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About the Teacher
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have performed, taught piano and accompanied professionally from
the time I was 15. As an undergraduate, I studied accompanying
and coaching with coach and accompanist, Hans Peter Schilly and
conductor Karl Randolph at the Conservatory of Music in Vienna,
Austria. While filling a spot in the conservatory percussion
section, under the guidance of Professor Hammer of the Vienna
Symphony, I inadvertently became the first female percussionist
to perform with an orchestra in public in Vienna. After
graduating with a BA in piano from the University of Minnesota
Moorhead, I traveled to Spain as accompanist for the First
International Course for the Interpretation of Spanish Music,
established by tenor, Ricardo Visus. I performed with students
and toured with Visus, performing concerts in the Basque country
of northern Spain. That year I had the distinct honor of
becoming the youngest, foreign, female member of the faculty of
the Conservatory
of Music in Vienna as a vocal coach and piano instructor.
During my time in Europe I also coached and accompanied for the
American Institute of Musical
Studies in Graz, the American Choral Society of Vienna,
numerous vocalists and choral groups, incidentally writing
music, performing and recording. Among others I've had the
privilege of working with coaches and singers Geoffrey Parsons,
Martin Katz, John Wustman, Elio Battaglia, Elizabeth Holleque,
Roberta Cunningham, Julie Prohaska, Ricardo Visus, Glenn
Winslade, Peter Bailey, Georg Tichy, Kmsgr. Waldemar Kmentt. As
an accompanist and young coach I enjoyed a brief but
unforgettable association with the luminous Christa Ludwig.
In 1985 Ricardo Visus and I founded
Cantares De España,
performing concerts here and abroad under the auspices of
various arts councils, universities, the Spanish Embassy, and
the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of
Culture and United States' Universities. After moving back to
the Midwest to raise three sons, I've directed musicals,
produced opera and recently had the pleasure of touring with the
new European sensation, José Luis Sola. I accompanied him as he
made his North American debut, performing nine concerts of
Spanish song, opera and zarzuela, ending with a gala performance
in the Hall of the Americas in Washington, D.C. Last summer I
coached at the Semer Vocal
Institute in Coesfeld, Germany and worked most recently with
the brilliant young soprano, Erin Wall, preparing Daphne
for the Santa Fe Opera. As well as coaching voice, teaching
piano and performing, I enjoy facilitating creative development
in a variety of organizational settings. I live and work in the
Minneapolis area.
No one can promise to bring a student to the concert stage,
but I guarantee each one will find his or her potential.
-LShores
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Location:
The studio is located in the small town of Excelsior
on the West side of Minneapolis.
Lessons are now available in
Elbow Lake, Minnesota as well.
Contact:
Phone: (763) 442-7418
Website:
www.cantaresdeespana.org
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