David Scott Kellett Tenor/Voiceteacher/Stagedirector 26 College Avenue, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 (201) 306-6656 [email protected]
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David Scott Kellett Tenor/VoiceTeacher/StageDirector 26 College Avenue, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 (201) 306-6656 [email protected] Teaching Experience Vocal Instructor/Lecturer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Jan 1995 to present • Teach private voice to majors, Certificate Program students, and non-majors • Prepare Certificate Program students for junior and senior recitals to complete the performing requirements for the Certificate • Audition new students for placement in voice studios • Write recommendations for students for graduate school admission, scholarships, summer programs, and professional appointments • Initiate and organize performances utilizing students for both classroom and public presentation Private Studio Voice Teacher, Upper Montclair, NJ/NYC – 2000 to present • Teach a small number of private students in my home and in NYC Lecturer: Music 214, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Spring semester 2016 • Musical preparation and stage directing an opera workshop class jointly with fellow instructor, Sarah Pelletier. • Coordinating rehearsal schedules Visting Lecturer: Music 214, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Fall semester 2014 • Stage directed a double bill of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Dove's Tobias and the Angel • Coordinated all aspects of production with regards to costumes, set and lighting • Coached singers in their roles Visting Lecturer: Music 214, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Spring semester 2012 • Stage directed a full production of Britten's Albert Herring • Coordinated all aspects of production with regards to costumes, set and lighting • Coached singers in their roles Visting Lecturer: Music 214, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Fall semester 2008 • Stage directed a full production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro • Coordinated all aspects of production including costumes, set and lighting • Coached singers in their roles Visting Lecturer: Music 214, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Fall semester 2005 • Stage directed a new adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience • Updated the action to the 1960's providing the students with historical references and personalities of the period • Coordinated all aspects of production including to costumes, set and lighting • Coached singers in their roles Page 1 of 7 David Scott Kellett - CV Visting Lecturer: Music 214, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Spring semester 2004 • Taught course entitled A survey of Vocal Literature of the British Isles • Selected 96 pieces of appropriate repertoire for the 8 students enrolled for 12 different course topics such as The Lutenists, Music of Purcell, Shakespeare the Musical, Those Damned Foreigners, The Music of Ireland (John, that is), The King's English, Vaughn Williams and Holst, Music of the Theatre, Music of Finzi, Forgotten Gems. • Worked one-on-one with each singer in each class in a 'Master Class' format Stage Directing Experience • Les Noces des Jeanette (Massé), Princeton University Thesis Performance, Taplin Hall, Princeton NJ – Spring 2016 • Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)/Tobias and the Angel (Jonathan Dove), Music 214: Projects in Vocal Performance, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton NJ – January 2015 • Weehawken (Flannery Cunningham), Princeton University Thesis Production, Princeton Univerisity – Spring 2013 • Sid the Serpent (Fox), State Repertory Opera – April 2013 • Albert Herring (Britten), Music 214: Projects in Vocal Performance, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton NJ – April 2012 • Nero Artifex (Theo Popov), Princeton University Thesis Production, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton Univerisity – Spring 2011 • Threepenny Opera (Weill), Princeton Festival, Princeton, NJ – June 2010 • The Fantasticks (Schmidt/Jones), Princeton Festival, Princeton, NJ – June 2009 • Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), Music 214: Projects in Vocal Performance, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton NJ – January 2009 • Senza Vergogna (Original Review), South Mountain TheaterWorks, Bloomfield, NJ - November 2009 • Man of La Mancha (Wasserman/Darion/Leigh), Princeton Festival, Princeton, NJ – June 2007 • Old Maid and the Thief (Menotti), Princeton Festival, Princeton, NJ – June 2006 • Patience (Gilbert/Sullivan) - Music 214: Projects in Vocal Performance, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton NJ – January 2006 • Magic Flute, Music 214: Projects in Vocal Performance, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton, NJ – January 2002 Masterclasses: • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ - Fall 2009 • Princeton Festival, Lawrenceville, NJ - June 2006 • Voice Studio of Carol Andrews, Ridgewood, NJ - Fall 1999 Selected Performing Experience See attached performing résumé and biography Recordings Moby Dick (Peter Westergaard), Albany Records 2004 Video Alice in Wonderland (Peter Westergaard), Albany Records 2010 Page 2 of 7 David Scott Kellett - CV Other Musical/Management Experience • Vocal Consultant, Princeton Festival – 2005-2009 • Board of Trustees, South Mountain TheaterWorks – 2007-2009 Music Education Master of Music Vocal Performance, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1991 Bachelor of Music Music Education (Magna Cum Laude), Glassboro State College (Rowan University), Glassboro, NJ 1979 Special Skills: Working knowledge of Latin, Italian, German and French diction. Use of phonetic symbols (IPA), solfege (moveable do), strong music theory facility, basic keyboard proficiency. Vocal Instruction: Stephen O'Mara, Ted Puffer, Charles Guild Reading, Judith Nicosia, Robert Leonard, Antonia Lavanne, Joan Monasevitch, Clarence Miller, Henry Buckwalter Conducting Instruction: Clarence Miller, Charles Facer Coaches: William Tracy, William Lewis, Michael Fardink, Elizabeth Hastings, Richard Bauer, Steuart Bedford Continuing Education • Amherst Early Music Festival Winter Workshop, Camden, NJ – January 2016 • Amherst Early Music Festival Summer Workshop, New London, CT – July 2015 • Amherst Early Music Festival Winter Workshop, Camden, NJ – January 2015 • Amherst Early Music Festival Winter Workshop, Camden, NJ – January 2104 • New York Continuo Collective – New York, NY – January 2012 – current • Science of Voice – Westminster Choir College (Scott McCoy) – July 2007 • Banff Center for the Arts – Banff, Alberta CA (Colin Graham) – Summer 1989 • Baroque Ornamentation – Abraham Goodman House (Julianne Baird) – Spring 1986 Professional Organizations • NATS – National Association of Teachers of Singing • Opera America • Metropolitan Opera Guild Other Significant Employment Have held full and part-time positions in software design and development for over 27 years in the fields of retail (POS), banking, finance, insurance and leasing: • Cornell-Mayo Associates/NCR, Parsippany NJ – 1997-present Software designer/programmer – Point of Sale systems – Languages: Ruby & C++ • Bank of New York, New York, NY – 1993 – 1997 Senior Programmer/Analyst - Banking systems – Languages: C++ • Equitable Life Assurance/Equicor/Cigna, New York, NY – 1986 – 1993 Senior Programmer/Analyst – Insurance systems – Languages: FOCUS, REXX, COBOL • International Paper, New York, NY – 1986 Programmer/Analyst – Financial reporting systems – Languages: FOCUS, REXX • Hertz Car Leasing, Parsippany, NJ – 1982- 1985 Accountant/Programmer – Languages: COBOL, RAMIS, FOCUS Page 3 of 7 David Scott Kellett - CV Other Education • Software training & continuing education classes from vendors & providers • Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ - 21+ credits toward MBA in Accounting (1982-1984) • County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ - 9 credits in Accounting and Finance (1982) • Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA – 6 credits in Accounting and Marketing (1981) References Peter Westergaard William Shubel Conant Professor of Music, emeritus Woolworth Center of Musical Studies Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08540 email: [email protected] phone: (609) 924-5769 Scott Burnham Scheide Professor of Music History Department of Music 11 East Acres Drive Princeton University Pennington, NJ 08534 Princeton, NJ 08540 email: [email protected] phone: (609) 258-4241 phone: (609) 303-0254 Richard Tang Yuk Artistic Director – Princeton Festival 608 Bollen Court Pennington, NJ 08534 email: [email protected] phone: (609) 558-0441 John Balme Former General Director of Lake George Opera 164 Sea Bird Lane Belford, NJ 07718-1426 email: [email protected] phone: (732) 495-7993 Page 4 of 7 David Scott Kellett - CV DAVID KELLETT TENOR 26 College Avenue Website: www.davidkellett.com Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Email: [email protected] (973) 509-1347 (home) / (201) 306-6656 (cell) Height: 5'9" Weight: 160 OPERA Mr. Splinters The Tender Land Chelsea Opera, NYC Mad Hatter Alice in Wonderland (Westergaard) Center for Contemporary Opera, NYC Eumaeus The Return of Ulysses (Monteverdi) Princeton University Opera, NJ Duke of Mantua Rigoletto Nutmeg Opera (CT), Regina Opera, NYC Tamino The Magic Flute Monmouth Civic Chorus, NJ Belmonte Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio Liederkranz Opera Theatre, NYC Don Ottavio Don Giovanni Liederkranz Opera Theatre, NYC Bastien Bastien and Bastienne Mid-Atlantic Chamber Orchestra Tour Belfiore La Finta Giardiniera Vineyard Theatre, NYC Ernesto Don Pasquale New York University, NYC Ernesto Il Giovedi Grasso (Donizetti) Vineyard Theatre, NYC Daniele Betly (Donizetti) Vineyard Theatre, NYC Eutropio Belisario (Donizetti) Rutgers University, NJ Almaviva The Barber of Seville (Rossini) Trenton Civic Opera, NJ Almaviva Il Barbiere (Paisiello) Vineyard Theatre, NYC Fenton Merry Wives of Windsor Liederkranz Opera Theatre, NYC Albert Herring Albert