Student Success
Studio Singers Success:
- Winning professional singing gigs with Resonance Ensemble, Clackamas Repertory Theatre, the Byrd Ensemble and Cappella Romana
- Admission to the Byrd Ensemble International Renaissance Course, including performances with the Tallis Scholars in the United Kingdom
- Performing with Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
- Cast in opera scenes and art song concerts with Queer Opera
- Successful auditions for semi-professional choirs In Medio, Portland Symphonic Choir, and in Big Mouth Society shows
- Placing in top 3 at National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Cascade Chapter Classical Auditions
- Roles in musical theatre productions in middle school and high school
- Top scores at Solo & Ensemble Contest, advancing to State as a soloist and as an ensemble singer
- Perform for the first time ever in a studio recital
- Expand vocal range, develop belt and legit technique for musical theatre singing, negotiate the "break" (passaggio)
- Gaining ease in physical presence on stage, expanding choices for stage movement and grounded stillness
- Achieve ease in high range and add notes to the top of the range
- Learn how to sight read
Studio Composer Success:
- Workshopping a new opera featuring queer characters with Fuse Theatre Ensemble
- Works performed at conferences and festivals including New Music Gathering, Astoria Music Festival, and the Makrokosmos Project
- Starting an opera company
- Successfully pitched 4-figure commissioning rates to an ensemble, earning thousands of dollars as a composer for the first time
- Writing and editing an opera, developing excellence in vocal and piano composition, developing plot and characters through music and text, and creating space for stage movement
- Launching first commissioning consortium
- Raising rates
- Starting a sheet music store
- Polished, cast, and premiered a new opera
- Revised choral catalog to make music idiomatic, ensure singers will stay in tune, and that the text will be understood