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McMinnville, OR 97128
503.883.2275
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Gwen Leonard - Professor of Music
503-883-2233
gleonard@linfield.edu
Accomplishments: Performances - soprano soloist, Oregon Bach Festival, the Eugene Opera, the Eugene Concert Choir, and the Neskowin Chamber Music Series; chamber music performer, Artquake Festival, Portland, Water Music Festival, Washington state, Newport Performing Arts Center, Oregon; Opera and musical roles with Eugene Opera, Chicago-area opera theaters, and Buffalo Pops
Recitals and lecture recitals - East Coast lecture/recital tour on American Solo Song; concerts in St. Petersburg, Russia, Australia, New Zealand; east coast tour, summer musical theater concerts
Awards - Linfield College Edith Green Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1998; one of four nationally selected master teachers teaching interns, National Association of Teachers of Singing, 2003
Instructor - Linfield students placed in graduate programs at Eastman School of Music, University of Illinois, Boston University, Indiana University, East Carolina University, Arizona State University, University of Arizona, and University of Oregon; private studio includes college level teachers, professional singers, and members of the Portland Opera resident ensemble
Adjudicator - Spokane MusicFest, 2004
Publications - Bulletin of proceedings of the Music Teachers National Association: article on voice pedagogy; Journal of Voice: "Registers of the Female Voice"
Teaches Applied Voice, Class Voice, Lyric Diction, Voice Pedagogy, Art Song, Music History and LIterature, Women in Music, American Sense in Sound, Opera Workshop
Education: B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., University of Illinois; D.M.A., University of Oregon;