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• Associate Professor of Music, part time, Jacobs School of Music

Education:

• M.F.A. , Tulane University, 1970
• B.M. , The University of Southern Mississippi, 1968

Background:

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Before joining the music faculty of Indiana University, Patricia Havranek taught at Tulane University and Loyola University and was Coordinator of the Voice Area at Louisiana State University. A mezzo-soprano, Professor Havranek has performed with the Cleveland Opera, New Orleans Opera Association, the Kennedy Center, Berkshire Festival, Ohio Light Opera, Nashville Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Portland Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, New Orleans Symphony, Baton Rouge Symphony, and the National Symphony of Mexico.

As a faculty member, she has taught the following courses, in addition to studio voice: German, French, Italian, and English Diction; and Song Literature. Her former students have sung roles with leading organizations such as the Metropolitan Opera, Sacramento Opera, Minnesota Opera, Britten-Pears Festival, the Kennedy Center, and the Soldiers Chorus of the United States Army, as well as with other organizations around the world. Her students have received awards from the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, Palm Beach Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Chateau de Chimay in Belgium, Indianapolis Matinee Musicale, the Indiana University Travel Grant Competition, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc.

Former students have held teaching positions at Florida State University, the University of Oklahoma, Clayton State University, Ithaca College, the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, Mississippi State University, Delta State University, Luther College, and Indiana University. A number of her students have participated in Young Artist programs including those at the Santa Fe Opera, EPCASO (the Ezio Pinza Council for American Singers of Opera), Minnesota Opera, Central City Opera, Sarasota Opera, Brevard, Fort Worth Opera, and Ash Lawn Opera Festival.