JONATHAN RETZLAFF | AMY JARMAN | CHERI MONTGOMERY | TRACY PRENTICE | GAYLE SHAY

JONATHAN RETZLAFF Associate Professor of Voice; Chair of the Voice Department
B.M. (Millikin); M.M. (Wichita State); D.M.A. (Arizona State) E-mail

Student of Marlena Malas and George Gibson. Solo recital, oratorio and opera performances throughout the United States. New York debut recital, Carnegie Recital Hall, 1986. Recital Series at the National Gallery of Art and Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., the Bechstein Recital Series, Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Community Concert Series under the auspices of Columbia Artists Management. Semi-finalist in the Walter W. Naumberg International Vocal Competition and the Elly Ameling International Lied Concours held in The Hague, The Netherlands. Cleveland Institute of Music and Delaware Art Song Festivals. Master classes with Elly Ameling, Gerard Souzay, Samuel Ramey, Gwendolyn Koldofsky, Lois McLeod, Graham Johnson and Dalton Baldwin. Member of faculty: Concordia College (Minnesota), 1983/84, 1986-90, Drake University (Iowa), 1990-1997, Tennessee Governor's School for the Performing Arts, 1999. American Institute of Musical Studies Graz, Austria, 2005, 2008. Member, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Music Teachers National Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Pi Kappa Lambda. Blair School since 1997.

AMY JARMAN Senior Lecturer in Voice; Assistant Dean
B.A. (Evansville); Performance Diploma (Royal College of Music [London]) E-mail

Student of David Blackburn and Jean Allister. Additional studies: University of California, Santa Cruz; Conservatorio di Morlacchi (Perugia, Italy) and Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies (Aldeburgh, England). Master classes with Dalton Baldwin, Nancy Evans, Jill Gomez, Philip Highfill, Ian Partridge, Carol Webber and John Wustman. Soloist, Nashville Symphony, Louisville Bach Society, Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Huntsville Symphony, Owensboro Symphony, Hancock Chamber Players, Baroque Festival of Corona del Mar (California), Rocky Ridge (Colorado) Music Festival, Wakefield (England) Festival Chorus, and Nashville Opera. Special appearances at Westminster Abbey, London. Featured artist on many recital series including Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Chicago, American Music Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, Leeds (England) International Concert Series, and St. James' Piccadilly and St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London. Ms. Jarman's students have been admitted into performance programs at The Juilliard School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Rice University, Indiana University, Florida State University, New York University, and the University of Texas at Austin. Member, Music Teachers National Association, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Sigma Alpha Iota. Music Director, Original Cast, Vanderbilt University 1986-1988. Blair School since 1986.

CHERI MONTGOMERY Lecturer in Voice
B.M., M.M. (University of Tennessee) E-mail

Student of George Bitzas. Diction study and coaching with Philip Highfill. Additional study with Vera Scammon (Indiana). Soloist, Knoxville Symphony, Nashville Symphony; featured roles with Nashville Opera. Guest artist for Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts; National Association of Teachers of Singing, first place regional winner (1987); winner, University of Tennessee Concerto Competition; Grace Moore Graduate Scholarship (1987-1989); winner, Phi Mu Alpha Scholarship (1986-87). Co-owned the Green Hills Music Company; classical radio announcer for WUOT, Knoxville. Member, Sigma Alpha Iota. Published texts include workbooks for French and German diction. Blair School since 2002. Cheri Montgomery's homepage

TRACY PRENTICE Adjunct Assistant Professor of Voice
B.M. (Alabama); M.M. (Yale)

Student of Ed White, Phyllis Curtin, and Blake Stern. Additional studies under fellowship at Tanglewood Summer Music Festival and Bach Aria Festival. Carnegie Hall debut, 1979. Soloist, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Performances throughout the Southeast and New England. Member of faculty: Austin Peay State University, 1982/83. Teaching artist, Nashville Institute for the Arts since 1984. Member of Blair Chamber Players. Blair School since 1983.

GAYLE SHAY Associate Professor of Voice; Director, Vanderbilt Opera Theatre
B.A. (Luther College [Iowa]); M.M. (University of Maryland); D.M.A. (University of Colorado at Boulder) E-mail

Performances throughout the United States in musical theater, opera and oratorio including productions with the Washington (DC) Opera, the Maryland Handel Festival, the Des Moines Metro Opera Guild, OpenStage Theater (Fort Collins, CO), Colorado Lyric Theater and Nautilus New Music Theatre Company (Minneapolis) in such shows as Into the Woods, Big River, The Mikado, The Consul, Trouble in Tahiti, Lucia di Lammermoor and The Devil to Pay. Professional direction and production with Wolf Trapp Opera, Maryland Opera Studio, Opera/Omaha, Des Moines Drama Workshop, Dorian Opera Theatre, Colorado Children's Opera Theatre, New England Light Opera, Icicle Creek Young Artist Program, and Nashville Opera. Appearances on Songfest Art Song Concert Series in Malibu, CA working with composers John Harbison and Jake Heggie, and pianist Martin Katz, 2000-2005. Participated in the International Voice Workshop at the Banff Centre for the Arts (Banff, Canada) under the direction of Richard Armstrong, whose ground-breaking work explores the extended range of the voice, 2005. Director of the Vanderbilt Opera Theatre which has produced such shows as The Magic Flute, Gianni Schicchi, The Fantasticks and A Little Night Music, among others. Member of faculty: Drake University Community School of Music, 1992-95; University of Colorado at Boulder, 1997-98. Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts, 1999. Member, National Association of Teachers of Singing. Blair School since 1998.