The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

PHYLLIS BRYN-JULSON

SOPRANO

EDUCATION

Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota:

- Honorary Doctorate, 1995

Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York:

- Master of Music Degree in Voice, 1969

- Bachelor of Music Degree, 1967

Tanglewood Summer Festival, 1964 - '67

Recipient of Fromm Fellowship

Received the High Fidelity Magazine Prize

and the Composition-Performance Award

Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota: 1963 - '65

Mu Phi Epsilon Membership

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, Maryland: 1984 - Present

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland: 1971 - '84

American University, Washington, D.C.: 1971

Kirkland-Hamilton College, Clinton, New York: 1969 - '70

Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York: (Graduate Teaching Assistant), 1970

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Hochschule, Vienna, Austria: (20th Century Art Song Class) 1994

Britten-Pears School, England: (20th Century Art Song Classes) 1990 - Present

Royaument, France: (20th Century Art Song Classes) 1989

Moscow Conservatory of Music, Russia: Presented the first Master Class given by an American - 1988

PEABODY CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: Committee Membership

Faculty Assembly, Chairperson: 1993 - '95

Ex Officio of the Graduate and Undergraduate Committees

Voice Department, Coordinator: 1985 - Present

Academic Council: 1993 - '95, and 1987 - Present

Graduate Committee: 1987 - Present

AD-GPD Program Revisions: 1992 - Present

Faculty Coordinators for Performance Activity: 1990 - Present

Choral Task Force: 1991 - Present

Ad Hoc Public Relations Committee: 1989 - '90

Undergraduate Committee: 1985 - '87

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: Committee Membership

Interdivisional Faculty Committee: 1991 - '93

Honorary Degrees Committee: 1993 - Present

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Pro Musicis Foundation

The Theater Chamber Players of Kennedy Center

National Endowment for the Arts Composer/Librettist Panel

Southwest Chamber Orchestra

Artist Chairman of the Mu Phi Epsilon International

Competition: 1992 - Present

National Association of Teachers of Singing

Holtkamp/AGO Award in Organ Composition

American Women Composers, Inc.

Advisory Panel Member for the Composers Commissioning Program

of the Minnesota Composers Forum, 1981

Concerts in the Washington, D.C. Area Schools Programs, in

conjunction with the Washington Performing Arts Society

Young Concert Artists

JUDICATORY APPOINTMENTS

First Woman Member of the Koussevitsky Music Foundation Board

International American Music Competition for Vocalists

Young Concert Artists International Auditions

National Symphony Orchestra's Young Soloists' Competition

S.C. Eckhardt-Grammatte National Music Competition

American Music Center - Aaron Copland Foundation '93

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE

50 - 70 concert performances & recitals annually since 1964

Carnegie Hall debut: 1965

Premiered "In Memory of a Summer Day" by David del Tredici

which won the Pulitzer Prize in Composition: 1980

WETA Television filmed a one-hour documentary on the performing and teaching career of Ms. Bryn-Julson: 1983

Covent Garden debut: 1985

First Unaccompanied Voice Recital - Wien Modern Festival: 1994

Public Television in the United States, Canada & Europe

Canadian Film Institute soundtrack for "The Owl and the Pussycat"

OPERA

Birtwistle: "Punch and Judy" - London

Heinz Holliger: "Pas moi" - Avignon Festival, Donaueschingen

Festival, IRCAM in Paris, The Kennedy Center in

Washington, D.C.

Mozart: The Mostly Mozart Festival --

"Bastien und Bastienne"

"Impresario"

"La Clemenza di Tito"

Baden-Baden Radio -- "La Clemenza di Tito"

Puccini: "Turandot", role of Liu -

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Ravel: "L'enfant et les Sortileges" -

Covent Garden, Boston, Los Angeles

Sessions: "Montezuma" - Boston Opera Company

Strauss: "Ariadne" - Peabody Conservatory of Music

Stravinsky: "Le Rossignol" - Covent Garden

Zimmerman: "Die Soldaten" - Paris Opera

PERFORMED WITH THESE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS:

American

American Composers Orchestra

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Cincinnati Symphony

Cleveland Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Denver Symphony Orchestra

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Milwaukee Symphony

Minnesota Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra

New York Philharmonic

Philadelphia Orchestra

Pittsburgh Symphony

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

San Francisco Symphony

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Toronto Symphony (Canada)

Utah Symphony

European

Amsterdam Concertgebouw

Amsterdam Radio Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Baden-Baden Radio Orchestra

Basle Chamber Orchestra

Berlin Philharmonic

City of Birmingham Orchestra

City of London Orchestra

Cologne Philharmonic

Ensemble InterContemporaine

Ensemble Moderne

Frankfurt Philharmonic

Halle Orchestra

Junge Deutsche Philharmonie

London Sinfonietta

London Symphony Orchestra

Manchester Philharmonic

Munich Philharmonic

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