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
