This document provides a resume for Lauren Cartwright, a soprano based in Concord, CA. It outlines her extensive experience performing major and minor roles in operas, oratorios and concerts with companies across the US since 2005. She has received degrees from Louisiana State University and The University of Utah and participated in apprentice programs in Italy. The resume details her choral singing, directing, choreography and coaching experience and lists many of her teachers and mentors.
1. LAUREN CARTWRIGHT
SOPRANO
1531 Mendocino Drive
Concord, CA 94521
(801)860-9418, laurencartwright84@gmail.com
Experience_________________ __________________________________
-ROLE- -SHOW- -COMPANY-
Chorus – La Traviata and The Most Happy Fella………………...……… Festival Opera of Walnut Creek ‘11
Chorus – Madama Butterfly………………………………………….Livermore Valley Opera Company ‘11
Chorus – Romeo and Juliet……………………………………………………………..…LSU Opera Ensemble ‘10
Lucia – The Rape of Lucretia....................................................................................LSU Opera Ensemble ‘09
Lauretta – Gianni Schicchi……………………………………………...……….U of U Lyric Opera Ensemble ‘07
Mrs. Hildebrand - Street Scene………………………….………..……….U of U Lyric Opera Ensemble ‘05
Page – Rigoletto……………………………………………………………………….. La Musica Lirica in Italy ‘06
Chorus - La Traviata……………………………………..………….………….La Musica Lirica in Italy ‘06
The Duchess – The Gondoliers……………………..………………….....….... Zero Budget Productions ‘06
Mercedes - Carmen…………………………………………..…..…………………Sandy City Orchestra ‘05
Witch – Dido and Aeneas……………………...……………….....……………..a Ruth Rudy Production ‘05
-SCENEWORK-
Valencienne - Die lustige Witwe ‘10
Mrs. Wordsworth – Albert Herring……………………………..…………………….….. L’Opera Lagniappe ‘08
Cunegunde – Candide ‘07
Octavian – Der Rosenkavalier ‘06
Musetta – La Boheme ‘06
Alice – Falstaff…………………………………………………………… U of U Lyric Opera Ensemble ‘06
Donna Elvira, Zerlina – Don Giovanni………………...………………....…….La Musica Lirica in Italy ‘06
-ORATORIO and CONCERT WORK-
Soloist – Angels in the Architecture cond. by Dr. Linda Moorhouse ……...……LSU Symphonic Winds ‘10
Featured Guest Performer - MS Bridge Charity Benefit……….………………….. Oklahoma City, OK ‘09
Soprano Soloist - Messiah by Handel……………………………..…….……………Park City Orchestra ‘06
Related Experience________________ _____ ______________
-CHORAL EXPERIENCE-
Non-AGMA Soprano, Full Season…………………..……………San Francisco Symphony Chorus ’14-present
Featured Soloist, Soprano……………………………………….……………...Encore Vocalists ’15-present
-CHOREOGRAPHY-
Amahl & the Night Visitors, Don Giovanni and Macbeth………….…U of U Lyric Opera Ensemble ’04 -‘07
Dido and Aeneas……………………………………….………………………...a Ruth Rudy Production ‘05
The Gondoliers and Trial By Jury…………......................…………......... Zero Budget Productions ’06, ‘05
–DIRECTING-
Scenes from Candide , Le Nozze di Figaro, & Lucia di Lammermoor....U of U Ly. Opera Ensemble ’06-‘07
Education, Apprentice Programs, and Awards______ ________________ _
Louisiana State University Tuition Award………………………………………………………….…’08-‘10
Baton Rouge Opera Guild Scholarship Award/Newman Scholarship………….……………………. ’08-‘10
Louisiana State University…………………………………………………....MM in Vocal Performance ‘10
The University of Utah – School of Music………………………….....…….. BM in Vocal Performance ‘08
La Musica Lirica in Nova Feltria, Italy………………………………………………….. Summer of ’06, ‘05
Centro Studenti Italiani………………………………………....Advanced Italian Proficiency Certificate ‘06
-VOICE- -COACHES- -DIRECTORS- -CONDUCTORS-
Dr. Lori Bade Michael Borowitz Dugg McDonough Michael Borowitz
Dr. Julie Wright-Costa Dr. Paul Dorgan L.L. West Eugene Sirotkine
James Toland Jeffrey Price William D. Coleman Joseph Rescigno
Julia Faulkner Ubaldo Fabbri Dejan Miladinovic Kurt Bestor