Meet the Faculty

Joyce Andrews

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Joyce Andrews
Joyce Andrews

M.M., B.M.; Voice; has appeared nationally in major operatic roles and oratorio performances with such organizations as the New Jersey and Honolulu Symphony Orchestras, Chautauqua Opera Company, Madison Opera, Consort Royale and the New York Baroque Dance Company. She has been a member of the New York City Opera Company; a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera auditions; and a national finalist in the Chicago Lyric Opera School auditions. In recent summers, she has concertized on recital series in both England and France, where she returns for masterclasses with French Conservatoire students. Ms. Andrews has presented at numerous national conferences and published articles in her current research on Vocal Works by Contemporary British Women Composers and Song Settings of Emily Dickinson's poetry. Wisconsin audiences have heard Ms. Andrews numerous solo appearances with the Fox Valley Symphony, Madison Symphony, Green Bay Symphony, Sheboygan Symphony, Manitowoc Symphony, and Oshkosh Symphony. Numerous voice students of Andrews have been competition winners (NATS, MTNA) and have pursued advanced degrees in vocal performance as well as professional careers. She holds a M.M. Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Hawaii.

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE

Performances across the United States as soloist in major choral works, on the concert stage, and in opera have highlighted Joyce Andrews' career. Ms. Andrews has received acclaim as soprano soloist with such prestigious organizations as the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Chautauqua Opera Company, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Madison Opera Theatre and Concert Royal in New York City. Of her performance as Amore in Gluck's Orfeo, Musical America said, "Joyce Andrews was a constant pleasure, not just with the stylized humor of her acting, but with a voice that somehow managed to have both a luscious, almost mezzo-ish quality without sacrificing lightness and delicacy." She has toured and recorded with the Gregg Smith Singers, Eastern Opera Theatre, the Manhattan Savoyards, and early in her career was a national finalist in the Lyric Opera School of Chicago auditions. Both the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera also awarded Ms. Andrews regional prizes in their competitions. After receiving a Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Hawaii, Ms. Andrews continued vocal training with Rose Bampton, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera, in New York City which Ms. Andrews made her home for 13 years. Recognized for her abilities as a singing-actress, Ms. Andrews has more than 50 operatic and oratorio roles in her repertoire. Now an Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Ms. Andrews continues an active career as soloist throughout the Midwest and is frequently heard on Wisconsin Public Radio in solo and Chamber Music performances and with symphony orchestras and choral groups. Within the past two seasons, Ms. Andrews has added recitals in England and France to her growing list of professional achievements.

Opera

With twenty one full-time and six part-time professional musicians and teachers, the Department of Music at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh offers a high degree of individual attention to our almost 200 music majors and minors. Our music facilities are among the finest in the nation, with spacious rehearsal rooms, numerous practice facilities, a state-of-the-art recording studio and a highly acclaimed performance hall.

The Music Department is part of the College of Letters and Science's Division of Fine and Performing Arts, which makes innovative interdisciplinary activities possible with the art, theater and radio/tv/film areas.

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