探花族

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Adjunct Professor, Dina Barone, Contralto is a professional musician, performer & educator who has vast experience in Concert, Opera and Music Theatre. She has a Bachelor of Music in voice performance, a Bachelor of Music Literature both from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, a Master of Music in Opera 鈥� Voice from the Hartt School of Music, extensive post-graduate studies in New York City as a private student and associate teacher of internationally renowned, master teacher, David Jones.

As a faculty member of the Grammy Award Winning Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in 探花族, FL, for five years, many of her students were accepted into music and theatre programs at various colleges and universities & many received talent scholarships & won competitions such as The Grady Rayam Prize in Vocal Performance.

Her professional students have performed at such venues as the prestigious internationally acclaimed Metropolitan Opera in New York City, The Kennedy Center, in Washington, D.C, on Broadway and with regional opera and theatre companies throughout the United States.

Highlights from her professional singing career include performances at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France, The Caramoor International Music Festival in Katonah, NY & Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, NY as well as tours throughout North America, South America and Europe. Opera roles include Carmen & Mercedes in Bizet鈥檚 Carmen, Rosina in Rossini鈥檚, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Cherubino & Marcellina in Mozart鈥檚 Le Nozze di Figaro, Bradamante, in Handel鈥檚 Alcina, Third Lady in Mozart鈥檚 Die Zauberfl葝te, Suzuki in Puccini鈥檚 Madama Butterfly, Maddalena in Verdi鈥檚 Rigoletto, Meg Page in Verdi鈥檚 Falstaff & Prince Orlofsky in Strauss鈥� Die Fledermaus. Music Theatre & Operetta roles include Pitty Sing in The Mikado, Casilda in The Gondoliers, Iolanthe in Iolanthe, Maria von Trappe in The Sound of Music, Julie Jordon in Carousel, Laurie & Ado Anni in Oklahoma, Marion in The Music Man, Grace in Annie, Ms. Potts in Beauty and the Beast and Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife in Menopause the Musical. Concert/Oratorio solo performances include Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony, Mahler鈥檚 Second Symphony, Handel鈥檚 Messiah, Haydn鈥檚 Harmoniemesse, Respighi鈥檚 Laud to the Nativity, Mozart鈥檚 Requiem, Faure鈥檚 Requiem, Vivaldi鈥檚 Gloria. & various Bach Cantatas.

Upcoming performances include Sally in Barber鈥檚 A Hand of Bridge as part of The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series, Marcellina in Mozart鈥檚 鈥淟e Nozze di Figaro鈥� with First Coast Opera and 鈥淐ontralto Classics鈥� A recital of music written for the rare Contralto voice at 探花族 & University of North Florida.

Professor Barone is a member of Actors Equity Association, American Guild of Musical Artists, Florida Music Educators Association, Florida Vocal Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.