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Mr. Scott Shively (Baritone; Director of Vocal Music)
Mr. Shively joined the faculty of Denver School of
the Arts in the Fall of 1998. This year will mark his twelfth year at
DSA, although his 17th year as a public school teacher. He also was the Director of Choirs at Alhambra High School in Phoenix, AZ for four years
and at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver for one year. He currently
directs Allegro Voce, 4Squared, and Chorale.
In 1986 he received his Bachelor of Music degree in
Choral-General Music from Arizona State University and in 1993, a
Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from the University of
Colorado at Boulder. While in his graduate studies, he served as a
Teaching Assistant in Voice as well as maintaining a private voice
studio over the many years. Besides singing, Mr. Shively is an
accomplished vocal accompanist.
He has appeared with the Arizona State University
Lyric Opera Theater, University of Colorado Lyric Theater Festival,
South Suburban Theater Company, Evergreen Players, Evergreen Chorale,
and the Central City OperaEureka! Some favorite roles
include “Figaro” in The Marriage of Figaro; “Kodaly” in She Loves Me; “Despard” in Ruddigore; “Curly” and “Jud” in Oklahoma!; “Top” in The Tender Land; “Harold Hill” in The Music Man; and “Wayne” in State Fair.
Outreach group
Mr. Shively has served as the High School Repertoire and Standards Chair for the Colorado chapter of the American Choral Directors' Association from 2007-2009. Additionally, he is a member of the National Association
of Teachers of Singing, the
National Education Association, and the Music Educators National
Conference.
Mr. Shively resides in the Capitol Hill neighborhood and enjoys living in a 107-year-old historic landmark loft building. He is an avid fan of professional tennis and hopes to stand on the courts of Wimbledon someday!
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Mr. Robert Styron (Tenor; Director of Vocal Music)
Mr. Styron is excited to start his sixth year with
the voice faculty of Denver School of the Arts. He directs Bellissima, Treble Choir, and middle school choir elective for non-majors. He is a versatile educator and performer that has worked in a variety of venues and roles in the Denver/Boulder area, Colorado Springs, Vail, Greeley, and New Orleans, Louisiana. He is currently the chair of the DSA Arts Department.
His degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Music and a Master of Public Administration from the University of New Orleans as well as a Master of Music Education with focuses in secondary choral music and jazz piano from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He recently completed a school executive preparation program at the University of Denver.
Mr. Styron served two years as Director of Choirs for Mapleton Schools in Adams County. He spent three and a half years as Music Director and Accompanist at Shepherd of the Hills Church in Boulder and one year as Director of Music at Prince of Peace Church in Denver before taking a post as Vocal Coach for the Music Theater Department at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). While in New Orleans, Mr. Styron also served as Choir Director, Piano Instructor, and Talented Music Coordinator at Pearl River High School and performed with The Louisiana Vocal Arts Chorale and The Orleans Chamber Singers. He spent two years on faculty at the University of Northern Colorado teaching music at the Summer Enrichment Program for the Gifted and Talented. He was also the vocal music division chair of the Arts Advantage Summer Academy.
Mr. Styron is currently a member of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), and is the Multicultural Repertoire and Standards Chair on the state board of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA).
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| Ms. Sarah Barber (Mezzo Soprano) Welcome Ms. Sarah Barber to DSA as our newest Resident Artist in Voice!
Sarah Barber, mezzo soprano, has performed with Central City Opera, West Bay Opera, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Opera Ft. Collins, Des Moines Metro Opera, and the University of Colorado Opera Her symphonic appearances include the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, the Colorado Music Festival, the Longmont Symphony, the Veronika String Quartet. She has also performed in numerous competitions and recitals.
Ms. Barber’s awards include two-time Metropolitan Opera Competition Regional Finalist, three-time prize-winner in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild’s Voice Competition, winner of the 1999 Eckstrand Graduate Competition (CU-Boulder), and 1998 Ft. Dodge (IA) Symphony Young Artist Competition winner. She was an apprentice with Des Moines Metro Opera (1999) and Central City Opera (2000). Her degrees include a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa and a Master of Music from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Recent operatic roles include the title role in Bizet’s Carmen, Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, the Witch in Hänsel und Gretel, and Tisbe in La Cenerentola. Her numerous concert performances include the 2007 world-premiere of Arion, a critically acclaimed chamber opera by Alexandra Eddy, Mozart’s Grand Mass in C Minor, Barber’s Dover Beach, and Respigi’s Il Tramonto. Ms. Barber also tours and performs regularly with the Central City Opera Ensemble and the vocal trio Enchanted Evening. She has taught voice for over 11 years in the university, community college, public and private schools, and private studio settings. Sarah currently maintains a full teaching studio and is in demand as a guest teacher, clinician and lecturer in the greater Boulder/Denver community.
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Dr. Rebecca Koenigberg (Soprano)
Dr. Koenigberg, who has been a national finalist in
the Metropolitan Opera Competition, is an accomplished performer and teacher. While an assistant
professor of music education at Mississippi State University in
Starkville, she was a regular guest artist with the Meridian Symphony
Orchestra during her tenure in the deep South.
Dr. Koenigberg has performed roles with the
Milwaukee Skylight Opera, New England Lyric, Chicago Pocket Opera, Ohio
Light Opera, and Opera Colorado. She has also been a finalist in the
San Francisco Opera competition, the Eleanor Lieber Awards and the
Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition in Miami.
Koenigberg sang the world premiere of John Eaton's
works Notes on Moonlight and Let's Get This Show On the Road with the
Chicago Chamber Players. She has sung with the Musica Sacra Orchestra,
the Arapahoe Philharmonic and the Longmont Symphony Orchestra and
Chorale, and she was the featured soprano soloist with the Larimer
Chorale in their production of Orff's Catulli Carmina and
Carmina Burana excerpts. Ms. Koenigberg was also seen in the role of Frasquita in Opera Colorado’s production of
Carmen in 2005.
In
2003, Koenigberg was among ten MSU faculty to be awarded project grants
through the school's Humanities and Arts Research Program. Koenigberg
received her doctorate and master's degrees in vocal performance and
pedagogy from the University of Colorado in Boulder. She has a
bachelor's degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Koenigberg was
recently a featured lecturer at the Colorado ACDA convention in July
2005, where she addressed the subject of healthy belt technique for
young singers.
Dr. Koenigberg's best creative endeavor to date has to be her daughter, Kaija Meta, and is the delight of her mommy's life.
The Koenigberg family resides in Denver, where she teaches Private
Voice, Voice Class and History of Musical Theater at Regis University.
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Mr. Brian Stinar (Tenor)
With over 12 years of teaching experience at university, public and private schools, Stinar specializes in operatic and musical theater techniques for singers, actors and dancers. Stinar's methodology combines the best that "speech level singing" and the classical "bel canto" singing techniques have to offer. Through his voice studio in Denver, he offers private singing lessons, master classes, and recitals. Stinar strives to realize each student's full vocal and artistic potential as a unique singer and actor. Stinar's students have been accepted to prominent music schools and summer programs across the country and they have developed successful careers having performed from Broadway to the regional stages. Recently one of Stinar's students was even nominated for a Grammy. Stinar's former students are now attending such prestigious schools as the NYU (Tisch and Cap21), Berklee School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, Juilliard, the New England Conservatory, Point Park University, CU Boulder, University of the Arts, AMDA, & the University of Oklahoma.
Brian Stinar has sung over 25 leading roles nationwide including Rodolfo in La Bohème, Roméo in Roméo et Juliette, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Gounod's Faust. His most recent appearances have included roles of Alfredo in La Traviata and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with Oklahoma Opera Theater, Don José in Carmen with Opera Theater of the Rockies, Canio in I Pagliacci and Manrico in Il Trovatore with Opera Fort Collins, Rossini's Stabat Mater with the Greeley Chorale, Verdi's Requiem with the Arapahoe Philharmonic, and the role of Don José in Opera Idaho's production of Carmen. Stinar is an Artist in Residence with Denver School of the Arts and holds his Master's degree from the University of Oklahoma where he is a Hoving and Benton-Schmidt Scholar and studied in the studio of Salvatore Champagne. The Pikes Peak Arts Council recently awarded Stinar the "2006 Best Solo Classical Music Performance" for his role as Calaf in Turandot with the Opera Theatre of the Rockies.
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Ms. Ingrid Thompson (Accompanist)
Ingrid Thompson has been an active parent and musician at the Denver School of the Arts for seven years - ever since her son entered the school as a sixth grader. He has graduated and moved on - she prefers to stay! Ingrid graduated Cum Laude from University of Denver's Lamont School of Music with a degree in music education. She has taught middle and high school music, and held the position of organist-choirmaster at several Episcopal churches in Colorado.
Ms. Thompson accompanies extensively at DSA and in several private voice studios. She teaches piano and theory privately in her home and also has a part-time career as a massage therapist.
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