[MusicTlk] Attention Musicians, Music Students And More

Tue May 8 12:07:00 UTC 2018

Attention Perspective Musicians!

Are you a student who is looking to pursue a career in music?

Do you have a love for singing?

Maybe it's music history that interests you.

But maybe what's keeping you from going forward is not knowing how a blind
person could handle the rigors of teaching music or performing it.

Or maybe you're just interested in how a blind musician accomplishes the
daily requirements of being a musician.

Regardless of your reasons for being interested in music, The Performing
Arts Division, along with 195 The Globe, can help.

Please join the National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts

Division for a membership call featuring our special guest Jessica

Victoria, soprano, recording artist, and professor.

When: Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Time: 8:30 PM Eastern, 5:30 PM Pacific.

  Call in number:

641-715-0700

access code:

616934

  We will hear from Jessica as she shares her story, some alternative

techniques she’s used as a blind singer and music educator, and her

advice for others pursuing a similar career. After the interview,

there will be time for a few questions. We will also share some

updates on our events at National Convention this summer. You won’t

want to miss it! All are welcome!

Can't call in? No problem.

Thanks to the performing arts division and to Chris Nusbaum, host of The
Blind Side, heard Tuesday nights at 8 pM eastern on 195 The Globe

http://www.195theglobe.com

we will be streaming this presentation live for all to hear! So if you can't
call in, you can listen on your mobile phones on Tunein, and even your
amazon echos or google home devices.

Tuning in is a snap. You can either

1. Visit

http://www.195theglobe.com/index.php/about

for listening options and links.

2. Search for 195 The Globe on Tunein radio or on the tunein app.

3. Ask Alexa or google to play 195 The Globe on Tunein

or

4. Put the following into your favorite media player of choice:

http://listen.195theglobe.com:12516/stream

The globe's coverage begins at the normal start time of The Blind Side,
which is at 8:00PM eastern, or you can tune in at 8:30PM eastern for the
start of the membership call stream.

And for more information on this or other globe programming, check out

http://www.195theglobe.com

or follow

195_theglobe

on twitter.

Also, if any of you are interested in promotion of your music, please email

ddunphy at 195theglobe.com <mailto:ddunphy at 195theglobe.com> 

for the possibility of being interviewed and/or having your music played.

Below, I've included information that was sent to the Performing Arts
division list about Jessica Victoria. Based on the accomplishments you'll
read about below, there's no doubt she will give an exciting and informative
presentation, so we hope you'll call in or tune in to tonight's membership
call and blind side stream.

See you then!

>From David Dunphy

***More Information About Jessica Victoria***

Songstress Jessica Victoria has performed at the Vatican, at Carnegie

Hall's Weill Recital Hall, and with orchestras in North and South

America. Recent performances include "Où va la jeune indoue" from

Lakmé with the Trujillo Symphony Orchestra in Trujillo, Peru under the

direction of Carlos Aransay and "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem

Herzen" from Die Zauberflöte in a concert series with the Mid-Atlantic

Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Julien Benichou. Her opera

roles include Violetta with Bel Cantanti Opera Company and the Queen

of the Night with The Catholic University of America. Jessica Victoria

has also performed a wide variety of solo recitals that have featured

music ranging from traditional spirituals and Gaelic songs to works in

Catalan, Basque, Quechua and Ladino. Many of her programs tell stories

through music and narrative, bringing the audience into the beauty of

the experience.

  In January of 2012, Jessica Victoria made her New York debut at

Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall as a first prize winner of the

Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition. She was the 2013

winner of University of Toledo’s Art Song Festival Competition and

presented a recital in that year’s festival. In 2014, she won second

prize in the Concorso Lirico Internazionale "Jole de Maria" in

Monterotondo, Italy. In 2016, Jessica was a winner of Pittsburgh

Concert Society’s Major Artist Auditions and a semifinalist in the

Concert Artist Guild Competition. In 2017, she won second prize in the

National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Competition and third

prize in the Concurso Internacional de Canto Lirico in Trujillo, Peru.

Among other performances, Jessica has appeared as soprano soloist with

Concert Artists of Baltimore, with the New Mexico Philharmonic

Orchestra, at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s 2012 Mid-Atlantic

Congress, in a world premiere of Joseph Santo’s Vîsperas de la Santa

Cruz, in Jordan Hall and King’s Chapel in Boston, and with Maestro

Angelo Zanin in Seren del Grappa, Italy. She also received the honor

of singing for His Holiness John Paul II during a private audience.

  Jessica Victoria holds a doctorate in musical arts from The Catholic

University of America where she studied with Sharon Christman, a

master of music in vocal performance from New England Conservatory of

Music where she studied with Patricia Craig, and bachelors’ degrees in

music and foreign languages from the University of New Mexico, where

she studied with Leslie Umphrey.

  Second only to Jessica Victoria’s love of performing is her love of

teaching. She has taught voice in the United States, Italy, and the

United Kingdom. She has taught as a guest artist at the University of

New Mexico, and has given lectures on topics in music history and

philosophy at New England Conservatory and Franciscan University of

Steubenville. In 2010, she was invited to present her paper “Music:

the Herald of Love” at a conference sponsored by the Dietrich von

Hildebrand Legacy Project in collaboration with the School of

Philosophy of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome,

Italy. In 2016, she was invited to present her paper “Encountering

Love through Beauty: Dietrich von Hildebrand and Ludwig van Beethoven

on The Nature of Love” at the 17th Annual Fall Conference of the Notre

Dame Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame.

Currently, Jessica directs the voice track of the Sacred Music Program

at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

  Through music, Jessica Victoria promotes positive social change. Such

performances include the National Anthem for the National Federation

of the Blind’s March for Independence at American Airlines Center in

Dallas, Texas, Spanish art song and zarzuela for the Department of

Justice's Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in Washington, D.C., and

Paradise Lost and Regained, a recital of art songs and her original

composition whose proceeds benefited the Good Shepherd Sisters' work

toward freeing women from human trafficking in Vietnam.

Web Site:

www.jessicavictoria.com

Twitter:

@JVSongstress