David Scott Kellett /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 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a new adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience • Updated the action to the 1960's providing the students with historical references and personalities of the period • Coordinated all aspects of production including to costumes, set and lighting • Coached singers in their roles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 New York University, NYC Ernesto Il Giovedi Grasso (Donizetti) Vineyard Theatre, NYC Daniele Betly (Donizetti) Vineyard Theatre, NYC Eutropio (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 Herring Rutgers University, NJ Gonsalve L'Heure Espagnole Opera at Florham/Madison, NJ Feste Twelfth Night (Amram) Kurt Reiman Opera Theatre, NYC Gherardo Gianni Schicchi Princeton Festival & Opera at Florham Le Berger Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky) Princeton University Orchestra Sebastian The Tempest (Westergaard) Opera Festival of New Jersey (OFNJ) Bardolfo Falstaff OFNJ & Lake George Opera Festival Tanzmeister/Brighella Ariadne auf Naxos Rutgers University, NJ Goro Madama Butterfly Oswego Opera Theatre, NY Beppe I Pagliacci Henry Street Settlement Opera, NYC Song Vendor/Lover Il Tabarro Opera at Florham/Madison, NJ Kaspar Amahl & the Night Visitors Chelsea Opera/Kurt Reiman Opera Theatre

OPERETTA & Die Fledermaus - Eisenstein Pajama Game - Sid HMS Pinafore - Ralph Rackstraw MUSICALS Die Lustige Witwe - Camille King & I - Lun Tha Pirates of Penzance - Frederic Student Prince - Detlef Mikado - Nanki-Poo Patience - Duke of Dunstable Sweeney Todd - Pirelli Trial by Jury - Defendant Naughty Marietta - Captain Dick Follies - Roscoe Rose Marie - Emile Die Fledermaus – Blind Fra Diavolo - Beppo A Little Night Music – Mr. Erlanson

CONCERT Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut, Bach in Baltimore, The Charles Ives Center, Richardson Chamber Players, Princeton University Orchestra, Commonwealth Opera, Regina Opera, Princeton Friends of Music, Princeton University Chapel Choir, Garden State Philharmonic, Concordia Chorale, Richmond Choral Society, Summit Chorale, Oratorio Society of NJ, Choral Arts Society

INCIDENTAL . Liebeslieder Waltzes: Pearl Lang Dance Company. April 1998. Danny Kaye/Sylvia Fine Playhouse, NYC. MUSIC . A Christmas Carol produced by Zoe Caldwell. Jason Robards, Eli Wallach. Hudson Theatre, NYC. . National Dance Institute's Event of the Year produced by Jacques D'Amboise. BAM/Paramount Theatre, NYC. . The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant produced by VIA Theatre Productions, NYC.

CONDUCTORS Marina Alexander, David Amram, John Balme, Thomas Bo, Robert Carwithen, Anton Coppola, Michael Fardink, Joseph Flummerfelt, Robert Issacs, Carole Ann Maxwell, Scott McCoy, David Messineo, Gregory Ortega, Michael Pratt, Penna Rose, Mark Shapiro, Sandor Szabo, William Vendice,Yuval Waldman, Richard Tang Yuk DIRECTORS Elizabeth Bachman, Scott Brumit, Michael Capasso, Andrew Eggert, Nagel Jackson, Steven LaCosse, Joseph LoSchiavo, Chris Mattaliano, Ron Medici, Judy Weinstein TRAINING Voice: Charles Reading, Judith Nicosia, Stephen O’Mara, Ted Puffer, Robert Leonard Drama: Rhoda Levine, Colin Graham Education: M.M. in Voice Performance, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ B.A. in Music Education (magna cum laude) Glassboro State College, Glassboro, NJ (Rowan University) Banff Centre for the Arts - Colin Graham/Stephen Lord

Page 5 of 7 David Scott Kellett - CV Full Program Bio

Critics and audiences assessing David Kellett's performances have consistently remarked on the clarity and purity of his tenor voice, praised the taste, refinement and subtlety of his interpretations and lauded his excellent diction in standard operatic, oratorio and recital repertoire. Reviewing David in David Amram's Twelfth Night, Bernard Holland of the New York Times wrote "Set apart from the rest of the cast was the pleasing, seamless tenor of David Kellett in the role of Feste."

David made his operatic debut as Count Belfiore in Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera with the Opera Shop at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City. He has appeared at the Lake George Opera Festival, the Princeton Festival, the June Opera Festival, the Opera Festival of New Jersey and the Banff Centre for the Arts. Having performed over 45 principal and secondary roles in opera and operetta, he has portrayed several roles in some of the obscure Donizetti , including Daniele in Betly, Ernesto in Il Giovedi Grasso, and Eutropio in Belisario. David has also the distinction of having performed Count Almaviva in both the Rossini and Paisiello versions of Il Barbiere di Siviglia. His Mozart roles include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Bastien in Bastien und Bastienne.

An active concert soloist, David has appeared at the Charles Ives Center for the Arts, with the Long Island Jewish Arts Festival, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the National Dance Institute under the baton of composer/conductor David Amram. As Mr. Amram's tenor of choice, David has sung in the composer's opera, Twelfth Night, and performed his songs in concert on numerous occasions. He appeared at Lincoln Center in 2007 on a program celebrating the 50th anniversary of Joseph Papp’s Shakespeare Festival singing selections that were composed for productions directed by Papp during the first 11 years of its existence. He has also appeared with the Mid-Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, the Garden State Philharmonic, the Highlands Symphony Orchestra, the Fairfield Chamber Orchestra, the Bridgeport Chamber Orchestra and the Princeton University Orchestra.

As an oratorio soloist, he has appeared with the Bach Concert Series in Baltimore, the Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut, the Long Island Choral Society, the Monmouth Civic Chorus, the Oratorio Society of New Jersey, the Choral Arts Society of New Jersey, the Summit Chorale, the Richmond Choral Society in Staten Island, Commonwealth Opera, Concordia Chorale, the Arcadian Chorale, Ars Musica, the Putnam Chorale, the Glee Club and Chapel Choir at Princeton University, Concordia Collge in Bronxville, New York and numerous other organizations in the New York area. In recital, David has presented programs on the Illiade Concert Series in Strasbourg, France with pianist Masako Hayashi-Ebbesen, Smith College, Princeton University, Westminster Choir College, the Glen Ridge Concert Series and other venues in the New York area.

Other new music endeavors include the world premieres of several works by composer Peter Westergaard. In 2008 he sang the roles of the Mad Hatter and Gryphon in Westergaard’s Alice in Wonderland under the auspices of the Center for Contemporary Opera at Symphony Space in New York City. He originated the role of Sebastian in his The Tempest with the Opera Festival of New Jersey and the roles of Stubbs and the Parsee in a concert version of his opera, Moby Dick which has been recorded by Albany Records. He also premiered Westergaard’s cantata, To the Dark Lady, based on five Shakespearean sonnets for vocal quartet and percussion. He has presented new compositions by composer Webster Young in concert in New York City on several occasions and performed in the premiere of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Hollis Thoms for soprano, tenor, bass- soloists and chamber orchestra in Anapolis, Maryland.

Recently turning to Early Music, David has sung the role of Eumaeus in Monteverdi's Return of Ulysses at Princeton University and concerts of Monteverdi & Cavalli opera excerpts, French Airs de Cours and vocal music of Claudio Sarcini and Guilio Caccini with the New York Continuo Collective in New York City and at the Boston Early Music Festival in June of 2013. His forays into the music of Bach include performances of the B-minor Mass and Cantata 208 with Bach in Baltimore and he recently sang his first Evangelist in Johannespassion with the Concordia Chorale and Camerata. His Handel oratorio roles have included the the tenor soloist in Samson, Judas Maccabaeus, Esther, Solomon, Semele and of course, Messiah. He has appeared multiple times with the Practioners of Musick and Les Agréments de Musique in the Princeton area. David recently appeared with Lewis Baratz's early music ensemble, La Fiocco, in a program entitled The Lion & The Lamb: The Jewish Baroque. He has appeared in masterclasses with the famous Italian baritone and Baroque specialist, Furio Zanasi and with soprano Julianne Baird.

Radio audiences have heard him on WQXR's Listening Room, and WNCN's WNCN's Live including a recreation of Vittorio Giannini's radio opera, Blennerhassett. Recordings of his operatic performances have been broadcast on WKCR and WBAI in New York City.

David appeared in Zoe Caldwell's production of A Christmas Carol at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway. This production featured Christopher Plummer, Richard Kiley, Jason Robards, Maureen Stapleton, Julie Harris, E.G. Marshall and Ms. Caldwell, and was the first dramatic presentation in the newly renovated structure.

Since 1995, David has taught private voice at Princeton University. He made his directing debut with the university production of Mozart’s Magic Flute in 2002. Since that time he has directed Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Page 6 of 7 David Scott Kellett - CV Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring, a double bill of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Jonathan Dove's Tobias and the Angel and two student thesis productions. He has appeared regularly with the Richardson Chamber Players, the resident chamber music ensemble of the university.

In 2005, David began his association with the Princeton Festival appearing as Pirelli in their debut performance of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. Since that time, he has directed their young artist productions of Menotti’s Old Maid and the Thief, and the musicals, Man of La Mancha, The Fantasticks and The Threepenny Opera, presented audition master classes and served as vocal/auditions consultant. From 2007 to 2009, he served on the board of trustees for South Mountain TheaterWorks, a non-profit organization that produces concerts and theatrical events.

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