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Concert Experience

Performance

Composer

Year

Orchestra/Venue

Concert

various

2007

International Friendship Park with conundrum

"Celestial conundrum"

various

2007

Cincinnati Observatory with conundrum

"Chamber Palooza! 2007"

various

2007

Cincinnati Art Museum with conundrum

Soloist

various

2007

Rockdale Temple

Concert Series

various

2007

Greenville, South Carolina with conundrum

"Music Live with Lunch"

various

2007

Christ Church Cathedral with conundrum

Concert

various

2007

Cincinnati School for the Creative and Performing Arts with conundrum

Recital

various

2007

The Symphony Club with Philip Amalong, piano

Concert

various

2007

The Madison House with conundrum

Fine Arts Festival

various

2007

College of Mount St. Joseph with conundrum

Recital

various

2006

Merchantile Library Music Series with Philip Amalong, piano

Concert

various

2006

International Friendship Park with conundrum

Requiem

Fauré

2006

Dayton Philharmonic

Soloist

various

2006

Rockdale Temple

Recital

various

2006

Mother of God Church with Philip Amalong, piano

Messiah

Handel

2005

Dayton Philharmonic

Recital

various

2005

Northern Hills Fellowship with Philip Amalong, piano

"Music at Covenant" Recital

various

2005

Covenant 1st Presbyterian Church with Philip Amalong, piano

Recital

various

2005

St. John United Church of Christ with Philip Amalong

"Storyteller" Recital

various

2005

College of Mount St. Joseph with Philip Amalong, piano

Park Concerts

various

2005

Cincinnati Symphony Regional Pops Orchestra

"Storyteller" Recital

various

2005

Seventh Presbyterian Church with Philip Amalong, piano

"Unsung Hero" Tour

Baker/Bewley

2005

Top Brass

"Unsung Hero"

Baker/Bewley

2001-2004

Top Brass

Park Concerts

various

2003

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

Recital

various

2003

Christ Church Cathedral

"Home for the Holidays"

various

2000-2003

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

New Years Eve Concert

various

2002

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

New Years Eve Concert

various

2001

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Soprano Soloist

Eberlin

2001

Cincinnati Symphony Chamber Players

Soprano Soloist

Zemlinsky

2001

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra May Festival

Recital

various

2001

Christ Church Cathedral Series, Cincinnati

"Mostly Mozart"

Mozart

2001

Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra

Recital

various

2000

Christ Church Cathedral Series, Cincinnati

"Take Care of This House"

Bernstein

1998

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

My Fair Lady, excerpts

Lerner

1998

Wright State University, Dayton

Operatic excerpts

various

1998

Marshfield-Wood County Symphony

Recital

various

1997

Mercantile Recital Series, Cincinnati

Les Illuminations

Britten

1997

CCM Concert Orchestra

Die Fledermaus, excerpts

Strauss

1997

Northern Kentucky Symphony

Recital (download)

various

1996

Cleveland Institute Concert Series

B Minor Mass

Bach

1994

CCM Philharmonia

Vespers

Monteverdi

1994

CCM

Exsultate Jubilate

Mozart

1994

CCM

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Operatic Experience

Opera

Composer

Role

Year

Opera Company

Little Women

Adamo

Beth

2005

Dayton Opera

"Hats Off to Opera"

various

Soprano Soloist

2004

Dayton Opera Outreach Program

"Find Your Voice"

various

Soprano Soloist

2004

Cincinnati Opera Outreach Program

Fidelio

Beethoven

Marzelline

2003

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Magic Flute

Mozart

Pamina

2002

Dayton Opera

Marriage of Figaro

Mozart

Barbarina

2002

Kentucky Opera

Marriage of Figaro

Mozart

Susanna

2002

Nevada Opera

Season Operas

various

Chorus

1995-2001

Cincinnati Opera

Parsifal

Wagner

Blumenmädchen

2001

Cincinnati Opera

Hansel & Gretel

Humperdinck

Gretel

2000

Chattanooga Opera

Season Excerpts

various

various

1999

Kentucky Opera

Carmen

Bizet

Frasquita

1997

Cincinnati Opera

Falstaff

Verdi

Nannetta

1997

Cincinnati Opera (understudy)

Hansel & Gretel

Humperdinck

Gretel

1996

Kentucky Opera

Così Fan Tutte

Mozart

Despina

1996

Cincinnati College-Conservatory (CCM)

Seasons in Hell

Blumenfeld

The Voice

1996

CCM

Hansel & Gretel

Humperdinck

Gretel

1995

Kentucky Opera

Don Giovanni

Mozart

Zerlina

1995

CCM

* Member, Young Artist Program of the 1997 Cincinnati Opera season

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Positions Held

2004-Present

Musical Arts Center. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Master Teacher.

1997, 2000 - 2003

Wright State University. Dayton, Ohio.

Adjunct Professor.

1998 - 2000

Wright State University. Dayton, Ohio.

Faculty Associate.

1995 - 1997

Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Graduate Teaching Assistant.

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Education & Training

1993 - 1995

Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Master of Music, Vocal Performance.

1988 - 1992

University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Bachelor of Music, Music Education.

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Honors, Awards, & Scholarships

Women's Business Cincinnati - Top 10 Women in the Arts
MacDowell Society, Member, since 2004
Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Auditions - 3rd Place, 1999
Concerto Competition Winner, CCM, 1996
J. Ralph Corbett Prize - 1st Place, CCM Opera Scholarship Competition, 1995
Dieterle Scholar Award, CCM, 1993 - 1997
University Graduate Scholarship, CCM, 1993 - 1997
Milwaukee Skylight Opera Theatre Award, Metropolitan Opera Audition Competition, 1992
Three Time Marathon Runner
Third Place in Age group for 2003 American Birkebeiner 56K Ski Marathon

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Demos

Latest Demo
Recorded 2004 - MP3 format
(click to download)

Ah! Je veux vivre from Roméo et Juliette

Charles Gounod

I Could've Danced All Night from My Fair Lady

Frederick Loewe

The Red Dress

Ricky Ian Gordon

O wär ich schoen mit dir vereint from Fidelio (with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ain't it a Pretty Night from Susannah

Carlisle Floyd

New CD Coming Soon!

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Upcoming Performances

Opera/Performance

Composer

Role

Year

Opera Company/Orchestra/Venue

private performance

various

conundrum

2/1/2008

LaSalle Foundation Concert

Concert

various

Soloist

2/23-24/2008

Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra

Concert

various

conundrum

3/7/2008

Ohio Music Teachers Association

Residency

various

conundrum

3/17-19/2008

Cincinnati School for the Creative and Performing Arts

Concerts

various

conundrum

4/18-19/2008

California State Univerisity New Music Festival

Concerts

various

conundrum

5/16/2008

Cincinnati (TBD)

Symphony #4

Mahler

soloist

5/21-22/2008

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

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Copyrightã2004 Jeffrey A. Shaffer







Soprano, Mary Elizabeth Southworth is from Stratford, Wisconsin. Sings arias from various operas. Soprano, has sung with the Dayton Philharmonic, Dayton, Ohio and the Cincinnati Opera, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops. Soprano, attended the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Studied voice with Patricia Berlin. Mary Elizabeth Southworth won the J. Ralphn Corbett award at the Cincinnati Concervatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, in Cincinnati, Oho. While at CMM, this soprano, won Metropolitan Opera District competition, third place. Soprano, Roles include the voice in Seasons in Hell, Despina, Zerlina, Gretel, Frasquita, Nannetta, Susannah. Other roles include Susannah in the Marriage of Figaro. Soprano, performing recitals. Opera composers including, Mozart, Verdi, Bach, Humperdinck, Bizet, Donizetti, Handel, Blumenfeld. Soprano, adjunct faculty, taught Musical Theater and acting students at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Also teaches voice lessons and coaching at the Musical Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Vocal coach and voice teacher. Soprano, performs with orchestra, oratorio, operetta, as soloist, has sung chant with choir, as a recitalist, a performer, art songs, and has even worked as a model. Member of MacDowell Society and Agma. Women’s Business Cincinnati names Mary Elizabeth Southworth as one of the top 10 women in the Arts in Cincinnati. Mary Elizabeth Southworth, beautiful brunnete soprano. Reno, Nevada newspaper writes this soprano is a Courtney Cox look-a-like. Three time marathon runner in the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon.