Description
We will explore different songs that enhance our understanding of different parts of the warm-up.
Singing your way through the warm up with Connie Koppe
| Date: | May 26 2022 |
| Time: | 11am EST / 4pm BST |
| Price: | £15.00 |
| Date: | May 26 2022 |
| Time: | 11am EST / 4pm BST |
| Price: | £15.00 |
We will explore different songs that enhance our understanding of different parts of the warm-up.
Connie J. Koppe Teaching & Administration Credits
444 W. Clapier Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144 Theater & Music Educator
Phone: 215/429-4516 Speech and Singing Instructor
email: koppe.sing.speak@verizon.net, ckoppe@uarts.edu Singer/Actress (Soprano)
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Degrees:
PHONETIC PILLOWS CERTIFICATION (diction & dialect training) 2012
LINKLATER DESIGNATION 1998
MASTER OF MUSIC – Opera Performance – 1977
Temple University: Esther Boyer School of Music; Philadelphia, PA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: MUSIC EDUCATION – Voice Concentration – 1973
Indiana University of Pennsylvania: School of Fine Arts, Indiana, PA.
Teaching Experience:
University Level:
Linklater Voice and Speech
Adjunct Associate Professor: University of the Arts, Ira Brind School (2001 – 2019)
University of the Arts: Graduate and Professional Studies (2018 – present)
University of the Arts: ESL Institute – diction and conversation (2014 – 2019)
University of the Arts Pre-College Program (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013)
Temple University Opera Department: workshops – Intro to Linklater voice work 2012-present)
Drexel University English Language Center: diction & singing for foreign students (2012-2015)
Private Voice Instructor both Speech and Singing:
Vocal Coach – NBC 10, Valedictorian Speakers (U. Arts), (current)
Private Studio In home (77 -Present) Speech Coaching and Singing
Continuing Education:
The Chekhov Studio and The Mt. Airy Learning Tree: The Voice Gym Philly (current)
Mount Airy Learning Tree: Singing based on Linklater Voice Work (6 -8 wk. classes.) (2000 – present)
The Wilma Theater Speech (Linklater Voice Work): (spring 2000)
Walnut Street Theatre: Singing for Musical Theatre (for adults and teens) (1998 -2000)
Grade School Level:
LivingBookshelf & Global Neighborhood; Artist: Arts for Anyone; grades 4-8: PA/NY/NJ. (1994-2016)
Page to Stage writing workshop: Storybook Musical Theatre Elem. Schools in PA (1997 – 2005)
Beginning Acting for Children: Main Line Models, King of Prussia, PA (1992-2000)
Professional Associations:
Performing Unions: American Federation of TV and Radio Artists (AFTRA)(past local board member)
Actor’s Equity Assoc. (AEA); Amer. Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)(past local board member)
Delaware Valley Lyric Opera Co.: Director, Board Member, Performer (1979- 2006)
Living Bookshelf: Co-founder, Board Member, Classroom Visiting Artist (2010-2016)
Arts for Anyone: (nonprofit arts ed.) Co-founder, Board Member, Classroom artist (1994-2010)
Storybook Musical Theater: Former Board Member; Education Consultant and Classroom artist (1989 – 2000)
Administrative Experience:
Co-Founder, Administrator and Classroom Artist – Living Bookshelf – Literacy project (founded 2012)
Co-Founder, Classroom Artist and Artists Coordinator – Arts for Anyone arts ed. non-profit (founded 1993)
Co-Founder and Communications Director: The Singer’s Network; a non-profit networking organization for the singing community in the Greater Delaware Valley. (founded 4/93) Artist/Administrator: In Every Way the Arts, Ed. program of The Penna. Opera Theater (1978-93)