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Welcome to DSA Vocal MusicCheck this webpage often in order to stay up-to-date on the latest happenings in the Vocal Music Department at DSA. June 29, 2009 Student CornerHappy Summer! Check out our updated Student Corner by scrolling down this page. Several of our vocal music majors are involved in local musical theater productions. If you would like to be listed, please submit your announcement to Mr. Shively. Congratulations students on your summer accomplishments! San Francisco 2010 We are formally announcing and planning a HS choir trip to San Francisco in the Spring of 2010. Start planning financially for payments to begin in September. Fundraisers will be organized early and we need volunteers, students and parents, to help raise money for this important departmental trip. We were sad to cancel our trip this past spring, and look forward to renewed energy as we plan ahead. ALL students in Bellissima and Chorale are expected to attend this performance trip. Specific dates will be announced in the Fall. Start saving or planning your own fundraisers this summer, as the cost will be between $1100-$1300 per person. Resident Artist Change We wish Ms. Amy Berglund a fond farewell after her 11 years of devoted service to the Vocal Music Department. We will miss her! However, we wish a warm welcome to Ms. Sarah Barber, Mezzo Soprano! She brings a rich teaching and performing element to our faculty. Read more about her by clicking on her name in the side column and visit her new voice studio website http://studio.sarahbarber.com Feel free to contact her over the summer if you are interested in studying with her in the near future. Also, check out Mr. Brian Stinar's new bio, as well as his new studio website at http://stinarvoicestudio.weebly.com Allegro Voce If you did not return your blue sightsinging book, please return to Mr. Shively as soon as possible by dropping it off in the main office to his box. Also, if you are a returning baritone, please keep your vest and tie over the summer. If you are a baritone entering high school, please dry clean your vest and tie and return in August. Also, if you have not done so already, please inform Mr. Shively via email your voice teacher preference for the 2009-10 school year as soon as possible. Thank you for a great year! Communication Emails If you would like to send a notice out to the entire department, send your message to dsainfo@dsavocalmusic.org ; If you want to send information to a particular choir, place the choir name before the server name (e.g. treblechoir@dsavocalmusic.org) Once you have sent this email, the directors will need to give final approval; it is then sent to those choir members and parents. Please enable your email inbox to accept messages from this account. Please contact Eric at eric@ericweinstein.com for assistance with emails from the Vocal Music Department. Voice Lesson information (HS only) As most know, all HS students are required to be enrolled in private voice lessons. Though we prefer that you study on campus with one of our resident artists, you may opt to study off campus with a qualified voice teacher who has classical training (at least a Bachelors degree in music), is well-versed in classical vocal repertoire (English and foreign language art songs), as well as musical theater and jazz vocal repertoire. Because the new school schedule is not easily allowing students to have free periods, students may have the option of taking lessons during lunch, their major period, and after school. If you are a continuing student, please contact your teacher as soon as possible to reserve a time and day that accommodates both of your schedules. Their contact information is listed on this page. Students must take at least 15 lessons per semester. Payment schedules can be worked out directly with your student's voice teacher. Rates are $45 per hour and students can opt to take 30-minute, 45-minute or 60-minute lessons, depending on your level of study, finances, and voice teacher's discretion. Lessons will begin the week of August 24, 2009. If any student has financial difficulty paying for lessons, there are departmental scholarships available. Please do not hesitate to contact the directors for more information. | ||
| STUDENT CORNER This space is reserved for student accomplishments and honors in Vocal Music. Please submit information to Mr. Shively or Mr. Styron via email in order to be featured on this page. Congratulations to Terra Salazar who will be performing the role of the Bakers Wife in the Sondheim musical Into the Woods produced at The Dairy for the Arts, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, 80302. There are two cast, Terra is cast B. Cast B show times are as follows. Friday, July 17th at 7pm Sunday, July 19th at 1pm Friday, July 24th at 7pm Sunday, July 26th at 1pm Call the Dairy Center for ticket at 303-444-7328, Tuesday-Friday, 1-5pm or go to their website at www.thedairy.org Congratulations to Chace Johnson (Chorale) who will be performing the role of Lumiere, (a.k.a. the candlestick) in Disney's Beauty and the Beast produced at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 South Dahlia St., Denver, 80246. Performance dates are Wed, June 24 @ 7 pm; Thurs, June 25 @ 1 and 7 pm; Fri, June 26 at 10 am and 1 pm; and Sunday, June 28 at 1 pm and 6:30 pm. Ticket prices for Adults: $10; Children, Students and Seniors: $8. Phone the box office @ 303-316-6360. Congratulations to Andi Owens (Treble Choir) for starring as "Annie" in Englewood High School's summer production of Annie. The performance dates are July 31st and August 1st at 7pm; and August 2nd at 2 pm. Congratulations to Kaitlin Weinstein (Treble Choir) who will be performing with her sister Kelsey at the Lakewood Cultural Center's production of Evita. Performance are from June 19th through July 5th. For ticket information call 303-987-7845 or go to performancenow.org What a great way to get a head start on your student's fall concert evaluation! Congratulations to Jessica Lewis (Treble Choir) who was recently won first place in the "Night of the Stars" Talent Show. All first place winners advanced to a regional competition on April 25th in Broomfield where Jessica won 1st Place in the vocal competition for 5th-8th grade in the finals competition. Congratulations to the following DSA Vocal Music majors for placing in the recent NATS (National Association of Teacher of Singing) Auditions. Students competed with other singers from the Colorado/Wyoming area who study voice privately with a NATS member. They compete in an age-level category in either Classical or Musical Theater categories. DSA winners were as follows: Blair Whiteside (Senior Girls: Classical, 1st Place; Musical Theater, 2nd Place) Chloe Scull (Junior Girls: Musical Theater, 1st Place) Terra Salazar (Junior Girls: Musical Theater, 2nd Place) Amanda McCoo (Senior Girls: Classical, Honorable Mention; Musical Theater, 3rd Place) Brad Gavit (Boys: Musical Theater, Honorable Mention) Emily Jacobs (Senior Girls: Musical Theater, Honorable Mention; Classical, Honorable Mention) Kayla Parker (Senior Girls: Musical Theater, Honorable Mention) Congratulations also to their teachers: Rebecca Koenigberg, Kerry Johnson, and Kate Emerich | |||
| ALUMNI NEWS Micaiella Dominguez-Robinson, ('05 Vocal Music), Soprano presented her Senior Voice Recital with Ben Wood, ('05, Piano) on Saturday, March 7, 2009. It was given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor’s of Music at the University of Denver. | |||
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