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comArtist Biography~
Natalie Gunn is an exceptional young talent from the Pacific Northwest. Her clear, beautiful voice and intelligent artistry make for vibrant performances in concert, recital and opera.
She has been a featured soloist with many leading companies including the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, The Oregon Mozart Players, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Portland SummerFest, the Olympia Symphony, and Portland Opera.
A truly versatile artist, her stage repertoire encompasses numerous operatic roles including Nannetta (Falstaff), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Morgana (Alcina), and Tytania (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Her roles in operetta and musical theatre range from Cunegonde (Candide) and Maria (West Side Story), to Polly Peachum (The Beggar's Opera), Josephine (HMS Pinafore), and the role of Louise, which she premiered in The Story of an Hour by Michael Valenti.
Ms. Gunn has performed with the Internationale Bachakademie under the direction of Maestro Helmuth Rilling, and recently was an Adams Fellow Young Artist at the prestigious Carmel Bach Festival in California where she performed varied works from the Baroque repertoire under the tutelage of master teacher David Gordon.
She is the Northwest Regional Winner of the of the 2008 National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award, the national NATSAA Todd Duncan Award, the National Opera Association's Artist Competition, has been honored by the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Gerda Lissner Foundation.
Natalie was trained by the legendary Ellen Faull, and continues to work with Sheri Greenawald, Maestro Dean Williamson and Richard Bower. She is on the voice faculty at Linfield College, in Oregon wine country. She holds a Master of Music degree from Portland State University where she studied under Ruth Dobson, and worked with Marilyn Horne, Sherrill Milnes and Tito Capobianco.
Upcoming Events 2010 - 2011
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Check in regularly to see where you can find me on stage!
- Soprano Soloist, Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Linfield Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Michael Gesme
September 16th, 2011, 8:00 pm
http://www.lcomusic.org
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Soprano Soloist, Carmina Burana
Music in the Mountains Festival
in the Beautiful California Gold Country. Sharing the stage: Richard Zeller, baritone, and J. Raymond Meyers, tenor Conducted by Maestro Gregory Vajda
June 30th, 2011, 7:30 pm
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Soprano Soloist, Sing-along Messiah
with Portland Baroque Orchestra,
Conducted by Richard Egarr of the Academy of Ancient Music Sunday, Nov. 28th, 2010, 7:00 pm,
First Baptist SW 12th & Taylor Portland, Oregon
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Recent Highlights
- Story of an Hour
(world-premiere one-act opera by Michael Valenti)
Louise
Portland Chamber Orchestra ~ May 2010 - Carmina Burana
Guest Soloist
Lewis & Clark College ~ April 2010 - Magnificat
Guest Soloist
Univ. of Portland Cathedral Concert ~ December 2009 - Winner, Encouragement Award
Gerda Lissner Foundation ~ March 2009