File - Dana Zenobi, Soprano
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File - Dana Zenobi, Soprano
DANA ZENOBI 2450 Wickersham Lane #1602 ♦ Austin, TX 78741 ♦ 512-507-6137 ♦ [email protected] ♦ www.danazenobi.com Southwestern University ♦ Sarofim School of Fine Arts ♦ 1001 E. University Avenue ♦ Georgetown, TX 78626 ♦ [email protected] EDUCATION AND TRAINING Doctor of Musical Arts - Voice Performance and Pedagogy The University of Texas at Austin 2011 Master of Music - Opera Performance The University of Texas at Austin Bachelor of Arts - Music/Women’s Studies, magna cum laude Duke University 2003 1999 Treatise: A Study of Listening Behaviors and the Effectiveness of Aural Modeling with Undergraduate Level Singers Dalcroze Eurythmics Certificate – Modules I, II (III, IV pending) Institute for Jaques Dalcroze Education 2014 Resonance Repatterning Practitioner Certification Repatterning Practitioners’ Association 2010 Certificate in Communications Duke University Continuing Education 2001 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX 2007-present Part-Time Assistant Professor 2014-15 expanded responsibilities include serving as Assistant Director for full production of Mark Adamo’s Little Women, Southwestern Opera Theatre. Created musical and staging rehearsal schedule. Assisted with casting decisions. Recruited three professional guest artist performers. Assisted with musical preparation. Directed selected scenes (Beth’s death scene, Prologue). Directed staging rehearsals when Director unable to attend. Collaborated with Theater Department to procure costumes. Served as contact for stage management, technical staff, and lighting staff. Created online presence for Opera Theatre and managed promotion through social media. 2013-2014 expanded responsibilities include teaching Song Literature and Performance and Vocal Pedagogy. 2012-2013 expanded responsibilities include Vocal Diction I (English and Italian) and Vocal Diction II (French and German). 2011-2012 expanded responsibilities include teaching Fundamentals of Solfege/Ear Training. Promoted to Assistant Professor, fall 2011. Consistent outstanding marks on student evaluations, especially for communicating concepts clearly and showing genuine interest in student progress. Part-Time Voice Instructor Applied voice, half-hour and one-hour lessons, average of 20-30 undergraduate students of all voice types per semester. Music performance and education majors and non-music majors. Instruct students in vocal technique, musicianship, languages and diction, stage deportment, and interpretation of vocal literature. Incorporate voice science, voice technology and acoustic analysis in pedagogical approach. Collaborate with all applied voice faculty to team teach weekly combined studio master class. Prepare undergraduate music majors for juries, barrier exams, departmental recitals, and degree recitals. Musically prepare students for leading roles in opera and musical theater productions. Collaborate with music department faculty and guest artists on recital and chamber performances. Advise and mentor students on building careers in music performance and/or education. Prepare students for local and national young artist vocal competitions and summer programs. Dana Zenobi, Page 2 of 8 Round Rock Independent School District, Round Rock, TX 2004-2010 Private Voice Instructor Weekly individual and group half-hour voice lessons to students in grades 6-12. Worked with adolescent male and female students to develop strategies for successful negotiation of vocal registers. Created age-appropriate study materials in vocal anatomy and basic acoustic analysis. Integrated instruction in musicianship, language, diction and interpretation. Assigned and prepared repertoire for UIL All-State Choral Competition and Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contests (TSSEC). Organized and presented annual voice studio recital. Coached high school students auditioning for local music theater productions and competitions. The University of Texas at Austin 2002–2003 Teaching Assistant, Voice and Opera Department Weekly individual one-hour voice lessons to male and female undergraduate non-music majors. Prepared all students for final public performance. Incorporated technology into the voice studio by creating email discussion group focused on vocal technique and repertoire. Private Voice Instructor, Durham, NC 2000–2001 Maintained a private studio of adult students in the Duke University area. Worked with students of diverse backgrounds and skill levels, choosing repertoire and technical exercises tailored to individual needs. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS TEACHING Judges’ Citation for Inspiration in Teaching Artist Series Lecturer: “Funding Strategies for Performers” The American Prize Texoma NATS Conference 2014 2014 PERFORMANCE CONCERTS AND RECITALS Guest Artist Recital (N. Boulanger, Strozzi, P. Viardot) Reich Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio Berlioz Les nuits d’été/Barber Knoxville/Argento Six Elizabethan Songs Achsah – Handel Joshua Ashley H. Kraft Love While You May (song cycle premiere) Scenes from Eugene Onegin G. Bottesini & Amy Beach songs for sop./piano/double bass Juliet’s Waltz and “Verrano a te” from Lucia di Lammermoor Reich Music for 18 Musicians (Voice I) Guest Artist – Faculty Recital (“Duets, Dancers and Double Bass”) Noel Alford Lightener of the Stars Boulanger Clairières dans le ciel Rorem Ariel Barber Hermit Songs/Larsen Try Me, Good King Franz Liszt 200th Birthday Celebration Concert Jalbert Icefield Sonnets Poulenc Gloria Copland “As it Fell Upon a Day” Ticheli “Angels in the Architecture” Purcell Come, Ye Sons of Art Guest Artist Recital (Rossini, Rachmaninoff, H.L. Adams) The University of Texas at Austin 2016 line upon line Percussion Ensemble (Austin, TX) 2016 San Gabriel Chorale (Georgetown, TX) 2015 The University of Texas at Austin 2015 San Gabriel Chorale 2015 Huston-Tillotson University (Austin, TX) 2015 Duke University Opera Gala 2014 BassFest, Texas Christian University 2014 Austin Civic Orchestra 2014 Fast Forward Austin Music Festival 2013 The University of Texas at Austin 2013 Austin Chamber Ensemble 2013 The University of Texas at Austin 2013 The University of Texas at Austin 2012 Southwestern University 2012 Bachus Center for the Performing Arts (Austin,TX)2011 New Music Ensemble, U.T. Austin 2010 Choral Arts Society, U.T. Austin 2010 Georgetown Festival of the Arts 2010 Southwestern University Wind Symphony 2010 Southwestern University Chorale 2009 Duke University 2008 Dana Zenobi, Page 3 of 8 CONCERTS AND RECITALS (Continued) Lowell Liebermann Struwwelpeterlieder Gala Concert (Massenet, Verdi, DeLibes) Gala Concert (Arne, Offenbach, Puccini) H. Leslie Adams Art Song Recital, directed by Composer Young Artist Recital (American Art Song) National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Winners’ Recital Beethoven Ninth Symphony Beethoven Ninth Symphony (Soprano Solo Cover) Little Women Preview Concert, directed by Mark Adamo Spaces Concert (Mozart Repertoire) Haydn Lord Nelson Mass Fauré Requiem Schubert Mass in G Viola By Choice Chamber Music Ensemble Opera in the Heights (Houston, TX) Montgomery County Performing Arts Society Lyric Opera Cleveland Lyric Opera Cleveland Austin Wednesday Morning Music Club Valley Symphony Orchestra & Chorale (McAllen,TX) The Austin Symphony Lyric Opera Cleveland Lyric Opera Cleveland University United Methodist Church (Austin, TX) University United Methodist Church University United Methodist Church 2008 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004 2004 2003 2003 2002 OPERATIC ROLES Donna Elvira Star Konstanze Mabel Blonde (Cover) Alinda Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Waiting for the Barbarians (US Premiere) Die Entführung aus dem Serail (German) The Pirates of Penzance Die Entführung aus dem Serail (English) Giasone Don Giovanni Opera in the Heights (Houston, TX) Austin Lyric Opera Opera in the Heights Lyric Opera Cleveland Lyric Opera Cleveland Aspen Opera Theater Center The Living Opera (Richardson, TX) 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 Mimi Fourth Maid Violetta Amy (Cover), 1st Voice Handmaiden La Bohème Elektra La Traviata Little Women Turandot Opera in the Heights Austin Lyric Opera Opera in the Heights Lyric Opera Cleveland Austin Lyric Opera 2005 2005 2004 2004 2003 AWARDS National Finalist, The American Prize, Professional Division / Art Song, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Second Place Winner, National Federation of Music Clubs Biennial Young Artist Competition, 2005 Voice Division Winner, Entergy Young Texas Artists Competition, 2005 Finalist, Fielder Career Development Awards, Austin Wednesday Morning Music Club, 2006 & 2008 Reba Kochersperger Award for Excellence, Opera in the Heights, 2006 Recognition Award, Austin Wednesday Morning Music Club, 2003 Austin Critics’ Table Award Nominee (for role of Adina in L’elisir d’amore), 2003 Semi-Finalist, Center for Contemporary Opera International Opera Singers’ Competition, 2006 Semi-Finalist, Opera Birmingham Competition, 2005 Semi-Finalist, Orpheus Competition, Middle Tennessee State Choral Association, 2004, 2006 Semi-Finalist, El Paso Opera Competition, 2003 CRITICAL ACCLAIM "[In the American Premiere of Philip Glass’ Waiting for the Barbarians] In the supporting roles, Adrianna Zabala (the Barbarian Girl), Dana Zenobi (Star) and Georgia Pickett (Cook), all shone." - Willard Spiegelman, Opera News, April 2007 "Dana Zenobi's singing lends a throaty edge to Donna Elvira [in Mozart’s Don Giovanni], who pursues her errant husband Giovanni like a fury for much of the proceedings. Her voice...soars to brilliance at its heights." -Everett Evans, The Houston Chronicle, March 24, 2007 “Two segments stood out [In Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio]. In Konstanze's great Act Two aria, soprano Dana Zenobi caught fire and elevated her attractive…work into emotionally intense and technical inspired singing. And in Act Three…Zenobi and tenor John Day found the key to impassioned singing about pensive worry and deep longing.” – Charles Ward, The Houston Chronicle, November 12, 2006 Dana Zenobi, Page 4 of 8 CRITICAL ACCLAIM (Continued) “The chief vocal pleasure is Dana Zenobi, whose radiantly sung Mabel [in The Pirates of Penzance] sounds like a healthy warm-up for Violetta. Her coloratura dazzles, and her phrasing is irresistible and melting. Zenobi is a soprano to listen for.” – Donald Rosenberg, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 16, 2006 "Dana Zenobi's rather large soprano voice is very agile, and her intonation superb." -Kelly Ferjutz, CoolCleveland.com, June 14, 2006 “As sickly flower-maker Mimi [in La Bohème], Dana Zenobi looks like a drawing by Ingres, and her voice is just as inky: a deep, luscious soprano that spills out Puccini's achingly beautiful tunes with grace to spare. There isn't a false move in her performance, either.” - Nancy Galeota-Wozny, D.L. Groover and Lee Williams, The Houston Press, April 7, 2005 “[As Mimi in La Bohème] Zenobi’s voice was warm and her characterization intelligent.” – Charles Ward, The Houston Chronicle, April 2, 2005 “[At the Entergy Young Texas Artists Competition] Zenobi offered "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben," from the rarely performed opera Zaide. Poised and joyful, her performance was elegant …and would win her the First Prize.” - David Dow Bentley III, Houston Community Newspapers Online, March 12, 2005 “Zenobi had a good flair in the part [Violetta in La Traviata] — enough technique to make the showy stuff effective…and a keen sense of the pathos of Violetta's demise.” -Charles Ward, The Houston Chronicle, September 17, 2004 “Dana Zenobi shines as Adina [in The Elixir of Love], her neat, business-minded character not taken in by anything the men throw at her, yet slowly revealing her affections for that young peasant boy.” - Robi Polgar, The Austin Chronicle, November 1, 2002 “Dana Zenobi in the role of Creon’s wife [Eurydice in Carl Orff’s Antigonae] had good dramatic presence.” Michael Barnes, The Austin American Statesman, February 22, 2002 RECRUITING Director, Sarofim Vocal Competition 2014, 2015 Proposed, secured funding, and served as sole organizer for national competition for high school singers. Publicized event effectively, including listings in YAP Tracker and Auditions Plus. Taught resume workshop and co-taught text expression workshop. Welcomed 27 singers and families from across Texas to campus (maximum registration reached). All seniors involved in 2014 competition applied to Southwestern. Participant and parent feedback overwhelmingly positive. Host School Faculty Contact, Classical Singer National Competition 2014, 2015 Initiated contact with Classical Singer Competition staff and coordinated logistics for Southwestern to serve as host school. Served as adjudicator. Event drew over 20 singers and several teachers/pianists to campus. Recruiting Faculty Representative, Classical Singer National Convention 2014 Proposed participation at National Convention and requested funding. Taught master class for high school and college students. Cultivated personal connections with prospective students from across the United States. Dana Zenobi, Page 5 of 8 PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDINGS Ashley H. Kraft’s Love While You May, recorded with Eileen Meyer-Russell, trombone, 2016 release “Reflections on the 2011 Institute for Jaques Dalcroze Education,” Dalcroze Society of America Journal, Fall/Winter 2011 Florilegium, Viola By Choice Chamber Ensemble, Released in 2010 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS (Undergraduate and High School Levels) Accepted to graduate programs at schools including Indiana University, The University of Texas at Austin, University of North Texas and George Mason University. Received offers from summer programs including OperaWorks, Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music Summer Opera Studio, Opera Viva, Lingua e Canto, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Opera in the Ozarks, Opera NEO, Spotlight on Opera, Festival of International Opera of the Americas, and the Franco-American Vocal Academy. Performed professionally with the Austin Opera Chorus and Ensemble Settecento (Austin Baroque Orchestra). Earned awards from: o The American Prize Career Encouragement Citations (Opera Division - 2014) Young Artist Citation (Art Song Division – 2015) o National Association of Teachers of Singing National Finalist (Musical Theater) Texoma Region Semi-Finalists South Texas District Alice Dutcher Thornton Certificate of Honor South Texas District Winners, Finalists, and Semi-Finalists o Hal Leonard Vocal Competition: Honorable Mentions o Classical Singer National Competition: First Round Winner and Semi-Finalist o San Antonio Tuesday Morning Musical Club Competition: Finalists o Schmidt Youth Vocal Awards – Outstanding Sophomore Award o Southwestern University Orchestra Concerto Competition Winners COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BELTÀ (Building Empowered Lives Through Art), Austin, TX 2009-Present Founder, Executive Director Create administrative and operational framework for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Develop mission statement, budget, bylaws, and all required documentation to successfully establish federal tax exempt status and file annual tax reports. Establish working board of directors and recruit new board members as needed. Create and implement programming in response to feedback gathered from the fine arts community. Collaborate with web designer to create, launch, and maintain website and effective online presence. Spearhead development activities, including grant writing and donor relations. Cultivate relationships with community organizations that offer pro bono legal and financial services. Recruit, supervise and mentor student interns (3-5 total). Secured over $22,000 worth of in-kind donations within the first year of operations. Over $45,000 in donations generated in 2014 fiscal year (LaunchPad program). Over 50 fine arts projects supported since 2010; artists include classical singers, instrumentalists, choral ensembles, composers, chamber ensembles, solo instrumentalists, actors, stage directors, and painters. Services reach both local Texas artists and those working in communities across the U.S. Dana Zenobi, Page 6 of 8 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCE CONCERTS AND RECITALS Faculty Recital (Barber, Berlioz, Argento) Guest Performer - Faculty Recital (Eileen Meyer-Russell) George Biggs’ Watching for God at Dawn Faculty Recital (“Duets, Dancers and Double Bass”) Faculty Recital (Boulanger Clairières dans le ciel) Guest Performer: 365 Days, 365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks Faculty Recital (Barber Hermit Songs, Larsen Try Me, Good King) Guest Artist on DMA Composition Recital (Justin Capps) Bastrop County Wildfire Relief Benefit Concert “Austin Flops Orchestra” Classical Parody Concert DMA Recital (Larsen, Barber) DMA Chamber Recital (Ravel, J. Lambert, Schubert, Falla) Faculty Recital (Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Liszt) Outdoor Concert Series (Verdi, J. Strauss, Mozart) Southwestern University Southwestern University First Presbyterian Church (Georgetown, TX) Southwestern University Southwestern University Southwestern University Theatre Department Southwestern University The University of Texas at Austin Southwestern University Esther’s Follies (Austin, TX) The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin Southwestern University Triangle Opera Company (Durham, NC) 2015 2014 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2000 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Guest Speaker/Panelist Guest Speaker: Crowdfunding Your Project, Duke University Art of Performance Class, 2014 Guest Speaker: Upward Bound Program, East View High School, Georgetown, TX, 2013 Panelist: Choosing a Dissertation Topic, UT Austin Butler School of Music, 2012 Guest Lecturer: Research methods/acoustic analysis, vocal pedagogy class, UT Austin, 2011 Panelist: Negotiating the Academic Career Path, UT Austin College of Fine Arts Career Services, 2011 Guest Artists Hosted Jack Stevenson, Dalcroze-Eurythmics Diplome (Eurythmics and Solfege classes – Collaboration with UT Austin and Southern Methodist Unversity), 2016 Weston Hurt, baritone (Master class, Sarofim Vocal Competition Guest Judge), 2015 Kara Cornell, mezzo-soprano (Master class, recital, lecture on new music performance), 2015 Peter Kozma, stage director (Master class, character workshop with opera cast), 2014, 2015 Marlissa Hudson, soprano (Master class, recital, lecture on entrepreneurship), 2014 Adjudicator Round Rock Independent School District Solo and Ensemble Competition, 2015 Fielder Career Development Grant Competition, Austin Wednesday Morning Music Club, 2015 National Association of Teachers of Singing, South Texas District Auditions, Spring 2015 Classical Singer National Vocal Competition, Round I, 2015 Texas State Solo and Ensemble Competition, 2014 National Association of Teachers of Singing, Texoma Regional Auditions, Fall 2014 National Association of Teachers of Singing Aspiring Artist Grant, 2013 National Association of Teachers of Singing, South Texas District Auditions, Spring 2013 National Association of Teachers of Singing, Texoma Regional Auditions, Fall 2013 Texas State Solo and Ensemble Competition, 2010 Round Rock Independent School District Solo and Ensemble Competition, 2010 Klein Independent School District Solo and Ensemble Festival, 2009 Austin Independent School District UIL Region Choir Competition, 2003-2009 Master Class Clinician Classical Singer National Convention, San Antonio, TX Duke University, Durham, NC Akins High School Choir Program, Austin, TX The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Duke University, Durham, NC 2014 2014 2013 2013 2008 Dana Zenobi, Page 7 of 8 Memberships and Affiliations National Association of Teachers of Singing o Elected Secretary of South Texas Chapter, 2015 Dalcroze Society of America Repatterning Practitioners’ Association Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas (2002-2012) ADVANCED PERFORMANCE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS YOUNG ARTIST POSITIONS Apprentice Artist Program, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Summer 2004; Summer 2006 Aspen Opera Theater Center, Summer 2005 Rising Star Singers Audition Works, Summer 2003 (Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Faculty) Opera in the Ozarks Summer Festival, 2003 Austrian American Mozart Academy, 2002 MASTER CLASS PERFORMANCES Elizabeth Heinz, Aspen Opera Theater Center, 2005 James Lowe, Lyric Opera Cleveland, 2004 David Bamberger, Lyric Opera Cleveland, 2004 Dawn Upshaw, The University of Texas at Austin, 2002 William Stone, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1999 OPERATIC ROLES (PERFORMED AS YOUNG ARTIST / STUDENT) Donna Anna Donna Elvira Adina Konstanze Foreign Woman Susanna Don Giovanni (English) Don Giovanni (Italian) L’Elisir d’Amore (English) Die Entführung aus dem Serail (German) The Consul Le Nozze di Figaro (English) University of Texas at Austin Opera in the Ozarks (Eureka Springs, AR) University of Texas at Austin Austrian American Mozart Academy (Austin, TX) University of Texas at Austin Duke University, Durham, NC SELECTED OPERATIC SCENES (PERFORMED AS YOUNG ARTIST / STUDENT) Mimi La Bohème Act III quartet Aspen Opera Theater Center Violetta La Traviata Act II Sc. I (Italian) Lyric Opera Cleveland Female Chorus The Rape of Lucretia Act I Sc I Lyric Opera Cleveland Violetta La Traviata Act I Sc. I “libiamo” (Italian) Austin Lyric Opera Gala Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor Act II Sextet (Italian) Texas State University Opera Gala Manon Manon Act V Death Scene (French) University of Texas at Austin Madame Mao Nixon in China Act III “We saw our parents…” Opera in the Ozarks Antonia Les Contes d’Hoffmann Act III (Antonia) Trio (French) University of Texas at Austin Rosalinda Die Fledermaus Watch Duet, Act II (German) UT Austin, Duke University Musetta La Bohème Act III (English) Duke University Opera Theater Baby Doe The Ballad of Baby Doe Act I Duke University Opera Theater Pamina Die Zauberflöte Act II, Aria & Finale (English) Duke University Opera Theater SCHOLARSHIPS Dalcroze Society of America Scholarship, 2011 Sarah and Ernest Butler Scholarship, The University of Texas at Austin Opera Program, 2001-2003 William Dente Memorial Scholarship, The University of Texas at Austin Opera Program, 2001-2003 ARTIST MANAGEMENT Catherine Sidoti, Aeolian Artists International Management, 2006-2008 244 Fifth Avenue Second Floor J234, New York, NY 10001 212-252-2648, [email protected], www.aeolianartists.com 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 1999 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 2002, 2000 2001 1998 1997 Dana Zenobi, Page 8 of 8 VOICE TEACHERS ♦ Gioacchino (Jack) LiVigni, 2014-present ♦ Darlene Wiley, 2010 - 2014 ♦ Irene Gubrud, 2005 – Present (NY Area) ♦ Juli Wood, 2003-2005 ♦ Barbara Honn, Summer 2003 ♦ Martha Deatherage, 2001-2003 ♦ Susan Dunn, 1997-2001 STAGE DIRECTORS ♦ Mark Adamo /Lyric Opera Cleveland ♦ Linda Ade Brand /Opera in the Ozarks ♦ Edward Berkeley/Aspen Opera Theater Center ♦ Ken Cazan /Austin Lyric Opera ♦ Michael Chadwick /The Living Opera ♦ Robert DeSimone/The University of Texas Opera Theater ♦ Pat Diamond/Aspen Opera Theater ♦ Susan Dunn/Duke University Opera Theater ♦ Jonathon Field/Lyric Opera Cleveland ♦ Lynda McKnight/Opera in the Heights ♦ Guy Montavon/Austin Lyric Opera ♦ Fred Reeder /Lyric Opera Cleveland ♦ Leslie Swackhammer/Opera in the Heights CONDUCTORS ♦ Peter Bay ♦ Harry Bicket ♦ Richard Buckley ♦Thomas Cockrell ♦ Marc Erck ♦ Gottfried Hellmundt ♦ Chris Fecteau ♦ James Lowe ♦ James Morrow ♦ David Neely ♦ Kevin Noe ♦ Stuart Raleigh ♦Steven Smith ♦ Scott Tilley ♦ William Weibel ♦ Dan Welcher COACHES ♦ Shirley Bolen ♦ Keith Chambers ♦ Eugene Cline ♦ Leesa Dahl ♦ Dale Dietert ♦ Chuck Dillard ♦ Mary Dunleavy ♦ Jocelyn Dueck ♦ Hank Hammett ♦ David Heid ♦ William Hobbs ♦ Gina Lapinski ♦ Elden Little ♦ Ben Terry Lusk ♦ Kristine McIntyre ♦ Sylvia Plyler ♦ Charles Riecker ♦ Elaine Rinaldi ♦