Bahareh Poureslami soprano

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Concert The Bells Rachmaninoff Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra (NUSO) & Choirs 2018 Symphony no. 4 Mahler Members NUSO St. John Passion (chorus) J.S. Bach Music of the Baroque (Chicago) 2018 Coronation Mass Mozart Members of NUSO, Northwestern Music Academy Chorus 2018 Esther (Chorus) Handel Music of the Baroque 2018 Des Knaben Wunderhorn Mahler Members of NUSO 2018 The Star of Bethlehem Josef Rheinberger Oratorio Society 2017 St. Cecilia Mass Gounod Musica Lumina Orchestra, Niles Metropolitan Chorus 2017 Ein Deutsches Brahms NUSO and Choirs 2017 Mass in C Major Beethoven NUSO, Northwestern Music Academy Chorus 2017 hhgfh Mas s in C Minor Mozart NUSO, Alice Millar Choir 2017 Vesperae solennes de confessore Mozart NUSO, Northwestern Music Academy Chorus 2016

Messiah Handel Callipygian Ensemble, Bienen Contemporary/Early Ensemble 2016 Five Images After Sappho Esa-Pekka Salonen Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra 2016 Dixit Dominus Handel NUSO, Alice Millar Choir 2015 Judas Maccabaeus (chorus) Handel Music of the Baroque 2015 In furore iustissimae irae Vivaldi NU Baroque Music Ensemble 2015 Messiah Handel Prince George Symphony Orchestra 2014 Requiem Mozart Pacific Spirit Choir and Orchestra 2014 St. John Passion J.S. Bach Pacific Baroque Orchestra 2014 Stabat Mater Pergolesi The Bach Cantata Collective 2014 Elijah Mendelssohn Pacific Spirit Choir and Orchestra 2013 VSO Traditional Christmas Various Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 2012 Magnificat Chatman UBC Choirs and Symphony Orchestra 2012

Opera Roles & Scenes Blanche Dialogues of the Carmelites, Poulenc Northwestern University Opera Theatre 2017 Susanna Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart NU Opera Theatre 2016 Adina (scene) L’elisir d’amore, Donizetti NU Opera Theatre 2016 Belinda Dido and Aeneas, Purcell Opera After Hours 2014 Gilda (scene) Rigoletto, Verdi University of Opera, Vancouver Opera Orchestra 2013

Micaëla, Chorus Carmen, Bizet UBC Opera, VO Orchestra 2013 Gilda (scene) Rigoletto, Verdi UBC Opera, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 2013 Frasquita (scene) Carmen, Bizet UBC Opera, VO Orchestra 2012

Training

Master of Music in Voice and Opera with Honors – Northwestern University Bienen School of Music 2017 Toronto Summer Music Academy Art of Song Fellow 2017 SongFest Professional Fellow 2017 Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellow 2016 -Institut Baden, Austria 2015 Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance - University of British Columbia 2013

Victoria Conservatory of Music Summer Oratorio Program 2010, 2011

Awards and Achievements

Art Song Foundation of Canada Grant 2017

Bienen School of Music Eckstein Full Tuition Grant 2015-2017

The Lynne Cooper Harvey Foundation Scholarship (Chicago Musicians Club of Women) 2016 Jacqueline Desmarais Grant for Young Canadian Opera Singers 2015 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions: Northwest Region Encouragement Award 2014 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions: Northwest District Winner, People’s Choice Award 2013 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions: Northwest District Encouragement Award, People’s Choice Award 2012

Vocal Teachers Conductors Coaches Directors Nancy Argenta Paul Agnew Stephen Alltop Michael Ehrman Marisa Gaetanne Jane Glover Richard Boldrey Nancy Hermiston Sunny Joy Langton William Jon Gray Alan Darling Tracy Satterfield Donald Nally Laurann Gilley Victor Yampolsky Rena Sharon