Category Archives: Voice

Chandler Peveto performing Harry in Steamboat Opera's Company.

CSU Voice Major, Chandler Peveto, Performs as Emerging Artist with Steamboat Opera

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Dr. Nicole Asel, professor of music in the voice area, contacted Peveto about an opportunity with Opera Steamboat after a previous performer found himself unable to sing. This opportunity led to a contract for Peveto to fill the role of Harry in Stephen Sondheim’s Company. When Peveto auditioned a second time this past summer for Opera Steamboat, he was contracted to perform two roles; Pinellino in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, and Peter Zegner in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up.

CSU Voice Professor, Nicole Asel, presents at prominent conferences

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Saturday, October 22, 2022

Voice

CSU voice professor, Nicole Asel, recently presented at two major vocal conferences in Summer 2022. The associate professor presented her research on the songs of Augusta Holmés at the 57th National Association for Teachers of Singing National Conference in Chicago held July 1-6, and the International Congress of Voice Teachers conference held Aug. 3-6 in […]

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Emily Anderson takes first place in the West-Central Regional NATS Competition

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Monday, April 11, 2022

Music, Music Education, Ralph Opera Center, Voice

Colorado State University vocal student Emily Anderson participated in the 2021 West Central Regional Student Auditions for the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS); the 59th annual competition for Colorado, Wyoming, and Kansas vocalists. Emily Anderson, a CSU master’s student, placed first in the graduate category of the West-Central regional National Association of Teachers of […]

John Lindsey blazes a trail across the opera world

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Monday, March 28, 2022

Alumni, Faculty, Music, Ralph Opera Center, Voice

John Lindsey American tenor John Lindsey, instructor of music at Colorado State University’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, has been noted for his “clarion tone” and “blazing tenor” by Opera News. Lindsey recently brought that “clarion tone” to bear in his performance of Monostatos with Des Moines Metro Opera’s production of Die Zauberflöte. Des […]

CSU voice student, Lauren Bumgarner, wins first place at the Denver Lyric Opera Guild annual competition

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Monday, March 28, 2022

Ralph Opera Center, Voice

On Saturday, March 19, twenty-eight talented vocalists competed for top prizes in the annual Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition. Colorado State University graduate student, Lauren Bumgarner, won first place. According to the guild’s website, the organization’s mission is to encourage and support young singers and provide continuing education for DLOG members in the appreciation and […]

CSU Music Education faculty and students selected to present at national conference

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Monday, September 27, 2021

Brass, Music Education, Percussion, Voice

Dr. Bonnie Jacobi, associate professor of Music Education, is co-presenting a session at the National Conference of the American Eurhythmics Society on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. The session will be co-presented with three senior-year B.M. Music Education students: John Andretsos, Cass Brandriff, and Jake Elam. The title of the session is: “Show Me the Music!” […]

Four voice alums receive Denver Lyric Opera Guild awards

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Alumni, Ralph Opera Center, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Voice

Four CSU Voice alums were finalists in the 2021 Denver Lyric Opera Guild annual competition. Places were selected in March 2021. Congrats to our outstanding alumni on your continued success! Third Place: $4500 Myrle F. Hoffman Memorial Award Schyler Vargas, baritone, received his B.M. in Vocal Performance from Colorado State University and his MM from […]

CSU vocal students place at 58th Annual NATS Competition

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Friday, December 18, 2020

Choirs, Voice

In November, Colorado State University vocal students participated in the 2020 West Central Regional Student Auditions for the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS); the 58th annual competition for Colorado, Wyoming, and Kansas vocalists was held via video submission for 2020. Founded in 1944, NATS is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in […]

British one-act operas bring varied emotions to the University Center for the Arts in April

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Monday, April 1, 2019

Ralph Opera Center, Voice

We caught up with the director of CSU’s Ralph Opera Program, Tiffany Blake, to find out more about the upcoming presentation of two highly contrasting one-act operas by British composers, The Wandering Scholar by Gustav Holst and Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The composers were dear friends and both operas premiered in the 1930s. […]

Spring 2019 Class Notes

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Alumni, Voice

Marissa Rudd (B.M., ’16) made her symphonic debut at the Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver, Colorado where she was the featured vocalist with the Colorado Symphony for their annual Comic Con concert.