Rachelle Woolston, soprano EDUCATION · Doctor of Musical Arts: Voice, 2012
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM): Cincinnati, OH o Dissertation document: “The Voice of Children in Art Song: A Study of Six Cycles Involving a Child’s Perspective” o Cognate field: German · Master of Music: Voice, 2004
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM): Cincinnati, OH · Bachelor of Arts: Voice, 2002
Brigham Young University (BYU): Provo, UT OPERA EXPERIENCE · Violetta, La Traviata (Verdi) directed by Dylan Thomas, Center Stage Opera, (Chatsworth, CA), September 2014 · Mother Abbess, The Sound of Music (Rogers & Hammerstein) Burbank Community Theater, (Burbank, CA) June 2014 · Cio-Cio San (cover), Madama Butterfly (Puccini) directed by Dylan Thomas: Center Stage Opera, (Chatsworth, CA), June 2014 · Oscar (partial role), Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) conducted by Mark Gibson: CCM (Cincinnati, OH), 2004 · The Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) conducted by Paul Stanbery: Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra (Fairfield, OH), 2003 · Lady Harriet (partial role), Martha (Flotow) directed by Thomas de Mallet Burgess: CCM (Cincinnati, OH), 2003 · Kolombine, Die Kleine Harlekinade (Salieri) directed by Sandra Bernhard: CCM (Cincinnati, OH), 2003 · Barbarina, Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) directed by Paula Williams: CCM (Cincinnati, OH), 2003 · Susanna (cover), Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) coached by Kelly Hale: CCM (Cincinnati, OH), 2003 · The Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) directed by Lawrence Vincent: BYU (Provo, UT), 2000 · Dew Fairy, Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) directed by Lawrence Vincent: BYU (Provo, UT), 2000 · Valencienne, The Merry Widow (Lehár) directed by Marion Bentley and Lawrence Vincent: BYU (Provo, UT), 1997 SELECTED RECITAL PERFORMANCES · Collaborative recital: “Facets of Love” with bassoonist PJ Woolston, (Marian Univeristy), Feb 15, 2015 · Collaborative recital: “Love, Madness and Longing: Songs of Richard Strauss in Celebration of his 150th Birthday” with USC French horn professor Jim Thatcher (Burbank, CA), April 6, 2014 · Guest soloist: Santa Barbara Music Club Concert Series (Santa Barbara, CA), March 22, 2014 · Guest soloist: Presidio Concert Series (San Francisco, CA), March 13, 14, 15, 2014 · Solo recital tour (Madrid, Spain), March 8-9, 2014 · Solo recital: “An Evening of Classical Music” (Houston, TX), 2014 · Chamber recital: “Canto e Corno” with French horn player Cindy Deane and pianist Coleen Thatcher (in Pasadena, CA), 2013 · Collaborative recital with organist James Welch (San Diego, CA), 2013 · Guest artist recital at Brigham Young University (Provo, UT), 2013 · Solo recital: “An Evening Voyage across Europe” (Houston, TX), 2004 · Featured soloist “Laurie’s Song” (Copland) BYU School of Music Convocation Ceremony (Provo, UT), 2002 · Recital tour (Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira), 2000 ADVANCED PERFORMANCE TRAINING · Middlebury College German for Singers Program in Middlebury, VT, 2005 (James McDonald, Carolyn Hague) · Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca in Italy, Solisti program, 2004 (Lorenzo Malfatti, Barbara Honn) · Rising Star Singers Audition Works in Rising Sun, IN, 2003 (Gene Klein, Christina Haan, Terry Lusk) · Grandin Festival in Cincinnati, OH, 2003, 2004 (Warren Jones) HONORS AND AWARDS · Finalist, Corbett Opera Competition, CCM, 2005 · Finalist, Irma M Cooper Vocal Competition, Columbus, OH, 2004 · 2nd place National Council Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Rocky Mountain Region), 2001 · The Mrs. Theodore R. McEwen Award; The Arthur and Miriam Bender Memorial Award; The Diamond Wendelboe Memorial Award; Patron Award; Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Rocky Mountain Region), 2001 · Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, (Utah District), 2001 · National Merit Scholar, BYU, 1995 TEACHERS AND COACHES Voice teachers · Barbara Honn · Audrey B. Luna · Lawrence Vincent · Lila Stuart-Bachelder Stage Directors · Dylan Thomas · Sandra Bernhard · Paula Williams · Thomas de Mallet Burgess · Lawrence Vincent Vocal Coaches · Shira Renée Thomas · Terry Lusk · Donna Loewy · Kenneth Griffiths · Martin Katz Conductors Brian Onderdonck · Misha Shtangrud · Earl Rivers · Stephen Coker · Ronald Staheli · Mack Wilberg LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY · Spanish: Conversational level of fluency acquired through childhood travel to Spain and college coursework · Portuguese: Conversational level of fluency acquired while living in Portugal (1998-2000) · German: Seven-week immersive language study at Middlebury College, advanced level (2005), Goethe-Institut Zeugnis Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (ZMP) score: “gut” · Italian: Six-week intensive language study in Lucca, Italy, advanced level (2004) · French: Proficiency exam for one year of college course credit (2001-2002)
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