Nilam Brown – Resume
Education
Master’s in Music – Vocal Performance (Magna cum laude) from University of New Mexico: July 2011
Bachelor’s in Music – Vocal Performance from University of New Mexico: August 2009
Opera Performances
Vénus – Orphée aux Enfers (J. Offenbach): Summer 2013
Luigia – Le Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali/Viva La Mamma* (G. Donizetti): Spring 2010
*2009-2010 National Opera Association Category I, 1st place winner
Geraldine – A Hand of Bridge (S. Barber): Fall 2009
Spirit #3 – The Magic Flute (W.A. Mozart): April 2007
Staged Opera Scenes & Arias
Suzel – “Suzel, buon di” (The Cherry Duet): L’Amico Fritz (P. Mascagni)
Countess – “Dove sono i bei momenti”: Le Nozze di Figaro (W.A. Mozart)
Susanna – “Sull’aria”: Le Nozze di Figaro (W.A. Mozart)
Olga – Scene and Arioso of Lenski: Eugene Onegin (P. Tchaikovsky)
Tisbe – “No, no, no, no”: La Cenerentola (G. Rossini)
Hänsel – “Abends, will ich schlafen geh’n”: Hänsel und Gretel (E. Humperdinck)
Opera/Zarzuela Choruses & Ensembles
Agua, Azucarillos y Aguardiente (F. Chueca): Fall 2016
Roméo et Juliette (C. Gounod): Summer 2015
Snow Maiden (N. Rimsky-Korsakov): Spring 2015
Cavalleria Rusticana (P. Mascagni): Summer 2014
I Pagliacci (R. Leoncavallo): Summer 2014
Eugene Onegin (P. Tchaikovsky): Spring 2012
Choral Performances
- Beethoven
– Missa Solemnis - Gretchaninoff
– Missa Festiva (sung in Latin) - Haydn
– Lord Nelson Mass - Mozart
– Coronation Mass
– Grand Mass in C Minor (soprano solos) - Ramirez
– Missa Criolla - Rheinberger
– Cantus Missae
- Händel
– Messiah - Orff
– Carmina Burana - Swami Atmavidyananda
– Vivekananda Oratorio 150: His Ministry (selections; “Gathering the Mind” solo)
- Cherubini
- Clausen (world premiere)
- Daley (selections; mvts. 7 & 8 solo)
- Duruflé
- Mozart
- Verdi
- Beethoven
– Symphony No. 9 and Choral Fantasy - Shore
– The Lord of the Rings Symphony
- Allegri
– Miserere Mei - Boito
– Mefistofele (selections) - Brahms
– Liebeslieder Waltzer - Britten
– Ceremony of Carols (selections)
– Rejoice in the Lamb - Chilcott
– Canticles of Light (upper voice choir & soprano) - Ellingboe
– Revelations - Hassler
– Cantate Domino - Howells
– Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing - Mozart
– Ave Verum Corpus
– Laudate Dominum (chorus & solo) - Pergolesi
– Stabat Mater - Scarlatti
– Stabat Mater - Tchaikovsky
– 1812 Overture (choral version) - Whitacre
– Five Hebrew Love Songs
– “Lux Aurumque” (solo, soprano 1, & soprano 2)
Voice Teachers
Adam Sterling: Spring 2012 – Winter 2016
Gustavo Ahualli: June 2013
Sharon Christman: June 2013
Marilyn Tyler: Fall 2009 – Spring 2011
Sam Shepperson: Spring 2007 – Summer 2009
Roberto Gómez: Fall 2005 – Fall 2006
Coaches
Jose Sacin (Spanish Diction): Fall 2016
Henriette Lund (French Diction): Summers 2013, 2015
Katerina Souvorova (Russian Diction): Summer 2013, Winter 2014
Naomi Jacobson (Acting): Summer 2013
Mary Ann Ybarra: Spring 2010 – Spring 2011
Natalia Tikhovidova: Fall 2009
Martha Hanson: Spring 2007 – Summer 2009
Petra Polman: Fall 2006
Yuri Chayama: Fall 2005 – Spring 2006
Conductors
Glenn Quader (Maryland Lyric Opera): Summer 2015
Sonya Sutton (World Bank/IMF Chorus): Winter 2015 (January)
Joel Borrelli-Boudreau (Maryland Lyric Opera): Summer 2014
Katerina Souvorova (Bel Cantanti Opera): Spring 2012, Summer 2013 – Fall 2013, Spring 2015
Jeremy Bakken (UNM Concert Choir): Fall 2010
Vera Kleinhenz (UNM Concert Choir): Fall 2010
Ryan Hatch (UNM Concert Choir): Spring 2009
Kira Omelchenko, née Horel (UNM Concert Choir): Spring 2008
Bradley Ellingboe (UNM Concert Choir): Spring 2006 – Spring 2011
Annunziata Tomaro (UNM Opera Theatre): Spring 2007
Jorge Pérez-Gómez (UNM University Chorus, UNM Opera Theatre, & International Lyric Academy): Fall 2005, Spring 2007 – Summer 2007
Jennifer Haywood (NMMEA All-State Treble Choir): 2003
Master Classes Performed
Sharon Christman: June 12, 2013
John Kennedy: October 25, 2008
Master Classes Attended
Sherrill Milnes: October 6, 2016
Gustavo Ahualli: June 11, 2013
Fabiana Bravo: June 7, 2013
Martha Guth and Ricardo Lugo: February 24, 2011
Margaret Pettengill: February 18, 2011
James Demler: December 9, 2008
Elizabeth Mannion: October 27, 2008
Neil Rosenshein: October 30, 2007
Additional Training and Experience
Opera Camerata of Washington (Washington, DC): Winter 2016
Teatro Lirico DC (Washington, DC): Fall 2016
Alban Singers (Sonya Sutton, director), St. Alban’s Episcopal Church (Washington, DC): March 2012 – July 2016
Maryland Lyric Opera (Upper Marlboro, MD): Summers 2014, 2015
Bel Cantanti Opera Summer Festival (Washington, DC): Summer 2013
Chancel Choir (Adam Graham, director), Trinity Episcopal Church (Washington, DC): October 2011 – March 2012
Liturgical Singers (Arianne Quinn, née Johnson, director), Faith Lutheran Church West Campus (Albuquerque, NM): October 2010 – July 2011
Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint course: Fall 2010
Twentieth-Century Techniques course: Summer 2010
International Lyric Academy (Viterbo, Italy): Summer 2007
UNM Opera Theatre: on and off from Fall 2006 – Spring 2010
Music in the Mountains Festival (Durango, CO): Summer 2006
UNM Concert Choir: Spring 2006 – Spring 2011
UNM University Chorus: Fall 2005
NMMEA All-State Treble Choir: 2003
Miscellaneous
Performed at Japanese Ambassador’s residence (Washington, DC): December 2, 2016
Performed at the Indian Embassy (Washington, DC): December 20, 2013; December 22, 2014; December 17, 2015
Performed for “Arise Awake” (sponsored by Indian Embassy, in honor of Swami Vivekananda’s teachings) at Terrace Theater of Kennedy Center (Washington, DC): October 16, 2013
Performed at Indian Ambassador’s residence (Washington, DC): December 21, 2012
Member of UNM Theory Search Committee (Dr. Richard Hermann, Chair): 2010 – 2011
Performed at Southwestern ACDA Convention (Denver, CO): February 2010
Performed at the Church of Beethoven (Albuquerque, NM): November 1, 2009
Languages
Sung: Italian, German, French, English, Spanish, Latin, Russian (can read Cyrillic alphabet), Czech, Hebrew
Spoken: English, Gujarati (official language of the state of Gujarat, India)
References
References are available upon request.