Canadian soprano Stacey Fraser’sacm.csusb.edu/facultydb/CAL/facultyfiles/[email protected]...
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Canadian soprano Stacey Fraser’s eclectic musical interests have led her to sing on international operatic, concert and theatre stages across the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe. She has appeared as a soloist for the San Diego Opera, the Tony Award winning La Jolla Playhouse, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Taipei National Concert Hall in Taiwan, ISCM Taiwan, the Musicasa Concert Hall in Tokyo, Japan, the Thailand Composition Festival, the Americké Jaro Festival in Prednasek, Czech Republic, Red Square Gallery in Hong Kong, the Festival Eduardo Mata in Oaxaca, Mexico, Vancouver Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, KAZAN Co-op Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, La Jolla Symphony, San Bernardino Symphony, Banff Centre, Tanglewood Music Center, Asia Society NYC, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and the world renowned La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York City. She has received critical acclaim from international papers such as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Union Tribune and the Oltner Tagblatt of Olten, Switzerland for her performances in both standard and contemporary repertoire. Mark Swed of the LA times recently stated in his review of the monumental Tuesdays at Monkspace concert “Sequenza ~ Sequenza!” that "Stacey Fraser made the Sequenza into a seamless aria, sure of musical direction while missing none of the humor or the frightening shocks of horror." Recordings include the role of Lisinga on the premiere recording of Manuel del Pópulo Vicente Garcia’s opera Le Cinesi for Harmonicorde; a chamber music album of works by Asian and American composers entitled Lotusblume for the Viennese label, ein Klang records, Seven Epitaphs for soprano and clarinet by Barney Childs for Advance Recordings, Worldscape III by Koji Nakano for Voices of the Pearl and Snowflakes, Blossoms : Friends of the Way by Marjorie Merryman for the Created at Scripps recording series. A new film by critically acclaimed filmmaker Sandra Powers featuring Fraser singing composer Chinary Ung’s Still Life After Death will be released independently later this year. Stacey is dedicated to the performance of vocal works by modern Asian-American composers and is a long-time collaborator of Japanese composer Koji Nakano, grand prizewinner of the 2008 S & R Foundation award. Ms. Fraser has recorded Nakano’s Ancient Songs (2007) for solo voice as well as his chamber piece Time Song II, Howling through time for soprano, percussion and flute (2006). Fraser gave the world premiere of Nakano’s new work for soprano entitled Arigatoo from the opera Spiritual Forest at the Kennedy Center in 2011. She performed the Asian premiere of Arigatoo ten days later on March 1, 2011 to a sold out house at the Taipei National Concert Hall in Taiwan. She has since performed the world premiere of Nakano’s Worldscape III Photo Credit: CSUSB
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Canadian soprano Stacey Fraser’seclecticmusical interestshaveledherto sing on international operatic,concertandtheatrestagesacrossthe United States, Canada, Asia andEurope.Shehasappearedasasoloistfor the San Diego Opera, the TonyAwardwinningLaJollaPlayhouse,theKennedy Center in Washington D.C.,Taipei National Concert Hall inTaiwan, ISCM Taiwan, the MusicasaConcertHall in Tokyo, Japan, theThailand Composition Festival, theAmerickéJaroFestivalinPrednasek,CzechRepublic,RedSquareGallery inHongKong,theFestivalEduardoMata
inOaxaca,Mexico,VancouverSymphony,SouthDakotaSymphony,KAZANCo-opTheatreinHalifax,NovaScotia,LaJollaSymphony,SanBernardinoSymphony,BanffCentre,TanglewoodMusicCenter, Asia Society NYC, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and the world renowned La MaMaExperimentalTheatreinNewYorkCity.
ShehasreceivedcriticalacclaimfrominternationalpaperssuchastheNewYorkTimes,the
LosAngelesTimes, theSanDiegoUnionTribuneandtheOltnerTagblattofOlten,Switzerland forher performances in both standard and contemporary repertoire. Mark Swed of the LA timesrecently stated in his review of themonumental Tuesdays at Monkspace concert “Sequenza ~Sequenza!”that"StaceyFrasermadetheSequenzaintoaseamlessaria,sureofmusicaldirectionwhilemissingnoneofthehumororthefrighteningshocksofhorror."
Recordings include the role of Lisinga on the premiere recording ofManuel del Pópulo
Vicente Garcia’s operaLeCinesi forHarmonicorde; achambermusicalbumofworksbyAsianand American composers entitled Lotusblume for the Viennese label, ein Klang records, SevenEpitaphs forsoprano andclarinet byBarneyChilds forAdvanceRecordings,WorldscapeIIIbyKoji Nakano for Voices of the Pearl and Snowflakes, Blossoms : Friends of theWayby MarjorieMerryman for the Created at Scripps recording series. A new film by critically acclaimedfilmmakerSandraPowers featuringFrasersingingcomposerChinaryUng’sStillLifeAfterDeathwillbereleasedindependentlylaterthisyear.
Stacey is dedicated to the performance of vocal works by modern Asian-American
composersandisalong-timecollaboratorofJapanesecomposerKojiNakano,grandprizewinnerofthe2008S&RFoundationaward.Ms.FraserhasrecordedNakano’sAncientSongs(2007)forsolovoiceaswellashischamberpieceTimeSongII,Howlingthroughtimeforsoprano,percussionand flute (2006). Fraser gave the world premiere of Nakano’s new work for soprano entitledArigatoofromtheoperaSpiritualForestattheKennedyCenterin2011.SheperformedtheAsianpremiereofArigatoo tendays lateronMarch1,2011toasoldouthouseat theTaipeiNationalConcertHall inTaiwan.ShehassinceperformedtheworldpremiereofNakano’sWorldscapeIII
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forsoprano,pipaandelectronicsatthePacificAsiaMuseuminPasadena,California(2015)andhisImaginedSceneriesfortwosopranos,kotoandchamberensembleatScrippsCollege(2016).Ms. Fraser’s articles onNakano’s vocalmusic have beenpublishedbyCambridge Scholar Press(2009)theCollegeMusicSymposium(2011)andMUPAFestivalJournal,Thailand.(2015).
Operatic roles include Frida in Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s Concert Suite from Frida for
Kazan Co-op Theatre, Anna I in KurtWeill’sDieSieben Todsünden, for the lotusflower newmusicproject,DespinainMozart’sCosifanTutte,PaminainTheMagicFlutefortheSanDiegoOpera Ensemble, Erste Knaben in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, First Handmaiden in Puccini’sTurandotfortheSanDiegoOpera,MissSilverpealinTheImpresario forSouthDakotaSymphonyandtheroleoftheOperaSingerinParisCommuneforLaJollaPlayhouse.DuringhertenureatSanDiegoOperaasanEnsemblemember,sheunderstudiedtherolesofMarzellineinFidelio,SuzanneinTobiasPicker’sThérèseRaquinandLéila inBizet’sLesPêcheursdesPerles.Oratoriohighlightsinclude the soprano soloist inHandel’sMessiah with Vancouver Symphony, Eva inHaydn’sDieSchöpfungwithLaJollaSymphony,andsopranosoloistinbothMendelssohn’sLobgesangeandtheStravinskyMasswiththeSanBernardinoSymphony.
As a stage director her innovative, modern and zany adaptations of the standard and
contemporaryoperaticrepertoireincludeBernstein’sTroubleinTahiti,Humperdinck’sHänselundGretel,Mozart’sImpresario,Offenbach’sRSVP:oraMusicaleatMr.Cauliflower’sandMozart’sCosifantutte.AdditionalcreditsincludetheBizet/BrookLaTragédiedeCarmenforOperaonTapSanFrancisco,Bernstein’sCandide forPasadenaOpera,andMariadeBuenosAiresbyAstorPiazzollawithlibrettobyHoracioFerrerforCalStateSanBernardino.
Recent productions include three chamber operas by American composer Robert Xavier
Rodriguez,MonkeySeeMonkeyDo,TangoandConcertSuite fromFridaaswell asher acclaimedQuentin Tarantino inspired production of Donizetti’sDonPasquale for CSUSB. In 2012 StaceyassistedCanadiandirectorKellyRobinsononMozart’sDonGiovanni at theBanffCentre for theArts.Shehasalsocollaboratedonseveralproductionswithdancer/choreographerFaithJensen-IsmayofthecriticallyacclaimedSanDiegoDanceCompany,MojaletDanceCollective.
SheholdsaDoctorateinContemporaryMusicPerformancefromUniversityofCalifornia,
San Diego, and Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Manhattan School of Music and aBachelorofMusicinVocalPerformancefromtheUniversityofToronto.SheiscurrentlyProfessorofMusicandDirectorofOperaTheatreatCaliforniaStateUniversity,SanBernardino.ProfessionalaffiliationsandmembershipsincludeAGMA,CanadianActorsEquityandNATS.
