BRUCE KOLB - EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
D.M.A. in Vocal Performance (Dallas Draper, Voice Teacher and Major Professor)
Dissertation - The Published Songs of Theodore Chanler (Dr. Wallace McKenzie, Advisor)
M.M. Major – Voice
B.M. Major - Voice; Minor – Piano
Vocal Training
Oren Brown Voice Seminar - “Vocal Technique and Its Application in the Literature” Zuoz, Switzerland, Amherst, MA
Julliard Vocal Symposium on Research in Singing and the Care of the Professional Voice
Westminster Summer Sessions - Science of Voice Production, Thomas Cleveland; International Art Song Festival, Dalton Baldwin, Gerard Souzay, Elly Ameling
Voice Teachers - Dallas Draper, William Brown, Marion Hall, Oren Brown, Dan Pratt
Coaches – Martin Katz, Margot Garrett, Arlene Shrut, John Balm, Jim Busby, William Merrill
Conducting Training
Aspen Choral Institute - Soloist and 1st Tenor with the Aspen Chamber Choir, Courses in Conducting, Performance Practice, and Choral Analysis with Fiora Contino, Julius Herford, Alan Harler, B. R. Henson, Richard Dufallo, Jorge Mester, and Kryzysztof Penderecki. Performances included the U.S. premiere of Penderecki’s Utrenja, Part II, Verdi's Requiem, Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea, cantatas by J. S. Bach, and Handel's Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, in which I was tenor soloist.
Helmuth Rilling Summer Festival of Music - Eugene, Oregon; Conducting and Choral Analysis classes with performances of Bach cantatas, St. Matthew Passion, Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and Walpurgisnacht. I was one of twelve conductors selected nationally to conduct performances of Bach cantatas.
Conducting Teachers - Bruce Jones, Dallas Draper, Alan Harler, Fiora Contino, Helmuth Rilling
Acting Training
American Globe Theater Conservatory - John Basil - Playing Shakespeare Series (3 years)
Image Theater – Paul Austin – Acting Classes and Monolog Coaching (1 year)
HB Studios – Uta Hagen – (Audited Classes)
Psychology Studies
C.G. Jung Foundation, New York, NY – Music as a Bridge with the Unconscious, Archetypes in Wagner’s Operas
New York Center for Jungian Studies – Jung on the Hudson Series, Rhinebeck, NY Jung in Ireland Series - Archetypal Structure, Creativity, Active Imagination
Acting Teachers – John Basil (NYC), Paul Austin (NYC), Uta Hagen (NYC)
Voice Teachers - Dallas Draper, William Brown, Marion Hall, Oren Brown, Dan Pratt
Coaches – Martin Katz, Margot Garrett, Arlene Shrut, John Balm, Jim Busby, William Merrill
Conducting Teachers - Bruce Jones, Dallas Draper, Alan Harler, Fiora Contino, Helmuth Rilling
Professional Organizations
American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
Actor’s Equity Association (AEA)
National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
New York Singing Teachers Association (NYSTA)
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
College Music Society (CMS)
The Voice Foundation
Pi Kappa Lambda