COURTNEY KALBACKER
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RESUME
Concert/ Recital Experience:

 Soloist        Requiem, Faure 2009
Marsh Chapel Choir, Boston University
 Soloist      Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165 2009
Back Bay Chorale, Sanders Theatre
 Soloist        "Coronation" Mass, K. 317 2009
Back Bay Chorale, Sanders Theatre
 Soloist        Le Roi David           2008           Ozawa Hall, B.U. Tanglewood Institute          
 Soloist        Ein Deutsches Requiem   2008
Oklahoma City University 
as "Baby Doe" (Mutz Photography)
Soloist        Carmina Burana                       2007
Ozawa Hall, B.U. Tanglewood Institute
Recitalist    "Afternoon of Song" with pianist Francis Yun         2007
                             Benefit Tour through North Carolina and Virginia   
Recitalist    “An Evening with Simon Estes and Friends”   
                                        Waukee, Iowa Arts Council                           2006
Sop.Soloist Quattri Pezzi Sacri, Verdi       
                                         Symphony Hall, B.U. Symphonic Chorus   2005

*denotes upcoming performances

Operatic Performance Experience:

Melide         L’Ormindo, Cavalli 2008
                                  Harvard Early Music Society                              
Baby Doe   The Ballad of Baby Doe  2008
                                  Oklahoma Opera & Music Theater Co.              
Sofie      Der Rosenkavalier (scenes) 2008
Oklahoma City University Opera Workshop
Frau Fluth   Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor    2007
                                  Oklahoma Opera & Music Theater Co.              
Gretel          Hansel and Gretel (scenes)             2006
                                  Boston University Opera Workshop                   
Rosemary  Summer and Smoke (scenes)       2005       Boston University Opera Workshop                   
Papagena   Die Zauberflote (scenes)   2005               (Opera Works, 2005)                    Boston University                                                   
                               
Awards/ Scholarships:
 
Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition - District                      2007
Burton/McCasland Competition Endowment Award Recipient          2007 
Graduate Music Student Talent Scholarship, Oklahoma City U.          2006
College of Fine Arts Performance Award, Boston University                2005
1st Place, Advanced H. S. Women, N.A.T.S.- Mid-Atlantic Region       2002
    
Education/Training Programs:  

Oklahoma City University
Bass School of Music, M.M. Opera Performance, with high honors     2008

Boston University
School of Music, B.M. Vocal Performance, summa cum laude             2006

Solfest Opera Seminar, Key West, FL                                                       2007
Opera Works with Ann Baltz, Singer's Summer Intensive                   2005
Boston University Tanglewood Institute                                                  2002
American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Actors' Summer Workshop     2000

Vocal Instructors: Penelope Bitzas, Brenda Holleman, Phyllis Hoffman, Dr. Alexa Schlimmer
    
Conductors: Dr. Ann Howard Jones, Dr. Scott Allen Jarrett, Jan McDaniel

Coaches: Matthew Larson, Jodi Goble, Dr. Michelle Alexander

Masterclasses:
Donna Roll, Dr. Esther Jane Hardenbergh, Phyllis Curtin, Sharon Daniels, Ann Baltz, Penelope Bitzas

Special Skills:  professional clowning, stage combat, 5 years of yoga practice, basic ballet, tap, swing, modern, and historical dance skills, Music Together trained teacher, basic Italian language proficiency

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