RÉSUMÉ
MEGHANN WELSH // SOPRANO
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California at San Diego [ABD]
Integrative Studies - Anthony Davis, advisor
M.M. San Francisco State University [2009]
Vocal Performance - Dr. Alissa Deeter, advisor
B.M. University of California at Santa Cruz [2002]
Vocal Performance - Dr. Brian Staufenbiel, advisor
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Longy School of Music of Bard College
• Visiting Faculty, Voice [2017-2018]
University of California, San Diego [2009 - 2016]
• Associate Instructor, Music 15: Karaoke: Exposing a Voice / Posing an Identity [Summer and Fall, 2014]
• Instructor, Music 32V: Vocal Instruction, Individual lessons [2009-2011]
• Music 127 (A,B,C): History of Jazz; TA [2011-2012]
• Music 126: Blues; TA [2011]
• Music 101C: Music Theory and Practice; TA [2011]
• Music 15: Popular Music - Great Women of Song; TA [2010]
• Music 11: Folk Music - Klezmer; TA [2010]
• Music 8: American Music - Jazz; TA [2009]
San Francisco State University [2007-2009]
• Instructor, Music 313: Vocal Instruction, Individual lessons [2007-2009]
• Instructor, Music 309: Singing for Self Expression [2008]
• Music 120: Basic Music - Voice; TA [2008-2009]
GUEST LECTURES
VAPA Department of San Diego Unified [2021]
Vocal Technique Clinic
University of California, San Diego [2010]
"Women of Experimental and Contemporary Song"
Mus 15 - Great Women of Song
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
• TA Excellence Award for Superior Teaching Performance, UCSD [2013]
• Full residency and stipend, UCSD [2009-2015]
• Dissertation Year Fellowship [2015]
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
National Association of Teacher of Singing [2018-present]
MUSIC ENSEMBLES
Codex Confiteor | confiteor.cc [2017-present]
Noise / Doom / Medieval - Voice and Tuba Electro-Acoustic Duo
Voice, oboe, saw, accordion
The Bechdels | thebechdels.weebly.com [2016-2018]
Vocal a cappella trio
G Burns Jug Band | [2012-2018]
Old time / Pre-war American music
Accordion, tenor banjo, voice
No Fancy | nofancy.net [2012-2017]
Electro-acoustic improvisation duo
Accordion, saw, autoharp
Kallisti Ensemble | kallisti.instantencore.com [2009-2011]
Modern chamber opera / Experimental music theater
Soprano
San Diego New Music Collective [2010-2015]
Contemporary and Experimental classical music ensemble
Soprano, accordion, oboe
VOCAL PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Improvisation on A chantar m'er de so q'ieu non volria by Comtessa de Dia
Project [Blank] - Contemporary music concert series [2020]
San Diego, CA
What If A Day or A Month Or A Year by Thomas Campion
In My Room by The Beach Boys, arranged by Batya MacAdam-Somer
Project [Blank] - Contemporary music concert series [2020]
La Jolla, CA
G Burns Jug Band
National Jug Band Jubilee [2016, 2017]
Louisville, KY
G Burns Jug Band
Wintergrass Bluegrass Festival [2014]
Seattle, WA
Litany for the Whale by John Cage
UCSD - La Jolla, CA [2014]
Suzette Who Set To Sea by Finnegan Kruckmeyer
La Jolla Playhouse - La Jolla, CA [2014]
Directed by Eric Johnson
On-stage musician / actor / singer
all the trichords in a seven letter alphabet where order matter and no voice sounds the same note consecutively
terminal positions for ballet dancer lely tiling of hymnal text by Brian Parks
The Wulf - Los Angeles, CA [2013]
Soprano
to be the bell and then to fall by Martin Hiendl (World premiere)
Musical component of multi media project, Rochester Knocking
California State University - San Marcos, CA [2011]
Staged and Directed by Monica Duncan
Role played: soprano and megaphone
Socrate by Eric Satie
UCSD - La Jolla, CA [2011]
Conducted by Aleck Karis
Designed and staged by Susan Narucki
Role played: Socrate
Improvisation sur Mallarmé by Boulez
UCSD - La Jolla, CA [2011]
Conducted by Steven Schick
Soloist with the Palimpsest Ensemble
To Be Sung by Pascal Dusapin (West Coast premiere)
UCSD - La Jolla CA [2010]
Chamber opera for 4 female voices and instruments
Designed and staged by Susan Narucki
Conducted by Julian Pellicano
Passion by Paul Hembree (World Premiere)
UCSD - La Jolla CA [2010]
For Soprano and chamber ensemble
final girl 1 by Clinton McCallum
UCSD - La Jolla, CA [2011]
A cappella work for four voices
Lungi dal vago volto RV 680 by A. Vivaldi
SF State University, San Francisco, CA [2009]
Performed with Agave Baroque and JungHae Kim
Seven Romances on Verses of Alexander Blok, Op. 127 by Dmitri Shostakovich
SF State University, San Francisco, CA [2009]
Zwei Gesänge, Op.91 Johannes Brahms
SF State University, San Francisco, CA [2009]
Performed with Paul Yarborough of the Alexander String Quartet
Lord Nelson Mass by Joseph Haydn
SF State University, San Francisco, CA [2008]
Soprano soloist
Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
SF State University, San Francisco, CA [2008]
Opera Scenes Workshop
Role played: Tatiana
Tartuffe by Kirke Mechem
San Francisco State - San Francisco CA [2007]
Fully staged chamber opera
Directed by Dr. Alissa Deeter
Role played: Elmire
Mass to St. Anthony by Lou Harrison
UCSC - Santa Cruz, CA [2002]
Conducted by Nicole Paiement
Ensemble Parallel and UCSC Chamber Singers
Soprano
Carmen by Georges Bizet
UCSC - Santa Cruz, CA [2000]
Fully staged opera
Designed and staged by Brian Staufenbiel
Role played: Micäela
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Flamingo - The MEW
Stay Strange Experimental Music Series [2013]
Winter Wonderland Gallery, Oceanside, CA
Saw, voice, field recordings
No Fancy
untitled
Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego, La Jolla, CA [2012]
Timbral improvisation duo
No Fancy
three am
San Diego Museum of Art - San Diego, CA [2012]
Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego, La Jolla, CA [2012]
Timbral improvisation duo
No Fancy
Wave Energy Series No.1. San Diego, CA [2012]
The Desperate Characters of Mercer County
Space 4 Art - San Diego, CA [2012, 2013]
Accordion, saw, voice
Nosferatu, by Paul Hembree
UCSD- La Jolla, CA [2011]
San Diego New Music Collective
Accordion
An Index of Metals by Martin Hiendl
UCSD - La Jolla, CA [2011]
Chamber work for voice, mid-sized ensemble and electronics
Oboe
VOICE INSTRUCTORS
Jessica Sandidge | Susan Narucki | Dr. Alissa Deeter | Sara Ganz | Dr. Brian Staufenbiel
COACHES
Jung Hae Kim | The Alexander String Quartet (Paul Yarbrough and Frederick Lifsitz) | Michael Strauss | Susan Narucki | Steven Schick
MASTER CLASSES
Beat Furrer | Susan Narucki | Martin Katz
CONDUCTORS
Steven Schick | Nicole Paiement | Julian Pellicano | Martin Hiendl
CURATION, PRODUCTION
Glottalopticon Experimental Opera Series [2013-2016]
Space 4 Art - San Diego, CA
Experimental opera works in collaboration with visual artists
Curator, producer, founder
DISCOGRAPHY
The Fever, G Burns Jug Band [2017]
Sound Check 6, UC San Diego Music [2016]
The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe, G Burns Jug Band, Independent [2015]
G Burns Jug Band [S/T], Independent [2014]
No Fancy [S/T], Independent [2012]
Sound Check 5, UC San Diego Music [2011]
Lou Harrison - Works 1939-2000, Mode Records [2002]
Ph.D. University of California at San Diego [ABD]
Integrative Studies - Anthony Davis, advisor
M.M. San Francisco State University [2009]
Vocal Performance - Dr. Alissa Deeter, advisor
B.M. University of California at Santa Cruz [2002]
Vocal Performance - Dr. Brian Staufenbiel, advisor
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Longy School of Music of Bard College
• Visiting Faculty, Voice [2017-2018]
University of California, San Diego [2009 - 2016]
• Associate Instructor, Music 15: Karaoke: Exposing a Voice / Posing an Identity [Summer and Fall, 2014]
• Instructor, Music 32V: Vocal Instruction, Individual lessons [2009-2011]
• Music 127 (A,B,C): History of Jazz; TA [2011-2012]
• Music 126: Blues; TA [2011]
• Music 101C: Music Theory and Practice; TA [2011]
• Music 15: Popular Music - Great Women of Song; TA [2010]
• Music 11: Folk Music - Klezmer; TA [2010]
• Music 8: American Music - Jazz; TA [2009]
San Francisco State University [2007-2009]
• Instructor, Music 313: Vocal Instruction, Individual lessons [2007-2009]
• Instructor, Music 309: Singing for Self Expression [2008]
• Music 120: Basic Music - Voice; TA [2008-2009]
GUEST LECTURES
VAPA Department of San Diego Unified [2021]
Vocal Technique Clinic
University of California, San Diego [2010]
"Women of Experimental and Contemporary Song"
Mus 15 - Great Women of Song
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
• TA Excellence Award for Superior Teaching Performance, UCSD [2013]
• Full residency and stipend, UCSD [2009-2015]
• Dissertation Year Fellowship [2015]
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
National Association of Teacher of Singing [2018-present]
MUSIC ENSEMBLES
Codex Confiteor | confiteor.cc [2017-present]
Noise / Doom / Medieval - Voice and Tuba Electro-Acoustic Duo
Voice, oboe, saw, accordion
The Bechdels | thebechdels.weebly.com [2016-2018]
Vocal a cappella trio
G Burns Jug Band | [2012-2018]
Old time / Pre-war American music
Accordion, tenor banjo, voice
No Fancy | nofancy.net [2012-2017]
Electro-acoustic improvisation duo
Accordion, saw, autoharp
Kallisti Ensemble | kallisti.instantencore.com [2009-2011]
Modern chamber opera / Experimental music theater
Soprano
San Diego New Music Collective [2010-2015]
Contemporary and Experimental classical music ensemble
Soprano, accordion, oboe
VOCAL PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Improvisation on A chantar m'er de so q'ieu non volria by Comtessa de Dia
Project [Blank] - Contemporary music concert series [2020]
San Diego, CA
What If A Day or A Month Or A Year by Thomas Campion
In My Room by The Beach Boys, arranged by Batya MacAdam-Somer
Project [Blank] - Contemporary music concert series [2020]
La Jolla, CA
G Burns Jug Band
National Jug Band Jubilee [2016, 2017]
Louisville, KY
G Burns Jug Band
Wintergrass Bluegrass Festival [2014]
Seattle, WA
Litany for the Whale by John Cage
UCSD - La Jolla, CA [2014]
Suzette Who Set To Sea by Finnegan Kruckmeyer
La Jolla Playhouse - La Jolla, CA [2014]
Directed by Eric Johnson
On-stage musician / actor / singer
all the trichords in a seven letter alphabet where order matter and no voice sounds the same note consecutively
terminal positions for ballet dancer lely tiling of hymnal text by Brian Parks
The Wulf - Los Angeles, CA [2013]
Soprano
to be the bell and then to fall by Martin Hiendl (World premiere)
Musical component of multi media project, Rochester Knocking
California State University - San Marcos, CA [2011]
Staged and Directed by Monica Duncan
Role played: soprano and megaphone
Socrate by Eric Satie
UCSD - La Jolla, CA [2011]
Conducted by Aleck Karis
Designed and staged by Susan Narucki
Role played: Socrate
Improvisation sur Mallarmé by Boulez
UCSD - La Jolla, CA [2011]
Conducted by Steven Schick
Soloist with the Palimpsest Ensemble
To Be Sung by Pascal Dusapin (West Coast premiere)
UCSD - La Jolla CA [2010]
Chamber opera for 4 female voices and instruments
Designed and staged by Susan Narucki
Conducted by Julian Pellicano
Passion by Paul Hembree (World Premiere)
UCSD - La Jolla CA [2010]
For Soprano and chamber ensemble
final girl 1 by Clinton McCallum
UCSD - La Jolla, CA [2011]
A cappella work for four voices
Lungi dal vago volto RV 680 by A. Vivaldi
SF State University, San Francisco, CA [2009]
Performed with Agave Baroque and JungHae Kim
Seven Romances on Verses of Alexander Blok, Op. 127 by Dmitri Shostakovich
SF State University, San Francisco, CA [2009]
Zwei Gesänge, Op.91 Johannes Brahms
SF State University, San Francisco, CA [2009]
Performed with Paul Yarborough of the Alexander String Quartet
Lord Nelson Mass by Joseph Haydn
SF State University, San Francisco, CA [2008]
Soprano soloist
Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
SF State University, San Francisco, CA [2008]
Opera Scenes Workshop
Role played: Tatiana
Tartuffe by Kirke Mechem
San Francisco State - San Francisco CA [2007]
Fully staged chamber opera
Directed by Dr. Alissa Deeter
Role played: Elmire
Mass to St. Anthony by Lou Harrison
UCSC - Santa Cruz, CA [2002]
Conducted by Nicole Paiement
Ensemble Parallel and UCSC Chamber Singers
Soprano
Carmen by Georges Bizet
UCSC - Santa Cruz, CA [2000]
Fully staged opera
Designed and staged by Brian Staufenbiel
Role played: Micäela
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Flamingo - The MEW
Stay Strange Experimental Music Series [2013]
Winter Wonderland Gallery, Oceanside, CA
Saw, voice, field recordings
No Fancy
untitled
Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego, La Jolla, CA [2012]
Timbral improvisation duo
No Fancy
three am
San Diego Museum of Art - San Diego, CA [2012]
Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego, La Jolla, CA [2012]
Timbral improvisation duo
No Fancy
Wave Energy Series No.1. San Diego, CA [2012]
The Desperate Characters of Mercer County
Space 4 Art - San Diego, CA [2012, 2013]
Accordion, saw, voice
Nosferatu, by Paul Hembree
UCSD- La Jolla, CA [2011]
San Diego New Music Collective
Accordion
An Index of Metals by Martin Hiendl
UCSD - La Jolla, CA [2011]
Chamber work for voice, mid-sized ensemble and electronics
Oboe
VOICE INSTRUCTORS
Jessica Sandidge | Susan Narucki | Dr. Alissa Deeter | Sara Ganz | Dr. Brian Staufenbiel
COACHES
Jung Hae Kim | The Alexander String Quartet (Paul Yarbrough and Frederick Lifsitz) | Michael Strauss | Susan Narucki | Steven Schick
MASTER CLASSES
Beat Furrer | Susan Narucki | Martin Katz
CONDUCTORS
Steven Schick | Nicole Paiement | Julian Pellicano | Martin Hiendl
CURATION, PRODUCTION
Glottalopticon Experimental Opera Series [2013-2016]
Space 4 Art - San Diego, CA
Experimental opera works in collaboration with visual artists
Curator, producer, founder
DISCOGRAPHY
The Fever, G Burns Jug Band [2017]
Sound Check 6, UC San Diego Music [2016]
The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe, G Burns Jug Band, Independent [2015]
G Burns Jug Band [S/T], Independent [2014]
No Fancy [S/T], Independent [2012]
Sound Check 5, UC San Diego Music [2011]
Lou Harrison - Works 1939-2000, Mode Records [2002]