BRIAN DOWNEN tenor, voice professor 616 Bristol Drive El Paso, TX 79912 (646) 591-6471 ●
[email protected] ● www.briandownen.com PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT Randsman Artists Management | (212) 244-5874 |
[email protected] | www.randsman.com PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Israel Vocal Arts Institute (Tel Aviv) 2000 Lake George Opera Young Artist Program (Saratoga Springs, NY) 1998-2000 Ravinia Steans Music Institute (Highland Park, IL) 1998 Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for singers (Santa Fe, NM) 1997 Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Young Artist Program (St. Louis, MO) 1996 Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Young Artist Program 1995 Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers 1994 EDUCATION Yale University 1994 – 1997 • Artist Diploma, Vocal Performance • Master of Music, Vocal Performance • Talent scholarship Eastern Illinois University 1990 – 1992 • 30 hours toward Master of Arts, Music Theory and Composition • Full talent scholarship • Graduate assistantship in choral conducting Eastern Illinois University 1985 – 1987 • Bachelor of Science, Music Education • Full talent scholarship Western Illinois University 1983 – 1985 • Bachelor of Science, Music Education (transferred to EIU) • Full talent scholarship TEACHING University of Texas at El Paso 2016 – Present • Assistant Professor of Voice – Applied voice lessons, graduate and undergraduate majors – German/French Lyric Diction – University Mixed Chorus University of Texas at El Paso 2014 – 2016 • Visiting Assistant Professor of Music – Applied voice lessons, undergraduate majors – Commercial Music