Résumé of Heidi Van der Veer

Mezzo-Soprano

P.O. Box 4

Crestone, Colorado 81131

719-256-5131 home • 808-285-2419 cell

WWW.HEIDIVA.COM

Education

¨ B.A. in Performing Arts, emphasis in Vocal Performance from University of Hawai’i at Hilo, 2004, Melanie Oldfather, voice teacher

¨ University of Hawai’i at Manoa School of Music; recitals, opera workshop, master classes, 2001-2003

¨ University of California at Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies, Young Scholars Program, English Studies, 1988-1990

¨ Currently studying baroque vocal repertoire, with Dr. Christine Keitges, and business at Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado

Vocal Training and Experience

¨ Summer 2005 Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin Conservatory: daily master classes, small ensemble work, recitals; studied voice with Max van Egmond, Penny Jensen, and Nancy Zylstra, and baroque dance with Julie Andrijeski.

¨ Italy: 1998-1999 – Ten months of operatic voice lessons and Italian language study; played principal role Cherubino in Mozart's opera Le Nozze di Figaro and participated in recital with the Studio Lirico in Cortona, Tuscany.

¨ Associate singer in the Hawaii Opera Theatre Studio. Performed role of Le Libellule in Fall 2001 production of L’Enfant et les Sortileges.

¨ Summer Vocal Institute, School of Music, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1989

¨ Master Classes – Elizabeth Manion, Steven Rickards, Loraine Manz, Max van Egmond, Penny Jensen, Nancy Zylstra, Talmath Fauntleroy, Stephen Salters, Neva Rego, Larry Paxton, John Mount, Buzz Tenant, Robert McFarland.

Employment – Hawai’i 1999-2004

¨ Professional Wedding Singer - with various companies and chapels including, A’ala Aloha Weddings in Paradise, St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, Calvary by the Sea, Diamond Head Church, Ko 'Olina Resort, Aqua Veil at Frais Marina Le Plage, La Marriage, Blue Lagoon by the Sea, Gloria Garden, U.I. Productions

¨ Regular National Anthem soloist for the University of Hawai’i volleyball, football, and basketball games, broadcast live on Hawai’i statewide television.

¨ Alto and/or soprano section leader for St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Church of the Holy Cross Choir, Church of the Crossroads, Lutheran Church of Honolulu.

¨ Membership Chair for the Hawaii Opera Theatre Guild.

Employment – Colorado 2005

¨ Established The Van der Veer Music Studio in Crestone, Colorado in 2005; private piano instruction, voice lessons, drama coaching, etiquette edification, public speaking, diction academy, voice-over services, party & wedding planning.

Contests

¨ 2001, 2002 Semi-finalist in the Hawai’i Public Radio & Lotte Lehmann Foundation Art Song Contest

Choral Work – 1996-2004

¨ Member of the O'ahu Choral Society/Honolulu Symphony Chorus and Hawai'i Opera Theatre Chorus, Honolulu, Hawai’i

¨ Soloist with the Hawai'i Vocal Arts Ensemble, Sir Timothy Carney, Honolulu, Hawai’i

¨ Soprano section leader at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Honolulu, Hawai’i

¨ Alto section leader for the Holy Cross Church Choir, Hilo, Hawai’i

Theatrical Experience and Other Training

¨ 1985-present - Performed lead, featured roles in over twenty-five plays, musicals, operas and one-acts: Showboat, The Student Prince, Annie Get Your Gun, Cinderella, Snow White, Sound of Music, Three Penny Opera, The Marriage of Figaro, L’Enfant et les Sortileges, Dido and Aeneas, Die Fledermaus, You Can't Take It With You, and many more.

Piano:

¨ Private lessons with Lana Bodner-Horton, Santa Barbara, California

¨ Class piano, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, University of Hawai’i at Hilo

Dance:

¨ Ballet and modern, University of Hawai’i at Hilo, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

¨ Baroque dance with Julie Andrijeski, Oberlin’s Baroque Performance Institute

Languages:

¨ Italian conversation

¨ Diction in Italian, German, French, Latin, Spanish

Professional recommendations available upon request.