1914 E. 38th Ave, Spokane WA, 99203
Instruments:Voice
Styles:Classical
Levels:Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Experience:28 years
Rate:$55 / hr
Personal Statement
Voice study allows the singer to take technical and artistic areas of learning and translate them to emotional expression. Courage, perseverance and an open mind are key to becoming a great singer. The voice studio is a safe and constructive environment where the student can be free to try new ways of thinking and to experiment with new sounds. Singing unites mind, body, and spirit. It can carry us to a place unreachable by any other path.
Education / Training
Nancy Klingman, Soprano, is an experienced and enthusiastic teacher with lifelong performance background in opera, recital and concert. Her studio offers comprehensive training for the singing performer – concentrating on singing technique, language and diction, acting and interpretation, collaboration with other musicians, and also general musical training according to the needs of the individual. Performance Workshops occur twice each month – small group events that help singers work on acting/interpretation skills. Ms. Klingman leads the twice yearly workshop: “Aria Bootcamp” which offers the singer an opportunity to fine-tune his/her aria performance. Her studio also offers an ongoing Lyric Diction course which covers Italian, German and French diction for singers. Her summer workshop for emerging singers: Singer’s Performance Week is in its 10th year. She has performed widely in Chicago and New York and has appeared in regional opera productions in the Midwest, England, and Italy in such roles as the Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Frasquita in Carmen, Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring and Second Lady in The Magic Flute. She has been featured at the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy. In oratorio and choral works, Ms. Klingman has been heard in such works as Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Creation, Brahms’ German Requiem, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. Member: National Association of Teachers of Singing BMus., MA Voice Performance – University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. Resume and References upon request.