LAUREL

irene

vocal artist/voice educator

Vocal artist

As a vocal artist, I love premiering new works and collaborating with upcoming composers, vocal and visual artists. From Handel to Mozart to 21st century wacky, wild and extreme, I love to explore all the sounds the voice can create, explore and finesse.

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My favorite things to sing right now

  • "Aux Officiers de la garde blanche" - Francis Poulenc
  • "Only the Words Themselves Mean what They Say" - Kate Soper
  • "Lúa Descolorida" - ​​​​​​​Osvaldo Golijov
  • "Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre" - Joshua, G.F. Handel

Cool things about my voice

  • Vocal Range: F3-A6
  • Long legato and florid lines 
  • Beautiful pianissimos and delicate color inflections
  • Extended techniques: Yodeling, vocal fry, inward singing, polyphonic growls, overtone singing 
  • Versitile, flexible, willing and dynamic 

Dream Roles

  • Cleopatra -Giulio Cesare by G.F. Handel
  • Lulu - Lulu by Alban Berg

  • La Comtesse Adèle - Le comte Ory by G. Rossini

  • Nightingale - The Nightingale by Igor Stravinsky

  • Susanna - Le nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart

Upcoming Projects

  • Performance "Of Being is a Bird" - Augusta Read Thomas, USC Thornton Edge Ensemble
  • Recording, Song Cycle "Letters from Composers", Dominick Argento
  • Recording, Song Cycle "Baby Book" by Lauren Spavelko
  • Recording, Soprano Soloist -Stabat Mater, Pergolesi

education

M.M. Vocal Performance, 2019

University of Southern California 2016-2017

California State University, Los Angeles 2018-2019



Program Graduate
Voice Care Network

St. John's University

2015


Vocology Certificate
University of Utah

National Center for Voice & Speech

2014


B.A. Vocal Performance
Oregon State University

2013




Awards

Beverly Hills National Auditions, Finalist 2018

OSU College of Liberal Arts, Outstanding Graduating Student, 2013

NATS, Cascade Collegiate Division, First Place, 2013, 2011


who i've worked with

Principal Teachers

  • SUSAN KANE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES
  • LYNN HELDING, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  • CAROL MASTRODOMENICO, TUFTS UNIVERSTIY
  • ANNA GABRIELI, LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC
  • MEGAN SAND, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Coaches & Clinicians

  • TONY ARNOLD, PEABODY CONSERVATORY
  • KATE SOPER, SMITH COLLEGE
  • DR. ALAN SMITH, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  • MARK ROBSON, UNIVERSTIY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  • CRISTINA PATO, SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
  • JEFFREY PRICE, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
  • DEAN WILLIAMSON, SEATTLE OPERA
  • ELIZABETH ATCHLEY, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
  • RICHARD POPPINO, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
  • CHRISTINE MEADOWS, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
  • HILA PLITMAN
  • RICHARD ZELLAR
  • MARY DIBBERN

Conductors

  • MARC LOWENSTEIN, THE INDUSTRY 
  • DR. DONALD CROCKETT, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  • BRENT MCMUNN, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  • DR. DAVID HARRIS, COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
  • ERIC CULVER, COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
  • DR. QUINT HARRIS, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
  • DR. STEVEN ZIELKE, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
  • CHRISTOPHER ROUNTREE, WILDUP ENSEMBLE

clinicians given

As a vocalist and vocologist, I have been invited to give clinicians and workshops at the following institutions:

  • Summer Vocology Institute, National Center for Voice & Speech
  • College of the Holy Cross
  • Harvard University
  • Cornish College of the Arts
  • Chaffey College
  • California Institute of the Arts
  • Portland State University
  • Oregon State University
  • Souther Oregon University
  • Curry College
  • California State University, Los Angeles
  • California State University, Long Beach
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of South Florida
  • Linn-Benton Community College
  • University of Arizona
  • Loyola Marymount University
  • Shameless Singing Studios
  • Catalina Foothills High School
  • BAST: Be A Singing Teacher Webinar
  • VocalizeU: Summer Artist Intensive
  • Cork School of Music
  • BIMM Dublin
  • York University 
  • Boston Conservatory


As a presenter and panelist, I have spoken at the following voice conferences:

  • PAVA: Pan-American Vocology Association, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • ACDA East: American Choral Directors Associataion, Eastern Division, 2016
  • ASA: Acoustical Society of America, 2016
  • VASTA: Voice and Speech Trainer's Association, 2018
  • VIP: Vocology in Practice, 2017, 2018
  • IVTOM: International Voice Teachers of Mix, 2017
  • EVTA-Be: European Voice Teachers Association, Belgium, 2019
  • N.E.O. Voice Festival, Co-Director, 2019 - present
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 Highlights

Soprano

Kate

Soprano

Soprano Soloist

Ensemble

Voice 1

Soprano Soloist

Contessa Almaviva

Elle

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

Voice 2

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

Mrs. Rooney

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

La Folie

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

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Soprano

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

Girl

Euridice

Soprano Soloist

Queen of the Night

Soprano Soloist

Soprano Soloist

The Fairy Queen

HYSTERIA

Voices from the Killing Jar

Dona Nobis Pacem

Sweetland

Drumming

into emptiness

Bliss

La voix humaine

Cuatro Canciones...

Requiem

Music for 18 Musicians

Europeras 1 & 2

Requiem

unbound

Nice Day for the Races

Letters from Composers

Stabat Mater

Of Being is a Bird

Only the Words Themselves..

...of forests unseen

Platée 

Only the Words Themselves..

Klopslied

Gloria

Gloria

Das atmende klarsein

Mass in G

'Laudate Dominum' - Vesperae solennes

Interfaith Requiem

Lúa Descolorida

Stabat Mater

How to Date a Coloratura

Orfeo ed Euridice

St. Matthew Passion 

The Magic Flute

Hodie

Missa Brevis

Henry Purcell

Molly Pease

Kate Soper

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Du Yun & Raven Chacon

Steve Reich

Baljinder Sekhon

Ragnar Kjartansson

Francis Poulenc

Morten Lauridsen

Gabriel Fauré

Steve Reich

John Cage

W.A. Mozart

Nick Politi

Michael Webster

Dominick Argento

G. B. Pergolesi

Augusta R. Thomas

Kate Soper

Joshua Mastel

Jean Phillipe Rameau

Kate Soper

Kurt Weill

Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc

Luigi Nono

Franz Schubert

W.A. Mozart

Emma Daniels

Osvaldo Golijov

Jonathan David

Phillip Seward

Christoph Gluck

J.S. Bach

W.A. Mozart

R. Vaughan Williams

Joseph Haydn

Musica Angelica

Overtone Industries, Premiere

Long Beach Opera

First Congregational Church, L.A.

The Industry, Yuval Sharon, Premiere

The Getty Center

The Kennedy Center, Premiere

REDCAT, West Coast Premiere

California State University, L.A.

USC Thornton Edge Ensemble

First Congregational Church, L.A.

Monday Evening Concerts, Zipper Hall

The Industry/LA Phil New Music Group

First Congregational Church, L.A.

Cortona New Music Sessions, Premiere

The Box Gallery, Premiere 

LACMA Sunday Evening Concert Series

First Congregational Church, L.A.

USC Thornton Edge Ensemble

New Music on the Point Faculty Recital

New Music on the Point, Premiere

USC Thornton Opera Scenes

USC Thornton Edge Ensemble

LACO Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

College of the Holy Cross

Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra

Tufts University, Claire Chase

Worcester Symphony Project 

Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires

Tufts University, Premiere

The Camino Ensemble, Cristina Pato

College of the Holy Cross

National Opera Association, Premiere

Oregon State University

Corvallis-OSU Symphony

Oregon State University Theatre

Corvallis Repertory Singers

Corvallis Repertory Singers

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