ADDITIONAL STUDY & CERTIFICATIONS CCM

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1 BRIAN B. CARTER 801 West Park Avenue, Apt. 25C, Lindenwold, NJ (512) b b c b a r i t o n y a h o o. c o m w w w. b r i a n b c a r t e r. c o m EDUCATION The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance (Pedagogy), 2007 Thesis: An Acoustic Comparison of Voice Use in Solo and Choir Singing in Undergraduate and Graduate Student Singers Advisors: David Small & Darlene Wiley Cumulative Graduate GPA: 3.94 Principal Teachers: David Small (voice), Darlene Wiley (voice pedagogy), Courtney Byrd (vocal disorders), Andrew Dell Antonio (voice pedagogy of the Baroque period), David Neely and Robert DeSimone (opera workshop) The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Master of Music in Opera Performance, 2004 Principal Teachers: David Small (voice), David Neely (role preparation), Robert DeSimone (opera workshop), Kay Knittel (nineteenth-century Italian opera), John Weinstock (Wagner s Ring cycle) San José State University, San José, CA Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, 1997 Principal Teachers: David Rohrbaugh (voice), Irene Dalis (opera workshop), Jeanne Garson (art song repertoire), Charlene Archebeque (concert choir) ADDITIONAL STUDY & CERTIFICATIONS CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester, VA Level III Certified Teacher, Somatic Voicework --The LoVetri Method, 2012 Sarasota Opera, Sarasota, FL Studio Artist, 2007 & 2008 Des Moines Metro Opera, Indianola, IA Apprentice Artist, 2004 & 2005 Opera San José, San José, CA Principal Artist-in-Residence, Affiliate Artist-in-Residence, Associate Artist-in-Residence, Teachers and Coaches Voice Teachers Lois Alba, David Small, David Rohrbaugh, William Parker Coaches Lisa Harer de Calvo, Jeffrey Miller, Lisa Hasson, Jennifer Peterson, Rick Cordova, Elden Little Conductors and Directors Conductors Valéry Ryvkin, Mark Graf, Victor DeRenzi, Robert Larsen, William Weibel, Barbara Day Turner, David Neely Directors Marc Astafan, Stephanie Sundine, Martha Collins, Ron Luchsinger, Daniel Helfgot, Dugg McDonough, Kyle Marrero, Bill Shomos, Evelyn La Quaif

2 Carter CV 2 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Professional Associate, College House Music Program (September present) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Description: Teach applied voice to undergraduate majors and non-majors. Beginning students focus primarily on vocal technique with vocalises and song study using repertoire from art song and traditional musical theater styles. More advanced students may continue with the styles listed above and expand into opera; or they may shift to learn contemporary commercial music vocal techniques, and move into contemporary musical theater, jazz, pop and rock styles. A semester-end recital is offered but not required where students perform both solo and ensemble repertoire. Classes are offered for either credit or audit. 1) A large majority of my students at Penn have been accepted into performing groups on campus such as Penn Singers, Penn Players, Mask & Wig, and the Penn Glee Club in which they have been assigned either lead or supporting roles. 2) Established a recurring semester-end joint recital with another program voice teacher that provides students with solo vocal performance opportunities they would not have otherwise on campus. 3) Staged and coached operatic and musical theater scenes for performance in recital; including scenes from Don Giovanni, La traviata, Street Scene, You re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Follies, and My Fair Lady. 4) Consulted with the Penn Music Department administration regarding the establishment an opera workshop supported directly by the university. Specifically, discussion surrounded workshop structure, curriculum, staffing, facility requirements and budget. 5) My studio is open to all levels of singer. Several students have come to me not able to match pitch. Those who have studied with me for longer than two semesters are now able to sing in tune both with accompaniment and a capella. One such student has subsequent to his study with me joined one of the a capella groups on campus. 6) Prepared a student for a successful audition for transfer admission to Berklee College of Music as a Professional Performance major. Adjunct Performing Arts Faculty (June present) Sanford School, Hockessin, DE Description: Teach applied voice to high school and junior high school students. Prepare advanced students for state and national vocal competitions, as well as auditions for undergraduate programs and school productions. Work with male treble voices in order to provide a basic understanding of vocal technique, and to guide them through their voice change. 1) An acceptance rate of 86% for students auditioning for Delaware State Honor Choir over the past three years of teaching at Sanford. 2) Students have been cast in lead and supporting roles in musicals both in school and at the local community level including the musicals Little Women, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Seussical, and The Sound of Music. 3) One student has been a cast as The Shepherd Boy in Opera Delaware s production of Tosca, as well as the treble soloist in a performance of Bernstein s Chichester Psalms at Church of the Good Samaritan in Paoli, PA.

3 Carter CV 3 Adjunct Faculty/Artist-in-Residence (June present) Temple University, Music Preparatory and Enrichment Program, Philadelphia, PA Description: Provide individualized voice instruction to singers with an array of ages and ability levels. Often my students at Temple are either working adults who are seeking artistic enrichment and help with local theatrical and choral auditions, or they are high school and college aged students preparing for entrance auditions to colleges and universities. Prepare students for an optional end-of-semester recital for the public where they perform one to three pieces. Teach a class to beginning voice students that combines elements of vocal music appreciation and basic vocal technique. 1) Created a curriculum for a beginning voice class that develops basic singing skills such as consistent breath support and resonance, critical listening skills leading to a set of criteria with which to evaluate to vocal music, and an understanding and appreciation for solo vocal music of many styles including opera, musical theater, jazz, rock, country, folk, pop, gospel and blues. 2) All individual students have performed in a semester-end recital singing at least one song from memory. Many students before coming to me had either never accomplished that task before. 3) Some individuals have gone on to perform regularly in the community. One adult student has been cast in a local opera company production. One high school student was selected as section leader for Pennsylvania District Honor Choir. Private Voice Teacher (2004-present) Austin, TX & Philadelphia, PA Description: Provide private vocal instruction to members of the community of all ages, voice types and skill levels. 1) Older amateur adult student was awarded solo opportunities with semi-professional choral society and church choir. 2) Aided graduate theater student in preparing for successful musical theater auditions for major New York based casting agents. 3) Worked with several rising pop and rock groups to improve vocal tone quality and intonation, as well as consult with the groups songwriters to improve vocal lines, harmonies and word choices. Voice Instructor ( ) Anderson High School, Austin, TX Description: Provided individualized voice instruction to members of the school choral program. Assisted students in preparing for state-wide (UIL) choral and solo voice competitions as well as music for school performances. Assisted advanced students in preparation for college program auditions. 1) Eight students received the highest possible mark in the UIL regional solo voice competition and were able to compete at the state finals. Two students received the highest possible mark at the state level. 2) Three students were accepted into college music programs including Stephen F. Austin University and Southwestern University.

4 Carter CV 4 Teaching Assistant ( ) The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Description: Taught individualized applied voice to undergraduate music and non-music majors, and graduate non-music majors. Course subjects included: the techniques of classical singing, the art of song interpretation, working with collaborative artists, and critical listening skills. 1) All students prepared one piece to be performed for memory in front of their peers at the end of the semester, which was evaluated by the supervising professor. 2) One undergraduate student changed his major to voice performance, and subsequently earned his degree in music. PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Opera Roles Bernstein Sam Trouble in Tahiti Greensboro Opera 2009 The Living Opera 2007 Bizet El Dancaïro Carmen Opera San José 1995 Donizetti Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor Opera San José 1997 Floyd George Of Mice and Men Opera San José 1997 Gounod Mercutio Romèo et Juliette Opera San José 1998 Handel Elviro Xerxes Opera San José 1996 Leoncavallo Tonio Pagliacci Sycamore Opera 2009 Opera San José 1996 Mechem Damis Tartuffe Opera San José 1995 Menotti King Melchior Amahl and the Night Wingspread Theater Company 1992 Visitors Ben The Telephone Butler School of Music, UT Austin 2002 Mozart Papageno Die Zauberflöte Opera San José 1998 Leporello Don Giovanni Butler School of Music, UT Austin 2003 Masetto Opera San José 1999 Il Conte d Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro The Living Opera 2006 Opera San José 1996 Antonio Le nozze di Figaro Austin Lyric Opera 2005 Puccini Gianni Schicchi Gianni Schicchi Opera Illinois 2006 Butler School of Music, UT Austin 2003 Schaunard La bohème Opera San José 1997 Sharpless Madama Butterfly Verismo Opera 2012 Sharpless (cover) Madama Butterfly Sarasota Opera 2007 Des Moines Metro Opera 2004 Prince Yamadori Madama Butterfly Austin Lyric Opera 2006 Ping Turandot Opera North 2007 Rossini Figaro Il barbiere di Siviglia Opera Delaware 2009 Il Poeta Il turco in Italia Opera San José 1997 Strauss, J. Gabriel von Eisenstein Die Fledermaus Opera San José 1995 Silver The King The Wooden Sword University of Connecticut, 2008 Sackler Prize Workshop Tchaikovsky Onegin Eugene Onegin Butler School of Music, UT Austin 2004

5 Carter CV 5 Verdi Il Doge Foscari (cover) I due Foscari Sarasota Opera 2008 Ezio (cover) Attila Sarasota Opera 2007 Giorgio Germont La traviata Opera Delaware 2010 Macbeth Macbeth Opera in the Heights 2009 Miller Luisa Miller Opera in the Heights 2005 Rigoletto Rigoletto Sarasota Opera 2008 Opera in the Heights 2006 Wagner Alberich Das Rheingold Northern California Wagner Society 1994 Orsini (cover) Rienzi Opera Orchestra of New York 2012 Concert Bach, J. S. Magnificat Trinity Lutheran Church of Palo Alto, CA 1996 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Bay Atlantic Symphony 2013 Carlson, Luke Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? University of Pennsylvania Composer s Forum 2012 Duruflé Requiem Baroque Choral Guild 1994 Dvořák Te Deum Foothill College Concert Choir 1993 Fauré Requiem St. Mark s Episcopal Church of Austin, TX 2006 Händel Messiah Main Line Ecumenical Choral Society, Paoli, PA 2013 Kodály Te Deum Foothill College Concert Choir 1993 Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen San José State University Orchestra 1996 Mendelssohn Elijah First Presbyterian Church, West Chester, PA 2013 Pergolesi Magnificat Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, DE 2009 Rossini Stabat Mater Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, DE 2009 Somers Requiem for 9/11 Delaware Symphony Orchestra 2012 Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem San José State Concert Choir 1992 Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs First Presbyterian Church of Wooster, OH 1995 Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music Bay Atlantic Symphony 2013 Song Cycles Brahms Vier ernste Gesänge, Op.121 The University of Texas at Austin 2005 Copland Old American Songs, Volumes 1 & 2 San José State University 1992 Dello Joio Songs of Rememberence San José State University 1996 Fauré L'horizon chimérique, Op. 118 The University of Texas at Austin 2005 Finzi Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15 Church of the Good Samaritan Concert Series, Paoli, PA 2012 Holst Four Songs for Voice and Violin, Op. 35 San José State University 1996 McMillan, Michael At the Window University of Pennsylvania Composer s Forum 2012 Poulenc Banalités, Op. 107 San José State University 1996 Schumann Dichterliebe, Op. 48 The University of Texas at Austin 2007 various The AIDS Quilt Songbook (selections) The University of Texas at Austin 2005 Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel The University of Texas at Austin 2007 Selected Musical Theater Pasquale The Most Happy Fella Dicapo Opera Theater 2012 Mr. Lindquist A Little Night Music City Theater (Wilmington, DE) 2011 El Gallo The Fantasticks Wingspread Theater Company 1992 Boatman/Billy Webster Sunday in the Park with George Foothill College Theater 1992 Emile de Beque South Pacific Wingspread Theater Company 1991

6 Carter CV 6 Jud Oklahoma! Wingspread Theater Company 1990 Tevye Fiddler on the Roof Wingspread Theater Company 1990 PRESENTATIONS, ADJUDICATIONS & PROFESIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2011 Judge, High School Classical Voice. Delaware Music Educators Solo & Ensemble Festival (February 2011). Middletown, DE Presentation and Masterclass comparing and contrasting musical theater and operatic styles. Given as a part of Greensboro Opera Outreach at the Linda Sloan Theater (May, 2009). Greensboro, NC An Acoustic Comparison of Voice Use in Solo and Choir Singing in Undergraduate and Graduate Student Singers. Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on the Physiology and Acoustics of Singing (January, 2009). San Antonio, TX. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS First Prize, New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Competition Third Place, Lois Alba Aria Competition Recipient, Daniel R. Mandelker & Marlene N. Harris/Sarasota Opera Award Recipient, Barbara Smith Conrad Endowed Presidential Scholarship, The University of Texas at Austin PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Member, Opera America Member, National Association of Teachers of Singing