Voice Faculty

Jamie-Rose Guarrine

Associate Professor, Voice

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Soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine is acclaimed for her “utterly thrilling, agile voice” and praised for bringing “pathos, beauty, and heartbreaking skill” to her performances. She has performed on the stages of Los Angeles Opera, Minnesota Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Chicago Opera Theater, Austin Opera, Utah Opera, Fort Worth Opera, and on the concert stage with the Madison Symphony, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, The National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, and the Santa Fe Symphony, among many others.
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William Hite

Professor, Voice, Area Coordinator

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William Hite is a critically acclaimed tenor who has appeared internationally in opera, concert works, chamber music and solo recitals in a career that has spanned four decades. His reputation as an expressive and engaging artist has led to appearances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie, American Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Boston Baroque, Tafelmusik, Philharmonia Baroque, Washington Bach Consort, New York City Ballet, the Mark Morris Dance Group and Emmanuel Music, under the direction of Bernard Haitink, Seiji Ozawa, James Levine, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Christopher Warren-Green, Nicholas McGegan, Jane Glover, Robert Spano, Grant Llewellyn, Gil Rose, Leon Botstein, John Harbison, Julian Wachner and Peter Schreier.
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Mary Hubbell

Adjunct Faculty, Voice

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Soprano Mary Hubbell excels in a wide range of styles, from early to modern music. Described in the New York Times as “a soprano with a sweetly focused tone,” she has appeared with a variety of ensembles in both Europe and North America. In the Netherlands, she sang with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of David Robertson in a performance of Louis Andriessen’s Tao and with the Orkestvereniging Musica in Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3, under the direction of Hans Leenders. She has appeared as a soloist with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra, the South Hadley Chorale in Massachusetts, the Amherst College Choral Society, and the Williams College Wind Ensemble.
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Marjorie Melnick

Senior Lecturer, Voice

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Mezzo-soprano Marjorie Melnick, Senior Lecturer in Voice, has been on the faculty since 1999. She spent many years singing opera, oratorio and recitals in Europe. Her leading roles include: Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Cinderella in Cenerentola, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, and Hansel in Hansel and Gretel. Ms. Melnick has taught at Smith and Mt. Holyoke Colleges as well as the Hartt School in Hartford, CT. She has a Masters in Music from the Juilliard School.
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