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Patricia Feltmann received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Western Oregon State College where she received training in Music Theory, Music History, conducting, vocal technique, foreign languages, piano, teaching methods, conducting, and many other subjects. After graduation she focused on performing opera and classical music along with private teaching and choral conducting. She also has graduate work in Opera and Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy from the University of Oregon and Shenandoah University in Virginia, respectively.
As a classical singer she has been a soloist with the Juniper Opera, Eugene Opera, Linn-Benton Community Chorus, Sunriver Music Festival, Obsidian Opera, and Lebanon-Sweet Home Community Concert Association, and numerous churches as a soloist. In addition she sang the world premiere of the opera “Anna”, a one-act, solo opera by Corvallis, Oregon composer Robert Mix, as well as singing the part of the ghost of Christmas past in Mr. Mix’s opera “A Christmas Carol”.
In 1998 she turned her focus more on teaching and began pursuing her interest in contemporary styles of singing. She saw the need for informed, accurate information for the singer of popular music. She began analyzing the differences in sound and production for these styles and searched for reliable information to help her students achieve a healthy and authentic production. She found lots of classically trained singing teachers trying to push their techniques onto popular singers, or popular singers trying to teach other singers without a good understanding of how the voice truly works.
Since then Ms. Feltmann has studied under Lisa Popeil, MFA, founder of Voiceworks in Los Angeles and has become a Voiceworks™ Associate, and has recently completed training with Jeanette LoVetri to be a certified Somatic Voicework™ teacher. With this information and the continuing desire to find new, and accurate information, Ms. Feltmann has become one of the few singing teachers with training in contemporary styles, as well as classical.
Other training she has received has been in: anatomy & physiology of the voice, spectral analysis of the singing voice, medical care and the voice, the aging voice, the changing male voice, performance psychology, Alexander Method (a body usage technique), acting and foreign languages (4 years of college level German, 1 year of college level Italian, private coaching in French and Spanish).
She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, where she continues to receive education in classical singing, body usage, stage presence, auditioning, and now Broadway belting.
Ms. Feltmann is the author of “Vocal Exercises for the Contemporary Singer” a vocal technique booklet and CD aimed at singers of contemporary styles.
Ms. Feltmann teaches in Monmouth, Oregon and Corvallis, Oregon where she teaches private and group singing, vocal seminars, piano, beginning guitar, music theory, composition, stage presence, and microphone technique. She also hosts seminars to enhance the education of singers, such as Bodymapping (a body usage technique), Acting for Singers, Career Preparation, and more. She has had students from beginners to professional recording artists, ages 4 to 75.
She has a fully equipped studio with audio and video recording equipment to help her students prepare for performances and contests.
She has performed in jazz and big bands, and folk groups; singing, as well as playing flute, bass, guitar and occasionally mandolin. She is currently working on her jazz piano skills in hopes of playing piano in her next project.
She enjoys occasional jobs as a voice actress for radio ads as well. She has also been a booking agent.
She recently moved to Monmouth, Oregon from Lebanon. The new farm is smaller, only 10 acres. She still has her goats and plans to get back into raising beef and chickens and organic gardening. |