Academic Areas:
Voice, Vocal Pedagogy, Opera
Degrees:
D.M.A. in Vocal Performance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.M. in Vocal Performance, Manhattan School of Music
B.S. in Vocal Performance, Seoul National University
Teacher’s Certificate – Korea
Professional Study Diploma, Manhattan School of Music
Phone:(940) 898-2508
Email: slee7@twu.edu
Dr. Soojeong Lee joined Texas Woman’s University as Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Vocal Studies in 2008. Prior to her appointment to TWU, she taught at the University of North Alabama. Her teaching assignments at TWU include undergraduate and graduate applied voice, vocal pedagogy, and opera production.
As a recitalist and concert singer, Dr. Lee has performed in many concert halls in the United States including Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, and Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Illinois, and Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center in Virginia. As a soloist, she sang in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's The Creation, Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessore, Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem and Fauré’s Requiem.
She has also taken diverse operatic roles such as Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Despina in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Valencienne in Lehar’s The Merry Widow, and Antonia in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Most recently, she performed in OperaSouth’s production of Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti and Gianni Schicchi by Puccini.
In addition to the traditional vocal literature of the 18th and 19th centuries, she has equally developed her strengths in both early music and 20th century music; she sang the role of Venere in Euridice (as it was premiered in 1600) by Peri and Caccini at the Early Music Conference, and has performed challenging works by 20th century composers such as Schönberg, Dallapiccola, and Cage.
Dr. Lee has also been active in developing special research topics in vocal music. Her projects concerning Korean folk songs and modern art songs were selected by the College Music Society and were presented at the CMS 2005 International Conference in Spain and 2006 National Conference in San Antonio. At the 2005 International Congress of Voice Teachers 6th Conference in Vancouver, she presented her research paper on Jane Bathori’s recital program “Première Exposition de Mélodies Françaises,” Paris, 17 May 1926. She was also invited to present a lecture-recital for the reconstruction of Jane Bathori’s 1926 program at the 2005 CMS National Conference in Quebec.
Dr. Lee has studied with many distinguished singers, directors and coaches, such as Mignon Dunn, Gabor Carelli, Nico Castel, Robert Cowart, John Wustman, Kathryn LaBouff, Dennis Helmrich, and Bruce Donnell. She was also selected to sing in master-classes of Denyce Graves, Gabriella Tucci, Marlena Malas, and Mikael Eliasen. She is a member of the College Music Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Related Links:
Opera Ensemble
College Music Society
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Course numbers and titles:
Undergraduate
MU 2091, 2092, 4091, 4092 Voice
MU 3591 Opera Ensemble
MU 3493 Vocal Pedagogy
Graduate
MU 5091, 5092 Voice
MU 5753, 5763 Music Pedagogy I, II (Voice)
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