Associate Professor of Music: Voice and Vocal Pedagogy
Catherine Verrilli, soprano, is a versatile and dynamic artist-teacher on the Music Department faculty. The Washington Post praises her voice as "gently agile," and "well-rounded in tone, expressive in diction." Dr. Verrilli was a finalist in the Washington International Competition for Singers and was also awarded the Judges' Discretionary Prize. Other awards include Regional Winner in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award Auditions, and Winner of the Mid-Atlantic Governor's Outreach Award. She has regularly appeared as soloist with the Pan American Symphony Orchestra, the Chesapeake Chorale, the Chesapeake Chamber Orchestra, the Sunrise String Quartet, and the Washington Opera Outreach program. She has also performed with members of the National Symphony Orchestra. Her solo appearances have been in such prestigious venues as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the French Embassy, and the Lisner Auditorium, in Washington, D.C. Among many recital engagements, she has frequently appeared at the Arts Club of Washington D.C., and the Renwick National Gallery of American Art. Her operatic roles include Adele in Die Fledermaus, Marie in La Fille du Regiment, and Carolina in Luisa Fernanda. She was a featured soloist in the 1997 Maryland Handel Festival, and released the recording "Amore e gelosia: Italian Duets of G. F. Handel ," and can also be heard on a recording for the 1999 Handel Festival in Halle, Germany. Together with guitarist Gustavo Them, Catherine Verrilli presents programs of Latin American and Spanish music to critical acclaim. Dr. Verrilli performs annual solo faculty recitals and is a member of the department's Faculty Baroque Ensemble. She is also a member of Trio Lorca, the department's newest faculty ensemble, along with Dr. Terry Vermillion (percussion) and Dr. Melissa Krause (flute). Trio Lorca is pleased to also be under the aegis of the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra. Most recently, Catherine, along with collaborative pianist Ann Du Hamel, presented a recital as performing artist members on the Thursday Musical recital series in Bloomington, MN. and a recital in St Paul in January, 2005 as part of the Landmark Courtroom Concert Series. To view additional concert appearances, please see the link on this website, concerts and recitals. Currently, she is also actively involved in the Her Story, Her Song concert series at SCSU.
Dr. Verrilli is an active clinician and speaker in central Minnesota. She has presented clinics at area high schools, delivered workshops on stage deportment for area chapters of Sigma Alpha Iota, and has adjudicated numerous Solo and Ensemble contests. Most recently Dr. Verrilli was invited to present a vocal workshop for the Minnesota Center Chorale, under the direction of J. Michele Edwards, and is engaged to give a pre-concert lecture at the October 30th concert of the St. Cloud Symphony. Dr. Verrilli is regularly invited to present lecture recitals and workshops at College Music Society conferences, MMEA Mid-Winter In-Service Clinics, and the Midwest Conference on Latin American Studies. In addition to teaching applied voice lessons, she also teaches Vocal Pedagogy (graduate and undergraduate), Lyric Diction, Experiencing Live Music, and Music in World Cultures.
D.M.A. - University of Maryland College ParkM.M. - University of Michigan-Ann ArborB.M. - Shenandoah University
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