Robin Hansen, Soprano

Robin Hansen, Soprano
(650) 278-2707 cell
515A S. Eldorado Street * San Mateo, CA 94402
www.joyfulvoicestudio.info
joyfulvoice@sbcglobal.net
RESUME
OPERA/OPERETTA
Role
Company
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Marcellina
Chorus, Zia
Chorus
Alms Sister 1
Chorus
The Mother
Friend of Augusta
AGMA Chorister
Queen of the Night
Telemaco
Countess Zedlau
Josephine
Elsie Maynard
Mme. Goldentrill
Mabel
Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo
Rose Maybud
Patience/Saphir
Berta (soprano)
Second Woman
Cupid
Blonde (understudy)
San Francisco Cabaret Opera 2009
Mission City Opera 2008
Trinity Lyric Opera 2006
Golden Gate Opera 2006
Golden Gate Opera 2005
Masterworks Chorale (CA) 2004
Seattle Opera 1993
Seattle Opera (8 seasons)
Boise Opera 1989
Broadway Symphony (Seattle) 1988
Ohio Light Opera 1987
Ohio Light Opera 1987 + 4 other prods.
Peccadillo Players (Seattle) 1985
New Opera Theatre Ensemble (NY)
NY G&S Players 1978-85
NY G&S Players 1977-85
NY G&S Players 1984
NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players 1984
Brooklyn Opera Society
Brooklyn Opera Society
Bronx Opera
Bronx Opera
Queen Aggravaine
Nimue
Ensemble
Katherine
Musette (featured)
Sunnyvale Community Players, 2009
Pacifica Spindrift Players 2008
Hillbarn Theatre, Foster City CA 2007
Ohio Light Opera 1987
Pennsylvania Stage Company
Maria
Julie
Antonia
Linda English
Liat
Theatre-by-the-Sea (RI)
Freeport, Long Island Chorale
Club Bené Dinner Theatre (NJ)
Club Bené Dinner Theatre (NJ)
Prather Productions (PA)
SUOR ANGELICA
CARMEN, MADAMA BUTTERFLY
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE
1984-1992 SEASONS
THE MAGIC FLUTE
WIENER BLUT (Strauss)
H.M.S. PINAFORE
THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
THE IMPRESARIO
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (NY/tour)
THE MIKADO (NY and on tour)
RUDDIGORE
PATIENCE (NY and on tour)
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
DIDO AND AENEAS
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO
MUSICAL THEATRE
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
CAMELOT
THE MUSIC MAN
THE VAGABOND KING
SONG OF MYSELF (original about Walt
Whitman)
WEST SIDE STORY
SHOWBOAT
MAN OF LA MANCHA
PAL JOEY
SOUTH PACIFIC
THE HIGHLIGHTERS
(trio program)
Selections from Funny Girl, Birdie, Cabaret, My Fair
Lady, Ragtime, Joseph/Dreamcoat. Fiddler, 7 Brides, Miss
Saigon, Showboat, Beauty/Beast, Annie Get Your Gun
BRIO VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Manager and Soprano Soloist
A BIT OF BROADWAY (Man of La Mancha,
Fiddler, Pippin, George M!)
BRAVO BROADWAY
THE HAUNTED MOORS
A CHOICE FOR CINDERELLA
Aldonza; Hodel; Katharine/ Bertha /
Fastrada; Josie/ Nellie Cohan
Duo/Trio/Quartet Programs
Peter Pan/Gretel/Ensemble
Emily Bronte
2 person show - 5 characters
Broadway by the Bay, San Mateo, CA
2004-2007
Brio Vocal Ensemble (Seattle 198992, San Mateo 2002-present)
Jackson-Turner Enterprises,
Blueberry Hill, PA
NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Sing-A-Tale-Players, NY
Open Stage, Inc. (NY)
Open Stage, Inc. (NY)
Robin Hansen
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CHORAL/CONCERT REPERTOIRE - partial
Soloist in the following:
Beethoven CHORAL FANTASY
Peninsula Symphony & Masterworks
Chorale 2013
Mendelssohn ELIJAH (featured ensembles)
Masterworks Chorale 2013
Brahms ZIGEUNERLIEDER, Vivaldi GLORIA; Handel DIXIT DOMINUS;
Haydn LORD NELSON MASS
Masterworks Chorale 2004-05
G.F. Handel, THE MESSIAH; Song
Masterworks Chorale 2003-04
Gershwin PORGY AND BESS (selections)
Masterworks Chorale 2002-03
Fauré REQUIEM
Masterworks Chorale 2001-02
Brahms GERMAN REQUIEM
Masterworks Chorale 2001, and St.
Brahms LIEBESLIEDER WALTZES OPUS 65
Masterworks Chorale 2000-01
Masterworks Chorale 1999-2000
Ramirez MISSA CRIOLLA, J.S. Bach GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO; Conrad
Susa CAROLS AND LULLABIES
Seattle Choral Company 1990
Vocal Recital: Handel, Caldara, Debussy, Fauré, Grieg, Bruneau and Mozart
Tolt Valley Artist Series 1988
Poulenc GLORIA
Drew University Chorale (NJ) 1976
Saint-Saens CHRISTMAS ORATORIO, Dubois SEVEN LAST WORDS
Chorus in the following:
Bishop Janes Church (NJ)
Vaughn-
Masterworks Chorale 2006-07
Masterworks Chorale, College of San
Mateo, CA 2005-06
Vivaldi GLORIA; Handel DIXIT DOMINUS; Lauridsen O NATA LUX
Masterworks Chorale, 2004-05
W.A. Mozart REQUIEM, Corigliano FERN HILL, Persichetti SONG OF
CELEBRATION, Copland (3 Appalachian Songs), Brahms NANIE, Beethoven
CHORAL FANTASY, Handel ZADOK THE PRIEST, Prokofiev
POLOVETSIAN DANCES
Masterworks Chorale, College of San
Mateo, 2003-04
John Rutter GLORIA, Bernstein CHICHESTER PSALMS, Aaron Copland
APPALACHIAN SONGS, Vaughan-Williams PSALM OF THANKSGIVING,
-Williams
Masterworks Chorale, 2002-03
Music of Gershwin, Porter & Kern
songs from Kenya, Wales, Cuba, Israel, Ireland,
England, Korea, Uruguay, Bulgaria, Bali, and Argentina
Masterworks Chorale, 2001-02
Masterworks Chorale, 2000-01
Bruckner FOUR MOTETS, Duruflé QUATRE MOTETS, Lauridsen LES
Masterworks Chorale, 1999-2000
Verdi REQUIEM, Vivaldi GLORIA, Dubois SEVEN LAST WORDS
Bronx Symphony
Mozart REQUIEM, Rossini STABAT MATER
Bronx Symphony
Robin Hansen
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TEACHING / DIRECTING /CONDUCTING
Music Director, School Outreach Program
Vocal Director, Youth Theatre Camps
Music Teacher, Preschool
Music Teacher, Grades Pre-K to 1st
Music Teacher, Grades K-5
Resound Music Program - Preschool & K-1
Teaching voice privately as Joyful Voice Studio
Supertitles, LA BOHEME, DIE FLEDERMAUS
Chorus Mistress & Supertitles, MAGIC FLUTE
Chorus Mistress & Supertitles, CARMEN
Chorus Mistress, CARMEN
Rehearsal Assistant, Chorale Liaison 2003-2006
Artistic Director/Booking Manager/Soloist
Music Ministry, 1993-2003
Kidsing Choir Director 1995-2000
Music Director 1984-90
Music Director 1976-80
3/2013
Tabard Theatre, San Jose, CA June-July 2012
St. Paul Preschool, Burlingame, CA Oct 2011-present
Holy Family School, San Jose, CA Sept-Dec 2011
St. Raymond
-11
Bethany Lutheran Church, Menlo Park, CA Spring 2008
San Mateo/San Carlos, CA - September 2001 to present
Mission City Opera, 2010, 2012
Mission City Opera, September 2006
Mission City Opera, Santa Clara, CA, February 2006
Golden Gate Opera, San Rafael, CA, September 2005
Burlingame, CA Parks & Recreation, spring 2005
Masterworks Chorale, College of San Mateo
Brio Vocal Ensemble (WA 1989-92, CA 2002-07)
Community U.C.C., San Carlos, CA
Community U.C.C., San Carlos, CA
Tolt Congregational U.C.C., Carnation, WA
Lakewood Community Church, New Hyde Park, NY
TRAINING
Choral Direction / Classical Singer Convention 2004 and 2005: Participation in Masterclasses
Vocal Development 3-day Vocal Pedagogy workshop by David Jones at Belmont University, TN, 2004
Member of Choristers Guild 1995 to present (training events with national clinicians)
Voice
Dr. Julia Hunt Nielsen (SF) and David Jones (NY) - current; Guy Waid; Anna Moffo
Masterclass (1985); Margaret Hoswell, Margaret Chalker, Jerald Stone, Charles Reading, Betty
Ann Busch, Barbara Troxell, Margaret West Davis.
Coaches Dr. Bryan Baker, Dr. Denis Moreen, Charles Calhoun (SF); Phillip Kelsey, John Webber,
Michael Mitchell, George Fiore (Seattle Opera); Daniela Siena (NYC Opera).
Acting Stephen Wadsworth (private coaching); Frank Corsaro: (1983-84) Acting for Singers.
HB Studio, NY: Aaron Frankel (Shakespeare, Technique, Monologue)
Weist-Barron, NY: Roger Sturtevant (Musical Theatre).
Dance Phil Black (Jazz, Tap); New Dance Group Studio (Ballet) New York
Languages Experience singing in English, French, German, Hebrew, Latin, Korean, Spanish/Catalan,
Italian, Russian, Czech, Kenyan, Bulgarian and Norwegian. Language courses: 8 yrs Spanish;
2 yrs college French; 6-week intensive German
Education Theatre Arts Major, Acting/Directing concentration, Cornell University. Music Theory (1 year)
and private vocal study in college.
GRANTS/AWARDS
1984-85: District Prize Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Western Washington
District; Regional Finalist, MONC Auditions, Northwest Region
REFERENCES:
Jennifer Packard, Director of Camps, Tabard Theatre (San Jose, CA)
Dr. Bryan Baker, Music Director, Masterworks Chorale (San Mateo, CA)
Michael Taylor, Conductor and Michael Morris, Stage Director, Mission City Opera (Santa Clara, CA)
Geoffrey Gallegos, Conductor, Golden Gate Opera (San Rafael, CA)