Shari Speer -- current Biography
Shari M. Speer, soprano, is currently professor of voice at Concordia University Saint Paul, where she maintains an active voice studio, teaches class voice, diction, opera workshop and conducts the Jubilate Choir. Also an active performer, Ms. Speer is soprano soloist at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis and soprano section leader with the Minnesota Chorale. She has performed and conducted regionally, including solo vocal appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra, Des Moines Symphony, Quad City Mozart Festival, Nashville Symphony, Westminster Summer Sing, and St. Paul Schubert Club.
In addition to her interpretation of the classical vocal and choral repertoire, Ms. Speer is also known for her idiomatic performances of Magic Lantern Illustrated Song Slides, a form of popular entertainment dating from the early 1900s that was featured in a recent exposition at the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota.
Ms. Speer holds degrees in voice performance and pedagogy, music education, and conducting from Augustana College, Rock Island, and Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ. She has served on the voice faculties of Westminster Conservatory, Luther College, Augustana College, and Gustavus Adolphus College. Ms. Speer is the President of the Minnesota Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).
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