Amity H Bryson

Style: Opera; Jazz; Folk; Gospel; Classical; Pop; Musical Theatre

Title: Voice Instructor, Coach and Agent

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Please see www.AmityHBryson.com

Dr. Amity Bryson, is active in local, state, and national professional music organizations. NATS has provided an opportunity to serve both students and colleagues most directly through local, state, and regional adjudications. Dr. Bryson has organized state and local NATS auditions hosted at Avila University three times in the twenty-five years she has been in Kansas City. As a member of the board of the Kansas City Metro chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing since 2001, Dr. Bryson has served as president of the chapter from 2003-2005 and represented the chapter at the 2004 National Convention in New Orleans. Through these experiences it is clear the significant role fulfilled through NATS for students and faculty at the collegiate level. Students, especially those attending smaller, private institutions gain an invaluable experience through the adjudication process and faculty have an opportunity for professional development through NATS specific to teaching voice that many institutions simply cannot provide. In addition to NATS, Dr. Bryson served the Missouri Choral Directors Association as Repertoire and Standards Chair for Women’s Choirs. Other professional organizations include the Music Educators National Conference, College Music Society, and the Missouri Association of Departments and Schools of Music. As a lyric soprano, Dr. Bryson continues to perform on both the recital and opera stage finding ways to incorporate her research into performance. Her main area of research broadly encompasses women in music. For example, she recently performed a program of art songs by women composers from Anne Boleyn to Amy Beach and featuring In a Persian Garden by Liza Lehmann demonstrating the development of the female composer from the parlor to the concert stage. Other areas of research include the impact of music on the women’s movement in the 1970s and the relationship of music and politics through propaganda, censorship and latent psychological effects.

Voice Type: Soprano

Music Styles Taught: Opera; Jazz; Folk; Gospel; Classical; Pop; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am available as a performer; I have a wait-list for private lessons; I am available as a clinician or presenter

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