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Bobek had a modest career as a performing artist in the early 21st century,<ref>{{cite book|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|date=2000|publisher=Psychology Press|page=259|url=1857431618|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> singing opera and [[chamber music]];<ref name=Woodard>{{cite news|last1=Woodard|first1=Josef|title=Chamber Music With Voices: Arias to Cabaret Absurdity|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/13/entertainment/ca-35711|accessdate=27 March 2015|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=13 October 2002}}</ref> she specializes in [[contemporary music|contemporary]] and avant-garde repertoire.<ref>[http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/jacqueline+bobak "Jacqueline Bobak"], Artists House Music</ref> She has premiered numerous works by living composers, such as William Brooks, Ivo Medek, [[Frederic Rzewski]], [[Wadada Leo Smith]], and [[Chinary Ung]]. In addition, she interprets classics of twentieth-century vocal music.<ref name="laphil"/> Bobak has sung with the [[CalArts]] New Century Players, the [[California E.A.R. Unit]], [[Electric Phoenix]] and [[Xtet]].<ref name="self"/> |
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Bobak has performed at venues including [[The Hollywood Bowl]], The [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]], the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], and the [[Getty Center]].<ref>[http://audiokorner.com/?p=2317 "Jacqueline Bobak: Assistant Dean & Coordinator of Voice Program"], ''AUDIO KORNER'' blog, 19 March 2012, Web. 10 Mar. 2015.</ref> |
Bobak has performed at venues including [[The Hollywood Bowl]], The [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]], the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], and the [[Getty Center]].<ref>[http://audiokorner.com/?p=2317 "Jacqueline Bobak: Assistant Dean & Coordinator of Voice Program"], ''AUDIO KORNER'' blog, 19 March 2012, Web. 10 Mar. 2015.</ref> |
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Jacqueline Bobak (born ) is an American mezzo-soprano singer.[1] She teaches at the California Institute of the Arts, where she is an assistant dean and Coordinator of the Voice Program.[2]
Academic career
Bobak has a Bachelor of Music degree from Northern Illinois University and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[3] She was a Lorado Taft artist in residence at The University of Illinois.
Bobak is an associate dean in the school of music of the California Institute for the Arts, where she has taught since 1991. She is Coordinator of the Voice Program. She has taught at the summer seminar of the Lake Placid Institute; at the International Latvian Young Musicians' Master Classes in Ogre, Latvia; and in universities in Europe and the United States.[3]
Performance
Bobek had a modest career as a performing artist in the early 21st century,[4] singing opera and chamber music;[5] she specializes in contemporary and avant-garde repertoire.[6] She has premiered numerous works by living composers, such as William Brooks, Ivo Medek, Frederic Rzewski, Wadada Leo Smith, and Chinary Ung. In addition, she interprets classics of twentieth-century vocal music.[2] Bobak has sung with the CalArts New Century Players, the California E.A.R. Unit, Electric Phoenix and Xtet.[3]
Bobak has performed at venues including The Hollywood Bowl, The Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Getty Center.[7]
She has participated in the "Vir2Ual Cage" multimedia project on the works of John Cage,[8] and in the "Green Umbrella" series of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.[2]
References
- ^ Swed, Mark (20 March 2002). "His Music Is Here, There, Everywhere". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ a b c "Jacqueline Bobak | LA Phil.", Los Angeles Philharmonic, n.d. Web. 10 March 2015
- ^ a b c "Jacqueline Bobak", California Institute for the Arts, n.d. Web. 10 March 2015
- ^ [1857431618 The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002]. Psychology Press. 2000. p. 259. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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value (help) - ^ Woodard, Josef (13 October 2002). "Chamber Music With Voices: Arias to Cabaret Absurdity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Jacqueline Bobak", Artists House Music
- ^ "Jacqueline Bobak: Assistant Dean & Coordinator of Voice Program", AUDIO KORNER blog, 19 March 2012, Web. 10 Mar. 2015.
- ^ "Vir2Ual Cage: Multi-media interpretation of Cage's Song Books ", Vir2Ual Cage website, 2015, Web. 10 March 2015.