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Shalee Schmidt
1382 E Sherman Ave
Salt Lake City, Utah 84105
[email protected]
cell (801)865-4239
Education
Master of Music, University of Utah, School of Music (5/10)
Vocal Performance – Language Diction emphasis
Grade Point 3.809
Vocal Study with Julie Wright-Costa
Bachelor of Music, University of Utah, School of Music (5/04)
Vocal Performance
Magna Cum Laude
Departmental Scholarship recipient
National Presser Scholarship finalist
Grade Point 3.963 (4.0)
Vocal Study with Julie Wright-Costa
Employment
Vocal Instructor (9/09 to present)
University of Utah, Theatre Department
Teach studio voice (Musical Theatre and Classical Technique) to students of the
Actor Training Program, Theatre Studies, and Musical Theatre Programs.
Cofounder, Executive and Artistic Director (2006 to 2009)
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts,
Performing Arts Charter High School
Responsible for school's consistent achievement of its mission and financial
objectives, as well as, student, employee, professional and volunteer relations,
curriculum and teacher development, achievement, recruitment, representation,
promotion and outreach.
Cofounder, Managing Partner (2002-present)
Gottasing Vocal Studio
Manage company’s day-to-day operations, oversee billing and receivables, schedule
and teach private voice lessons, vocal coaching, audition preparation, and group
masterclasses; produce concerts, recitals, and musical productions.
Cofounder, Managing Partner (2004-present)
Utah Light Opera 501(c)(3), Salt Lake City
Develop 501(c)(3), coordinate all aspects of productions, manage finances, secure
and over-see contracted services, communicate with talent and production team
Cofounder, Managing Partner (2004-present)
Voce Productions
Develop company infrastructure, create product, oversee product placement,
shipping, and returns, select and manage production team, cast production talent,
manage company receivables
Seasonal Music Director (1996-1999)
Harry S Truman Elementary
Manage 5th and 6th grade students during music rehearsals, select and teach selected
music, set and teach choreography, direct student performances
Choir Director/Accompanist (1989-1990)
Fresno School District
Manage two elementary school choirs, select and teach music, accompany
elementary choir, set and teach choreography, oversee student trips, direct student
performances
Artistic Leadership
Managing Partner (2002-present)
GottaSing Vocal Studio
Responsibilities include scheduling private students, coordinating accompanist
schedule, master classes, managing fiscal responsibilities, directing and producing
annual concerts and recitals.
Artistic Director/Executive Director (2006-2009)
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts
Responsibilities include creating curriculum, lesson plans, teaching piano theory
and performance, vocal technique and repertoire, and musical theatre production
classes; Producing, selecting, casting, co-directing and music directing student
productions.
Artistic Director (2004-present)
Utah Light Opera 501(c)(3), Salt Lake City
Responsibilities include selecting and casting the performance season and directing
annual holiday concert, hiring directors, designers and staff, fund raising and
community outreach.
Co-Creator (2004-present)
Voce Productions
Responsibilities include researching, creating, producing, selecting and casting
talent, marketing, product placement. Product: Gottasing.com, a voice lesson DVD
series.
Co-Creator (1997-2004)
InAChord Productions
Responsibilities include researching, creating, producing, marketing, product
placement, and talent. Product: Voice Lessons with David & Shalee, a voice lesson
CD Series.
Affiliations
National Association of Teachers of Singing – Member / Audition Committee,
Utah Northern Chapter (2012- Present)
PTA - President/Vice- President (1996-1998)
Utah’s Promise – Chairman (1998-1999)
Guest Masterclasses and Vocal Workshops
Utah Theatre Association
Southern Utah Music Symposium
University of Utah -Theater Dept
Weber State University- Music Dept
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts
Private Vocal Studios
Cheryl Stone – Bountiful, UT
Shawna Gottfredson – Cottonwood, UT
On Broadway – American Fork, UT
Producer and Assistant Director
Utah Light Opera and GottaSing Vocal Studio
My Favorite Things
PAB-Studio 115, University of Utah, SLC, UT
A Grand Night for Singing
Dumke Hall, Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2014 Season
2013 Season
GottaSing Christmas Recital
West Institute Recital Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Joy to the World
St. John the Baptist Church, Draper, UT
Coming Together
PAB-Studio 115, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Sing We Now Of Christmas
St. John the Baptist Church, Draper, UT
Rhythm of Life
PAB-Studio 115, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2012 Season
2011 Season
Coming Together
Producer, Waterford School, Sandy, UT
A Joyful Christmas
Venecia Wilson, Soprano. Featuring the Utah Premier Brass
Cathedral of the Madeline, Salt Lake City, UT
Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Show Off
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City, UT
From Bach to Sacred Rock
First Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City, UT
Joy To The World
Clara Hurtado Lee, Soprano. Featuring the Utah Premier Brass
Cathedral of the Madeline, Salt Lake City, UT
Les Misérables by Schönberg and Boublil
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Christmas Odyssey
Shalee Schmidt, Soprano. Featuring the Utah Premier Brass
St. John the Baptist, Salt Lake City, UT
2009 Season
2008 Season
2007 Season
2006 Season
The Armed Man: Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins
Venecia Wilson, Soprano; Stina Eberhardt, Mezzo Soprano; Brian Manternach,
Tenor; Brandon Horrocks, Bass. Featuring the Utah Premier Brass.
Covey Performing Arts Center, Provo, UT
O Magnum Mysterium
Shawna Gottfredson, Soprano. Featuring the Utah Premier Brass
St. John the Baptist Church, Salt Lake City, UT
2005 Season
The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria by Gilbert and Sullivan
Lead Role - The Duchess
Including Assistant Choreography, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, SLC, UT
2004 Season
The Magic Flute by Mozart
Lead Role–Papagena. Producer, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, SLC, UT
Salt Lake School for The Performing Arts
2009 Season
Hello, Dolly! By Jerry Herman
Including Assistant Choreography, Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, SLC, UT
2008 Season
Gypsy by Styne and Sondheim
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Oklahoma! by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts and Highland High School,
Salt Lake City, UT
2006 Season
Publications
Gottasing.com
Produced and distributed worldwide by Voce Productions LLC. 2004-Present.
GottaSing.com is a six DVD series for amateur singers. Supported by
www.gottasing.com online Vlogs and tutorials.
Voice Lessons with Dave and Shalee
Produced by InAChord Productions, 1999. Voice Lessons with Dave and Shalee is an
eight CD set of instructional disks on the art of singing. InAChord was also one of the
first voice lesson products to be sold on the World Wide Web.
Singer Magazine
Featured writer for national publication on singing. Vocal technique editorials.
“Your Singing Potential” (No. 9 July 2001)
“Fright is just a Frame of Mind” (No. 10 Sept. 2001)
“Want to build a more powerful voice?” (No. 11 Nov. 2001)
“Too Little or Too Much?:Balance is the Cure for Vocal Stress” (No. 12 Jan. 2002)
“Vocal Blowout: Avoid pushing youthful voices too far, too soon” (No. 14 May 2002)
Theatrical and Musical Experience
Regional Theater
Once Upon a Mattress
Christmas Carol: The Musical
Sound of Music
Great American Trailer Park Musical
Queen Aggravain
Mrs. Cratchit
Mother Abbess
Betty
Salt Lake Shakespeare
Pioneer Theatre Company
Sundance Summer Theatre
Dar Khorse Productions
Bare
Company
Drowsy Chaperone
Claire
Utah Repertory Theater
Drowsy Chaperone
Centerpoint Legacy Theatre
Scott Alan Concert – SLC Premiere
Soloist
Impack Productions
Musical Theater
Hairspray (Western Regional Premier) Velma VonTussel
Hello, Dolly!
Dolly
Nunsense
Sister Hubert
Lucky Stiff
Dominique
Into the Woods
Rapunzel
Annie
Star–to-Be/Boylen Sister
Riverton Arts Council
Murray Arts Council
Bountiful PAC
Bountiful PAC
Sandy Arts Council
Sandy Arts Council
Theater
These Shining Lives
The Boxcar Children
Steel Magnolias
Dry Run (original)
A Matter of Husbands (original)
My Favorite Husband
Opera/Operetta
The Gondoliers
The Magic Flute
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Orpheus in the Underworld
Frances/ Reporter 2
People Productions
Mrs. Alden/Baker’s Wife/ Mrs.Truman
Youth Theater, U of Utah
Clairee
Midvale Main Street Theater
Mary
Radio Gold Productions
Famous Actress
Radio Gold Productions
Liz
Radio Gold Productions
Duchess
Papagena
Landlady
Erato
Utah Light Opera
Utah Light Opera
Utah Lyric Opera
Utah Lyric Opera
Performance Skills/Training
Dance: Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Character, Modern, Folk, and Ballroom
Acting: Acting Fundamentals, Auditioning Technique, Acting American Styles, Dialects,
Alexander Technique, Movement for Singers, Opera Workshop
Music: Voice, Piano, Sightreading, Music Theory
Languages: Spoken–Fluent Spanish; Sung-Spanish, Italian, French, German
Special Interest
Adjunct Vocal Instructor - Musical Theatre and Actor Training Programs, UofU
Owner/Artistic Director/Instructor/Performer - GottaSing Vocal Studio / Utah Light
Opera / Gottasing.com
Casting Assistant – Frog Choir Audition Coordinator - Universal Studios Japan