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<br /> Artist Profiles Spring 2016 Arts Program Application
<br /> D.M.A. in Opera Performance from the University of Maryland. Praised in Opera News for
<br /> his "rich voice and superb musicianship,"Dr. Galvin has sung with the Washington, Wolf
<br /> Trap, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Sarasota and National Operas, Opera New England, Opera
<br /> Theater of Northern Virginia, and Summer Opera Theater companies, at Constitution Hall as
<br /> Sarastro in Die Zauberflote under the baton of Victor Borge, and as the title character in Le
<br /> nozze di Figaro with the New York Grand Opera. His roles also include Basilio, Don
<br /> Giovanni, Col line, Dulcamara, Gremin, DeBecque, and Pandolfe. He played Marshall
<br /> opposite Patti Lupone in the Kennedy Center production of Regina, and created two roles in
<br /> Wolf Trap Opera's critically acclaimed world premiere of John Musto's Volpone. Recent
<br /> engagements include roles with Washington Concert Opera(Alidoro, Quinault), roles in
<br /> Opera Lafayette's Le Deserteur(recorded on Naxos Records) and Bartolo in Paisiello'sIl
<br /> barbiere di Siviglia, and the title role of Gianni Schicchi with InSeries in Washington.
<br /> On the concert stage, Mr. Galvin has performed with Ute Lemper and the National
<br /> Symphony in Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins, and with the Arlington Symphony and
<br /> Williamsburg Symphonia. He was a regular featured performer in WMAL Radio's annual
<br /> live Christmas concert from the Kennedy Center, and as bass soloist in the Kennedy
<br /> Center's Messiah Sing-Along.
<br /> MELISSA MARTIN
<br /> Soprano Melissa Zwicker Martin is an alumna of the University of North Carolina at
<br /> Chapel Hill, where she received a Bachelor's degree in Music and Political Science before
<br /> obtaining a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music. Dr.
<br /> Martin received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Mason Gross School of the Arts at
<br /> Rutgers University, where she was a recipient of the David Reeves Scholarship and the
<br /> Naumberg Scholarship.
<br /> Dr. Martin has appeared in opera, concerts, and recitals throughout the United States
<br /> and Europe. Representative operatic repertoire includes roles such as Pamina in Die
<br /> Zauberflote, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Musetta in La Boheme, Norina in Don Pasquale,
<br /> Valencienne in Die Lustige Witwe, Rose Maurrant in Street Scene, Belinda in Dido and
<br /> Aeneas, and Gertrude Stein in The Mother of Us All. A versatile performer committed to
<br /> contemporary music, she was featured in the world premiere performance of James
<br /> Legg's The Power of Xingu as Mrs. Garnett. Dr. Martin also created the role of Joy in the
<br /> children's opera, The Araboolies of Liberty Street in conjunction with an arts-in-education
<br /> community outreach program of New York. As a supporter of the Soho Think Tank's
<br /> mission to nurture, strengthen, and promote a diverse community of independent theater
<br /> artists, she appeared as Marni in the world premiere of the musical theater production, Child
<br /> of God, at New York City's Ohio Theater.
<br /> DONALD OEHLER
<br /> Donald L. Oehler, Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
<br /> Hill and clarinetist, has drawn high praise as a soloist, chamber musician, conductor and
<br /> educator throughout his long career at the University. His performing activities have taken
<br /> him throughout the United States, Central America, Canada, Great Britain, Eastern and
<br /> Western Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He began his career as principal clarinetist of the
<br /> Orchestre Philharmonique de Teheran in Teheran,Iran before moving to North Carolina to
<br /> join the University of North Carolina music faculty.
<br /> Mr. Oehler was one of the first American clarinetists to become active on classical or
<br /> period instruments, including performance on the basset clarinet. He has sustained activity in
<br /> the performance of new literature for the clarinet, giving world premieres of Peter Lieuwen's
<br /> Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano and T.J. Anderson's work"Huh, What Did You Say?"for
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