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Bridgid Eversole Biography

EDUCATION

Doctor of Musical Arts, Voice Performance Spring 2009
The Catholic University of America Washington, DC
Sharon Christman, Voice Instructor

Music Fest Perugia 2008 Perugia, Italy

Master of Music, Voice Performance 2002
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Jean delSanto and Wendy Zaro-Mullins, Voice Instructors

Glenda Maurice Summer Art Song Institute St. Paul, MN 2001

Wesley Balk Opera/New Music Theater Summer Institute St. Paul, MN 2000

Bachelor of Music, Voice Performance 2000
University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC
Nancy King, Voice Instructor

Blás-Irish Traditional Music, Song and Dance, Limerick, Ireland Certificate, Irish Traditional Music 1999

PERFORMANCES

Handel Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra) Bel Cantanti Opera Washington, DC 2009

The Three Ladies Present:  Opera 101 Our Town Theatre Oakland, MD 2009 

The Three Ladies Present:  Opera 101 Calvary Presents Washington DC 2009 

Monteverdi L'Incoronazione Di Poppea (Nerone) Andrew Weaver, Director Washington, DC 2009

Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore Elaine Dalbo, Conductor Rockville, MD 2008

Baroque Festival Handel (Cleopatra Arias) Steven Errante, Conductor Wilmington, NC 2008

Music Fest Perugia Selected Arias Ilana Vered, Director Perugia, Italy 2008

Martin Life in Death (Emily) Jay Brock, Director Washington, DC 2008

Rorem OurTown (Mrs. Gibbs) — D.C. Premier James Hampton, Director Washington, DC 2008

Martin Life in Death (Emily) — World Premier Carrie Klewin, Director Washington, DC 2008

Handel Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra) Joel Lazar, Conductor Washington, DC 2006

Mood Indigo: A Tribute to Duke Ellington Joe Hickman, Conductor Wilmington, NC 2006

Our Town Theater Benefit Concert Oakland, MD 2006

Constitution Hall 115th Continental Congress Washington, DC 2006

Simpson A Crown of Stars – World Premier Gisèle Becker, Conductor Washington, DC 2006

Mozart Così fan Tutte (Fiordiligi) Cynthia Oxberry, Director Washington, DC 2006

Simpson The Furies (Athena) - World Premier Michael Scarola, Director Washington, DC 2006

Mozart Festival Nancy King, Director Wilmington, NC 2006

Blitzstein Regina (Birdie) David Toulson, Director Washington, DC 2005

Dvorak Mass in D Major Joe Hickman, Conductor Wilmington, NC 2004

Handel “Let the Bright Seraphim” Joe Hickman, Conductor Germany/Austria 2004

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Steven Errante, Conductor Wilmington, NC 2004

Winter Earth Mass (“Mystery”) Paul Winter, Director Wilmington, NC 2003

Haydn Missa Brevis in F Joe Hickman, Conductor Wilmington, NC 2003

Mozart Exsultate Jubilate Joe Hickman, Conductor Wilmington, NC 2003

Bernstien Candide in Concert (Paquette) Steven Errante, Conductor Wilmington, NC 2003

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY (Frostburg, MD)
August 2008- Present
Adjunct Music Instructor

  • Teach applied voice to voice majors and minors
  • Prepare students for junior/senior recitals
  • Prepare students for roles in operas
  • Prepare students for solos in choral works
  • Team teach weekly Masterclass with other vocal professors
  • Member of voice audition committee
  • Use Blackboard and other modern technologies to improve learning experience

GARRETT COLLEGE (McHenry, MD)
August 2007- May 2008
Adjunct Music Instructor

  • Worked closely with president of college and appropriate deans to evaluate music curriculum
  • Set new guidelines for music department
  • Taught applied voice and piano lessons
  • Taught Music Appreciation course
  • Recruited other applied instrumental instructors
  • Organized and ran “All college Arts Night”
  • Prepared students for auditions and transfer to other colleges and universities
  • Worked closely with community arts programs in outreach and development, including organizing, facilitating and running of music workshops

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON (Wilmington, NC)
August, 2003-May, 2005
Adjunct Voice Instructor

  • Taught Voice Class for non- music majors
  • Taught applied lessons to freshman and sophomore majors and non-majors
  • Taught Master Class for freshman and sophomore majors and non-majors
  • Co-directed opera workshop class
  • Prepared students for departmental recitals
  • Co-directed Opera Outreach for UNC-W, an organization dedicated to bringing opera and the arts into rural areas and to exposing them young students
  • Member of voice audition committee
  • Member of interview committee for adjunct voice instructor

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON (Wilmington, NC)
January, 2004-May, 2004
Full-time Voice Instructor

  • Assumed all responsibilities of head of vocal program during the maternity of current head of program
  • Taught applied lessons to all voice majors and non-majors
  • Taught Masterclass for all majors and non-majors
  • Directed Opera Workshop Class
  • Taught Voice Class for non-majors
  • Prepared students for departmental recitals
  • Co-directed Opera Outreach for UNC-W
  • Member of voice audition committee

WILMINGTON ACADEMY OF MUSIC (Wilmington, NC)
June, 2002–August, 2003
Voice Teacher

  • Instructed weekly private voice lessons and one group lesson per month
  • Introduced students to vocal technique as well as Italian, German, French and English lyric diction
  • Taught basic musicianship including music theory and music history
  • Introduced performance practice skills
  • Prepared students for concerts, group voice recitals, honors chorus auditions and undergraduate auditions Piano Teacher
  • Instructed weekly private piano lessons and one group lesson per month
  • Taught general musicianship in private lessons
  • Provided education on music theory, music history and performance practice in group class
  • Prepared students for recitals

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON (Wilmington, NC)
September, 2002–May, 2003
Teaching Assistant, Vocal Department

  • Assisted with weekly critique and evaluation in performance seminars
  • Attended all concerts given by students and conducted evaluations
  • Evaluated final juries
  • Member of audition committee

PRIVATE VOICE STUDIO AND PIANO STUDIOS
January, 1999 – Present

  • Consistently maintained private voice and piano studios in Washington, DC; Oakland, MD; Minneapolis, MN and Wilmington, NC
  • Produced students who have won multiple competitions and scholarships to universities including the “Maryland Distinguished Scholar for Talent in the Arts”
  • Produced students who have been featured soloist of church and school choirs, leading roles in musicals, both in school productions and professional, and members of chamber and honors choirs at school, local, regional and state levels

 

Bridgid Eversole, Soprano Head Shot

"When you hear Bridgid’s voice fill the small Redrum space, it’s haunting and thrilling and gorgeous. And then there’s that power, which will lift you out of your seat."
– Joel Markowitz, DC Theater Scene

"Bridgid Eversole uses her gorgeous soprano to lend an heartbreaking character to the role of Emily..."
Ben Demers, DC Theatre Scene

…sang with intelligence and skill, floating even her highest notes effortlessly.”
Mark J. Estren, Washington Post

"Soprano Bridgid Eversole's Nero was convincingly passionate and shallow, and she sang beautifully."

– Joan Reinthaler, Washington Post

…looked and sounded stunning as Athena."
– Mark J. Estren, Washington Post


…admirably sung by Bridgid Eversole."
– Anne Midgette, Washington Post


"...beautifully sung by Bridgid Eversole"
– Joel Markowitz, DC Theater Scene

"If you missed her this Wednesday and still haven't yet had the pleasure of hearing Bridgid Eversole sing, it would be well worth your while to do so, and soon!"
– Kyle Gullings, A Composer's Notebook

"Damian Savarino and Bridgid Eversole demonstrated such fine singing and acting as Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs that one wishes Rorem could expand their roles…"
– Kyle Gullings, A Composer's Notebook

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Bridgid Eversole, Soprano

"Adieu, notre petite table" Manon mp3

"Come Scoglio" Cosi fan tutte mp3

"Da Tempeste" Guilio Cesare mp3

"C'est L'extase" Ariettes Oubliees  mp3

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