AUDITIONS
Rimrock Opera will hold auditions for adults,
high school aged and up, for its April 24-25,
2010 opera production of Puccini’s La bohème.
When:
Wednesday, October 6, 2009, 7:00 PM
Where:
Shiloh United Methodist Church, 1810
Shiloh Road
Appointments: Vocalists
should call Doug Nagel at 406-671-2214 to
schedule an audition appointment, or e-mail your
request to:
.
ROCK Auditions
Please call or email Amy Logan for location
information:
Amy Logan: (406) 671-2214
What to bring: Come with a copy of your
prepared solo selection. The music selection
should be memorized. An accompanist will be
available at the auditions.
Who is listening: Doug Nagel, General
Director, Dr. Chris Sheppard, Adult Chorus
Master, Amy Logan, ROCK Director
General information: All Rimrock Operas
are professionally produced and performed at the
Alberta Bair Theater in Billings, Montana.
Professional sets, costumes, and orchestra, are
used.
The Rimrock Opera holds auditions throughout the
year in Billings, Montana. If you would like to
set up a time for an audition please contact us.
Solo artists, to request an audition please
contact General Director, Doug Nagel in writing.
Mail to: P.O. Box 11
Billings, MT 59103-0011
Rimrock
Opera
Douglas
Nagel, General Director
406-671-2214 –
Appointments:
Vocalists should call Doug Nagel at 406-671-2214
to schedule an audition appointment, or e-mail
your request to:
Dr.
Chris Sheppard, Chorus Master
Director of Choral and Vocal Activities is
in his third year at Montana State
University Billings. He holds degrees from
the University of Wisconsin, University of
Northern Colorado, and Marshall University.
Before coming to Billings, he taught at
Bluefield College in Bluefield, Virginia,
and Aims Community College in Greeley,
Colorado. Besides directing the choirs at
MSU-B, he also teaches private voice, choral
conducting, and vocal pedagogy. He recently
began conducting the Magic City Singers and
will serve as Chorus Master in Rimrock
Opera’s spring production of Donizetti’s
L’elisir d’amore. Sheppard has also been
honored twice in “Who’s Who Among America’s
Teachers.”
For
the past two summers, Sheppard served as
chorus master and voice instructor at the
Maud Powell International Opera Institute in
Illinois, and will return in that capacity
again this summer. In 2001, Sheppard was the
choral director for the World
Scholar-Athlete Games, which involved over
2,000 participants ages 15-19, from 152
countries and all fifty states. He has
directed All-County/All-District Festivals
in three states and, while teaching at
Bluefield College, led choir tours from Ohio
to Florida.
A
proficient baritone, Sheppard appeared in
Northwest College’s 2006 performances of
Handel’s Messiah, and has appeared in
many theatrical productions, including
opera, musicals, and plays.
Besides his work with universities and
community ensembles, Sheppard has served
several churches as a music administrator
and choir director. He recently began
working as Music Director at First English
Lutheran Church in Billings.