It is the goal of the Walsh MS Choral Dept to provide the very best learning experiences for each choir student. One of these learning experiences is the opportunity for a student to study privately with a professional voice teacher. This enrichment opportunity is available to all choir students and is optional.

Lessons are 22 minutes and are scheduled throughout the school day.  Lessons are $12.00 and are given once a week.  Monthly payments of $48.00 are expected at the first lesson of each month and are made payable to the private instructor.  In class instruction will be scheduled on a first come, first served basis.  Information and Applications for enrollment in IMIP (Individual Music Instruction Program) are available in the choir office.  

Ms. Caitlin Felsman

  

Caitlin Felsman is a dynamic, passionate performer and teacher.  In May 2009 she graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in Medford, MA with a B.A in Music and Anthropology.  She is currently pursuing her Masters in Voice Performance at the University of Texas at Austin where she studies with Darlene Wiley. 

 

Ms. Felsman’s career as a performer has taken her all over the world.  She has appeared as a soloist in New England, France, Italy, Puerto Rico, and South Africa.  As an undergraduate, she was the recipient of several awards and in March of 2008 won the Tischler Prize for Undergraduate Excellence in Music Performance.  Ms. Felsman has spent the past three summers studying with word-renowned voice teachers and coaches at programs such as the Franco-American Vocal Academy in St Yrieix, France, and the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy.  Ms. Felsman has performed a wide variety of roles including: Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Mrs. Webb in Our Town, and Nina Micheltorena in the world premier of Dodici Personi in Cerca di Voce. 

 

Ms. Felsman began teaching voice at Tufts she worked with the Tufts Community Music program and also maintained a small private studio.    For the past 2 years she taught drama at the Columbus Elementary School in Medford, MA.  She truly enjoys working with young people and helping them to express their creativity through music and theater.

Ms. Julia Snyder

Julia Snyder holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Baylor University and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

 Performance credits include Josephine in HMS Pinafore, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Elizabeth Doe in The Ballad of Baby Doe and Nannetta in Falstaff.  Scene work includes the title role in Arabella, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, title role in Lakmé and Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel. In 2008, Ms. Snyder was a District winner and Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.  Other awards include Finalist in the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition, 3rd place in the National Society of Arts and Letters San Antonio District Vocal Competition, 3rd place in the Charlotte Opera Guild Vocal Competition, 1st place in the Mid-Atlantic Regional NATS Competition and Semi-finalist in the Charles Lynam Vocal Competition.  Most recently, Ms. Snyder participated in an intensive opera training program in Italy with the Ezio Pinza Council for American Singers of Opera.

As a teacher of voice, Miss. Snyder taught Class Voice and had a private studio of voice students while studying for her graduate degree at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  From 2008-09, Julia had a studio of over twenty students at Canyon Ridge Middle School in Leander,Texas.  Her students have been members of the All-Region Middle Choir, received the highest marks in UIL Solo and Ensemble and participated as leading and supporting characters in Leander’s school musical, Charlotte’s Web.  Currently, Julia teaches private voice lessons to students at Canyon Ridge Middle School,Cedar Park High School, Vandergrift High School and Walsh Middle School.

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