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ISAIH BROWN, tenor

14733 Honore Ave., Harvey, IL 60426 C: 773-676-3963 E: brownisaih88@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaih-brown-8b696411a/

DESCRIPTION

Voice Part: Tenor and Countertenor

Vocal Range: Tenor (G3-A♭5), Countertenor (C3-D5)

Vocal Tessitura: Tenor (B♭3-G5), Countertenor (E♭3-B5)

Vocal Fach: Leggero Tenor, Heldentenor, Countertenor/Coloratura Soprano

Languages (Diction) Sung: Italian, French, German, Spanish, Czech, Nordic, Russian

Instruments: Voice, Piano (for voice teaching purposes), Choir Teacher, Conducting (Choral)

EDUCATION

ASSOCIATES OF FINE ARTS, MUSIC VOICE PERFORMANCE: SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE, SOUTH HOLLAND, IL, MAY 2017

BACHELOR OF MUSIC PERFORMANCE, VOICE: NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, IL, MAY 2021

THEATER STUDIES MINOR, THEATER PERFORMANCE: NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, IL, MAY 2021

ESTILL VOICE TRAINING, INTRODUCTION TO ESTILL VOICE TRAINING MODEL, ONLINE CERTIFICATE, JUNE 2021

SOMATIC VOICEWORK™, THE LOVETRI METHOD OF CCM VOCAL PEDAGOGY, LEVEL I & II CERTIFICATE, ONLINE, JULY 2021

(CONTINUING EDUCATION MUSIC PROGRAM @ BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY, BEREA, OH)

MASTER OF MUSIC EDUCATION, K-12 CHORAL MUSIC, VANDERCOOK COLLEGE OF MUSIC, CHICAGO, IL, JULY 2023

Professional Educators License (ACTIVE), Illinois State Board of Education

WORK

HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR TEACHER: DE LA SALLE INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, IL, AUGUST 2021 - DECEMBER 2021

| Choral Director | After School Choral Director | Voice Teacher | Vocal Coach |

Musical Arts Institute, CHICAGO, IL, JUNE 2022-PRESENT

| Choir Teacher | Voice Teacher | Vocal Coach | Music Teaching Artist |
| Specialize Group Classes, Music Theory and Introduction to Piano |

Melody Mart USA, HOMEWOOD, IL, AUGUST 2022 -PRESENT

| Voice Teacher | Vocal Coach | Vocal Health Advocate | Vocal Pedagogue |

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2020 NATS HONORABLE MENTION, CLASSICAL VOICE - TBB GRADUATE CATEGORY

• 2019 NAMN, Chicago Music Association, Branch No.1, 3rd Place Winner of Local Round of Marian Anderson Scholarship Voice Competition

• NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP TUITION WAIVER RECIPIENT: 2017-2020.

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

SOUTH HOLLAND CHORALE JANUARY 2012- AUGUST 2014

SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE VOICES JANUARY 2012- MAY 2017,

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CHORUS and CHAMBER SINGERS AUGUST 2017- MAY 2021

OPERA and MUSICAL THEATER, NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AUGUST 2017-MAY 2021

• The Remarkable Adventures of Princess Fu Xiao, 2020: Gege - the princess’s half-brother.

• Opera Scenes, 2019: Hoffman, from Les Contes d'Hoffmann

• Grand Hotel, 2019: Scullery Worker #1

• Opera Scenes, 2018: Gege - The Princess’s Half Brother, The Remarkable Adventures of Princess Fu Xiao: Landlord, Der Rosenkavalier: Monostatos, Die Zauberflöte: Chorus, Les Misérables

• Sour Angelica, 2018: Chorus

• Opera Scenes. 2017: Jack, from Into the Woods, Townspeople, from A Night in Venice

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/ LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

• President, NEIU NAfME 2020-2021

• Vice President, NEIU NAfME, 2019-2020

• Treasurer, NEIU NAfME, 2018-2019

• NATS Student Member, Present

• NAfME Collegiate Member, Present

• Chicago Music Association, Student Member, Present

RELATED COURSEWORK

• Music Theory • Basic Conducting and Choral Conducting • Vocal Pedagogy I & II

• Music Literature • Applied Lessons • Music Analysis • Performance Classes

TRAINING

• Professor Albert Jackson, Professor of Music, South Suburban College

• Professor Joyce Carter, Adjunct Professor of Voice, South Suburban College

• Dr. Christina Lee, Assistant Professor of Voice, South Suburban College

• Dr. Robert Heitzinger, Chair and Professor of Voice, Northeastern Illinois University

• Peter Scott Drackley, Voice Instructor

• Heather Hjelle, Voice Instructor

• Professor Joseph Martorano (VOICE EMERITUS) VanderCook College of Music

• Professor Angela Presutti-Korbitz, Adjunct Professor of Voice, VanderCook College of Music