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Barbara Burdick
Barbara Burdick
joined
the School of Music in 2005 as assistant professor of voice. She
holds a doctor of musical arts degree in vocal performance and opera
direction from The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of
Music and Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees in Vocal
Performance from Indiana University. She has sung professionally
with such opera companies as the Santa Fe Opera, the Washington
Civic Opera, Opera Colorado, Goldovsky Opera Institute, and Karlsrud
Concerts Touring Opera. Her numerous concert appearances include a
concert with composer Ned Rorem. She has received awards and
scholarships from The University of Cincinnati, the Denver Lyric
Opera Guild, and the Aspen Music Festival. In 1992, she was chosen
to participate in the NATS Foundation Internship Program in Denton,
Texas where she studied with James McKinney and Barbara Doscher.
Her teachers include Barbara Honn, Ellen Faull, Eleanor Steber,
Myron McPherson, and Cora Enman. Dr. Burdick has taught at Longwood
College, Shenandoah Conservatory, St. Mary’s College, the University
of Cincinnati, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, and the
University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Her classes have included Vocal
Techniques, Vocal Pedagogy, Diction, Opera Workshop, Stagecraft, and
Music Theatre. She has served as producer/director and musical
director for many musicals, including West Side Story, Fiddler on
the Roof, Secret Garden, Side By Side By Sondheim, Oklahoma, Into
the Woods, and South Pacific. Her students have placed
highly in NATS Competitions throughout the United States, including
three first-place winners in Music Theater. She has judged vocal
competitions nationally since 1977. She presented her research on
the belt voice at the Wisconsin Music Educators Convention in 2000
and 2001, at the National Association of Theaters of Singing
Convention in 2002, and at the International Congress of voice
teachers in 2005. Her article on the same subject was published in
The Journal of Singing in January 2005.
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