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The Settlement Singers -- Summer Session
Ages: 18+
Session Length: 6 Days
Skill Level: All Skill Levels
The Settlement Singers is an opportunity for adults to learn new music, make new friends, and develop their performance skills.
The group aims to be fun, interactive, and social as they explore songs from many genres. Choir members will explore singing in different languages and styles as well as various choral techniques. The session will culminate in a final public performance. All skill levels are welcome.
Faculty
Kimberly Lauritsen
Voice Department Head; Instructor, Voice, Violin, Suzuki Violin, Suzuki Theory; Ensemble Director, The Settlement Singers
Mezzo-soprano Kimberly Lauritsen is an active performer in the Cleveland area, described by Classical Cleveland as having “a lovely crystalline ring” and “velvety low tones.” She has appeared locally with the Akron Symphony and Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra, Blue Water Cham... Expand
Mezzo-soprano Kimberly Lauritsen is an active performer in the Cleveland area, described by Classical Cleveland as having “a lovely crystalline ring” and “velvety low tones.” She has appeared locally with the Akron Symphony and Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra, Blue Water Chamber Orchestra, and the Canton Symphony. She has performed lead roles with Opera per tutti, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Opera Cleveland on Tour, CIM Opera Theater, the Janiec Opera Company, and UNLs Opera Theater.
A champion of new music, Ms. Lauritsen debuted roles in Jim Harris and Mark Hayes' musical Civil War Voices, Monica Houghton’s opera The Big Bonanza, and Randall Engs opera Florida, as well as recent new works by Cenk Jungen, Andrew Rindfleisch, and Coleman Zurkowski. Ms. Lauritsen performs with the Cleveland Chamber Choir, is the head of the Voice Department at The Music Settlement, serves as Adjunct Voice Faculty at The University of Akron. She is the recipient of the Boris Goldovsky Prize in Opera, the Vassos Prize in Art Song, and a Special Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
Education
MM, Voice, Cleveland Institute of Music Close
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