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Highlights from my broad range of appearances in opera, recital and concert include most of Mozart’s heroines, Handel's evil sorceresses, and Verdi's Lady Macbeth with Donald Pippin's Pocket Opera; Four Last Songs of Strauss with LiederAlive; and Britten’s War Requiem in San Francisco’s Davies Hall.
I have participated in master classes with Elly Ameling, Edo de Waart, John Wustman, Leonard Bernstein and Thomas Hampson. I am on the Voice and Chamber Music Faculty of Notre Dame de Namur University, am Scholarship Competition Chair of Pacific Musical Society, and Artistic Director of the women's ensemble, Sorelle (aka Fweeter) and maintain a private voice studio in Kensington, where I live with my screen writer/composer/rock drummer son, Christopher, and five feral feline foundlings. Further information and future performances can be found at MADDIVA.com
37.9020612, -122.259717
Berkeley, CA (94708)
Full Name:
Marcelle Dronkers
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:
maddivadronkers@gmail.com
Institutional Affiliation:
Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont) Voice and Chamber Music Faculty
Pacific Musical Society Board and Scholarship Competition Chair
Jr Bach Festival Board
NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing)
Music Styles:
Classical, Operatic, Broadway Show Tunes, Jazz
Instrument/Voice Types Taught:
Soprano
Age Ranges:
Pre-School
Elementary
Middle School
High School
Adult
All Ages
Education:
MA - Royal Conservatory, the Hague, The Netherlands
BMU - Indiana University, Bloomington
Years Teaching:
28 years in the Bay Area!
Lesson Rate:
Sliding scale. $60 - $90, depending on age.
Teaching Method:
Fun! Through Repertoire and Vocalises
Makes House Calls:
No