LAUREN CULOTTA MUSIC STUDIOS

EXPERIENCE

I discovered my love of music at a very young age- I've been told I was always singing everywhere I went. When a lady in a grocery store told my mother I was hitting a "high C" (bless their hearts), she decided to put me in music classes. I began studying piano in 2nd grade in 1992 and voice a bit later in 7th grade in 1997. Singing was always my first love, but as a shy child, I did not break out of my shell and start singing publicly until high school when a very encouraging voice teacher helped unearth the things my voice could do. 

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RESUME:

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Vocal Range: Soprano, E3-F6

Studied piano, 1992-2004

Studied voice, 1997-2017

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Operatic Work:

Talk Opera, "Studio," 2002, Samford

The Merry Wives of Windsor scene, Mistress Ford, 2003, Samford

Amahl and the Night Visitors, Amahl, 2004, Samford

Junior Recital, 2005

Carmen scene, Frasquita, 2006, Samford

Senior Recital, 2006

Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, The Queen of the Night, 2009, UAB

Semele, Iris, 2010, UAB

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Musical Theatre Work:

Once Upon a Mattress, Lady Larken, 2003, Arts Council of the Trussville Area (ACTA) Theatre

Carousel, Julie Jordan, 2004, ACTA Theatre

West Side Story, 2006, Levite-Jewish Community Center (LJCC) Theatre

High School Musical, Sharpay Evans, 2007, LJCC Theatre

The Jungle Book, KIDS!, Director/Choreographer, 2007, St. Rose Academy

Honk!, Ida, 2007, ACTA Theatre

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Rosemary Pilkington, 2008, Theatre Tuscaloosa

13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffery, Miss Carter/Southern Belle, 2011, Gardendale Arts Council

The Secret Garden, Rose, 2013, LJCC Theatre

The Addams Family, Wednesday Addams, 2018, ACTA Theatre

Brigadoon, Fiona MacLaren, 2019, ACTA Theatre

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Beggar Woman (Lucy Barker), 2019, 3B Productions at Birmingham Improv Theatre

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WORK:

• Taught private voice and piano for almost 15 years

• Taught in both private and public school sectors

• Has experience directing children's choirs

• Directed and choreographed a K-8 school-wide musical

• Taught and organized VBS music and church music camps

• Currently the Youth Choir Director and a cantor for St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Birmingham

• Sings for weddings and funerals

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION:

• National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), 1st Year Women's Classical Category auditions, 1st place, 2003

• Federation of Music Clubs, All Women's Category, 3rd place, 2005

• NATS, Advanced Women's Musical Theatre Category auditions, 2nd place, 2006

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Teaching has been a passion of mine for a while, and I have longed to be able to turn this passion into a living. I am currently accepting all ages of beginner piano students and any level voice students. No matter who I’m teaching, I thrive on seeing my students grow and develop as they discover what they can achieve.