Resume

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

VénusOrphée aux Enfers (J. Offenbach): Summer 2013

LuigiaLe Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali/Viva La Mamma* (G. Donizetti): Spring 2010
*2009-2010 National Opera Association Category I, 1st place winner

GeraldineA Hand of Bridge (S. Barber): Fall 2009

Spirit #3The 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

Masses:

  • 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

Oratorios:

  • Händel
    Messiah
  • Orff
    Carmina Burana
  • Swami Atmavidyananda
    Vivekananda Oratorio 150: His Ministry (selections; “Gathering the Mind” solo)
Requiems:

  • Cherubini
  • Clausen (world premiere)
  • Daley (selections; mvts. 7 & 8 solo)
  • Duruflé
  • Mozart
  • Verdi
Symphonies:

  • Beethoven
    Symphony No. 9 and Choral Fantasy
  • Shore
    The Lord of the Rings Symphony

Other:

  • 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.