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2009 Summer Vocal Insitute
Instructional content
Classes are offered for credit through enrollment with St. Petersburg College. Enrollment is limited. Students should register early to secure a place with instructors Michael, Lawhead or Switzer for applied voice. High school and beginning vocal students are encouraged to study musical theater pieces and songs in English; more advanced students may study operatic arias and art songs in French and Italian.
Applied voice lessons address breathing techniques, authentic voice production, tension release, flexibility and expansion of vocal range. Workshops are included in the tuition and fee package to help with character development, body movement, stage, direction, language diction, vocal health, and vocal performance practice.
Enrollment
Enrollment in applied voice is open to all aspiring vocal students. However, students must obtain signatures by Fine Arts staff in HS (Humanities building) 118 as the first step in the process of registration and enrollment. MVV 1311 and 2321 are 2 credit applied voice lessons for music majors. MVV 1011 and 2021 are for vocal enrichment students.
Those in MVV 1311 or 2321 will participate in the master classes. Other students may be invited to participate, as determined by their instructor.
Course Offerings
APPLIED VOICE MVV 1311 and 2321
MVV 1311 Course # 402 Michael
MVV 2321 Course # 403 Michael
MVV 1311 Course #1985 Lawhead
MVV 2321 Course #1990 Lawhead
MVV 1311 Course #1986 Switzer
MVV 2321 Course #1991 Switzer
APPLIED VOICE MVV 1011 AND 2021
MVV 1011 Course # 781 Michael
MVV 2021 Course # 1988 Michael
MVV 1011 Course # 1335 Lawhead
MVV 2021 Course # 1987 Lawhead
MVV 1011 Course # 1328 Switzer
MVV 1011 Course # 1989 Switzer
Enrollment in these sections includes one hour private voice lesson/week along with the weekly performance/master class and seminars.
Voice Lesson- by appointment with instructor
Workshop/Master classes schedule TBA
Tuition/Fees
Summer Vocal Institute Fee $50 (one-time fee required for all voice students)
Course # AAP0826
Applied Voice $155.08 ($77.54/credit hour x 2 credits)
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Required Lab fee: $120 (MVV 1311, 2321); or
$240 (MVV 1011, 2021)
Stella Zambalis, soprano/voice and opera master class
Stella Zambalis is a regular guest of leading opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera (Cherubino in The Ghosts of Versailles), New York City Opera (Magda in La Rondine, Micaela in Carmen, and Mimi in La Boheme), Houston Grand Opera (Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte, Musetta in La Boheme and Nedda in I Pagliacci), Seattle Opera (Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte and Sophie in Prokofieff’s War and Peace), Florida Grand Opera (Adalgisa in Norma), Austin Lyric Opera (Violetta in La Traviata and Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro), Baltimore Opera (Mimi in La Boheme), Florentine Opera (Angelina in La Cenerentola and Liu in Turandot), Michigan Opera (Mimi, Micaela), Minnesota Opera (Micaela and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Kentucky Opera (Hermia, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte), Opera Company of Philadelphia (Pamina in The Magic Flute, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, and Mimi in La Boheme and Nedda in I Pagliacci) Opera Pacific (Mimi), Portland Opera (a double-bill of Nedda in I Pagliacci and “soprano” in Carmina Burana and Marguerite in Faust), Arizona Opera (Nedda), Tulsa Opera (Giulietta in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Micaela, Liu and Mimi) and New Orleans Opera (Nedda). In Europe, she has performed with the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Mimi) and the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy (Countess).
Her return engagements this season include Liu in a co-production of Turandot with the Indianapolis and Nashville Opera companies and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Chattanooga Symphony and Opera.
She also has appeared with Opera Columbus, Opera Hamilton, Opera Omaha, Indianapolis Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Tacoma Opera, Knoxville Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Arkansas Symphony, and with Opera Orchestra of New York in Carnegie Hall.
On the concert stage, Zambalis has performed in Santiago, Chile for Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis; with the Houston, Pittsburgh and San Francisco Ballets for Strauss’ Four Last Songs; Houston Symphony in solo quartet of Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes with Mischa and Cipa Dichter; in New York with the Little Orchestra Society; with the late Robert Shaw in Verdi’s Requiem; Youngstown Symphony in the Mozart Requiem; New Bedford Symphony as guest soloist; Erie Symphony; Greenville Symphony in Verdi’s Requiem; Houston Masterworks for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Vaughan Williams’ Benedicite; and at Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy as soprano soloist in Menotti’s Mass and his Cantata to St. Teresa of Avila: Muero, Porque no Muero, which she also performed with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin. Later in Berlin, she appeared as featured soloist under the baton of Raphael Frubech de Burgos in Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra.
Zambalis has created several new roles, including Cherubino in The Ghosts of Versailles for the Metropolitan Opera; the Stepmother in Philip Glass’ and Robert Moran’s The Juniper Tree; The Woman in Robert Moran’s Desert of Roses for the Houston Grand Opera; and the title role in the world premiere of Rachel for the Knoxville Opera, with additional performances in Nashville with Nashville Opera.
Zambalis recorded a solo album featuring three complete solo cycles by Dvorak for the Opus label and can be heard as Juliet in Tchaikovsky’s unfinished work Romeo and Juliet: Overture Fantasy with the Moscow Radio and Television Orchestra for Bridge Records.
Stella Zambalis first captured the attention of the music world as a finalist in the San Francisco Opera Auditions and as a winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions. A native of Cleveland who grew up in Florida, she was a 22-year student of the late renowned Elena Nikolaidi and currently resides in New York.
Cornelius White, tenor
Cornelius White is a performing artist whose history encompasses performing arts genres including classical, opera, musical theater and jazz. He is a graduate of the Hartt College of Music. His performance career began 25 years ago with the now-legendary Broadway revival of Porgy and Bess at Radio City Music Hall (directed by Tony Award winners Jack O'Brien and choreographed by George Faison), followed by the first production of the work at the Metropolitan Opera Company with opera legends soprano Grace Bumbry, bass-baritone, Simon Estes and artistic director/conductor James Levine.
His performance as Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires initiated 175 critically acclaimed performances of the role throughout the United States and Canada. White toured nationally and internationally with Porgy and Bess, including performances at the Theatre de Chatelet (Paris), Prince Albert Hall (London), Deutsche Oper (Munich), Theatre Des Westens (Berlin).
He debuted at New York City Opera, which was followed with the Grammy nominated recording of Anthony Davis' X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, and Linda Twine's retrospective revue Harlem Symphony for MBS Television in Japan.
White changed careers in the mid-1990s when he became a project manager in sales and marketing for BellSouth Telecommunications in Atlanta. He relocated to Tampa in 2002 and taught music at Ruth Eckerd Hall's Marcia P. Hoffman Performing Arts Institute and worked as a performance consultant for young artists. He returned to performing in 2005, joining Encore's production of Purlie at City Center in New York City in honor of the late Ossie Davis. He is a recipient of the Individual Artist Enhancement Grant from the Tampa Arts Council and from he Florida State Department of Cultural Affairs. White recently founded Creative Mind Entertainment for artist promotion, development and booking.
Warren Jaworski, USF Chair Voice Department/guest clinician
Jaworski has sung with orchestras, including oratorio works, throughout the country. He has performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and has sung recitals with the Columbia Artists Management Community Concert Series. Jaworski also was a soloist in the Bach St. John Passion under Robert Shaw with the Detroit Symphony. He has recorded with Fred Waring, and performed in the Roger Wagner Chorale with the Los Angeles Symphony. He has appeared with many professional opera and musical comedy repertoire companies, in commercials, and on television, most notably the national premiere broadcast of Dave Brubeck’s A Celebration Mass: To Hope. In addition to engagements with the Miami Opera, he has sung with the Tampa Oratorio Society, Miami Oratorio Society, Clearwater Oratorio Society, choral Masterworks series with the Florida Orchestra, Palm Beach Masterworks Series, Clearwater Bach Festival, Bach Festival of Central Florida, Messiah Association of Winter Haven and as bass soloist in the Verdi Requiem under the direction of Daniel Moe and the Key Chorale in Sarasota. In 1989 he studied and performed the Bach B minor Mass and the Beethoven Missa Solemnis at the Internationale Bachakademie in Stuttgart, Germany under Helmuth Rilling and Andreas Schmitt.
Jaworski has directed professional opera productions and conducted opera, vocal and choral workshops and clinics, as well as judged vocal competitions throughout Florida, Michigan, Indiana, California, Ohio, Oregon and Delaware. He is past director, general manager and producer of the Northern Indiana Opera Association and has published articles in The National Association of Teachers of Singing Journal.
Jaworski earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from Indiana University. He is a member of Actor’s Equity, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, National Opera Association and Florida Vocal Association. He is associate professor of music at the University of South Florida, where he is department chairman and teaches voice and song literature. He is developing a video course on the Art Song in English Speaking Countries by researching on location in Canada, England, and Australia. In 2006, Jaworski was awarded The Hispanic Pathways Award for his work in developing a DVD course in Latin American art song with Patricia Caicedo and promoting Spanish and Latin American art song at USF.
Marilyn Michael, Vocal Institute Director/SPC Vocal Instructor, Opera Workshop
Marilyn Michael is coordinator of vocal studies at St. Petersburg College and has served as a full-time instructor/facilitator in voice, opera workshop, and Honors Western Humanities II since 1994. Michael's career was launched when she was guest alto soloist under the conductor Helmuth Rilling at the Bachakadamie Summer Festival in Stuttgart, Germany. Later that season, she sang four German Lieder recitals at Toynbee Hall in London. Subsequent seasons produced solo engagements ranging from Bach to Mahler including the St. John Passion and St. Matthew Passion by Bach conducted by Helmuth Rilling, 24 performances of Mendelssohn’s Elijah in Germany to great critical acclaim, including several in Frankfurt under the direction of Wolfram Wehnert; Honniger's King David in Duisburg and Dortmund, Germany, conducted by Heinrich Reichardt; Handel's Messiah and Dixit Dominus at Royal Albert Hall, London, Sir David Willcocks conducting and Das Lied von der Erde at the Mahler Sommerfest in Kassel, Germany. Other highlights of her career include Mahler's Symphony No. 2 under the direction of Julius Rudel and NPR broadcast performance and tour of Mozart Requiem with the London Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, conducting.
She had her debut at Carnegie Hall as alto soloist in the Messiah. She also debuted the first solo vocal album on the Erasmus label (Netherlands) entitled Von ewiger Liebe, songs of Johannes Brahms with famed Dutch pianist, Robert Moeling. In October 2006, she was a soloist in concerts at L’Église de la Madeleine and the American Cathedral in Paris. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in vocal performance at the University of Kansas; a master’s in education from Capella University and a doctorate in education from the University of Sarasota.
David Lawhead, SPC Vocal Instructor/Vocal Health
David Lawhead received his bachelor’s in music education from Cedarville College and a master’s of music in choral conducting at the University of South Florida. Highlights of his career include first place in NATS Festival in Berea, Ohio; directing numerous musicals including The Music Man, My Fair Lady and Fiddler on the Roof; adjudicator for local schools in solo and ensemble festivals.
Lawhead is very involved in church music. He once led a musical mission to Honduras. He enjoys cycling and spending time with his wife and three children. Lawhead is the music specialist at St. Petersburg High School and the contemporary music director at Faith Presbyterian Church of Seminole.
Linda Mulé Switzer, SPC Vocal Instructor/Musical Theater
Linda Mule’ Switzer was a prizewinner in the Florida District Metropolitan Opera Auditions and a prizewinner in the Atlanta Regional Metropolitan Opera Auditions. She holds a master’s degree in voice performance from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a bachelor’s in music education from Longwood College. She is active as a performer in regional opera, zarzuela and musical theater. She has performed with Opera Tampa, Sarasota Opera, Orlando Opera, Florida Lyric Opera, The Florida Orchestra, Treasure Coast Opera, Pensacola Opera and Spanish Lyric Theatre. She had a role in the world premiere of Anton Coppola’s Sacco and Vanzetti, under the baton of Conductor Anton Coppola. She performed the role of the widow in the Spanish version of the Merry Widow, entitled La Viuda Alegre, for Spanish Lyric Theatre. She and her husband, Mark Switzer, own The Florida Arts School and she is an adjunct professor of voice at St. Petersburg College. |
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