Angela Powell, Lyric Soprano

Opera Roles

• Help, Help, the Globolinks - Madam Euterpova (Cincinnati Opera Outreach)
• Hansel & Gretel - The Witch (Cincinnati Opera Outreach)
• Die Zauberflüte - Pamina (Cincinnati Opera Outreach)
• Susannah - Susannah (Dayton Opera)
• Susannah - Mrs. Gleaton (Dayton Opera)
• Paul Lawrence Dunbar: Common Ground* - 2nd Soprano (Dayton Opera)
• Snow White* - Evil Queen (Maryland Opera Studio)
• Le Nozze di Figaro - Contessa (Maryland Opera Studio)

      *world premiere

Oratorio & Orchestral

• Metropolitan Chorus - Bach, Mass in B Minor - Soprano Soloist
• American University - Beethoven, 9th Symphony - Soprano Soloist
• Master Chorale of Washington (MCW) - European Tour - Soprano Soloist
• St. Mary’s Catholic Mass Choir - Malotte, Lord's Prayer - Soprano Soloist
• MCW, Kennedy Center - Faure, Requiem - Soprano Soloist
• Washington Singers, Kennedy Center -  Donald McCullough, Holocaust Cantata*- Soprano Soloist
• MCW, Kennedy Center - Szymanowski, Stabat Mater - Soprano Soloist
• MCW, Kennedy Center - Brahms, A German Requiem - Soprano Soloist
• MCW, National Presbyterian Church - Donald McCullough, Let My People Go* - Soprano Soloist
• Washington D.C. Summer Sing - Mozart, Requiem - Soprano Soloist
• Paul Hill Chorale, Kennedy Center - Wilcox, Magnificat - Soprano Soloist
• Choral Arts Society of Washington, Kennedy Center - Handel, Dixit Dominus - Soprano Soloist
• Cincinnati Opera Outreach, Aronoff Theatre - Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel - Witch
• Cincinnati Symphony - Mozart, Don Giovanni 2nd Act Finale - Donna Elvira
• Kentucky Symphony - Puccini, La Boheme 2nd Act Finale - Musetta

      * Washington, D.C. premiere

Recordings

• A City Called Heaven (debut solo release) - Opusrite recordings, 2001
• Music of George Gershwin, Ron Art Associates Recordings, 2000
• Christmas with the Master Chorale of Washington, Albany Recordings, 1999
• Holocaust Cantata, Songs from the Camps, Albany Records, 1999
• Melodius Accord (Alice Parker guest conductor) - Gothic Records, Inc. 1999

Awards/Associations

• Friday Morning Music Club, member
• Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI), member
• American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), member
• 2000 - Maryland State Art Council, Top Grant
• 1999 - Poulenc Plus Competition, Semifinalist
• 1997 - National Society of Arts and Letters, D.C. Chapter, First Place
• 1997 - Metropolitan Opera National Council Midwest District Auditions, First Place
• 1995-7 - Outreach Program, Cincinnati Opera
• 1995 - Dayton Opera, Artist in Residence
• 1994 - Houston Grand Opera Vocal Competition, Semifinalist
• 1993 - Sigma Alpha Iota National Vocal Competition, First Place
• 1993 - Metropolitan Opera National Council Mid-Atlantic Region Audition, First Place

Education

• University of Maryland, MM 1994
• Oberlin Conservatory of Music, BM 1990
• Voice Teachers: Carmen Balthrop, Linda Mabbs, Daune Mahy, Stanley Cornett
• Master Classes/Coaches: Stephen Lord, Leon Major, Nico Castel, Todd Duncan

Musical and Artistic Direction

• 2000-present - Master Chorale of Washington, Artistic Associate for Vocal Development
• 2000-present - Washington D.C. Youth Choir, Artistic Director
• 1997-2001 - Suitland High School, Assistant Director
  - Concert Choir: 60+ members
  - Chamber Choir: 14 members
• 1998 - Amahl and the Night Visitors, Assistant Director
• 1998 - St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Music Director
  - Gospel Choir Director for the Month of February
• 1987-90 - St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church Cleveland, Ohio, Music Director
  - Anthem Choir 40+ members
• 1990-87 - Tappan Singers Oberlin College, Student Director

Section Leader/Soloist Positions

• 2000-present - All Soul’s Unitarian Church - Soprano Section Leader & Soloist
• 1999-2000 - St. Marguerite’s Episcopal Church - Soprano Section Leader & Soloist
  - 25 member ensemble
• 1998 - Washington Singers - Soprano Section Leader
  - 14 member professional ensemble
• 1998 - Paul Hill Chorale - Soprano Section Leader
  - 200 member volunteer ensemble with professional core
• 1991-94 and 1997-98 - St. Mary’s Catholic Church - Soprano Section Leader
  - Anthem Choir - 30 member ensemble
• 1989-87 - Miles Park Presbyterian Church - Soprano Section Leader
  - 40 member ensemble

Teaching Experience

• 1991-present - Private Voice Studio
  - help to develop basic vocal technique from beginner to advanced singers
• 1999-present - Vocal Workshops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area
  - lectures and master classes to choirs throughout Washington metro area
• 1998-2001 - Suitland High School
  - private voice instruction to develop singers in grades 9 through 12
• 1998-present - Professor of Voice, Washington Bible College
  - private vocal instruction
  - vocal pedagogy and literature
  - vocal performance class
• 1996-1997 - Cincinnati Opera Outreach
  - minority outreach lectures/master classes
  - Music, Words, Opera - program developed to involve children in actual opera productions
  - children operas
• 1993-1994 - Dayton Opera Outreach
  - master classes/lectures
  - children operas

 

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