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Voice |
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2004 |
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BM, University of Arizona; MM, CCM |
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Soprano Barbara Paver has been featured in performances with the Tucson Symphony, the Orchestra of Northern New York, and the Sun City Symphony in such works as Britten's War Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915. Upcoming performances include Vivaldi's Gloria and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Rochester Philharmonic. She specializes in the performances of contemporary music, and was recently featured in the Crane New Music Festival where she performed Libby Larsen's orchestral songs Sonnets from the Portuguese and George Crumb's Madrigals under the direction of the composers. Ms. Paver's operatic repertoire includes the roles of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Alice Ford in Falstaff, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and the title role in Suor Angelica. She was awarded by the Metropolitan Opera Council as a finalist in the Western Region, and as a district winner in San Francisco Opera's Merola auditions.
Prior to joining CCM's voice faculty, Paver held a teaching internship with National Association of Teachers of Singing, and was assistant professor of voice at The Crane School of Music in Potsdam, New York, and most recently at The University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She is a graduate of The University of Arizona (B.M.) where she studied with Elizabeth Mosher, and CCM (M.M) where she studied with Barbara Honn. |
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