Voice
Robert Bracey - click for web site
Robert
Bracey, tenor, Associate Professor and Vocal Division Chair, holds
a BM in Music Education from Michigan State University, a MM and a DMA in Voice
Performance
from the University of Michigan. He previously taught on the faculties at Bowling
Green State University and Michigan State University, where he served as the
Chair of the Voice Area. He also taught on the voice faculty of the Michigan
All-State program at the Interlochen Arts Camp for twelve summers. Dr. Bracey
was awarded first place in the 2002 Oratorio Society of New York’s International
Solo Competition at Carnegie Hall. He returned to Carnegie Hall for performances
of Handel: Messiah later that year. He made his Detroit Symphony debut at Orchestra
Hall and his Kennedy Center debut in Washington, DC with the Choral Arts Society
of Washington. A Regional Finalist in the New York Metropolitan Opera Auditions,
he also won first place in the NATS Regional Competition where he received
the Jessye Norman Award for the most outstanding soloist at the competition.
Most recent highlights include performances with the Telemann Chamber Orchestra
in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, Oratorio Society of New York, Wisconsin Chamber
Orchestra, Syracuse Symphony, Independence Messiah Festival, Grand Rapids Symphony,
Flint Symphony, Elgin Symphony, Boise Philharmonic, Illinois Symphony, Pacific
Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Dayton Philharmonic, Choral Arts Society of
Washington, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Wichita Symphony,
Southwest Florida Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Duluth-Superior Symphony,
Duke University Chapel Choir, Ann Arbor Symphony, Greater Lansing Symphony,
Choral Society of Greensboro, Kalamazoo Bach Festival, and the Winter Park
Bach Festival. Some engagements for the 2007-2008 season include appearances
with the Choral Society of Orlando, Duke University Chapel Choir, Winter Park
Bach Festival, among others. Centaur Records released Dr. Bracey’s first
solo compact disc in February 2006. The recording of English art songs also
features UNCG faculty Andrew Harley, piano and Scott Rawls, viola. 336-256-0107
or email: r_bracey@uncg.edu
Donald Hartmann
Donald Hartmann has been described as possessing a, "big, rich voice with an amazing timbre." Having performed in over 100 operatic productions, he is a commanding leading man and has been described as “one of the best character singers on any opera stage anywhere.”(Opera News) Recent engagements have included Swallow in Peter Grimes with Opéra de Montreal; Madison Opera as,Benoit/Alcindoro in La Boheme, and Commendatore in Don Giovanni, and Sacristan in Tosca;Colline in La Boheme for Opera Lenawee; Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor as well as Bonze in Madame Butterfly with Toledo Opera; Pooh-Bah in The Mikado with Nashville Opera; Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance with Chattanooga Opera. Upcoming engagements include Capulet in Romeo et Juliette with Opera Carolina, and a debut as Frank in Die Fledermaus for Piedmont Opera. Donald has appeared in 16 productions with Michigan Opera Theatre in roles such as Soldier in Salome, Sacristan in Tosca, Monterone and Marullo in Rigoletto, Luther/Crespel/Schlemeil in Tales of Hoffman, Abimelech in Samson et Dalilah, Benoit/Alcindoro in La Boheme, and others . European engagements have included Simon Boccanegra, Cosi Fan Tutte, Oklahoma, Xerxes, Die Czardasfurstin, Wienner Blut, Im Weissen Rossl, Die Verkaufte Braut , and Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagony at the Stadttheater Regensburg. At the Vereinigte Städtisches Bühnen Krefeld/Mönchengladbach he has performed in productions of: Der Meistersinger, Carmen, Cosi Fan Tutte, Die Czardasfurstin, Frau Luna, Don Carlo, Mignon, Don Giovanni, Entführung aus dem Serail, Die Lustige Witwe , and Orpheus in der Unterwelt . He also performed comprimario roles as: Zweiter Gefangener in Fidelio, Der Notar in Gianni Schicchi , and others. As a concert and oratorio soloist, Donald Hartmann has performed such works as Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, the Requiem Masses of Verdi, Mozart, Fauré, Brahms, and Durruflé, as well as Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven Symphony No. 9, and “Babi Yar” Symphony No. 13 by Shostakovich. Dr. Hartmann completed his Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance and his Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance, graduating with honors at the University of Oklahoma. As a member of the faculty at University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma he was nominated, and received, the prestigious Regents Award for Superior Teaching. Dr. Hartmann taught for 16 years in the Department of Music at Eastern Michigan University where he twice received the Faculty Artistic Recognition Award. Having participated in several vocal competitions, Donald Hartmann has been a second place finalist in the San Antonio Opera Guild Talent Search and a winner of the Friedrich Schorr Memorial Prize in Vocal Performance under the auspices of Opera Lenawee. Appearing in five productions with Opera Lenawee, Donald was recognized as the First Honored Artist of that organization. dchartma@uncg.edu
David Holley
David Holley, Director of Opera at UNCG, has appeared with opera companies in Dallas, Atlanta, Rochester, Phoenix, Banff (Alberta, Canada), Shreveport, Albuquerque and others, singing leading tenor roles such as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Don José in Carmen, and Tamino in The Magic Flute. Since his arrival in 1992, UNCG's operas have been awarded first place in the National Opera Association Opera Production Competition five times: Orpheus in the Underworld (2001), The Consul (2000), Dialogues of the Carmelites (1997), Amahl and the Night Visitors (1996), and Don Giovanni (1994). Two operas during the same period placed second: Albert Herring (1998) and Gianni Schicchi (1993). He received a BME from Furman University and an MM in Opera Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 1994,he has been on the directing staff of the Brevard Music Festival. 336-334-5126 or email: d_holley@uncg.edu
Carla LeFevre
Carla
LeFevre holds the D.M.A. and M.A. degrees in voice performance and
pedagogy from the University of Iowa and the B.M.Ed. in voice and horn from
Central
Missouri State University. Dr. LeFevre began her collegiate teaching career
as a member of the voice faculty at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., and
is currently serving in her seventeenth year as voice professor at the University
of North Carolina-Greensboro. Previously, she has taught for the National Opera
Company (young artist program) in Raleigh, and she has continued to coach and
teach young professionals in addition to her work at the university. Her students
have distinguished themselves as winners in state and regional Metropolitan
Opera auditions and NATS competitions, and as apprentice artists for over a
dozen opera companies throughout the country, including San Fransisco, Pittsburgh,
Baltimore, Sarasota, Chatauqua, and Des Moines Metro Opera, as well as Opera
North, Ohio Light Opera, and Connecticut Opera. Dr. LeFevre has extensive experience
as a performer of oratorio, opera, and and art song, and has carved a niche
as a performer of contemporary repertoire. A national winner of the Gertrude
Fogelson Cultural and Creative Arts Vocal Competition, she also was one of
two national finalists for the National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist
Competition and a national finalist in the National Opera Association Competition.
336-334-5544 or email: c_lefevr@uncg.edu
Laura M. Moore
Laura Moore, 2007-2008 Lecturer, is completing her doctoral degree in Choral Conducting at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. At UNCG, she has conducted the Women’s Glee Club for two years, in addition to teaching classes in choral literature, conducting, and diction. Previous earned degrees include a BA from Davidson College, and a MM in Piano Performance from the Peabody Institute. Ms. Moore is entering her fourth year as Assistant Conductor of the Choral Society of Greensboro, and has also served as clinician for elementary and high school honors choirs. She is active as a vocal coach and accompanist in the Greensboro area. 336-334-5428 or email: lmmoore3@uncg.edu
Barbara Peters
Barbara
Ann Peters, Soprano and 2007-2008 Lecturer, holds the B.M. (1970)
from The Boston Conservatory of Music, study with David Blair McClosky, a
License
de Concert Chant (1971) from L’École Normale de Musique, Paris,
study with Pierre Bernac, and the M.M. (2000) from UNC-Greensboro, study with
Carla LeFevre. She teaches Voice, French Diction, History of Art Song,
Seminar in Vocal Literature, and supervises the teaching of Italian Diction.
The Massachusetts native completed an additional four years of post-graduate
private study with Walter Cataldi-Tassoni in Rome, Italy. The soprano has given
Master Classes at The Boston Conservatory, Meredith College, North Carolina
School of the Arts, Guilford College, Texas Christian University, and Berkshire
Choral Festival. Ms. Peters has taught Voice and Diction at The Mannes College
of Music in New York City, where she was a successful free-lance professional
musician for over 20 years. A Certified Voice Therapist, she is an active member
of The McClosky Institute of Voice and currently serves as President of NC-NATS.
A founding faculty member of The Berkshire Choral Festival, Ms. Peters has
been Artist-in Residence there since 1982. Ms. Peters served on the voice faculty
at UNC-Chapel Hill from 1999-2007, where she was was nominated
for The Edward Kidder Graham Outstanding Faculy Award for contributions made
to students on and off campus in 2004. Ms. Peters made her Carnegie Hall debut
in Mahler’s Eighth Symphony
with Canterbury Choral Society and made her Merkin Hall debut with I Cantori
di New York in John Harbison’s Five Songs of Experience. Ms. Peters has
taught and coached singers privately for over 35 years, currently in Greensboro
where she resides with her fine artist husband, R. David Westfall, and beloved
chocolate Labrador, Benny. 336-334-5529 or email: bapeters@mindspring.com
Levone Tobin-Scott
Levone Tobin-Scott, mezzo soprano, has been a member of the faculty since 1992. She holds degrees from Benedict College and the University of South Carolina and has done further study for the DM degree at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Tobin-Scott has been recognized for her excellence in performance of American Art Songs by Pi Kappa Lambda, the South Carolina Musical Arts Guild, the Nassau, Bahamas, Cultural Arts Series and the Nederland Amerika Institut Limburg. Her extensive performances in recital and oratorio have included appearances with the Greensboro Symphony, the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony, the Pensacola Symphony, the Columbia Philharmonic and the Florence Symphony. Her performances have taken her to Paris, Bruges, Brussels, Maastricht, Luxembourg, and Frankfurt. 336-334-5533 or email: ltscott@uncg.edu
Nancy Walker
Nancy Walker earned the BME from Hastings College in Nebraska. She taught in the public schools there before earning the MM from the University of Colorado in Boulder and DM from Indiana University. At UNCG, Walker teaches studio voice and served as the Chair of the Vocal Studies Division for eight years. She performs frequently in recitals and oratorios in the area and has performed in Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Walker was a national finalist in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Artist Awards and served as Regional Governor for the Mid-Atlantic Region. She received a Fulbright Research Grant to study the songs of Josephine Lang in Munich, Germany, in 1998. 336-334-5784 or email: nlwalker@uncg.edu
Robert Wells
Robert
Wells is currently Assistant Professor of Voice and teaches studio
voice and vocal pedagogy. He also serves on the faculty of the Schlern International
Music Festival in Voels am Schlern, Italy. He holds the BM in Voice from
the State University of New York College at Fredonia, and holds MM and
DMA degrees in Voice
from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. A frequent
recitalist
and collaborative
artist, Wells has also enjoyed an active performance career in both oratorio
and opera in New York State and the Midwest, and his performances have taken
him to Great Britain and Europe. He has sung leading roles in Le Nozze di
Figaro, Così fan tutte, and Albert Herring and has appeared as baritone soloist
in such works as Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah, and
the St. John Passion of J. S. Bach. An active choral conductor, Wells served
as Director of the Fredonia College Choir and was recognized for his work
with numerous professional and community choral organizations in Western
New York. Wells formerly served on the faculty at the State University of
New York College at Fredonia, where he was Co-Chair of the Voice Faculty
and was a sought-after clinician and adjudicator. 336-256-1326 or email:
Robert_Wells@uncg.edu
Welborn E. Young
Welborn
E. Young, Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music, holds
a BME degree and a MA in Conducting degree from Middle Tennessee State University
and a DMA in choral conducting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Young teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting, graduate seminars
in choral repertoire, German diction, and conducts the Women's Choir and Chamber
Singers. In addition, Dr. Young is the Conductor of the Choral Society of Greensboro.
He has served as guest conductor and clinician in festivals and clinics in
North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, Washington D.C., Illinois,
and Washington. Recently, His choirs have toured Austria, the Czech-Republic,
Hungary, Italy, and England. He is the former Artistic Director and Conductor
for Windy City Performing Arts, Inc. in Chicago. These ensembles received enthusiastic
reviews in such papers the Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune,
and the Windy City Times. In the summer of 1998, Dr. Young was a featured
festival conductor at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands. That same
summer he was guest conductor of Chicago's Grant Park Symphony Chorus and assisted
with the preparation of their first recording. He has prepared and conducted
the Nashville Symphony Chorus and appeared as guest conductor with the Nashville
Opera Association. 334-5493 or email: weyoung@uncg.edu
