Dr. Diana Livingston Friedley,
    Soprano
    Permanent: 768 East Lansing Way, Fresno, California, 93704
    559-227-3291
    Summer: 27 Highland Drive, Englishtown, New Jersey, 07726
    732-536-9722
    dfriedley@csufresno.edu

    EDUCATION

    D.M.A., Voice Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts (MGSA) 1995-2002
    M.M., Voice Indiana University 1988-1991
    B.M., Voice Westminster Choir College 1983-1987
    Voice: Elizabeth Cole, Elizabeth Colson, Marvin Keenze, Lynn Luciano,
    Judith Nicosia, Suzanne Pratt
    Opera: Valorie Goodall, James Lucas, David Morelock
    Coaches: Susan Almasi, Julianne Baird, Dalton Baldwin,
    Joan Dornemann, John Eaton, Pamela Gilmore, Benton Hess,William Lewis,
    Carol Neblett, Glenn Parker, Frederick Urrey, Gary Wedow

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE

    Part-Time Lecturer California State University, Fresno Spring 2002

      • Director, Fresno State Opera Workshop
      • Supervise coaching and accompanying staff
      • Select all repertoire
      • Musically prepare students
      • Coordinate professional and student production staff

    Part-Time Lecturer California State University, Fresno Fall 2001-Present

      • Introduction to music history with piano/theory component

    Part-Time Lecturer California State University, Fresno Fall 2001

      • Substituting for an absent faculty member, taught private lessons to undergraduate and graduate voice majors for seven weeks
      • Prepared students for two singing exams
      • Taught lyric diction class for seven weeks
      • Administered singing-diction exams

    Part-Time Lecturer Rutgers-Mason Gross Fall 1999-Spring 2000

      • Substituting for an absent faculty member, taught private lessons to undergraduate voice majors for eight weeks
      • Selected repertory for lower- and upper-level juries
      • Prepared students for Voice Performance classes

    Teaching Assistant Rutgers-Mason Gross 1995-1998
      • Designed and implemented class voice curricula for theater majors and for B.A. Music and non-major undergraduates
      • Taught 2 to 3 voice classes each semester
      • Prepared students for class recitals, local and college auditions
      • Taught half-hour private voice lessons to B.A. voice minors

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE (continued)

    Founder/Coordinator Opera Workshop at Rutgers Community Music Program 1996-Present

      • Recruit and audition gifted high school students for week-long summer program
      • Hire faculty
      • Coordinate housing and space availability
      • Select and coach all repertory
      • Teach theater improvisation class
      • Stage scenes and arias for final public performance

    Increased enrollment to include students from high school programs statewide

    Private Voice Instructor RCMP 1994-2001

    RCMP is a branch of the Mason Gross Music Department offering non-credit lessons in most instruments and voice to children, students, and adults in New Brunswick and the surrounding communities. Students are presented in public recitals at the end of each semester.
      • Teach 18-25 students each semester
      • Assign classical and music theater literature to students of widely varying levels of ability and experience
      • Prepare students for auditions, concerts, music theater performances, and opera roles

    Vocal Music Instructor Middlesex County Arts High School 2001
      • Teach voice class of 20 high school students for 14-week semester
      • Designed curriculum to include theory, ear-training, basic vocal anatomy and physiology, and an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet
      • Assigned vocal literature from classical repertory in original languages: English, French, German, Italian

    Vocal Music Instructor Middlesex County Middle School of the Arts 1998-2000
      • Taught voice class of 20 middle school students for 14-week semester
      • Designed curriculum to include theory, ear-training, stage deportment
      • Assigned folksong, classical and music theater literature
      • Conducted and prepared students for final public performance

    Department Coordinator Institute for Arts and Humanities Education 1992-1994
      • Planned and implemented curriculum for high school vocalists participating in Summer Arts Institute’s 5-week residential program at Rutgers
      • Hired teachers for class and private instruction
      • Supervised audition process for prospective students
      • Recruited new students specifically for classical vocal studies
      • Taught vocal ensembles, private voice lessons, theory and ear-training

    Coach Institute for Arts and Humanities Education 1988-89
      • Chose high school musicians for exchange tour to Bremen, Germany
      • Conducted master classes and rehearsals in preparation
      • Assisted in choosing literature for recitals and solo opportunites with Bremen Jugend Sinfonie

     

    OUTREACH EXPERIENCE

    Performer Young Audiences of New Jersey "Opera Works" program 1992-2000

    • Introduced students in grades K-6 to the world of opera
    • Performed scenes and encouraged discussion about opera with the students at schools throughout the Tri-State Area
    • Developed customized vocal workshops for junior high students

    OPERA 1993 - Present

    VARIOUS

      Mimi Manini 1001Nacht in Venedig Komische Kammer Oper München, Marc Angelini
      Juliette (cover) Roméo et Juliette Liederkranz Foundation,
      John Balme
      First Lady The Magic Flute Bronx Opera, Michael Spierman
      Giulietta (cover) I Capuletti e I Montecchi Opera Orchestra of New York,
      Eve Queler
      Linda (cover) Linda di Chamounix Opera Orchestra of New York
      Lady Blemley Tobermory (Martin) American Chamber Opera Co., Douglas Anderson
      (New York premiere)
      Genevieve Suor Angelica Connecticut Opera Theater,
      Franco Bertalli
      Barbarina Le Nozze di Figaro Figaro Institute,
      Rutgers University, Michel Singher

    RUTGERS OPERA COMPANY

      Fiorilla Il Turco in Italia Benton Hess, conductor
      Adele Die Fledermaus Benton Hess, conducto
      Zerlina Don Giovanni Stefan Kozinski, conductor
      Musetta La Bohème Gary Wedow, conductor

    INDIANA UNIVERSITY

      Serpetta La Finta Giardinierav
      Electra The Cry of Clytaemnestra (Eaton)
      Miss Pinkerton The Old Maid and the Thief
      Sadie Slow Dusk

    ORATORIO

    Elijah, Mendelssohn 2002
    Roger Briscoe, Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra & Master Chorale, NJ
    Creation, Haydn Roger Briscoe, Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra & Master Chorale, NJ 2001
    Requiem, Mozart Devin Mariman, Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, NJ 2000
    Elijah, Mendelssohn 2000
    Frederic Ford, New York Choral Society Summer Sing
    Requiem, Brahms Roger Briscoe, Westminster Choir College Summer Sing, NJ 2000
    Carmina Burana & "Mad Scene" from Lucia di Lammermoor 2000
    Roger Briscoe, Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra & Master Chorale, NJ
    Gloria, Poulenc Brent Miller, Hunterdon Choral Union and Symphony, NJ 1999
    Messiah, Parts II & III 1998
    Anita Davis, Rutgers University Chorus and Orchestra, NJ
    Messiah, Part I 1997
    Anita Davis, Rutgers University Chorus and Orchestra, NJ
    Carmina Burana 1996/98/99
    Roger Briscoe, Westminster Choir College Summer Sing, Princeton, NJ
    Mass in G, Schubert 1995
    Roger Briscoe, Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra & Master Chorale,NJ
    Stabat Mater, Schubert 1995
    David Randolph, St. Cecilia Chorus and Chamber Orchestra, NY

    SOLO ENGAGEMENTS

    Orpheus, Ars Femina Concert California State University, Fresno 2002
    9/11Benefit, Taiwanese Association Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL 2001
    National Taiwan University Medical College Convention, Philadelphia, PA 2000
    Nebraska Choral Arts Society Randall Stroope, Omaha, NE 1999
    Westchester Taiwanese Women’s Assoc. Purchase College, SUNY, NY 1999
    Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble Anthony D.J. Branker, Princeton, NJ 1999
    Wesminster Choir College Faculty Recital Princeton, NJ 1999
    A.I.M.S.: Performed various concerts, Der Rosenkavalier excerpts with festival orchestra
    Cornelius Eberhardt, Graz, Austria 1997
    Raritan Valley Symphonic Band Anthony Isch, Hillsborough, NJ 1995/97
    Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Daniel Spalding, PA 1995
    Trenton State Chamber Orchestra Daniel Spalding, NJ 1992
    Camerata Instrumentale Herbert Kolovsky, Bremen, Germany 1990

    RECITALS

    Taiwanese Tour Cultural Centers in Yi-Lan, Hsin-Zhuan,
    Gee-Long, Chia-Yi, Kao-Shong and Hsin-Chu 2001
    Dillon Library Concert Series Bedminster, NJ 1997/00
    Trinity Concert Series Wadsworth, OH 1997
    Battleground Arts Center Freehold, NJ 1995
    Township Cultural Arts Society Howell, NJ 1992
    American Heritage Singers Connecticut 1994
    Camerata Instrumentale Bremen, Germany 1990

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

    MGSA, Michael Fardink Memorial Award, to an outstanding vocalist 2002
    Graduate Fellowship from MGSA 1997-1998
    Finalist, Meistersinger Competition in Graz, Austria 1997

    DISCOGRAPHY

    Soloist, The Sacred Concert Music of Duke Ellington 1999
    recorded with Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble Anthony D.J. Branker, Conductor

    ORGANIZATIONS

    National Association of Teachers of Singing 2001
    The College Music Society 2000

    REFERENCES

    Judith Nicosia

      Associate Professor of Music
      Rutgers Music Department, MMB
      100 Clifton Avenue, Douglass Campus
      New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1568
      w: 732-932-8462
      h: 609-921-0019
      civitano@rci.rutgers.edu

    Dr. Frederick Urrey

      Professor of Music
      Rutgers Music Department, MMB
      100 Clifton Avenue, Douglass Campus
      New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1568
      w: 732-932-8840
      feurrey@aol.com

    Valorie Goodall

      Professor of Music, emeritus, Rutgers University
      2879 Shadow Creek Drive Apt. B-105
      Boulder, CO 80303
      h: 303-545-0191
      BMooney303@aol.com

    Roger Briscoe

      Music Director, Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale
      Raritan Valley Community College
      P.O. Box 3300
      Somerville, NJ 08876
      w: 908-231-8813
      rbriscoe@raritanval.edu

    Stephen Mosel

      Artistic Director, Young Audiences of New Jersey
      134 Kingsbury Drive
      Franklin, NJ 08873
      w: 609-683-7966
      smosel@yanj.org

    Shirley J. Sasor

      Executive Director, New Jersey State Teen Arts
      Friends of Teen Arts, Inc.
      1422 Route 179
      Lambertville, NJ 08530-3414
      w: 609-397-0505
      FOTA@hcesc.com
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