Nebraska Wesleyan University is pleased to present the Workshop for the High School Solo Singer, a three day intensive workshop that offers high school students aged 15 years and older an opportunity to explore many aspects involved in the healthy development of the voice.

Technical work will include the development of posture, breathing, resonance and articulation. Daily master classes in performance will deal with performance practices, style, phrasing, how to practice and textural communication. Classes also will cover stage deportment, presentation of song, and analysis and understanding of texts. To better utilize the art of singing master classes, participating students are urged to bring traditional voice repertoire in classic or Broadway literature. Pop repertoire is discouraged.

Questions regarding appropriate repertoire for the work shop should be addressed to Dr. Jana Holzmeier at jjh@NebrWesleyan.edu. Classes in movement and relaxation techniques will be included in the daily schedule. Private voice instruction is included for all participants. The workshop will conclude with a performance on Thursday, June 10 at 7 p.m.

Application/Registration Info:
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Applicants are notified of acceptance as they apply. The deadline for applying is June 4. A $35 non-refundable deposit must accompany the application. This deposit will be credited toward tuition. Full payment of tuition and fees is expected at the time of registration. Make checks payable to Nebraska Wesleyan University. Applicants not accepted will receive a refund of the deposit. Participants who attend any of the master class sessions are not eligible for a refund.

To apply, students should submit the application along with a letter of recommendation from a private voice teacher or the high school choral director. A repertoire list should be included with the application.

Registration is Tuesday, June 8, at 8 a.m. in the Rogers Fine Arts Center Music Department Office. At this time, all participants will receive schedules and other appropriate information. Those participants staying in a residence hall should plan to arrive at 8 a.m. to register and move into the assigned room. An 8:45 a.m. meeting in the O'Donnell Auditorium is required of all workshop participants.

Daily Schedule of Events:
(subject to change)

9 a.m. - Physical and Vocal Warm-up
9:40 a.m. - Musicianship and Ear Training or Singing Technique
10:20 a.m. - Musicianship and Ear Training or Singing Technique
11 a.m. - Stage Techniques

1:15 p.m. Alexander Technique or Music Theatre Technique
2:40 p.m. Vocal Performance Class
4 p.m. Private Voice Lessons
Evening: Recital / Off Campus Performance / Closing Recital

Note: Attendance at all daily and evening activities is expected.

Expenses:

Workshop Fee (classes and private lessons): $150
Room: $20 (two nights)
Linen Service (optional): $8
Board: $15 per day (three meals)
Undergraduate Credit (optional): $237 (one hour maximum)

Workshop Faculty:

Robert Rickover: Robert Rickover graduated in 1981 from the School of Alexander Studies in London, where he later served on the faculty. He studied for over 15 years with master Alexander teacher Marjorie Barstow and frequently assisted her with group teaching. He holds degrees in physics and economics from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rickover is the author of Fitness Without Stress - A Guide to the Alexander Technique and is on the faculty of the Annual Barstow/Alexander Technique Institute. He is the creator of The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique website at alexandertechnique.com.

Janene Sheldon: Dr. Janene Sheldon joined the faculty of Nebraska Wesleyan in 2004 and teaches applied voice. She has also been a faculty member at Concordia University in Seward, NE since 1995, teaching applied voice, diction, sight-singing/ear training, and theory and voice for the annual summer music camp, as well as providing musical direction for productions of Into the Woods and Down in the Valley. She graduated from UNL in December 2003 with a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in voice performance.

Dr. Sheldon has appeared on stage with the Young Americans as a dancer/vocalist in Jesus Christ Superstar, and has performed the roles of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Maggie in A Chorus Line, Carrie in Carousel, Minnie Fay in Hello Dolly, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Nella in Gianni Schicchi, Mrs. Gobineau in The Medium, Miss Pinkerton in The Old Maid and the Thief, and numerous others.

She was Music and Worship Director for St. Mark's United Methodist Church and Grace United Methodist Church and has done music direction and accompanying for the Lincoln Community Playhouse, Lincoln's Pinewood Bowl, and the Lincoln Boys Choir. Dr. Sheldon is a paid singer at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Lincoln.

Dawn Pawlewski Krogh: Dawn Pawlewski Krogh received her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Simpson College and her Master of Music Degree in vocal performance from the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory. She completed a Doctoral and Musical Arts degree in vocal performance in May 2005 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she has also performed in a variety of productions, including the premiers of The Divine Madness and O Pioneers.

Dr. Pawlewski is a former member of the Opera Iowa troupes which toured Japan, and has also performed with the Des Moines Metro Opera and the Lincoln Opera in Chicago. She is currently Director of Opera Theater and a member of the vocal music faculty at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Jack Parkhurst: Jack Parkhurst is a professor of theatre arts at Nebraska Wesleyan University. He taught for many years in secondary schools where he received such honors as teacher of the year, and outstanding program in the United States. He has been invited to bring five productions to the International Theatre Arts convention. For the last several years, he has been teaching acting and directing courses at the university level. He has been awarded the prestigious Kennedy Center Golden Medallion Award for continued excellence to university theatre as well as Teacher of the Year for the state of Missouri. Parkhurst directs professionally, is a member of the Directors Union and regularly does peer reviews for both the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and the Educational Theatre Association. He has provided countless workshops at state and national conferences.

Jana Holzmeier: Soprano Jana Holzmeier has been praised by reviewers as a "delightful performer" possessing "celestial" sound, "impeccable phrasing and a keen sense of character." Opera roles to her credit include Pamina in The Magic Flute and Laurie in The Tender Land. A member of the vocal music faculty at Nebraska Wesleyan, Holzmeier received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Northeast Missouri State University, a Master of Music Degree in vocal music performance at Indiana University and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Texas Austin.

Her performance roles include solo appearances with the Lincoln Civic Orchestra, Victoria Bach Festival, the New Texas Festival, the Quad Cities Mozart Festival and the Handel Oratorio Society in Rock Island. She has been named an Emerging Young Artist at the Victoria Bach Festival in Victoria, Texas, and was a Young Artist/Apprentice for the Austin Lyric Opera. In May 2001, Dr. Holzmeier appeared as a soloist at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. In the fall of 2002, she was a featured soloist with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra and Abendmusik-Lincoln. Dr. Holzmeier again appeared as a soloist with the orchestra in the spring of 2005.

Joan Korte: Joan Korte is an assistant professor of theatre arts at Nebraska Wesleyan University, where she teaches acting and other performance-based classes with an emphasis in vocal production and dialects. She also serves as the acting coach for the theatre students in the department, helping students with specific acting challenges. Before coming to Nebraska Wesleyan, Korte worked as an actress in New York and Denver.

Boyd Bacon: Boyd Bacon is a 19-year faculty member at Nebraska Wesleyan University and Director of Fine Arts at Westminster Presbyterian Church. At Nebraska Wesleyan he directs the Touch of Class Jazz Choir and the men's chorus. He also teaches first year music theory and musicianship, studio voice, and a class in arranging and instrumentation. Bacon has published compositions with 19 different companies, both in school and church choral music. He has filled commissions for compositions and arrangements for churches and schools in Nebraska, Kansas, and California, in band as well as choral music. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree with a piano major and Master of Music degree with a composition major, both from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received the first Choral Director of the Year Award presented by the Nebraska Choral Directors Association and was honored as an outstanding teacher by the UNL Teachers College Alumni Assocation. He is a recent ASCAP Award winner.

For more information, contact
Dr. William Wyman
Department of Music
Nebraska Wesleyan University
5000 St. Paul Avenue
Lincoln, NE 68504
402.465.2288
Fax: 402.465.2179
waw@nebrwesleyan.edu