[Perform-Talk] Upcoming Membership Call with Jessica Victoria on Tuesday, May 8

Wed May 9 06:15:58 UTC 2018

Hello Amy and all,
Thank you to everyone who was on our fantastic membership call tonight! To those who weren’t able to make it, have no fear. Our friends at 195 the Globe we’re hopefully able to procure a recording, and we will share the link to that when it is available. Jessica Victoria was able to share some wonderful information, and we took some  great questions.
As for information about convention, we will be giving more details about dates and times and specifics in the coming weeks. However, we did announce that we will be doing the following this year at convention:
Business meeting: elections and improv workshop
Dance workshops: salsa and tango
Showcase of talent
Again, we will be posting more information about these events soon.
We do hope to continue more of these membership calls throughout the year, and we welcome your suggestions for discussion topics and special guests. Please feel free to email ideas to nfbpad at gmail.com. You can also stay up-to-date on our division through our Twitter and Facebook: @NFB_PAD on Twitter and www.facebook.com/PerformingArtsDivision .
Thank you all!

Warmest regards,

~Katelyn MacIntyre, M.M.
www.katelynmac.com
www.facebook.com/KatelynMacMusic
@KatelynMacMusic
Vice President, National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division

> On May 4, 2018, at 3:22 PM, Amy Sabo <amieelsabo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> hello katalyn,
> 
> thanks for advertising this membership call that the division is going
> to do on Tuesday night! I will try to attend it if possible.. but, as
> to the events I would like to find out what is going to be done at
> convention this summer at convention if people are able to come or not
> so, they can know what's going on with the division! when are the
> events for the division going to be presented will it be before the
> presentation of Jessica or afterwards?  if I miss these updates can
> you please post them to the list?  also, this is a awesome way that
> the division is finally having membership calls in this advenue and,
> that they will be announced on this list! I hope that is considered in
> the near future for different discussions and membership calls too!
> thanks again and, I will talk to you soon!
> 
> 
> 
> hugs,
> amy
> 
>> On 5/4/18, Katelyn MacIntyre via Perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hello all!
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 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!
>> 
>> 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.
>> www.jessicavictoria.com
>> @JVSongstress
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ~Katelyn MacIntyre, M.M.
>> www.katelynmac.com
>> www.facebook.com/KatelynMacMusic
>> @KatelynMacMusic
>> Vice President, National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division
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