Resume of Amanda Grooms, soprano

OPERA ROLES

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Ariadne

Ariadne auf Naxos Kingwood Summer Opera 2014

Mimì

La bohéme Kingwood Summer Opera 2013

Santuzza

Cavalleria rusticana Kingwood Summer Opera 2012

Micaëla

Carmen Kingwood Summer Opera 2011

Donna Elvira

Don Giovanni Rice University 2009

Adina

L'elisir d'amore Rice University 2008

Armida

Rinaldo Rice University 2007

Micaëla

Carmen Aspen Music Festival 2007

Fiordiligi

Così fan tutte Opera Vivente 2006

Violetta

La Traviata Aspen Music Festival 2006

Fatmé

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Beauty and the Beast Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2005

Giannetta

L'elisir d'amore Opera Birmingham 2005

Ellen

Lakmé Sarasota Opera 2005

Donna Anna

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Don Giovanni Sarasota Opera 2005

Carolina

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The Secret Marriage Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2004

Königen der Nacht

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Die Zauberflöte Sarasota Opera 2004

Zaïde

Zaïde Milwaukee Opera Theatre 2003

Mother

Amahl and the Night Visitors Midwest Lyric Opera 2003

Contessa

Le nozze di Figaro La Musica Lirica, Italy 2002

Josephine

H.M.S. Pinafore DePauw University 2001

Hanna Glawari

The Merry Widow DePauw University 1999

1st Knitter

The Game of Chance DePauw University 1998

CONCERT PERFORMANCES

Verdi's Requiem - Soprano Soloist Latchis Theatre Brattleboro Concert Choir 2015
Benefit Concert - Belle Voci Stratton Mountain, Vermont Manchester Music Festival 2013
Strauss' Four Last Songs Jackson Auditorium Mid-Texas Symphony 2012
Guest Artist - Grand Finals Concert Cullen Hall Lois Alba Aria Competition 2011
Handel’s Messiah - Soprano Soloist Jackson Auditorium Mid-Texas Symphony 2010
Recital, Notes from Home Series Sheldon Concert Hall Saint Louis, Missouri 2010
An Olde English Christmas - Guest Soloist Jackson Auditorium Mid-Texas Symphony 2009
Music for the Mind Concert Series Harriet Himmel Theater at CityPlace Palm Beach Opera 2009
Stabat Mater (American Premiere) Duncan Recital Hall Rice University 2008
Recital, Classical Arts Series Sheldon Concert Hall Saint Louis, Missouri 2006 & 2007
From the Gardens, LIVE! Missouri Botanical Gardens KFUO 99.1 FM Radio 2006
Recital, The Genius of Mozart Series Sheldon Concert Hall Saint Louis, Missouri 2007
Recital, Artist Presentation Society Unity Christ Church Saint Louis, Missouri 2005
Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem - Soprano Soloist Helene Zelazo Center Milwaukee Bel Canto Chorus 2003
Recital, Notes from Home Series Sheldon Concert Hall Saint Louis, Missouri 2002
Recital Ethical Society Saint Louis, Missouri 2001
Orff's Carmina Burana - Soprano Soloist Kresge Auditorium DePauw Symphony 1999

AWARDS

1st Place Lois Alba Aria Competition 2010
National Semi-Finalist Palm Beach Opera Competition 2007 & 2009
1st Place Mid-Texas Symphony Young Artist Competition 2009
Grant Recipient The Anna Sosenko Assist Trust 2009
Winner, Saint Louis District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions 2008
Cecilia Bartoli Endowed Scholarship Rice University 2008
Mary Ellen Hale Lovett Scholarship Rice University 2008
Michael Lynch & Susan Baker Award Rice University 2007
2nd Place Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition 2007
Encouragement Award Winner Sullivan Foundation 2006
Top Prize Scholarship Winner Arleen Auger Memorial Scholarship Fund 2006
Winner Aspen Music Festival Vocal Concerto Competition 2006
2nd Place Midwest Regional Finalist Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions 2003 & 2006
Leo M. Rogers Scholarship Sarasota Opera 2004
Award Winner Artist Presentation Society, Saint Louis, Missouri 2004
National Finalist Orpheus Competition 2002

EDUCATION / YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAMS

M.M. Vocal Performance Rice University, Shepherd School of Music 2009
Aspen Opera Theatre Center Aspen Music Festival 2006 & 2007
Opera on the Go! Outreach Program Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2005
Gerdine Young Artist Program Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2004 & 2005
Sarasota Opera Studio Program Sarasota Opera 2005
Sarasota Opera Apprentice Program Sarasota Opera 2004
B.M. Vocal Performance DePauw University 2001

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES

Scuola di Lorenzo de Medici Firenze, ITALIA, Diploma in Advanced Italian Level I 2008
Internationale Sommerakademie Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, AUSTRIA, Diplom für Gesang 2004
Goethe House of Wisconsin Beginners II German 2003
Alliance Française de Milwaukee Intermediate I French 2003
Centro Studi Italiani Urbania, ITALIA, Diploma in Advanced Italian 2002
Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione Milano, ITALIA, Beginners and Intermediate Italian 1999 - 2000
Pattonville High School Beginners, Intermediate, Intermediate II French 1994 - 1997
CONDUCTORS
DIRECTORS
COACHES
TEACHERS
Richard Aslanian Edward Berkeley Michael Baitzer Stephen King
Richard Bado John Bowen Bob Brewer Patricia Wise
Anthony Barrese Vera Calabria Rick Cordova Leo Goeke
Leon Burke Pat Diamond Mikhail Hallak Cynthia Benavides
Susan Dedell Debra Dickinson Lisa Hasson
Victor DeRenzi Peggy Eggers Miah Im
Joseph Gascho Leo Goeke Tom Jaber
Richard Hynson William Gustafson Grant Loehnig
Tom Jaber Lorna Haywood Tim Long
Christian Macelaru Ira Siff Ken Merrill
David Mairs Anne Heath-Welch Greg Ritchey
Joseph Mechavich Stephen Swedish
Julius Rudel
Louis Salemno
Orcenith Smith
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