Alice Obery Pierce Lyric Coloratura Soprano Opera Director and Teacher of Singing 540 Phelps Ave. Kalamazoo, MI. 49048 H: 269-381-2819 Cell: 734-646-8719 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] College Teaching Positions

Western Michigan University- Instructor of Voice and Director of Opera 2011-12 Western Michigan University- Adjunct Professor of Voice 2005-2011 Saginaw Valley State University- Adjunct Professor of Voice 2010 spring only Saline High School- Private Voice Teacher, 2004-present North Carolina School of the Arts- Assistant Professor of Voice, 1989-92 University of North Carolina in Wilmington- Assistant Professor of Voice 1987-89 Indiana University- Associate Instructor of Voice 1980, 1984-86 Classes taught Applied Voice, Voice Class, Vocal Literature, Vocal Pedagogy, English Diction, Opera Workshop, Opera Director Engagements

1992-2002- Full-time music-theater soloist- Brandenburgisches Staatstheater Cottbus, Germany, with guest engagements in Chemnitz, Halle, Stralsund, Furth, Zielona Gora, Poland and Bologna, Italy -Hundreds of performances in Opera, Operetta, Musical and Concert 2002-2004- Protestant Choir Director – Rhine-Main Air Base Chapel, Frankfurt, Germany Education

Indiana University- Bachelor of Music 1979 Indiana University- Master of Music 1985 Indiana University- Doctor of Music Candidate 1985-87 (incomplete)

Post-Graduate Study

Special Student Status, University of Illinois- 1980-1981 Professional Organisations

-Active Member of National Association of Teachers of Singing, Michigan Chapter, 2004-present Member of NATS board of directors 2011- present Member of National Opera Association 2011-present - North Carolina Chapter of NATS, 1987-1992

Attended National NATS Conference in Little Rock Arkansas, 1990 Attended National Voice Foundation Conference, New York City, 1987 Will attend NOA?NATS convention in Memphis TN Jan 2011 Voice Teachers and Coaches Dale Moore Virginia MacWatters Jean Deis Sylvia Stone John Wustman Conductors Reinhard Petersen Arie Lipsky Frank Morgenstern John Nelson Richard Hughey Brian Balkwill Adrian Stern Thomas Baldner Dieter Noll Robert Porco Peter Wingrich Jan Harrington Frank Bernard Stage Directors

David Gately Winifried Bauernfeind Hans Busch Martin Schüler Ross Allen David Moreland Bodo Igezs Bernd Mottl Kirsten Polenska Thilo Rheinhard Siegfried Schönbohm Sebastian Baumgarten

Competitions and Awards

Metropolitan Opera Regional Finalist 1988 Metropolitan Opera Regional Finalist 1987 National Society of Arts and Letters Award Recipient 1987 D’Angelo Vocal Competition Finalist 1981 Lucretia Bartenbach Grand Prize Winner 1985 Allan Kellar Memorial Award Finalist 1978 Sylvia Hill Award 1978 Ruth Teal Scholarship for Outstanding High School Seniors 1975

Repertoire- Opera, Operetta and Musical among others:

Olympia Hoffmanns Erzählungen Offenbach Cottbus,Germany Indiana U. Adele Die Fledermaus Strauss Cottbus,Germany Whitewater Opera Papagena Die Zauberflöte Mozart Cottbus,Germany Ann Arbor First Lady Die Zauberflöte Mozart Ann Arbor Belinda Dido und Aeneas Purcell Cottbus, Dresden Germany Lady Astor Untergang der Titanic Siebert Cottbus, Halle, Stralsund,Germany Amor Orpheus in der Unterwelt Offenbach Cottbus,Germany SisterAmnesia Nonsense Goggin Cottbus,Germany

Calisto La Calisto Cavalli Lausitzer Opernsommer Schlafittchen Das Traumfresserchen Hiller Cottbus, Chemnitz,Germany Felicie Die Schöne und das Biest Glass Cottbus,Germany Imagination Amandas Traum Weiß Cottbus,Germany Angelica Orlando Paladino Haydn Lausitzer(Germany) Opernsommer Blonde Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart Cottbus,Germany Barbarina Figaros Hochzeit Mozart Cottbus, Germany Frankfurt/Oder Annabel Lucky Stiff Flaherty Cottbus,Germany

Mascha Der Zarewitsch Lehar Cottbus,Germany Licisco Calandro Ristori Cottbus,Germany Maria West Side Story Bernstein Cottbus,Germany Frasquita Carmen Bizet Cottbus,Germany Raka Die Blume von Hawaii Abram Cottbus,Germany Anna Lustige Weiber von Windsor Nikolai Cottbus,Germany Oskar Maskenball Verdi Cottbus,Germany Dorothea Ritter Kronprinz Friedrich Matthus Cottbus,Germany Crystal Little Shop of Horrors Menkel Cottbus,Germany

Königin der Nacht Zauberflöte Mozart University of Illinois Zerbinetta Ariadne auf Naxos R. Strauss University of Illinois Rosina Barber of Se ville Rossini Indiana University Perichole La Perichole Offenbach Whitewater Opera Euridice Orpheus in the Underworld Offenbach Indiana University Adina Elixir of Love Donizetti Opera de Lafayette Kathy Student Prince Romberg San Diego Light Opera Zerlina Don Giovanni Mozart Indiana University Clorinda La Cenerentola Rossini Piedmont Opera Lisa La Sonnambula Bellini Indiana University Gretel Hansel and Gretel Humperdinck University of Illinois Fire L’Enfant et les Sortilèges Ravel Indiana University Iris The Tempest John Eaton Indiana University

Concerts with Orchestra Soprano Soloist

J.S. Bach B Minor Mass Cottbus,Germany Johannes Passion Cottbus,Germany Matthäus Passion Indiana University Weihnachtsoratorium Cottbus,Germany Cantate Nr. 51, „Jauchzet Gott!“ Cottbus, Ann Arbor, MI (Many other Cantatas) Haydn Die Schöpfung Wilmington, NC Die Jahreszeiten Cottbus,Germany Lord Nelson Mass Kalamazoo, MI Mass in Time of War Ann Arbor, MI Händel Messiah Cottbus,Germany Die Wahl des Herakles Cottbus,Germany Saul Indiana University Meine Seele hört im sehen Ann Arbor, MI Mozart C Minor Mass Cottbus, 1993 Ann Arbor , 2011 Exultate Jubilate Indiana University Mendelssohn Elijah Zielona Gora, Poland Ashland, OH,Ann Arbor Beethoven 9th Symphony Wilmington, NC Mahler 4th Symphony Wilmington, NC Lloyd-Webber Requiem Cottbus,Germany McCartney Liverpool Oratorio Cottbus,Germany Orff Carmina Burana Detroit Civic Orchestra, Western Illinois Univ. Rutter Requiem Wilmington, NC Poulenc Gloria Dresden, Bologna, Saline Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio Cottbus, Wilmington Schubert Mass in G Kalamazoom MI Gounod Cäcilienmesse Cottbus,Germany Vaughan-Williams Serenade to Music Indianapolis Symphony Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras no.5 Saline, MI Vivaldi Gloria Ann Arbor, MI.

Recital Programs

Featured Faculty soloist at NATS presentation at State NATS auditions, WMU, 2007

Faculty Showcase Concert soloist Western Michigan University, 2007, 2009,2011

Society for Musical Arts, Ann Arbor Women’s City Club 2006 with John Charles Pierce, tenor and Lydia Qu, Pianist Chanson de Ronsard, Darius Milhaud Passages, R. Michael Daugherty Duets- Madama Butterfly, Puccini 4 Duets, Mendelssohn Silver Aria- Ballad of Baby Doe, Douglas Moore

Spielbank Wiesbaden Konzert- 2003 with John Charles Pierce, tenor and Mark Ferwerda, pianist Brentano Lieder, Richard Strauss Passages, R. Michael Daugherty Duets, Felix Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Offenbach Bell Song - Lakmé, Léo Delibes Spielbank Wiesbaden Konzert- 2002 with John Charles Pierce, tenor and John Wustman, pianist Duet- La Boheme, Puccini Selected Arias- “Caro nome che il mio cor”- Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi “O zittre nicht“ - Die Zauberflöte, W.A. Mozart „Ach ich liebte“ - Die Entführung a. d. Serail, W .A. Mozart NCSA Faculty Recital Series, Winston- Salem, NC La Bonne Chanson, Gabriel Fauré with Douglas Buys, pianist Concert Arias, W.A.Mozart, with Nancy Johnston, pianist -Vorrei spiegarvi oh Dio! -Mia speranza adorata…Ah! Non sai qual pena -Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle Hermit Songs, Samuel Barber with Douglas Buys, pianist Rückert Lieder, Gustav Mahler with Douglas Buys, pianist Concerts for the North Carolina Composers Alliance Cradle Songs, Steven Errante with Nancy Johnston, pianist Blake Songs, Steven Errante with Nancy Johnston, pianist Passages, R. Michael Daugherty with Nancy Johnston, pianist Songs of Darkness, Larry Alan Smith with Villanella Appletown Ballads, Songs for Coloratura Soprano and Guitar by Sherwood Shaffer with Villanella (Larry Almeida, guitar) Sacred Songs for Pantheists, Robert Ward Quem Genuit Maria, R. Michael Daugherty with String Quartet Jacksonville Moravian Music Foundation Sacred Songs by Johann Peter, Christian Latrobe, Johannes Herbst Songs by Charles Vardell UNCW Faculty Recital Series Songs for Voice and Guitar, John Dowland with Rob Nathanson Passages, R. Michael Daugherty with Richard Deas, pianist Indiana University with John Charles Pierce, tenor and Davis Hart, pianist Italienisches Liederbuch- Hugo Wolf University of Illinois with Donald Wages, pianist Schiller Lieder, Franz Liszt

Other Recital Repertoire:

Brentano Lieder, Richard Strauss Chanson de Jeunesse, Claude Debussy Chanson de Ronsard, Darius Milhaud Lieder -Hugo Wolf -Schubert

Miscellaneous

Member of First Congregational Church of Kalamazoo choir and frequent soloist Former member of First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor choir and frequent soloist Coordinator of Mission Concert at First Presbyterian Church of Saline Guest Clinician for MSVMA State convention July 2007 Judge and Clinician for MSVMA since 2005 Conductor of Rhein Main Airbase Protestant Choir, Frankfurt, Germany