CAROLE BLUM
MEZZO-SOPRANO, OPERA PRODUCER
Carole Blum was an Honors graduate of the University of Southern California, where she first developed her teaching skills under the tutelage of William Vennard and Eva Gustafson. A graduate student in music and language at California State University, Los Angeles, she continued with special teaching studies under Esther Andreas. She next was in private studies with Dr. Dean Verhines, who certified teachers under the world-renowned Garcia-Marchesi School. The Garcia-Marchesi School was first acknowledged widely in the United States through the New York studio of Paul Althouse in the 1950's. Carole was a Fulbright finalist and Rotary Foundation International grant recipient. She also trained at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Munich Hochschule fur Musik.
Along with the founder of Classical Singer Magazine, Carole was a member of the online voice teaching forum and a guest "speaker" online for many special forums and topics, as well as guest lecturer in Universities and at NATS conferences on the subjects of high school talent, vocal techniques and also the vital subject of communication skills to help all students understand and improve in the studio.
Carole also perfected the use of classical technique for the musical theatre and for the popular singer, a thing that often gets overlooked due to a teacher's own preferences or lack of understanding of that medium.
She performed as a soloist in countless productions throughout Southern California. Of note were Pique Dame by Tchaikovsky for Opera Pacific, and as alto soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Korean Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1995 Carole took on her first Producer position for the Euterpe Opera Theater by producing Blue Monday by George Gershwin in co-production with Southeast Symphony. In 1998, as Executive Director, she founded an advanced opera training center called Voicefest (which has been hosted by the University of Redlands) under the auspices of Euterpe Opera. In this training program Euterpe brought together 2 renowned opera trainers, Matthew Ferruggio, of San Francisco Opera, and Henrietta Pelta of Euterpe Opera. In 1999, she was named President of Opera and Musical Theater production for Euterpe Opera.
Carole Southern California studio had actively improved the professional lives of her students for over 30 years. She professionally trained over a dozen teachers, who themselves continue the traditions of the Bel Canto Arts and Garcia-Marchesi School. She worked as a vocal instructor, coach and mentor. She also provided arts career consulting to budding professional artists of all disciplines.
She is survived by her daughter, Pamela and a brother John.
MEZZO-SOPRANO, OPERA PRODUCER
Carole Blum was an Honors graduate of the University of Southern California, where she first developed her teaching skills under the tutelage of William Vennard and Eva Gustafson. A graduate student in music and language at California State University, Los Angeles, she continued with special teaching studies under Esther Andreas. She next was in private studies with Dr. Dean Verhines, who certified teachers under the world-renowned Garcia-Marchesi School. The Garcia-Marchesi School was first acknowledged widely in the United States through the New York studio of Paul Althouse in the 1950's. Carole was a Fulbright finalist and Rotary Foundation International grant recipient. She also trained at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Munich Hochschule fur Musik.
Along with the founder of Classical Singer Magazine, Carole was a member of the online voice teaching forum and a guest "speaker" online for many special forums and topics, as well as guest lecturer in Universities and at NATS conferences on the subjects of high school talent, vocal techniques and also the vital subject of communication skills to help all students understand and improve in the studio.
Carole also perfected the use of classical technique for the musical theatre and for the popular singer, a thing that often gets overlooked due to a teacher's own preferences or lack of understanding of that medium.
She performed as a soloist in countless productions throughout Southern California. Of note were Pique Dame by Tchaikovsky for Opera Pacific, and as alto soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Korean Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1995 Carole took on her first Producer position for the Euterpe Opera Theater by producing Blue Monday by George Gershwin in co-production with Southeast Symphony. In 1998, as Executive Director, she founded an advanced opera training center called Voicefest (which has been hosted by the University of Redlands) under the auspices of Euterpe Opera. In this training program Euterpe brought together 2 renowned opera trainers, Matthew Ferruggio, of San Francisco Opera, and Henrietta Pelta of Euterpe Opera. In 1999, she was named President of Opera and Musical Theater production for Euterpe Opera.
Carole Southern California studio had actively improved the professional lives of her students for over 30 years. She professionally trained over a dozen teachers, who themselves continue the traditions of the Bel Canto Arts and Garcia-Marchesi School. She worked as a vocal instructor, coach and mentor. She also provided arts career consulting to budding professional artists of all disciplines.
She is survived by her daughter, Pamela and a brother John.
CAROLE BLUM
MEZZO-SOPRANO, OPERA PRODUCER
Carole Blum was an Honors graduate of the University of Southern California, where she first developed her teaching skills under the tutelage of William Vennard and Eva Gustafson. A graduate student in music and language at California State University, Los Angeles, she continued with special teaching studies under Esther Andreas. She next was in private studies with Dr. Dean Verhines, who certified teachers under the world-renowned Garcia-Marchesi School. The Garcia-Marchesi School was first acknowledged widely in the United States through the New York studio of Paul Althouse in the 1950's. Carole was a Fulbright finalist and Rotary Foundation International grant recipient. She also trained at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Munich Hochschule fur Musik.
Along with the founder of Classical Singer Magazine, Carole was a member of the online voice teaching forum and a guest "speaker" online for many special forums and topics, as well as guest lecturer in Universities and at NATS conferences on the subjects of high school talent, vocal techniques and also the vital subject of communication skills to help all students understand and improve in the studio.
Carole also perfected the use of classical technique for the musical theatre and for the popular singer, a thing that often gets overlooked due to a teacher's own preferences or lack of understanding of that medium.
She performed as a soloist in countless productions throughout Southern California. Of note were Pique Dame by Tchaikovsky for Opera Pacific, and as alto soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Korean Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1995 Carole took on her first Producer position for the Euterpe Opera Theater by producing Blue Monday by George Gershwin in co-production with Southeast Symphony. In 1998, as Executive Director, she founded an advanced opera training center called Voicefest (which has been hosted by the University of Redlands) under the auspices of Euterpe Opera. In this training program Euterpe brought together 2 renowned opera trainers, Matthew Ferruggio, of San Francisco Opera, and Henrietta Pelta of Euterpe Opera. In 1999, she was named President of Opera and Musical Theater production for Euterpe Opera.
Carole Southern California studio had actively improved the professional lives of her students for over 30 years. She professionally trained over a dozen teachers, who themselves continue the traditions of the Bel Canto Arts and Garcia-Marchesi School. She worked as a vocal instructor, coach and mentor. She also provided arts career consulting to budding professional artists of all disciplines.
She is survived by her daughter, Pamela and a brother John.
MEZZO-SOPRANO, OPERA PRODUCER
Carole Blum was an Honors graduate of the University of Southern California, where she first developed her teaching skills under the tutelage of William Vennard and Eva Gustafson. A graduate student in music and language at California State University, Los Angeles, she continued with special teaching studies under Esther Andreas. She next was in private studies with Dr. Dean Verhines, who certified teachers under the world-renowned Garcia-Marchesi School. The Garcia-Marchesi School was first acknowledged widely in the United States through the New York studio of Paul Althouse in the 1950's. Carole was a Fulbright finalist and Rotary Foundation International grant recipient. She also trained at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Munich Hochschule fur Musik.
Along with the founder of Classical Singer Magazine, Carole was a member of the online voice teaching forum and a guest "speaker" online for many special forums and topics, as well as guest lecturer in Universities and at NATS conferences on the subjects of high school talent, vocal techniques and also the vital subject of communication skills to help all students understand and improve in the studio.
Carole also perfected the use of classical technique for the musical theatre and for the popular singer, a thing that often gets overlooked due to a teacher's own preferences or lack of understanding of that medium.
She performed as a soloist in countless productions throughout Southern California. Of note were Pique Dame by Tchaikovsky for Opera Pacific, and as alto soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Korean Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1995 Carole took on her first Producer position for the Euterpe Opera Theater by producing Blue Monday by George Gershwin in co-production with Southeast Symphony. In 1998, as Executive Director, she founded an advanced opera training center called Voicefest (which has been hosted by the University of Redlands) under the auspices of Euterpe Opera. In this training program Euterpe brought together 2 renowned opera trainers, Matthew Ferruggio, of San Francisco Opera, and Henrietta Pelta of Euterpe Opera. In 1999, she was named President of Opera and Musical Theater production for Euterpe Opera.
Carole Southern California studio had actively improved the professional lives of her students for over 30 years. She professionally trained over a dozen teachers, who themselves continue the traditions of the Bel Canto Arts and Garcia-Marchesi School. She worked as a vocal instructor, coach and mentor. She also provided arts career consulting to budding professional artists of all disciplines.
She is survived by her daughter, Pamela and a brother John.
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