-in-Residence Austin Peay State University (Tennessee)

2006 Masterclass Tarleton State University (Texas)

2005 Masterclass University of Oklahoma at Stillwater

2005 Masterclass; private coachings University of South Dakota (Vermillion) in conjunction with NATS Lewis and

Clark Chapter Fall Event

2004 Masterclass University of North Carolina at Greensboro

2003 Masterclass Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)

2003 Masterclass, private coachings University of Massachusetts, Amherst

2003 Masterclass University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Professional Experience and Creative Activity: Coaching/Collaborative Piano

All positions and appointments gained through invitation or competitive selection.

2018, Faculty Coach OperaWorks Intensive Programs, Los Angeles

2010-16, Private coachings, masterclasses and performances with emerging

2008, professional singers including the presentation of an improvised opera as

2001-06 the culmination of the four-week session; development of a new curriculum

for coach training and certification to be launched in 2018.

2004-present Vocal Coach University of North Texas, Denton Private coachings for undergraduate and graduate voice majors in

preparation for degree recitals, auditions, and other performances

2017 Auditions pianist AIMS in Graz, Dallas region auditions

2016 Auditions pianist OperaWorks

2015 Auditions pianist Merola Opera Program, Dallas region auditions

2013 Musical Director Lingua e Canto, Urbania, Italy

Musical director and private coaching for singers and pianists at

this Italian language and music festival

2008 Pianist National Opera Association convention/competition Pianist for national vocal competition and for concert performances

2008 Pianist National Trumpet Competition (Fairfax, VA) Pianist for national competition

2007 Pianist International Trumpet Guild Conference (Amherst, MA) Staff pianist at this international conference, including all levels of the

national competition

2007-8, -05 Vocal Coach American Institute of Musical Studies, Graz (Austria) Private coachings for/performances with pre-professional opera singers

2004 Pianist Plácido Domingo’s Operalia 2004: The World Opera

Competition (Los Angeles) Pianist for all rounds of this prestigious international competition

2000-2001 Vocal Coach University of Southern California, Los Angeles Private coachings for junior, senior and graduate voice majors in

preparation for degree recitals, auditions, and other performances

2000-2001 Vocal Coach University of California, Irvine Private coachings for undergraduate and graduate voice majors in

preparation for degree recitals, auditions, and opera scenes performances

2000 Pianist Plácido Domingo’s Operalia 2000: The World Opera

Competition (Los Angeles) Pianist for all rounds of this prestigious international competition, including the live radio broadcast of the final round and for piano

rehearsals with Maestro Domingo

2000 Rehearsal pianist for Seiji Ozawa Tanglewood Music Center (Lenox, MA) Rehearsal pianist by specific invitation for Maestro Ozawa in preparation

for performances of Verdi’s Falstaff (2000)

2000 Vocal Coach California Institute of the Arts (Los Angeles) Coachings and masterclasses BM and MM voice majors

1999 Coach/Continuo/Rehearsal pianist Merola Apprentice Coach Program,

San Francisco Opera Center Rehearsal pianist and backstage conductor for Don Giovanni;

Rehearsal pianist and continuo for L’Italiana in Algeri; Private vocal coachings and accompanist for auditions

1998 Rehearsal pianist for Seiji Ozawa Tanglewood Music Center (Lenox, MA) Rehearsal pianist by invitation for Maestro Ozawa in preparation for

performances of Bernstein’s Songfest, and orchestral pianist for performances

2001, 1991 Audition pianist Aspen Music Festival (Los Angeles auditions)

1994, 1993 Audition pianist Santa Fe Opera (Los Angeles auditions)

1997-199 Coach/pianist University of Southern California Opera Workshop

1994-1995 Private coachings, pianist for auditions, rehearsals, and performances

(continuo and in orchestra)

1991 Coach/pianist University of California at Los Angeles Opera Workshop Private coachings in preparation for performances of operatic scenes.

Creative Activity: Recordings and Performances

Recordings

2012 The Door Standing Open, songs of Joelle Wallach, with Jeffrey Snider, baritone

2011 Diversions

Chamber music for brass, piano and percussion with Stentorian Consort, Albany Records

(TROY 1313)

2007 Society of Composers, Inc. Performers Recording Series #3

“Portraits: Songs for Soprano, Baritone and Piano”

with Lynn Eustis, soprano and Robert Best, baritone

CD of all newly-written music to be internationally released by Capstone Records 2007

2007 “From Hearth to Heaven: Forty-two Settings of Schiller’s “An die Freude.”

Project coordinator and fortepianist for recording of early Lieder for A-R Editions

Awaiting release

2007 “Chamber Music of Libby Larsen” - Viola Sonata with Kathryn Steely

In production as part of a collection of Larsen’s chamber works

Selected Performances

Off-campus events (through invitation or competitive selection):

2017 CollabFest at USC: Alumni Recital (Los Angeles)

2017 Recital with Jeffrey Snider at the NATS Texoma Conference (Commerce, TX)

2016 Recital with Molly Fillmore, Emily Dickinson Museum (Amherst, Mass.)

2016 Recital with Takesha Kizart, Winspear Opera House (Dallas)

2014 Recital with Lauren McNeese, Jennifer Youngs and Jake Heggie, NATS National

Conference (Boston)

2014 Recital for Voces Intimae with Jennifer Youngs and Jeffrey Snider (Dallas)

2014 Recital with Stephen Morscheck (Denton, TX)

2012 Recital with soprano Latonia Moore as part of the NATS Texoma Conference (Texas)

2011 Recital with international operatic tenor Dominique Morales (Kansas)

2010 Performance at Eastern Trombone Workshop, U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”

with David Begnoche (Washington D.C.)

world premiere of commissioned work of James Stephenson

2010 Performance at Big XII Trombone Conference (Lubbock, TX)

2010 Fort Worth Trombone Summit

premiere of piano version of work for baritone and trombone by Eric Ewazen

with David Jackson and Daniel Washington of the University of Michigan

2009 Recital with soprano Patricia Gonzalez at the Americas Society in New York City

2009 Performance with Steven Norrell, bass-trombonist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

(Fort Worth)

2009 “Finding your balance” – lecture and recital for Fort Worth Piano Teachers Association

2008 Recitals with Voces Intimae and singers from Dallas and Fort Worth operas (Dallas)

2008 Recitals with Eric Berlin, trumpet (Univeristy of Massachussetts, Amherst and

Virginia Commonwealth University)

2008 Recital with Jeffrey Snider, baritone (Dallas Baptist University)

2007 “Portraits: Songs for Soprano, Baritone and Piano” with Lynn Eustis, soprano and

Robert Best, baritone, at the NATS conference, Texoma Region

2007 Recital with Christopher Martin, principal trumpet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

2007 International Trumpet Guild, International Conference, official pianist (Amherst, MA)

2007 “American Dreamer” song recital (Graz, Austria)

2007 Americké Jaro (Czech Republic), chamber music recitals with James Scott, flute

2006 “Contemporary American Music for Voice and Piano”

recital of newly composed American art songs

Performances with Lynn Eustis and Robert Best at the

National Conference of the Society of Composers, Inc., in conjunction with the

National Conference of College Music Society (San Antonio) and at

Henderson State University, AK

2006 Hudebni Festival Vysočina (Czech Republic), eight song and chamber music recitals

with Lynn Eustis, soprano and James Scott, flute

2006 “Bach to Broadway” Concert with members of Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles

2005 “Serenata: Musik im Joanneumhof” concerts of arias and songs, Graz, Austria, 2005

2005 “Bach to Broadway” Concert with mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzmán and members of Los

Angeles Opera, Los Angeles

2005 Accademia Benedetto Marcello, Venice, Italy, duet performance with Pamela Mia Paul

2005 University of South Dakota (Vermillion), song recital, with Linda DiFiore, contralto

2005 University of Oklahoma Stillwater, song recital with Lynn Eustis, soprano

2005 Baylor University, song recital with Deborah Williamson, soprano

2005 NATS Texoma Convention, featured recitalist with Deborah Williamson (Norman, OK)

2004 Plácido Domino’s Operalia 2004: The World Opera Competition, Los Angeles

Played for all piano rounds of this prestigious international competition

2004 Hudebni Festival Vysočina (Czech Republic), two recitals of American Art Song

with Lynn Eustis, soprano

2004 Viola International Congress, featured recitalist

2004 CMS South Central Regional Conference, featured performer

Performances of Libby Larsen’s Viola Sonata with Kathryn Steely and

Fantaisie for trombone and piano of Yvonne Desportes with Kevin Chiarizzio

2004 Recital with trumpeter Wiff Rudd (Baylor faculty) at Del Mar College (Del Mar, TX)

2003 World Saxophone Congress, featured recitalist with Michael Jacobson and Mark Ford

2003 Col Canto Art Song and Vocal Chamber Music, recital of Lieder of Wolf (Houston, TX)

2003 NATS Texoma Convention, featured recitalist with Baylor’s voice faculty (Abliene, TX)

2003 Stotsenberg Recital performance with Jessica Rivera, Pepperdine Univ. (Malibu, CA)

2003 Recital with trumpet faculty Eric Berlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

2002 NATS Texoma Convention, featured recitalist with soprano Tracy Rhodus (Houston)

2001 Stotsenberg Recital performance with Jessica Rivera, Pepperdine Univ. (Malibu, CA)

2000 Operalia 2000, live radio broadcast and all piano rounds of the competition (Los Angeles)

2000 Los Angeles Philharmonic Chamber Society Concert (Los Angeles)

2000 Continuo, Bach Magnificat with Seiji Ozawa, Tanglewood Music Center (Lenox, MA)

1999 Continuo, L’Italiana in Algeri, San Francisco Opera Center (CA)

1998 Recitalist with soprano Lucy Shelton, Tanglewood Music Center (Lenox, MA)

1998 Orchestral pianist under Seiji Ozawa, Tanglewood Music Center (Lenox, MA)

1998 Radio broadcast of “Immortal Beloved,” a recital of songs and cellos sonatas of Beethoven

on KMZT (Los Angeles)

On-campus performances (at UNT, unless otherwise specified):

2017 Inaugural recital of the Ceciliane Trio with Molly Fillmore and Daphne Gerling

2017 Songs of Tom Cipullo recital, with Mr. Cipullo

2017 CollabFest at UNT faculty recital

2017 Recital with Molly Fillmore

2017 Recital with Jason Bergman

2017 Reital with William Scharnberg

2017 Recital with Natalie Mannix

2017 Recital with Jeffrey Snider

2017 Recital with Kathleen Reynolds

2017 Recital with Emily Pulley

2017 Performance in the John J. Haynie Tribute Concert

2016 Recital with Julia Bushokva, Kimberly Cole-Luevano and Jennifer Youngs

2016 Recital with Molly Fillmore, Terri Sundberg and Eugene Osadchy

2016 CollabFest at UNT faculty recital

2015 Student showcase recital featuring songs of Jake Heggie, with Mr. Heggie

2015 Recital with William Joyner and Stephen Morscheck, as part of the Vesele Vanoce Festival

2015 Recital with William Joyner

2015 Recital with Molly Fillmore

2015 Recital with Jeffrey Snider

2013 Recital with soprano Robin Fisher

2012 Recital with soprano Carol Wilson

2012 Liederabend in honor of the 90th birthday of Professor Harold Heiberg

2012 Holiday Choral Concert

2010 Recital with baritone Jeffrey Snider

2010 Recital with mezzo-soprano Linda Di Fiore

2010 Recital with guest artist Darryl Taylor, countertenor

2009 Recital with Steven Morscheck, bass-baritone

2009 Recital with guest artist soprano Patricia Gonzalez as part of a series of musicology events

2008 Instrumental Division Concert

2008 Recital with Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano

2008 Recital of with guest artist Eric Berlin, trumpet

2008 Recital with Lynn Eustis, soprano

2007 Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano, C.P.E. Bach, with Bradley Bennight,

harpsichord, and UNT Baroque Orchestra under Lyle Nordstrom; as part of the

Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society Conference

2007 Liederabend with fortepiano, featuring UNT’s voice faculty, 2007

2007 Bach and Handel selections with Lynn Eustis, soprano, Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano,

Richard Croft, tenor, and James Scott, flute

2007 Recital with John Holt, trumpet

2007 Recital with Jeffrey Snider, baritone

2006 Recital with Lynn Eustis, soprano and Robert Best, baritone

2006 Performance with guest artist K. David Van Hoesen, bassoon

2006 Recital with trombonist Tony Baker

2005 Recital with Lynn Eustis, soprano

2005 Recital with Jeffrey Snider, baritone

2005 Chamber Music Recital with Pamela Mia Paul, piano

2005 Recital with Deborah Williamson, soprano

2004 Recital with Lynn Eustis, soprano and James Scott, flute

2004 Recital with guest artist, Erika Leake, flute

2004 Recital of Songs and Chamber Music of Libby Larsen (in attendance) (Baylor University)

Numerous chamber music recitals with members of Baylor University School of Music

Faculty and guest artists, 2001-2004 including performances with

2004 Patrick Sheridan, internationally recognized tuba soloist

2003 Phil Smith, principal trumpet, New York Philharmonic

2003 Thomas Bacon, international horn soloist

Selected Conducting and Choral Accompanying

2000 Choral preparation for Bach’s Magnificat with Craig Smith, Tanglewood (Lenox, MA)

1999 Backstage conductor, Don Giovanni, Merola Opera Program, San Francisco

1997 Chorus master/backstage conductor, Die Zauberflöte, USC Opera Workshop

1995 Backstage conductor, Suor Angelica, USC Opera Workshop (Los Angeles)

1996 Choir director/organist, St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church (Los Angeles)

1989-91 Rehearsal and performance pianist, USC Chamber Singers (Los Angeles)

Creative Activity: Publications

Publications

2016 Puccinelli, Elvia (2016). CollabCorner: Thoughts and Tools for Team Building in the

Studio. Journal of Singing, November/December 2016, Volume 73, NO. 2, pp. 217-220.

Written by invitation of column founder, Margo Garrett.

2010 Puccinelli, Elvia (2010). Finding your balance: techniques for pianists, their partners and

their teachers. American Music Teacher Magazine, 59(5), 12-15.

Accepted through peer-review process for publication in this significant

journal

2007 Puccinelli, Elvia. (2007) Go East, Young Man, or how two American song composers

used ‘orientalisms’ to find an American voice. In Ignacio López-Calvo (Ed.),

Alternative Orientalisms in Latin America and Beyond. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge

Scholars Publishing. isbn: 9781847181435

Competitively selected for publication in this interdisciplinary collection of

essays.

2002-2006 Research partner, translation expert for:

Gerhart, Martha. Italian Song Texts from the 17th Century. Geneseo, NY: Leyerle

Publications, 2002.

__________. Italian Song Texts from the 18th Century. Geneseo, NY: Leyerle

Publications, 2007.

Diction Reference Source

Diction by Joan Wall and Robert Caldwell, addressing all the major sung

languages, is one of the nation’s most frequently used texts on the subject. In their new edition in 2011, an online interactive component was added in which

students will hear sounds and words pronounced by an expert speaker; students will have the opportunity not only to repeat the sound or word, but also to play

back both examples, repeating the drill as desired. At the invitation of Mr. Caldwell, I served as the expert for both the Italian and

the Latin chapters of this new edition, recording all of the spoken examples for both languages; the recording went live in fall 2011 and is currently in use. This

is a significant scholarly contribution.

Publication Projects

2014-2017 Performer’s guide to selected songs and song cycles of Jake Heggie, in

collaboration with Mr. Heggie. The work was active through 2017 and is currently

being restructured.

Creative Activity: Abstracts, Proceedings, and Papers Presented

Artistic Director of National Conference:

CollabFest and CollabWeek at UNT 2016 and 2017 In October 2015, I served as one of two coordinators for an event celebrating a “big” birthday

of my mentor, Alan Smith, Chair of Keyboard Studies at the University of Southern California. This event gathered over thirty alumni of the program from all over the country, as well as

some former colleagues. While being first and foremost a personal tribute to a man who has had deep influence in my life, my co-chair Lisa Sylvester (USC) and I visioned this as the first of a type of “conference” to be expanded upon in the near future. In spring 2016, while on sabbatical, I began developing a festival to take place at UNT. That

event was CollabFest. As far as we know, this was the first conference ever in any location to be devoted exclusively to collaborative piano. The event featured ten faculty presenter-performers. Guest faculty, including Anne Epperson (Indiana University), Ann Baltz (OperaWorks) and Margaret Singer (Opera de Paris), joined UNT faculty and other guests for a full day of sessions, performances and fellowship. The event was a great success, creating incredible visibility for our programs at UNT. The October 22 conference was the culmination

of what became “CollabWeek”: the week began with three days of intense study of Russian language and vocal literature in classes and in coachings with Prof. Kenneth Griffiths of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. (The residency included six hours of diction classes and eight hours of public masterclass, in addition to small group and private sessions, all of which I coordinated). Following that residency, UNT alum Dr. Willem van Schalkwyk came for two days during which he gave classes for opera and for collaborative piano.

Based on the overwhelming positive response to CollabFest at UNT 2016, I expanded the event to a two day conference at UNT for 2017. Featured guest faculty included Dr. Jean Barr (Eastman School of Music), Dr. Dana Brown (Roosevelt University), in addition to seventeen other faculty from around the country and from UNT. Topics ranged from self-care and injury prevention to skills and repertoire based sessions; a student showcase recital featured

collaborative pianists from thirteen years of age through young professionals. CollabFest at UNT 2017 was the culmination of CollabWeek at UNT: the week began with a three day residency given by internationally acclaimed composer Tom Cipullo. Mr. Cipullo worked with nearly twenty student singers and pianists in private coachings and public masterclasses, and prepared performers for a showcase recital of his works, which included the world premiere of a new cycle commissioned by Michael Anthony McGee and performed with Dr. Liza

Stepanova (University of Georgia, SongFest). CollabFest is intented to take place throughout the country, and CollabFest at USC took place in October 2017, under the artistic leadership of Dr. Lisa Sylvester, for whom I served as advisor.

Please see http://collaborativepiano.music.unt.edu/, searching the CollabFest dropdown, for more information about the festival, schedule and faculty.

International Presentations

2006 Orientalisms and the Chinese Diaspora in the Americas (international conference), UNT

“Go East, Young Man, or how two American song composers used ‘orientalisms’

to find an American voice”

with Anne Schantz (Ouachita Baptist University)

2006 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities (Honolulu, HI)

“Ariettes oubliées: Art songs from a century of female composers”

with Deborah Williamson (Baylor University)

2004 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities (Honolulu, HI)

“Go East, Young Man, or how two American song composers used ‘orientalisms’

to find an American voice”

with Dr. Rebecca Sherburn, soprano (UMKC)

National Presentations (by competitive selection unless otherwise noted)

2016 The Collaborative Pianist Summit, held at National Association of Teachers of Singing

(NATS) and National Opera Association (NOA) Winter Workshop (Indianapolis)

a series of three sessions on building collaborative piano programs in universities

with Margo Garrett, Juilliard School of Music, and Donna Loewy, Cincinnati

College-Conservatory of Music, by invitation

2014 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) National Convention (Boston)

“Facing Forward/Looking Back: Themes of Self and Relationship in the Songs of

Jake Heggie”

with Jake Heggie

2014 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) National Convention (Boston)

“Identifiying and Encouraging Collaborative Piano Talent in the Voice Studio”

with Margo Garrett, Juilliard School of Music, and Donna Loewy, Cincinnati

College-Conservatory of Music, by invitation

2009 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) National Convention (Atlanta)

“Playing the words: techniques for partnering effectively with sung text”

2007 National Convention of the College Music Society (Salt Lake City),

“Ariettes oubliées: Art songs from a century of female composers”

with Deborah Williamson (Baylor University)

2005 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) National Convention (Seattle)

“Finding your balance: techniques for pianists, their ensemble partners,

and their teachers”

with Natasha Ospina

Regional Presentations

2017 Shakespeare, Goethe, Verlaine, NATS Texoma Regional Conference Recital

with Jeffrey Snider

2012 Lieder with a Keyboard the Composer Knew, NATS Texoma Regional Conference

Lecture-recital on period instruments with members of UNT’s voice faculty

2011 Plano Music Teachers’ Association, Exploring the Collaborative Pianist’s Art (Plano,TX)

2005 National Assoc. of Teachers of Singing, Texoma Regional Conference (Norman, OK)

“Finding your balance: techniques for pianists, their ensemble partners,

and their teachers”, with Lynn Eustis (UNT)

2004 College Music Society South Central Regional Conference (Arkadelphia, AR), and

“Go East, Young Man, or how two American song composers used ‘orientalisms’

to find an American voice” , with Dr. Rebecca Sherburn, soprano (UMKC)

2004 Collaborative Piano Festival, Steinway Hall Dallas As part of this day-long festival geared toward high-school age pianists and their teachers, I offered one of three presentations (“Vocal Collaboration”), and

participated in a panel discussion and recital of collaborative literature.

2006, 2005 Putting Collaborative Piano Skills to Work, UNT College of Music Career Night

2003 Music at Baylor (KWBU 103.3 FM): “The Collaborative Art” An hour-long interview featuring a number of recordings of my live collaborative

performances presented at Baylor over the previous two years; broadcast multiple times in 2003

Collaborations on Papers and Lecture-Recitals:

2006 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities (Honolulu, HI) Compositional Style and Dramatic Integration in Clara Schumann’s Rückert

Lieder – A Performer’s Analysis, collaborative pianist for the performance of this

lecture-recital presented by Linda Di Fiore,

2006 “Musical settings of Schiller’s An die Freude before Ludwig van Beethoven’s” (UNT) coordinated singers, repertoire and worked with presenter Dr. James Parsons for

2006 presentation at UNT, and in preparation for spring 2007 recording of this and additional literature with fortepiano for A&R Editions

See also “Selected Performances” for recital presentations at conferences.

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Professional Activities

Membership in Professional Organizations: College Music Society

Music Teachers National Association

National Association of Teachers of Singing

Areas of Expertise:

Language Spoken: French and Italian (conversation); German (functional skills)

Skills Translation: French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish.

Diction: English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, IPA

Related Harpsichord, figured bass reading, Baroque style, continuo

Areas of Art song literature, particularly French and American repertoire

Expertise French language and literature, and Italian language

and Symbolism in poetry as related to art song

Other Duo sonata and chamber music literature

Teaching Opera stage directing

Competencies Organ performance and literature; liturgical music; choral conducting

Grants

2014 Faculty Development Leave, UNT (applied and awarded for Spring 2016)

Performer’s guide to selected songs and song cycles of Jake Heggie, for

internet publication and carried out in collaboration with Mr. Heggie

2007 Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, UNT (applied)

2006 Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, University of North Texas This research centers around the songs and mélodies of Poldowski.

2003 Summer Research Grant, Baylor University (Waco, TX) Research focusing on art song works of female composers of the 19th and

early 20th centuries, and resulting in multiple performances

Consulting: OperaWorks (Los Angeles)

Continued visioning for the future of the program, as it celebrated its 30th

anniversary in 2017, as well as re-imagining of the performance projects

that serve as final projects for the sessions; development of curriculum for

training vocal coaches in the OperaWorks model, and creation of a three-

tiered structure of coach certification.

Italian Operatic Experience (Montecatini, Italy)

Assisting with strategic planning for collaborative piano and vocal

coaching programs

Voces Intimae (Dallas)

Artistic Advisor and Pianist for this art song performance organization,

featuring singers from Dallas and Fort Worth Opera

Service to the University of North Texas:

University Committees and Councils

2008 – 2011 Faculty Senate (elected)

2009 – 2011 Committee on Committees

2010 - 2011 Committee on Faculty Participation in Governance

2005-2008 Faculty Awards Committee (by appointment)

2004-2007 Parking Appeals Committee (by appointment)

2005 SECC Coordinator for Vocal Studies Division (by appointment)

College of Music Committees and Councils

2011- present Coordinator of Collaborative Piano (by appointment)(no load release)

2017-18 College of Music Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure (by election)

2017 Opera Director Search Committee

2017 Opera Coach Search Committee

2011- 17 Library Committee (by appointment)

2011 (fall) College of Music Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure (by election)

2010-2013 College of Music Personnel Affairs Committee (by election)

2006-2009 Faculty Advisory Committee (by election)

2005-2008 Diversity Advisory Representative (by appointment)

2005-2007 Elections Committee (by election)

2004-2007 Music Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (by appointment)

2005-2006 Faculty Secretary (by election)

Division Committees and Councils

2017 Acting Division Chair (Merit and Reappointment; by appointment)

2013-2015 Chair, Division Personnel Affairs Committee

2010- 2013 Division Personnel Affairs Committee

2004-2009 Opera Scholarship Advisory Committee (by appointment)

Other service to the division (by appointment or request):

2010-2011 Coordination of coachings and student performances of works of

Jake Heggie during the composer’s residency

2006-2010 Plan/coordinate weekly Voice Departmental performance series

2004-present Assignment of TF pianists to voice studios for collaborative work

2004-present Playing graduate voice auditions, and

coordination of pianists for voice auditions