An avid performer in a wide range of settings, Jolly was a winner of the 2006 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals. Soprano Katherine Jolly emphasizes physical and mental well-being in her teaching, principles instilled in her as a young dancer and through years of yoga and mindfulness studies. In January 2016, he took Oberlin alum Nkeiru Okoye’s opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed that Line to Freedom to Black churches throughout Northeast Ohio as well as a performance in a packed Finney Chapel.
He directed the American premiere of Lost Highway, an opera based on the David Lynch film that played to sold-out performances at the Miller Theatre in New York. In 2009 he directed the world premiere of Harvey Pekar’s jazz opera Leave Me Alone, which was one of the first operas to broadcast live on the internet. His 2004 exchange with Teatro Colon brought Oberlin singers to Buenos Aires for a multimedia production of Dido and Aeneas to a sold-out auditorium. Adept at a wide range of repertoire, Colton has developed a niche in oratorio and sacred works from Bach to Brahms, and is recognized for her interpretation of contemporary chamber music and championing of little-known works written in the last century.įor more than 20 years, Jonathon Field has directed groundbreaking productions at Oberlin Conservatory, keeping the school in the forefront of contemporary opera. She has performed with the Boston, Indianapolis, Houston, National, Pittsburgh and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras The Cleveland and Minnesota Orchestras, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Kendra Colton '83 is conservatory assistant professor of singing. For the next 10 years, he was engaged as a guest artist in many of Europe’s finest opera houses and concert halls. Immediately thereafter, he joined the ensemble of the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe, Germany, appearing in a wide range of leading tenor roles. He began his singing career in 1988, when he was chosen to be the tenor soloist in a European tour of Leonard Bernstein's Songfest conducted by the composer. Salvatore Champagne ’85 is conservatory associate professor of singing.
Bandy studied with the renowned Martin Katz at the University of Michigan. Bandy has also been on the faculty of the summer Taos Opera Institute in New Mexico as Czech, Russian, and Italian coach, and regularly gives master classes for singers and pianists at Notre Dame. Bandy has also overseen the musical preparation of Oberlin’s mainstage opera productions. He also teaches classes in Lieder and Mélodie. Thomas Bandy teaches collaborative piano, English, Italian, and German lyric diction for voice majors, and seminars at the Conservatory in Czech and Russian lyric diction and vocal repertoire.
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