“Kathleen Roland…displayed a beautifully dark-hued timbre and stylish acting.”
-Opera News
“Messiaen’s quartet was introduced by three songs from his “Poemes Pour Mi”… Blissful Messiaen and bitter, fatalistic Shostakovich were temperamentally opposite, and the contrast with the Russian songs, magnificently sung with power and great depths of emotion by Roland, was striking.”
-Los Angeles Times
Look for Kathleen’s upcoming anthology of Swedish art song, which will include composer and poet information, phonetic and word for word translations, and selections from some of Sweden’s greatest composers of 19th and 20th century romanser, or art song.
Read my article, “Romancing the Romanser: Exploring the Art Song of Sweden”, in the November issue of The Journal of Singing, the official journal of the National Association of the Teachers of Singing. Romancing the Romanser: Exploring the Art Song of Sweden
Upcoming concerts:
Jacaranda-Music on the Edge concert series, January 2012
Boston Court, October 2012
University of Santa Barbara, May 2012
Southwest Chamber Music, May 2012
and in Stockholm, Sweden!
Kathleen Roland
Soprano
Educational Background
B.M. Chapman College 1978, Vocal Performance
M.M. University of Southern California 1994, Vocal Performance
D.M.A. University of Southern California 1997, Vocal Performance, graduation
with distinction.
Minor fields in opera directing, music history, Jewish liturgical studies.
Fellowships, Grants, Honors
Fulbright Senior Scholarship, Stockholm, Sweden, 2007
Research for anthology of svenska romanser (Swedish art song) for English
speaking singers.
- Concerts of American art song
- Master Classes of American art song and musical theater
- Royal Music College, Stockholm, host institution
American Scandinavian Foundation Grant, 2003
- American art song/musical theater master classes and performances
- Swedish art song research
- Royal Music College, Stockholm, host institution
Tanglewood Music Festival, Fellow, 1992, 1993
Teaching Experience
Professor of Voice, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2011-2012
Visiting Assistant Professor, Scripps College, Claremont, CA 2008-2009
Adjunct Professor, World Mission University, Los Angeles, CA 2006-2010
Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 2003-2011
Lecturer, Voice and Vocal Pedagogy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1997-2001, and 2011-2012
Professional Organizations
National Association of Teachers of Singing
- Served as competition judge for NATS competitions in the Southwest United States
International Congress of Voice Teachers
- Invited presenter at ICVT conference, July 2009, Paris
National Opera Association
- Served on board of directors 2007-12
- Currently editor (since 2008) of organizational newsletter, NOA Notes, which under my editorship has become an on-line version as of January 2009
Member of College Music Society, Screen Actors Guild, American Guild of Musical
Artists
