Laurie Jo Nelson

Northern VirginiaDirector at Virginia Concert and Opera Theatre Past: Interim Auxiliary Voice Faculty at Catholic University of America My professional experience has been, and continues to be in 3 arenas which relate to each other. I am a voice teacher whose students achieve high levels of... My professional experience has been, and continues to be in 3 arenas which relate to each other. I am a voice teacher whose students achieve high levels of success within opera and musical theatre, I am a classically trained soprano and have sung more than 20 major soprano roles throughout the...

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Retired

Lived:

Springfield, VA

Work:

NM Productions, Inc. - Voice Teacher, Artist

Education:

The Catholic University of America - Voice Performance, Carnegie Mellon University - Voice Performance, Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria VA

About:

I am a trained opera singer, and have been training successful singers for more than 20 years. Also a visual artist,  I love kitty cats, hate gum chewing and I love potato chips so much that I can nev...

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Voice lessons in Northern Virginia. Adults welcome. Students may be accepted starting at 13 years of age.

Bragging Rights:

Student Companies and Credits include: opera chorus, supporting roles and major roles with New York City Opera, The Washington National Opera, The Virginia Opera, San Antonio Opera, Nashville Opera, Spoleto Festival of the Two Worlds (Italy and USA), Opera Bel Cantanti, The Washington Savoyards, Victorian Lyric Opera, The In Series, Broadway National Tours (Lion King, Oliver, and in 2011, Spring Awakening), Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre, 1st Stage Theatre, Musical Theatre of Wichita, Keegan Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Charter Theatre, Arena Stage, The Kennedy Center, and The Shakespeare Theatre. In 2006, her student Mr. Zachary Stains (tenor) recorded the role of Tiridate in Handel’s Radamisto on Virgin Classic records which was subsequently chosen by Opera News magazine as their “best pick” among new releases. Young singers training in this studio have continued their studies in classical voice and musical theatre programs at fine schools such as Peabody Conservatory, Northwestern University, Indiana University, Carnegie Mellon University, Boston Conservatory, Cincinnati Conservatory, Julliard, Eastman School of Music, New England Conservatory, Elon, Ithaca, Emerson, North Carolina School of the Arts, NYU, Catholic University, and more. Laurie Nelson has received 3 presidential citations for excellence in education by the Governor’s School for Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Richmond and she has been a featured teacher in the publication “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers” annually since 2005. Directing: Laurie Nelson is the director of Virginia Concert and Opera Theatre. She has directed productions of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief, Mozart’s The Impresario and Edwin Penhorwood’s Too Many Sopranos.

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Hello Ya'll, my name is Laurie - I am a wife and mom to 2 wonderful sons, living the simple life, or at least trying too......

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