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Voice
Bio:
- Education: B.M. Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama; B. Humanities, New College of California; Acting at the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco; Baroque Dance with Elaine Biagi-Turner (Canada) and Angene Feves (CA); Composition Studies with Janet Beat and Simon Bainbridge (UK); Early music vocal coaching with Julianne Baird, Paul Elliott, Nigel Rogers, and many others; Operatic coaching with Daniel Beckwith, conductor, Steven Crawford, conductor, Marc Verzatt, stage director, Fiora Contino, conductor, Eric Trudel, conductor/coach, Olivia Stapp, Paul Hamburger (BBC), Gordon Stewart (BBC), Gustave Fenyo (UK), Urs Leonhardt Steiner, conductor, Monroe Kanouse, conductor/coach
- Teaching Experience: 20 years of teaching voice, piano, songwriting and music theory to adults and children, all types of backgrounds, musical interests, and goals; Vocal rehabilitation for those with damaged vocal cords, stroke and cancer patients; Workshops for actors in voice for the stage; Workshops in songwriting; Seminars for public speakers on presentation skills - speech clients have included the IRS, UC Berkeley, Ghirardelli Associates, Meridian Deployment, etc.; Seminars given in recording for singers at the Classical Singer Convention
- Vocal Studies with Arthur Levy (NYC), Olivia Stapp (CA), Jean Hakes (CA), Elizabeth Izatt (Scotland), Geoffrey Connor (London), and others.
- Prizes, Scholarships and Awards: RSAMD Trust Scholarship; RSAMD Composition and History Prizes; Bay Area Vocal Arts Competition Winner; Recipient Emerging Artists Fund; Finalist London Young Artists Early Music Competition; Finalist Wilfred Laurier Concert Aria Competition (Canada); Commissioned work 'The Enchanted Nightingale', by the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra; Album and song nominee Just Plain Folks International Songwriting Organization; Dunfermline Cathedral Hymn-Writing Prize, Scotland
- Radio, TV and Publications: KPFK, KWMR, Moray Firth Radio Scotland; KVON, KGPR, KUSF, KCSR, WFIU; Channel 13, Walnut Creek, CA; Harpa Magazine (Switzerland), Classical Singer Magazine, Litchfield County Times
- CDs: 'If Love Be the Food of Musick', 'Angel's Wine, the Songs of John Dowland'; 'Zoe's Musical Fairy Tale, Upon A Time'; 'Fortune My Foe'
- Performances: International concert tours appearing at venues such as the International Festival de Deia (Spain); Glasgow International Early Music Festival; Nova Scotia Early Music Concert Series; ABC Center, Los Angeles; Nairn Little Theatre, Scotland; UC Davis; International HarpCon2003; Bloomington Early Music Festival; etc.
- Operatic roles with Golden Gate Opera, Festival Opera, Opera Da Camera, New York Opera Forum, San Francisco Opera Guild
- Operatic Roles: Lucia, Violetta, Queen of the Night, Lakme, etc. Original Shows: 'Zoe's Musical Fairy Tale, Upon A Time' ( www.zoesmusicalfairytaleuponatime.com ); 'If Love Be the Food of Musick, circa 1780'
- Special Skills: Recording engineer and producer ( www.livesoundstudios.com ) Baroque triple harpist; freelance writer for Classical Singer Magazine
- Hobby: Spending time with my horses
- www.zoevandermeer.com
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