DR. LIANA VALENTE Educator – Administrator - Performer
[email protected] +1 703-879-5821 https://drvalente.omegatower.com/ TEACHING POSITIONS Howard University – Assistant Professor of Classical Voice, 2015 - Present Washington, DC Classical Voice Area Coordinator Courses Taught: Graduate and Undergraduate Applied Voice, Graduate and Undergraduate Vocal Pedagogy, Diction for Singers, Graduate Vocal Song Literature, Student Recital, Undergraduate and Graduate Solo Recitals Courses Directed: Opera Theater Workshop Fall 2018: A Game of Chance by Seymour Barab Fall 2017: PREMIERE scenes from Kinyamaswa by Jay Vosk and Andreas Morgner Spring 2016: Sunday Excursion Alec Wilder (excerpt) Fall 2015: A Game of Chance by Seymour Barab (excerpt) Advising Duties: Adviser of record for Vocal Performance Majors, music minors Courses Created: Expanded Diction for Singers sequence College of Fine Arts Committee responsibilities: Recruitment and Retention 2018 - 2020 Admissions 2017 - 2019 Dept. Committee Responsibilities: Scholarship Committee Chairperson Present Curriculum Committee member 2017 - 2018 Curriculum Committee Chairperson 2016 – 2017 Executive Committee member 2015 - Present Other Service to the Department: Submitted and implemented modifications to the BM Performance course requirements Coordinated Classical Voice Area Student Recitals each semester Prepared student performers for national and local competitions and graduate school auditions Created video audition protocol for prospective classical voice students Organized in-person