Bethany Battafarano
Soprano
| Years at Source: | 2018 |
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| Biography: | Bethany Battafarano, soprano, is an active soloist and consort singer. Recent solo engagements include Handel's Messiah, the title role in Perti's La beata Imelde, Kurtag's Kafka Fragments, and Luzzasco Luzzaschi's Madrigali for the Concerto delle donne. In addition, Battafarano has performed nationally and internationally with such award-winning ensembles as The Rose Ensemble, South Dakota Chorale, Apollo Master Chorale, The Ensemble of Oregon, Transept, The Mirandola Ensemble, Oratory Bach Ensemble, First Readings Project, 113 Composers Collective, and Oregon Bach Collegium. In 2017, Battafarano celebrated the release of her first album, “Christmas in Baroque Malta,” with The Rose Ensemble. Battafarano is a founding board member and soprano with Border CrosSing, which specializes in Latin American choral music, and with Artemis, which performs new and experimental music and has been commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center of New York, and a variety of individual composers. As a composer, Battafarano has been commissioned by the Cedar Cultural Center and featured at Studio Z of Zeitgeist in St Paul, MN. Battafarano holds undergraduate degrees in Music, Anthropology, and Psychology from Macalester College, and she is currently pursuing MA Musicology and MM Voice degrees at the University of Oregon. |
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| Source Moment: | The opportunities presented by Source Song are unmatched by any other I've seen in the country, particularly for me as someone who works as a singer, a composer, and a programmer. I not only accessed masterclasses with such incredible teachers as Arlene Shrut, François Le Roux, and Jeff Cohen, but I also attended workshops with composers and learned essential information about commissioning, legal issues, grant writing, and text setting. Two years later, I still refer back to my notes from my week with Source Song. Thank you! |
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