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KATIE ELIZABETH MARTIN
Missoula, MT 59801
406-250-7028
katie.elizabeth.martin@gmail.com
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Doctor of Musical Arts, Vocal Performance 2011- 2015
Emphasis in Music Education, Opera Directing and Arts Leadership
Honors: Head Teaching Assistant for 2013-2014 Academic Year
Teaching Assistant 2012-2013
Student Instructor Award 2011-2012
Pi Kappa Lambda
Applied Teacher: Elizabeth Hynes
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Master of Music, Vocal Performance 2008-2010
Honors: Pi Kappa Lambda Master’s Award
4.0 GPA
Student Instructor: Individual Voice Lessons
Applied Teacher: Elizabeth Hynes and Rod Gilfry
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
Bachelors of Music, Vocal Performance 2003-2007
Honors: Graduated Magna cum Laude
Outstanding senior award: selected by music faculty from among 2007 graduating class
Applied Teacher: Esther England
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Montana
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Voice, 1.0 and .8 FTE 2017-present
Course of Instruction:
Vocal Pedagogy
Instruct Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Incorporate current anatomical/physiological aspects of phonation along with practical teaching application
Foreign Language Diction
Italian, English, Spanish, French, German
Utilize the International Phonetic Alphabet
Advanced Diction
Refinement of language skills for advanced and graduate level students
Incorporates tutoring for undergraduate students to gain practical listening and speaking experience
Voice Techniques
Instruction geared towards future music educators, all instruments
Combines practical hands-on singing and individual feedback, mock teaching opportunities, pedagogical approaches for the voice, foreign language diction introduction, and vocal anatomy
Applied Lessons
Music Majors (MUSED, BA, BM) BFA Musical Theater Majors, and Music Minors
Beginning through advanced
Classical, folk, popular and musical theater genres
The Greatbatch School of Music, Houghton College
Assistant Professor of Voice 2015-2017
Courses of Instruction:
Foreign Language Diction
English, Italian, Spanish, French and German
Texts: Diction for Singers, Joan Wall and Castel’s Manuel of Spanish Lyric Diction
Vocal Pedagogy (Spring 2017)
A one-semester course including vocal anatomy/physiology, music education theories and practices, and hands-on teaching experience
Text: Basics of Vocal Pedagogy, Clifton Ware
Music History II
Late Baroque through Romantic era
Text: A History of Western Music Burkholder/Grout/Palisca (Norton)
Applied Lessons
Graduate and Undergraduate
Plan and prepare students for recitals, opera productions, competitions and workshops/yaps
Students progressed to final rounds in both undergraduate and graduate level at NATS competition
Student participation in summer YAP programs
Additional duties:
Performances for/in school functions, recruiting events and faculty recitals
Academic Advising
Scholarship and entrance auditions for prospective undergraduate and graduate students
Distribution of scholarship monies to current students
Regularly participate in service functions (I.E. Music faculty meetings, all faculty meetings, etc)
Grading/Evaluating student juries and recitals
University of Southern California
Lecturer of Vocal Pedagogy, Adjunct Spring 2015
Courses of Instruction:
Directed Research Advisor in Vocal Pedagogy, Doctoral Level
Advise and direct doctoral pedagogy research project for a
Doctor of Musical Arts candidate.
Comparative Vocal Pedagogy, Graduate Level
Historical approaches and methodologies to vocal pedagogy
Vocal anatomy and physiology review and incorporation
Created an original syllabus, including text selection
Thornton School of Music Graduate students
Vocal Pedagogy Practicum, Undergraduate Level
Approaches and methodologies to teaching applied voice
Incorporates both the field of traditional vocal pedagogy and music education
Practical, hands on approach and activities
Created an original syllabus, including all reading selections from both vocal pedagogy and sources in music education, psychology, and sociology
Thornton School of Music Undergraduate students
Fullerton College 2014
Adjunct Voice Professor
Instruct Intermediate Voice Class
Individual Voice Instructor
Duties:
Work with a culturally diverse student and faculty population
Prepare students for a degree in vocal performance
Instruction in Italian song literature and IPA
Prepare Students for end of semester Juries
Prepare Students for transfer to four year colleges (auditions, applications)
Instructional focus on classical repertoire and Bel Canto technique
Service activities: Jury panel and audition panel
University of Southern California
Head Teaching Assistant 2013-2014
Instruct Intermediate Voice Class
Individual Voice Instructor (Non-Majors and Minors)
Administrative Duties:
Act as a Liaison between student teachers, voice faculty and department chair
Assign instruction load to student and faculty
Organize and produce midterm and final vocal recitals for non-major and minor voice students
Assist in updating policies for the Teaching Assistant Handbook
Monitor and advise Teaching Assistants throughout the semester
University of Southern California
Teaching Assistant 2012-2013
Instruct Beginning Voice Class
Develop a personalized syllabus and curriculum based off of University requirements and policies
Responsible for grading all written and performance/participation based work
Developed an interactive Blackboard website to facilitate student involvement and understanding
Individual Voice Instructor (Non-Majors and Musical Theater Minors)
Majority of students taught were returning students from previous semester, as per student request.
University of Southern California
Student Instructor 2009-2010, 2011-12
Individual Voice Instructor (Non-Majors and Minors)
Provide private instruction to a wide variety of voice types, styles and skill levels
Prepare students for a midterm and final performance
Develop a syllabus that includes written assignments specifically designed to develop student’s analytical skills by applying core concepts learned in lessons to live examples.
Responsible for the evaluation of student’s written work and performance progress
Katie Martin Voice Studio 2010-Present
Styles include: Classical, pop (including original artists), jazz, and musical theater
Ages 13-50, all voice types
Lark Conservatory, Glendale, CA 2010-2011
Private Voice Instructor
Provide private voice instruction at an Armenian-American Music School
Ages 10-50 male and female, diverse repertoire
ADDITIONAL SCHOLARLY EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Publication: On the Importance of Lullabies and Infant Development Fall 2014
Journal: Perspectives: Journal of the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association Volume 9 No. 4 2014 , Peer Reviewed
Poster Presentation: Lullabies and Infant Development 2014
College Music Society Seattle Summit Conference: Focus on Music, Science and Society
DIRECTING/PRODUCING
Voices of Vets: Missoula, Montana 2014
Producing, directing and performing in an original concert featuring classical vocal music combined with filmed interviews of local veterans. Interviews were personally conducted and edited.
Brigadoon: University of Southern California 2013
Directing the Chamber Opera of USC (COUSC), a student run, faculty mentored program intended to provide undergraduate students performance experience
Une soire avec les Six: Boston Court Theater, Pasadena, 2013
An original collaborative co-directed project through the USC directing program
Conceived of and directed a script centered around the songs of les Six
Directed a scene from The Rake’s Progress: In class project 2012
Anne Truelove’s “How Strange” Aria; Tom & Anne Duet; Baba, Tom and Anne Trio
ADJUDICATION and OUTREACH
State Music Festival, Montana, 2020
MTNA West Central Competition
State Music Festival, Montana, 2019
District Music Festival, 2018
Flathead High School Choral Visit (Guest lecturer and performer) 2018
KAMTA Adjudicator, 2018
NATS Adjudicator 2017, 2018, 2019
Western Montana District
NATS Adjudicator, 2016
Western New York Finger Lakes District
Kalispell Music Teachers Association Fall Voice Festival, 2010
LANGUAGES
Studied: French, German and Spanish
Completed a Reading Course in German
Lived, studied and performed in Vienna, Austria for three months
Perform in and teach English, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian and French diction
ADDITIONAL AREAS OF INTEREST
Arts Leadership: The survival of opera in a changing world
Related Research:
Is Opera still for the Elite?
Using the sociological theories of Pierre Bourdieu as a lens to view opera, social class, and cultural consumption
Alternate Regimes: Redefining the Identity of Opera in America
Applying resilience theory to opera, showing that the art is possibly nearing the end of its life cycle, and making suggestions/examples for a new identity of opera in America.
Pedagogy: The need to explore different approaches to vocal pedagogy instruction to better equip young teachers for the realities of their career.
Related Research: Children and Private Voice Lessons? : A review of the literature
A literature review that seeks to recommend whether or not private voice lessons are appropriate to prepubescent children.
MEMBERSHIPS/PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
NATS Treasurer, 2017-Present (Western Montana)
Pi Kappa Lambda-Houghton College Treasury/Secretary 2017
College Music Society (Presented in 2014, Seattle)
National Opera Association
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2013-2014
Head Teaching Assistant, USC
KAMTA Scholarship (Kalispell Area Music Teachers Association)
2012-2013
Teaching Assistant, USC
KAMTA Scholarship
2011-2012
Student Instructor
Jeanette MacDonald Operetta Scholarship
KAMTA Scholarship
2009-2010
Pi Kappa Lambda Master’s Award
Student Instructor
KAMTA Scholarship
2008-2009
KAMTA Scholarship
2006-2007
Outstanding Senior Award
Esther England Excellence in Voice
KAMTA Scholarship
2005-2006
Esther England Excellence in Voice
Chapter AM-PEO Scholarship
Montana Baker Grant
KAMTA Scholarship
2004-2005
Esther England Excellence in Voice
KAMTA Scholarship
2003-2004
KAMTA Scholarship
High School Honors Tuition Waiver
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
FULL ROLES
ROLE
WORK
COMPOSER
COMPANY
LOCATION
DATE
Drusilla
L’incoronatzione di Poppea
Monteverdi
University of Southern California
Los Angeles,CA
November 2013
Mrs.Coyle
Owen Wingrave
Britten
University of Southern California
Los Angeles,CA
2012
Countess
Le Nozze di Figaro
Mozart
Montana Lyric Opera Company
Missoula, MT
2011
Miss Wordsworth
Albert Herring
Britten
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
2009
Donna Anna Cover
Don Giovanni
Mozart
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
2009
Fresquita
Carmen
Bizet
Glacier Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
Kalispell, MT
2008 (Concert)
Alms Collector
Suor Angeleca
Puccini
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
2007
Susanna
Le Nozze di Figaro
Mozart
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
2006
SCENES
ROLE
WORK
COMPOSER
COMPANY
LOCATION
DATE
Violetta
Anne Truelove
La Traviata
The Rake’s Progress
Verdi
Stravinsky
University of Montana
Reparatory Opera Company
Missoula, MT
Pomona, CA
2017
2013
Pamina
Die Zauberflöte
Mozart
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
2009
Margo
The Desert Song
Romberg
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
2009
Fiordilidgi
Cosi fan tutti
Mozart
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
2007
Concepcion
L’heure espangole
Ravel
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
2007
Micaëla
Carmen
Bizet
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
2007
Julie
Carousel
Rodgers &Hammerstein
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
2006
Yum Yum
Mikado
Gilbert and Sullivan
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
2005
Large and Chamber Ensemble
VOCAL PART
WORK
COMPOSER
COMPANY
LOCATION
DATE
Soprano Soloist
Soprano
Knoxville Summer of 1915
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Barber
Schubert
UofM Symphonic Winds
Chamber Music Montana
UofM Campus
UofM Campus
2021
2019
Soprano Soloist
Places we can no longer go
Mackey
UfoM Symphonic Winds
UofM Campus
2018
Soprano Soloist
Words of Love
Moberly
USC Wind Ensemble
USC Campus, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Soprano Soloist
Kata Markon
Mark Weiser (USC Faculty)
Church Ensemble
Glendale, CA
2013
Soprano Soloist
Requiem
Mozart
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
2005
SELECTED CHORAL ENGAGEMENTS
VOCAL PART
WORK
COMPOSER
COMPANY
LOCATION
DATE
Sister St. Charles
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Poulenc
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
2013
Soprano, Small Ensemble
Christmas Ensemble
Various
USC: Annual Dickens Dinner Fundraiser
Los Angeles, CA
2011
Soprano
Die Fledermaus
Strauss
Center Stage Opera
Riverside, CA
2010
Soprano
Die Zauberflöte
Mozart
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT
2005
RECITALS AND OTHER PERFORMANCE ENGAGEMENTS-SELECTED
Numerous appearances on collaborative recitals and fundraisers
Recitals premiering or performing new music, especially of fellow USC colleagues
Dreams and Pilgrimages
Works by Rachmaninoff, Barber and Ravel February 2020
Love? February, 2018
Featuring repertoire by all contemporary American composers
Divine Love: A lecture recital on Messiean’s Poèmes Pour Mi March 1, 2015
A lecture recital highlighting the interaction of Messiaen’s faith with
his poetic illustration of marriage
Voices of Vets September,2014
A concert recognizing veterans through music and film.
Featuring filmed interviews of local veterans.
Vocal music on subjects of WWII and 9/11
Partnered with a local non-profit for veterans
Picturing America: Songs on American Themes by American Composers April 2014
A program celebrating American culture and composers
Featured Works: Vignettes: Letters from George To Evelyn Alan Smith
Old American Songs (selections): Copland
Songs from Letters: Larsen
Commission USC composer to write a set based off of my grandmother’s poetry
The Good Song: Songs of the late 19th, early 20th Century February 2013
Tre Canzoni Trecentesche: Casella
La Bonne Chanson: Fauré
Mädchenblumen: Strauss
Trois Chanson: Ravel
INTERNATIONAL AND FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE
Songfest Professional Program 2010
Vienna Program 2006
Lived in Vienna and toured many other parts of Europe and Eastern Europe as part
of the University of Montana’s Concert Choir for three months.
Engaged in both choral and solo workshops and master classes.
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
MTNA Young Artists Competition Finalist, Toronto 2007
Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Auditions Encouragement Award 2006
University of Montana Young Artist Competition, First Place 2006
University of Montana Concerto Aria Competition, First Place 2006
NATS competition, University of Montana, First Place 2005
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Volunteer work as a soloist at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Westchester, CA