Teacher of the Week- Week Five

TEACHER OF THE WEEK- WEEK FIVE

LINDSEY POLING-VOICE/PIANO

Active as a singer, pianist, and instructor, Lindsey comes to Chicago from Erie, Pennsylvania, where she appeared in opera roles including Hansel in Humperdink’s Hansel und Gretel, Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, and First Prioress in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, and in concert oratorios ranging from Mozart’s Requiem to Rutter’s Magnificat, in addition to performing  Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Erie Philharmonic. Her Chicago career highlights include La Zia Principessa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, and Composer in Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Solo concert credits include Mozart’s Requiem with the Illinois Philharmonic, Lauridson’s Cuatro Canciones and Berlioz’s Les nuits d’ete with the University of Chicago and Salt Creek Sinfonietta, Second Woman in Handel’s Solomon with the Apollo Chorus, Respighi’s Laud to the Nativity with the DePaul Community Chorus, and Mahler’s Symphony 4 with Wright College.  Outside Chicago, Lindsey has performed Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Nurse in Michael Torke’s Strawberry Field’s, Zweite Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with New Jersey Opera, Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte with Peninsula Music Festival. Most recently, she created the role of Lady Smith in the world premiere of Seymour Barab’s This Little Light of Mine at New York’s Symphony Space. She has had the pleasure of singing in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to Chicago’s WFMT studios.  As chorus master, Lindsey recently finished her fifth consecutive production with the Evanston Opera Company, Savoyaires.  She has earned a master of music in voice at Northwestern University.