Vocal Studies
The vocal division presents the student singer with both studio and classroom instruction and numerous performance opportunities. Private instruction by active performing artist-teachers is available to majors and minors and to non-majors on a space-available basis. Classes are offered in vocal pedagogy, diction and vocal repertoire, among others. In addition to solo recitals, the School of Music’s extensive choral ensemble and opera programs provide in-depth training and experience. Students may also participate in musical theater productions in collaboration with the School of Theater and Dance and MCT Community Theater. Graduates from our music education program are placed quickly and competitively in K-12 programs across the state. Graduates in vocal performance successfully pursue professional careers, most recently with such companies as Opera San Jose, Intermountain Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Portland Opera, Montana Lyric Opera. Students in musical theater or vocal performance have been featured at the Arizona Broadway Theater, Fort Peck Summer Theater, Coeur d'Alene Summer Theater, Bigfork Summer Theater, Peach State Summer Theater, on Broadway, and in national tours of Mamma Mia!, South Pacific, Elf, and The Wizard of Oz.
Coreen Duffy
Director of Choral Activities | Associate Professor of Music
Contact
- Office
- MUS12
- Phone
- 406-243-6880
- Fax
- 406-243-2441
- coreen.duffy@umontana.edu
- Curriculum Vitae
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Personal Summary
Coreen Duffy is director of choral activities at the University of Montana School of Music, where she conducts Chamber Chorale and University Choir, teaches conducting, choral methods, and supervises student teachers. Under her direction, the UM Chamber Chorale has earned invitations to perform at the NW American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Conference in 2022, as well as from Vox Anima to perform at Cadogan Hall and Southwark Cathedral in London (2022), and the Montana International Choral Festival (2019, 2022). Duffy is an active clinician and composer; her works are published by Walton Music, ECS, and Pavane Publishing. A specialist in Jewish choral music, Duffy has presented sessions at national conferences for the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and at the international conference of the European Center for Jewish Music in Hannover, Germany. Duffy serves several national choral organizations, including as Co-Chair for World Musics and Cultures for Northwest ACDA, as well as Northwest Division Representative on the NAfME Council for Choral Education, and on the Editorial Board for The Choral Scholar, a publication by the National Collegiate Choral Organization. In Missoula, Duffy is the Artistic Director of the Missoula Community Chorus, and serves on the board and the Artistic Committee for the Montana International Choral Festival.
Education
D.M.A. University of Southern California Thornton School of Music--Choral Music (Secondary Fields: Instrumental Conducting, Choral Arranging, Sacred Music)
M.M. University of Miami Frost School of Music--Choral Conducting
J.D. University of Michigan Law School
B.M.A. and B.A. in English (with High Honors) University of Michigan