OperaSteamboat

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

LIMITED SPACES!

INTRODUCING

Tailored To Your Voice

May 18th – 23rd 
2 hours of instruction every day- 5 days a week

A vocal training program for the lifelong learner tailored to each singer’s background, experience, goals, and genre of choice.

Choose your voice teacher.

Choose your coach (they will work with you on learning new songs, arias, languages, musicianship, as well as acting through your song or monologue preparation).

Early registration increases chance of first selection of voice teacher/coach.

60 min of Voice instruction one-on-one

Voice Teachers:

  • Ben Gulley – Cross over artist (Classical, Pop, R&B, country)
  • Daina Griffith – Musical Theater and Actor
  • Susannah Biller – Classical/Opera/Musical Theater
  • Deborah Mayer – Classical/Opera/Musical Theater

60 min of Vocal/Musicianship coaching one-on-one

Coaches:

  • Jeremy Reger
  • Andres Cladera
  • Beth Nielsen

60 min Seminars:

Ben Gulley

Ben Gulley, operatic tenor & cultural entrepreneur, has been recognized across the globe for his singular blend of talents. Upcoming and recent performances include his debut as the Prince in Rusalka at Opera Steamboat 2019 returning as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos in 2022, Opera on the Park Recital series and debut as Dick Johnson in La Fanciulla del West with Opera Orlando, Louisville Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops Headliner, Soloist debut in Rachmaninov’s The Bells with Richmond Symphony 2020, Opera San Luis Obispo as Tamino in Die Zauberflote 2018, Sarasota Opera as Ismaele in Nabucco 2019 and debut as Pedro in Tiefland 2018, Dr. Marianus in Mahler’s 8th with South Dakota Symphony 2019, concerts with Jacksonville Symphony 2018 & Grand Rapids Symphony 2018, his Carnegie Hall solo debut with The American Symphony and his solo US concert tour presented by Live On Stage 2019-20, amongst other. His international operatic debut was covering the late great Marcello Girodani as Enees in Les Troyens at Hamburg Staatsoper after performing it in San Francisco with Maestro Kent Nagano. He is also a former member of the SONY/BMG recording group The American Tenors. Ben is equally at home in his career in musical theater, and as a singer/songwriter and crossover artist with mainstream artists such as David Foster, Mustafa Shakir, Rogelio Douglas Jr, and Brenna Whitaker. He also released his debut solo album of original pop music IN BETWEEN (available on every major music distribution service). Follow him on social media:@bengulleythinks & www.bengulley.com.

Daina Griffith

Daina Griffith is an accomplished actress on stage, film and television and well as sole owner/operator of her own Acting Studio, Griffith Coaching, LLC. Originally from Hamilton, Ohio, she received her BFA in Musical Theatre from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA. Select Theatre credits: AMADEUS, Cabaret, Marjorie Prime, Guys And Dolls, Death Of A Salesman, Circle Mirror Transformation (Pittsburgh Public Theater), The Last Match, The Revolutionists, The White Chip, Speak American (City Theatre), When The Rain Stops Falling, John Gabriel Borkman, The Hard Problem, The River (Quantum Theatre), Oliver! (The Gateway), Jane ho (The Lion Theatre, NYC), Jesus Christ Superstar (Kansas City Starlight), Slow Food (Merrimack REP), The Trimble Wars (Human Race Theatre). Select Film and Television: The Dark Knight Rises (Foley’s Wife, Dir. Christopher Nolan), Where’d You Go, Bernadette (Julie, Dir. Richard Linklater), Holidaysburgh (Angela, Dir. A. M. Lukas) Unsinkable (Countess of Rothes, Dir. Cody Hartman), Happiest Season (Caroler #1, Clea DuVall), “The Outsiders” (Ricki, Recurring Season 1, WGN), “Manhunt” (Emily Lyons, Recurring Season 2, Spectrum). Daina was honored to be named Performer Of The Year by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette in 2014, was nominated for the Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Award is 2015, and named Best Actress In A Musical by BroadwayWorld in 2018 for her work as “Little Edie” in Front Porch Theatricals production of Grey Gardens. www.dainamichellegriffith.com, www.griffithcoachingactingstudio.com @dainagriffith

Susannah Biller

Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as an “artist ready for the big time,” soprano Susannah Biller was a member of the prestigious Adler Fellowship Program with San Francisco Opera. While in San Francisco, she was seen as Frasquita in Carmen, Lolita in the world premiere of John Harbison’s Heart of a Soldier, Kristina in The Makropoulos Case and Madame Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor. Additional productions with San Francisco Opera include Der Ring des Nibelungen, Serse and Werther. Engagements for 2018-2019 included the revival of her Kitty Packard in Dinner at Eight in her Wexford Festival debut as well as the title role in Madame White Snake on tour with Beth Morrison Projects for the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Musetta in La bohème with Austin Opera, and a return to Opera Theatre of St. Louis as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro. The 2019-2020 season sees her as a soloist for Dona nobis pacem with the Chattanooga Symphony and Carmina Burana with the Memphis Symphony.

Deborah Mayer

Deborah Mayer’s interpretations of the roles of Wagner, Verdi and Mozart have taken her to some of the world’s leading opera houses. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2013 as Gerhilde in Die Walküre and with the Boston Symphony (Tanglewood Music Festival). Other operatic performances: Brünnhilde: Siegfried (Toledo Symphony), Ada: Die Feen (Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg), Donna Anna: Don Giovanni ( Landestheater Salzburg, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg), Abigaile: Nabucco, Elettra: Idomeneo (Mainfranken Theater Würzburg), Leonora: Il Trovatore (Baltimore Opera, Opera Syracuse), Tosca (Opera Theater of Connecticut), Aida (Opera Roanoke, Eugene Opera), Madame Lidoine: Dialogues of the Carmelites (Eugene Opera). Concert performances: Brünnhildes Immolation Scene, Götterdämmerung (Toledo Symphony), Verdi’s Messa di Requiem (Philharmonia Orchestra London, Würzburg Philharmonic), Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Würzburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Astoria Music Festival, South Bend Symphony), and Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder (Daejeon Phlharmonic in Seoul, Korea, Astoria Music Festival). Ms. Mayer can be heard singing excerpts from Cavalleria Rusticana in the 2016 film Through The Looking Glass, available on Netflix.

Jeremy Reger

International pianist and educator Jeremy Reger maintains an active performing, teaching, and coaching career. He recently returned from São Paulo, Brazil, where he was the principal pianist and vocal coach for the Brazilian premiere of Samuel Barber’s “Vanessa.” He has served on the music staff of Virginia Opera, Eugene Opera, Hawaii Opera Theater, Mill City Opera, Central City Opera, Minnesota Opera, Skylark Opera and Aspen Opera Theater. He is an associate professor of vocal coaching at CU Boulder. Prior to that position, he taught at the Music Academy of the West, Christopher Newport University, the Opera Studio of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, and at the Jacob’s School fo Music at Indiana University. A strong advocate of new opera, Reger has participated in workshops of new opera by composers such as Jake Heggie, Tom Cipullo, Ricky Ian Gordon, Kevin Putz, and Mark Adamo. Reger maintains an active opera coaching studio throughout the United States and South America. He has a doctorate from the University of Michigan, studying under Martin Katz.

Andres Cladera

Uruguayan American conductor Andres Cladera, Artistic Director of Opera Steamboat and former Associate Conductor with Opera Colorado and , is a versatile and cultivated artist in both the operatic and symphonic worlds. He has prior conducting experience with Opera San Antonio, Opera Colorado, Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Edgewood Symphony, Emerald City Opera, Chatham Baroque and San Antonio Symphony. Mo. Cladera holds a Masters of Music degree from Carnegie Mellon University and Bachelors of Fine Arts degrees in Piano and Voice Performance from College of Charleston. Cladera was awarded the Outstanding Young Conductor of the year by the Association of Choral Directors of America, as well as first place in several international piano competitions including: Luis Troccoli International Piano Competition, Luis Cluzeau Mortet Piano Competition, as well as the Young Artist Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera House. Upcoming engagements include: Frida with Portland Opera. Mtro. Cladera is represented by Insignia Artists (Gloria Parker).

Beth Nielsen

Beth Nielsen is a pianist and vocal coach who is equally at ease with opera, art song, chamber music, and musical theater. She has served on the faculty at CU Boulder, Metro State University, Northern Arizona University, and Azusa Pacific University and is currently teaching Lyric Diction at the University of Denver. Ms. Nielsen has served as the vocal coach for the Opera Colorado Young Artists, Land of Enchantment Opera Institute, as well as the young artists here at Opera Steamboat This year she was fortunate to continue her work with the Denver Lyric Opera Guild, playing for the preliminary round of their yearly competition. Though her passion is for working with singers, she can also be found working with several string studios in the Denver area. Ms. Nielsen holds a masters and doctoral degree from University of Southern California.
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