Patricia Stiles
Associate Professor of Music (Voice)
Contact Information:
pstiles
[at]
indiana [dot] edu
(pstiles@indiana.edu)
Music Addition, MA060
Department
Education
- M.M., University of Maryland
- B.A., Georgetown College, Kentucky
Biography
Patricia Stiles studied with Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Oren Brown and also coached with Joan Dornemann, Martin Katz, Erik Werba, and others. She is a recipient of a Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music grant.
Professor Stiles performed over seventy operatic roles including Carmen, Dalila, Eboli, Octavian, Orpheus, Ortrud, Erda, Rosina, Dorabella, and Cherubino with international opera houses including National Theater (Munich), Semperoper (Dresden), Leipzig Opera, Duesseldorf Opera, Washington Opera (Kennedy Center). She has given numerous recitals, has appeared as soloist with several European orchestras, and has presented master classes in Germany, Austria, Italy, Mexico, Russia, and the United States. She also has recordings with Musical Heritage Society, Embassy Sound, Cavalli Records.
Professor Stiles returned to the United States in 1998 to teach voice at Indiana University. She has students performing in opera houses in the U.S., Austria, and in Germany. Her students have been winners in numerous contests including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.