SHELLEY BHUYAN
Voice Instructor
Shelley has been a voice teacher for over seventeen years. She
holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Yale University,
and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
Shelley's leading operetta and operatic roles include Rosalinde in "Die
Fledermaus", Louisa Giovanni from Grieg's "Song of Norway", and Cornelia
in "Julio Cesar". Her numerous solo appearance repertoire includes
Handel's "Messiah" (alto and soprano), Vivaldi's "Gloria" and "Dixit
Dominus", Bach's "Magnificat" and numerous cantatas, Mozart's "Requiem"
and "Vespers", Mendelssohn's "St. Paul", "Elijah", and "Auf Tiefer Not",
Haydn's "Nelson Mass" (d minor mass), and Copland's "In the Beginning".
As a choral musician Shelley has sung with the Chicago Symphony Chorus
under the baton of Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, and
Margaret Hillis. A true highlight was singing at Carnegie Hall and
sharing the stage with Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Leo Nucci.
Shelley's past and present students have performed in the American Girl
"Circle of Friends" show in Chicago, the Theater Building Chicago, Drury
Lane, and have sung leading and supporting roles in their school and
other theater productions. They have and are singing with Young
Naperville Singers and in their school's traditional, chamber, and show
choirs. Some of her students are now studying at DePaul University,
Indiana University, the University of Illinois, and Calvin College.
Teaching Objective: To teach every student the beneficial outcome of healthy singing through regimented breathing, posture, vowel formation, vocalization, phrasing, etc., and to effectively prepare each student for individual and school program performances.
other links for SHELLEY BHUYAN:
Preschool Music
Page
Oswego Family YMCA (preschool class)
New Day Montessori Website (preschool
class curriculum, voice lessons)
