Performance Class & Jury Schedule

Performance Class Schedule (Fridays, 12:20 pm, Hulsey Recital Hall)                      

February 1           Class

February 8           Class

February 15         AlaNATS festival in Tuscaloosa; NO CLASS

February 22         Studio Voice Recital dress rehearsal. Plan to stay until 2:15 pm.

March 1                Class

March 8                Class

March 15              Class (Spring break begins March 16, not today!)

March 22              Spring Break, no classes

March 29              Class

April 5                  Concert Choir on tour; NO CLASS

April 12                Class

April 19                Class

April 26                Last class

VOICE JURIES are Wednesday, May 8, starting at 9 am.

This is during the official UAB Final Examination period. Make arrangements NOW.

Required Voice Events

ALL Voice students are required to attend the following performances.

OTHER EVENTS MAY BE ADDED TO THIS LIST. Stay informed!!

(You will be performing in one or more of these.)

Wednesday, January 30, 12:20 p.m.                       Faculty Potpourri Recital                            HRH

Sunday, February 10, 3:00 p.m.     Early Music Recital, Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk & Friends       HRH

Tuesday, February 12, 7:00 p.m.   Concert by Dr & Mrs Cho and Dr & Mrs Mosteller            R-K

Sunday, February 24, 7:30 p.m.                   Voice Studio Recital                                               HRH

Tuesday, March 26, 3:30 p.m.                      Janet Hopkins Vocal Master Class                                    HRH

Tuesday, April 2, 7:00 p.m.              Faculty Recital by Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk                  R-K

Friday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.               Senior Recital by Shane Bloemetjie                                  HRH

Thursday, April 18, 7:00 p.m.                                  UAB Choirs concert                                 Jemison

Sunday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.                         UAB Opera Aria Night                                         HRH

Wednesday, April 24, 12:20 p.m.    Guest Recital by soprano Kristin Kenning                       HRH

Sunday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. Senior Recital by Jennifer Thorp and Brett Kilgore                    HRH

Recommended additional vocal events:

Friday, January 25 at 7:30 p.m. and                       Opera Birmingham presents Madame Butterfly

Sunday, January 27 at 2:30 p.m.                                                     Wright Center, Samford University

Wednesday, February 13, 12:20 p.m.                      Student Recital #3                                        HRH

Monday, March 4, 12:20 p.m.                                  Student Recital #4                                        HRH

Friday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. and               Opera Birmingham presents The Magic Flute

Sunday, March 17 at 2:30 p.m.                                                        Wright Center, Samford University

Wednesday, April 17, 12:20 p.m.                Student Recital #5                                                    HRH

Friday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. and     Alabama Symphony orchestra presents

Saturday, April 27 at 8:00 p.m.                   Brahms German Requiem                                     Jemison

NATS money is due Feb. 4

I have talked with most of you regarding NATS, which is February 15-16 in Tuscaloosa this year. If you would like to participate and I have unintentionally neglected to mention it to you, please let me know. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to enter.

The registration fee is $10 per audition: that means if you are doing both classical and musical theatre divisions, you need to pay $20. We will confirm repertoire and complete yours forms during lesson times: come early to your lesson time to complete this.

Money is due to me Friday, February 1, as we must submit one check for everyone. If you are late, you will not be entered. Plan ahead NOW.

Dr. Mosteller will be accompanying UAB students, so please get him copies of your music ASAP. Please thank him for being so generous with his time and for saving you accompanist fees.

NO Opera Workshop today

Opera Workshop is canceled, as UAB has suspended all operations as of 3:30. Enjoy the time off to prepare for your "lectures" on your operas and composers, folks! Be safe getting home, and remember to leave LOTS of room between you and the car ahead of you.

Voice Lesson Schedule: revised

Voice lessons have been solidified, God willing. As of now, I have:

MONDAY
12:20-1:10 Nole (Maria)
1:25-2:15 Amanda (Maria)
3:30-4:20 EmKay (Maria)

TUESDAY
1-1:50 Jake (Maria)

WEDNESDAY
11:15-12:05 Kelsey (Chris)
1:25-2:15 Valencia (Maria)
2:30-3:20 Shane (Maria)

THURSDAY
10-10:30 Mike (Maria)

FRIDAY
11:15-12:05 Jen (Maria)

Get your music to Maria ASAP by tacking it on her door WITH YOUR NAME ON IT so she knows who it belongs to. Kelsey, please give me YOUR music and I'll leave it on my door for Chris. Thanks!

Black sweater from MERRY WIDOW

Folks, there was a black V-neck sweater left on the costume rack after MERRY WIDOW, and no one has claimed it. It's from The Limited. Don't you want it back? I have it in my office.

Classes begin this week

Welcome back, folks! I hope you have had a wonderful and restful break. As always, I'm looking forward to hearing your beautiful voices again.

Studio Lessons
This week, I need to see each of you for 30 minutes, and I'm only here Wednesday and Thursday before I leave for a recital this weekend. I will post a sign-up sheet on my door tomorrow (Tuesday). Please sign up for a half hour slot and we'll vocalize, plan the semester, etc. DO NOT WAIT until Convocation on Wednesday to sign up: I'll need to see some of you that morning to get to everyone!

As of now, I have only received two schedules (thank you, Nole and Jake). Everyone needs to submit their schedule ASAP. Email is fine, and I only need to know your available times. I don't need a calendar of everything you're doing, unless you really want to share. Keep it simple.

Remember that I cannot teach you if you have not registered.


Opera Workshop
This semester, we will only meet at regular class time, T/Th 3:30-5:15, and everyone will be required to be there all the time. *If your scholarship requires you to be in this class, be sure that you are!* Our plan this semester is to do an aria night, perhaps with duets if we have time. We will focus on role study, audition techniques, and body use. We will have several guest clinicians, including Dr. Vanessa Cornett-Murtada, who will be giving a Convocation on using self-hypnosis to combat performance anxiety, and another master class by MET mezzo-soprano Janet Hopkins. It will be a fun (and low-stress) semester!

If you have any aria requests, please talk to both me AND your voice teacher about your ideas. All arias must be approved by both of us. You should find your voice lesson repertoire will take an expressive leap forward with this class as well!

All overrides have been entered. Please register ASAP, and let me know if you have any problems.

Love y'all madly!