Staff & Contact Information
| Assist. Professor Barbara Wiltsie Madonna University 36600 Schoolcraft Rd, Livonia, MI 48150 734-432-5715 bwiltsie@madonna.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ms. Mary Rashid Walled Lake Central High School 248-956-4753 maryrashid@wlcsd.org |
| 2008 Middle School Instructors/Staff Mary Rashid, Artistic Director Barbara Wiltsie, Voice Specialist Maria Cimarelli, Voice Coach/Accomp. Jared Schneider, Assist Director Scottie Moilanen, Accompanist/Coach Katie Battersby, Head Counselor Kristen Grebinski, Dance Instructor Melissa Perry, Dance Assist/Counselor Sarah Tryon, Dance Assist/Counselor Brendan Burke, Counselor Mike Petrillo, Counselor David Wilkins, Counselor |
| www.vocalperformingartists.com summerworkshop@vocalperformingartists.com |
| Quotes from participants and parents: 2004 Student: "Keep up the good work. Your staff was great." 2005 Student: "I think this week was very fun!" 2005 Parent: "It's a great workshop and more people need to know about it!" 2005 Parent: "Great job! I liked the informal format." 2006 Student: The meal program was "amazing". And "fabulous Abbey." 2006 Student: "I had an awesome time here and I wish I could return next year." 2006 Student: "It was a wonderful workshop. I will definitely come back next year. I loved it!" 2006 Parent: "It was great we didn't have to pack a lunch." 2007 Parent: High School - Her daughter "was very enthused and motivated to do more." 2007 Parent: High School "I think as a first-time program you did an amazing job." |
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| Summer Musical Theatre Workshops |
| MARY RASHID ~ Directing since 1970 in high schools, universities and in community theatres, Musical Theatre is Ms. Rashid's professional passion. She has worked as a director, producer, costumer, set & lighting designer, musical director and coach. Her approach to producing is centered around the team approach. Her staff of choreographers, technicians, designers, voice and acting coaches all work together to produce an out-standing product no matter what the age group. A well-known high school choral music educator, her ensembles continually take highest ratings in State competitions. She is frequently asked to be a clinician for musical theatre, vocal technique workshops and training sessions. Several of her former high school students are currently on Broadway featured in leading or secondary roles. Ms. Rashid is a graduate of University of Notre Dame, Eastern Michigan University and University of Detroit. Post graduate work in vocal technique for performers and chorale conducting at Westminster Choir College and Portland State University. Since 1996, she has taught at Walled Lake Central High School where she directs 5 choirs and runs the Musical Theatre Program. She has directed and taught at Oakland University, Marygrove College, University of Detroit, Madonna University, Shrine High School & Academy and community theatres. BARBARA WILTSIE ~ An Assistant Professor of Voice at Madonna University of Livonia is known not only as a private voice instructor for teens and adults but also as a solo performer in both the operatic and music theater genres. Her high school students have proceeded onto music programs at universities such as: University of Michigan, Michigan State, Oakland University, Hope College, Grand Valley State, Western Michigan, Cleveland Institute of Music, Bowling Green State, Carnegie Mellon, Cornerstone, and Westminster Choir College. Ms. Wiltsie's students have earned top ratings in the MSVMA Solo & Ensemble Adjudications, NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing), winners of local competitions as well as earning lead roles in musical theatre productions. In addition to her private teaching, Ms. Wiltsie is an adjudicator for the MSVMA Solo & Ensemble, N.A.T.S., previous teaching at Marygrove College and Macomb Community College, and was a voice specialist for the Cranbrook Theatre School and Project Daydream. Formerly a long-time Touring Artist for Michigan Opera Theater, she has garnered many awards in the operatic field - Metropolitan Opera Young Artists Awards, National Opera Association, Friedrich Schorr Memorial Prize, NATSAA (NATS Artists Auditions) - and has performed solo roles with various companies and symphonies such as Michigan Opera, Toledo Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera, Detroit Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, Bach Festival of Kalamazoo, Mendelssohn Chorale of Pittsburgh. Ms. Wiltsie is also the managing director and performer for two performing groups: SOPRANOS THREE! and ACT II. At Madonna University she instructs students in private voice, various vocal related classes, is the Director of both the Lyric Theatre Program and the University Singers, and creates and runs various recruiting projects for the Music Department. |
| Barbara Wiltsie & Mary Rashid Co-Directors |
| 2008 High School Instructors/Staff Errin Dilly, Guest Artist Patti Davidson-Gorbea, Guest Artist Mary Rashid, Artistic Director Barbara Wiltsie, Voice Specialist Christopher Leadbitter, Dance Instructor Maria Cimarelli, Voice Coach/Accomp. Scottie Moilanen, Accompanist Katie Battersby, Head Counselor/R.A. Jared Schneider, Coach/R.A. Jenni Golani, Office Assistant/Coach |
