Ware, Rachel

Title
Alumni Guest Lecturer in Music
Office:
Jenson-Noble 191
Phone:
+1.563.387.1203
Email:
Degree:
M.M., University of Minnesota
Interests:
Voice
Soprano Rachel Ware received her Master of Music degree from the University of Minnesota where she is currently working on her Doctorate of Musical Arts.  An alumna of Luther College, Ms. Ware is both an active performer and teacher.  Ms. Ware serves as the supervisor of the Vocal Teaching Assistants at the University of Minnesota where she also teaches Voice Class. 

Ms. Ware made her European debut as Zerlina in Don Giovanni with the Operafestival di Roma.  Other opera roles include:  Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Drusilla in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Mrs. Fiorentino in Street Scene and Anne Page in the Merry Wives of Windsor.  Her concert works include Bach’s Cantata 90 and Magnificat, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri.  Ms. Ware has appeared with the New Music Ensemble at the University of Minnesota singing pieces by Miriam Gideon and Arnold Schoenberg.  Ms. Ware has appeared on the Minnesota Public Radio the program, “Classical Music with Allison Young”. 

An active pedagogue, Ms. Ware has attended numerous workshops including “Teaching Soprano Voices” given by Paul Kiesgen at Indiana University.  Ms. Ware is also a frequent contributor to the Classical Singer Magazine.