julie
simson
VOICE
Teaching Experience
julie
simson
Professor of Music - Voice
Mezzo-soprano
Rice University
Houston, TX
Professor of Music, Voice
2013 - 2019
University of Colorado-Boulder
Boulder, CO
Professor of Music, Voice
1990-2013
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
Assistant Professor of Music, Voice
1986-1990
Awards in Teaching
2010 - present
Berton Coffin Endowed Faculty Fellowship
Cheyenne/Arapahoe Dormitory Outstanding Teacher Award
Guest Teaching
2010 - present
Vancouver International Song Institute – Univ. of British Columbia
Opera Viva – Verona Italy
George Crumb Symposium – Prague, Czech Republic
Taught contemporary vocal techniques to students from the Czech Republic and Germany
Up North Vocal Institute - Northern Michigan
National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program – Master Teacher
1 of 4 distinguished teachers invited to train young voice teachers at the University of Dayton – Dayton, Ohio
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Berkshire Choral Festival – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Taught voice, German diction, operatic repertoire, and Brahms song literature
Masterclasses
Vancouver International Song Institute – private teaching and classes
Invited faculty for Opera Viva – Verona Italy
Private teaching and classes - University in Sao Paulo Brazil
Private teaching and classes - Hochschule für Musik in Berlin Germany
George Crumb Symposium - contemporary vocal tech.- Prague Czech Rep.
NATS Intern Program masterclass – Dayton, Ohio
University of Oklahoma – Norman, Oklahoma
Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera Auditions – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Converse College - Spartanburg, North Carolina
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point - Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Chorus – Bismarck, North Dakota
West Texas State University – Canyon, Texas
Adjudication
Littleton Chorale – Voice Competition for three Denver area High Schools
Music Teachers National Association Regional Voice Judge – Boulder CO
District and Regional NATS Auditions throughout the United States
Metropolitan Opera Auditions, Midwest Region - Kansas City, Missouri
MENC District and Regional Auditions
MENC National Association Regional Voice Judge -Spearfish SD
Student Accomplishments &
Professional Activities Related to Teaching
MM – Kara Guggenmos – NATS Artist Award Winner $10,000 plus a New York Recital Debut in Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall 2002.
Students singing professionally with the following opera companies: Ashlawn Opera, Central City Opera, Opera Colorado, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Lyric Opera of Cleveland, Minnesota Opera, Memphis Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Anchorage Opera, Des Moines, Portland Maine Opera, San Francisco Opera, Wolf Trap, Chautauqua.
Students teaching in colleges and universities:
DMA – Gayle Shay – Blair School of Music – Vanderbilt University – Nashville, Tenn.
DMA – Richard Walentine – Jamestown College – Jamestown, North Dakota
DMA – Jeanie Darnell – Florida Gulf Coast University – Fort Myers, Florida
DMA – Kristine Hurst Wajszczuk – University of Alabama – Birmingham, Alabama
DMA – Emily Martin Moberley – Bucknell University – Lewisburg, PA
Education
University of Illinois - Urbana Illinois – MM – Vocal Performance
Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo MI - BM – Music Education
Continued Education in Teaching
National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
Teaching Internship Program - University of Minnesota
First National Internship program for young teachers to be observed and critiqued by master-teachers who are renowned for the teaching of voice, was chosen 1 of 12 in the nation.
Continued Education in Performing
Private study with world-renowned mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig in Nice France – sabbatical project
Cleveland Art Song Festival - Cleveland Institute of Music
Masterclass participant chosen via tape audition to work with Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin, Thomas Krause and Michel Eliason.
American Institute of Musical Studies - Graz Austria
Program designed to train professional singers towards a career in Europe
Professional Activities
Recordings
Con fervor por Buenos Aires – J. L. Gonzales – Meridian
Nixon in China – Marin Alsop – Naxos
Remember Me – Songs of Richard Faith – Milwaukee WI
Hora Novissima - Horatio Parker - Albany label - TROY 124-25
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony #8 - MahlerFest
BACH: Bm Mass; St. John Passion; St. Matthew Passion; Easter Oratorio; Magnificat
BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis; Symphony #9
BERLIOZ: Nuits d’ete
DURUFLE: Requiem
DVORAK: Requiem
HANDEL: Messiah
MAHLER: Das Klagende Lied; Symphonies #2,3,4,8; Knabenwunderhorn; Das Lied von der Erde; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Kindertotenlieder; Rückert Lieder
MENDELSSOHN: Elijah
MOZART: Coronation Mass; Ch’io mi scordi di te; Requiem
PROKOFIEV: Alexander Nevsky
ROSSINI: Stabat Mater
VERDI: Requiem
Repertoire with Orchestra as Soloist
Le nozze di Figaro
Tales of Hoffman
Nixon in China
Midnight Angel – D. Carlson
Traviata
Macbeth
Lucia di Lammermoor
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Otello
The Return of Ulysses
Lady Magic Flute
Madame Butterfly
Suor Angelica
Dialogue of the Carmelites
Opera Colorado
Opera Colorado
Opera Colorado
Skylight Opera
Opera Colorado
Opera Colorado
Opera Colorado
Opera Colorado
Opera Colorado
Lyric Opera of Cleveland
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs
University of Colorado
University of Colorado
2012
2009
2008
2007
2007
1999
1994
1992
1991
1991
2000
1999
2012
2003
Marcellina
Mother
Second Sec.
L. Neville
Annina
La Dama
Alisa
Magdelena
Emilia
Minerva
3rd Lady
Suzuki
Principessa
Prioress
Operatic Roles
Vancouver International Song Institute – Faculty Recital
Artist Recital Sao Paulo Art Museum – Sao Paulo Brazil
Guest Recital at the Hochschule für Musik Hans Eisler – Berlin Germany
Lecture Recital on Alma Mahler Lieder - Regensburg Germany
Recital Regensburg Conservatory of Music - Regensburg, Germany
George Crumb Symposium - Prague, Czech Republic
Recital during Prague Spring Festival - Prague, Czech Republic
New York Recital Debut in Weill Recital Hall - Carnegie Hall - New York
Guest Soloist – Tackas String Quartet – Respighi and Chausson
Guest Artist Recital – Blair School of Music – Nashville TN
Artist Recital – University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
Poulenc Festival with Dalton Baldwin – Milwaukee Wisconsin
George Crumb Festival – University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Nebraska
Recitals and Other Concerts
Grants
Recording – “Remember Me” – Songs of Richard Faith – A grant made possible from T.R. Bromley and the Chautauqua Institute.
The Songs of Richard Faith - Leyerle Publications - 1995 - ISBN 1-878617-16-8
Three songs written for me to Christina Rossetti Lyrics - Spring quiet; Echo, My heart is like a singing bird
National Endowment for the Humanities
Funding to present a symposium examining Dominick Argento’s song cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf: Melding Literature and Music
GCAH – Visiting Scholar grant – Guest composer and pianist Richard Faith
GCAH – Travel grant to Nice France – intensive study with world-renowned mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig
International Marian Anderson Vocal Arts Competition
The Carolyn Smith Memorial Prize
International East And West Artists Winner for a New York Recital Debut
International Belvedere Mozart Prize Winner - Vienna Austria
Luciano Pavarotti International Competition Finalist
Oratorio Society of New York Finalist (1 of 9)
NATS Artist Award National Second Place Winner
Bel Canto Chorus Competition Winner for a Solo Performance
Awards and Honors as a Singer
Professional Affiliations
American Guild of Musical Artists
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Pi Kappa Lambda
Sigma Alpha Iota
International Who’s Who in Music