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UND Voice Area

Singers at UND develop vocal technique and performance experience that help them reach their highest vocal potential while learning the skills necessary to have a fulfilling and sustainable career in the field of vocal music.

Voice students receive weekly lessons from faculty who are experienced performers and teachers dedicated to the success of their students. The voice program at UND is a vibrant cohort in the Music Department, and its students are working toward a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees in vocal performance, vocal music education, and many other majors across diverse degree programs.

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We are a community of musicians who explore and share our humanity using our resonant voices, capable bodies, perceptive minds, responsive hearts and enterprising spirits.

Our mission is to develop and nurture singing artists toward their optimal abilities and expression.

Voice at UND

  • Weekly lessons with full time faculty
  • Weekly opportunities to perform and give peer feedback in Studio Class
  • Student Showcase recitals
  • Studio Recitals
  • Opera/Musical Theatre
  • Cabaret/Revue Performances
  • Lyric Diction
  • Vocal Pedagogy
  • Choral Ensembles
  • Solo Recitals

Performance Opportunities

  • Regular coaching with staff or student accompanist
  • Musical Theatre Production
  • Chamber Ensemble
  • Jazz Ensemble
  • New Music Ensemble
  • UND Chamber Orchestra
  • Grand Forks Master Chorale
  • Master classes with renowned guest artists
  • Community outreach performances

Guest Artists

  • Robert Breault
  • Mark Calkins
  • John Tessier
  • Carol Kirkpatrick
  • Laura Loewen
  • Cynthia Lawrence
  • Nathan Stark
  • Kip Cranna (UND alum)
  • Mary Dibbern (UND alum)
  • Tammy Hensrud (UND alum)
  • Korliss Uecker (UND alum)

Singing on Stage at UND

The UND Voice area provides several opportunities for students to get involved in staged vocal performance through the Department of Music, including:

Singing on Stage (Spring Semester)

Course centered around production and performance of fully staged dramatic vocal works, including chamber operas, scenes from larger operatic and musical theatre works, and dramatic songs across genres. Open to all UND students. Repeatable, with rotating productions and themes. Past productions include Dido and Aeneas, Opera in the Schools at Grand Forks and East Grand Forks high schools, and Party @ Hughes (reimagining of Prince Orlofsky’s ball from Die Fledermaus).

UND SNATS Presents (Winter)

The UND student chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing presents a yearly cabaret performance focused on the Great American Songbook performed in intimate and unconventional venues. Recent cabarets have focused on Harold Arlen (The Wizard of Oz), George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, and MGM Melodies.

All Studio Voice Recitals (Fall/Spring)

Each semester, the combined UND Voice Area (students from both professors’ studios) present a recital of diverse songs from every style and genre. UND voice students learn healthy and flexible vocal technique that can be applied to any genre, and they are encouraged to explore a wide range of classical, theatrical, and popular styles. The All Studio recitals are sometime themed and always reflect the myriad wonders of song.

Voice Area Faculty

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Anne Christopherson
DMA
Associate Professor, Voice/Opera
Specialties: Opera, Pedagogy, Voice
  • anne.christopherson@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2835
  • Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 224
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7125
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Justin Montigne
DMA
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Voice | Music Director, Musical Theatre Production
  • justin.montigne@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2837
  • Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 212
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7125
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Dean Jilek
D.M.A.
Assistant Professor/Director of Choral Activities
Specialties: Choir, Conducting, Choral Literature, Vocal Pedagogy
  • dean.jilek@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2814
  • Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 122
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7125
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Melanie Popejoy
MA
Teaching Assistant Professor/Associate Director of Choral Activities
Specialties: Choral Ensembles & Music Education Methods
  • melanie.popejoy@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2818
  • Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 166
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7125

LEARN MORE ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHORAL SINGING AT UND

Undergraduate Advisor

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Tammy Mulske
M.M. Instrumental Conducting, B.M. Music Education
Acad. Advisor/Asst. Director of Bands
  • tamara.mulske@UND.edu
  • 701.317.0845
  • Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 101
    Grand Forks ND 58202-7125
Music Department
Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 110
3350 Campus Rd Stop 7125
Grand Forks, ND 58202
P 701.777.2644
UND.music@UND.edu

 

Music Office Hours
Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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