VOICE
Elizabeth Johnson
Voice
Elizabeth Ann Johnson, originally from Seattle, Washington, has worked in the Boston area as a singer and voice teacher, since earning her Master's degree from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has been on the roster of the Boston Bel Canto Opera since 1997. November of 2003 marked her debut in a major role with orchestra as she appeared in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor, with the BBCO. When not singing opera, Ms. Johnson enjoys singing oratorio, music theatre and art songs, having appeared with the Polymnia Choral Society, Concord Chorus, Masterworks Chorale, North Shore Music Theatre and various recitals both solo and with colleagues. Ms. Johnson currently teaches voice at the Pingree School in South Hamilton, MA, Wakefield High School, and privately. She has formerly taught at Brimmer and May in CHestnut Hill and the Longy School of Music.
Wendy Parket
voice
Wendy Parker received her M.M. in voice performance from San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and her B.A. in voice performance from the University of Massachusetts. She completed professional operatic training programs at OperaWorks in Los Angeles, BASOTI in San Francisco, and the American Institute for Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Wendy has professional voice teaching certifications in the Somatic Voicework™ (for contemporary/pop) and Northwest Institute of Voice methods. Wendy is an active performer in opera, oratorio, recital, and musical theater, as well as folk and her own original pop-folk songs. Operatic engagements include the title role in Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Portland Opera, POGO tour), Cherubino in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Rogue Opera), and Lady Billows in Albert Herring, (Bay Area Summer Opera Theater). Her musical theater roles include Maria in West Side Story, Josephine in HMS Pinafore, and Rapunzel in Into the Woods. She has appeared as a concert soloist in the Yuletide Spectacular (Oregon Symphony), Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass (Redding Symphony), Beethoven’s Mass in C, Bach’s Magnificat, and Vivaldi’s Gloria (University of Portland Orchestra), and Handel's Messiah (San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra).Wendy’s teaching fosters student creativity and independence by incorporating strong technical skill-building, improvisation, Eurhythmics, and drama play.
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