Members at Large
Kenneth Pereira
Baritone Kenneth J. Pereira's repertoire encompasses opera, oratorio, art song, musical theater and the Great American Songbook. His operatic roles include Puccini's Marcello inLa Bohème, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, the title role in Gianni Schicchi, and Mozart's Il Conte Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte among others. Dr. Pereira has appeared regularly as a soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Raymond Leppard in works by Beethoven and Haydn. He is also a featured soloist on that orchestra's 2008 recording of classical and traditional Christmas music. Recent performances include his debut with the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra as the baritone soloist for Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, as well as opera and oratorio appearances with the Borgarmaria Lyric Opera and Yuba-Sutter Master Chorale. He recently made his international debut singing scenes from Verdi's La traviataand Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore in gala performances with OperaMaya (Mexico). In addition to those performances, he served as a teaching artist for the company's young artist program. Dr. Pereira has also performed in concert opposite internationally acclaimed sopranos Sylvia McNair and Carol Vaness. Born and raised in northern California, Dr. Pereira graduated Magna cum Laude from California State University, Stanislaus. He holds a Doctorate of Music in Voice Performance and Literature from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, where he also completed a Master of Music Degree in Voice. As an Associate Instructor of Voice at IU, Dr. Pereira taught studio voice and served as the teaching assistant for the graduate and undergraduate opera workshops. He has studied voice with Joaquina Calvo Johnson and Andreas Poulimenos.
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Ann Elise Schoenecker
Ann Elise Schoenecker, soprano, has performed all genres of music from opera to oratorio to music theatre throughout the United States and Europe. She has appeared in over 30 opera and oratorio roles. Dr. Schoenecker is a former Regional Metropolitan Opera Finalist, Finalist in the Jenny Lind National Competition for Sopranos and has sung many roles with Opera Boston among others. She has held teaching positions at The Performing Arts Studios, Vienna, in Vienna, Austria, Luther College, University of Minnesota, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and currently at Viterbo University.
Dr. Schoenecker is sought after nationally and internationally as a singer, clinician and director. Her students have won regional and national competitions, MET Auditions, Classical Singer National competition, performed on the European music theatre circuit, and gone on to top-flight graduate programs in voice. Dr. Schoenecker is a graduate of Luther College, the University of Missouri-Columbia under the tutelage of Costanza Cuccaro, and the University of Minnesota where she received her DMA in vocal performance and pedagogy under Lawrence Weller and Dr. Clifton Ware.
Currently living in Onalaska, WI with her husband and four daughters, Dr. Schoenecker is an Associate Professor of Music and chair of the music department at Viterbo University where she teaches lyric diction, song literature, opera literature and applied voice.
Dr. Schoenecker is sought after nationally and internationally as a singer, clinician and director. Her students have won regional and national competitions, MET Auditions, Classical Singer National competition, performed on the European music theatre circuit, and gone on to top-flight graduate programs in voice. Dr. Schoenecker is a graduate of Luther College, the University of Missouri-Columbia under the tutelage of Costanza Cuccaro, and the University of Minnesota where she received her DMA in vocal performance and pedagogy under Lawrence Weller and Dr. Clifton Ware.
Currently living in Onalaska, WI with her husband and four daughters, Dr. Schoenecker is an Associate Professor of Music and chair of the music department at Viterbo University where she teaches lyric diction, song literature, opera literature and applied voice.
Jessica Timman-Schwefel
Mezzo soprano Jessica Timman Schwefel is an Adjunct Professor of Voice at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and owner of the Timman Music Studio located in McFarland, Wisconsin. Dr. Timman has performed regionally with Opera for the Young, Fresco Opera Theatre, Madison Bach Musicians, Madison Choral Project, among other professional engagements. In addition, Dr. Timman was a Studio Artist with Madison Opera for their 2012-2013 season and has been a member of the Florentine Opera Chorus since 2008. While performing with the Florentine Opera, she participated in the recordings of Elmer Gantry and Rio de Sangre, which collectively earned three Grammy Awards in 2012 and 2013.
Dr. Timman’s article “Effective Strategies and Suggestions for Writing Your Studio Policy” was recently published in the January/February 2016 NATS Journal of Singing. She received additional training for teaching voice at the 2014 Naked Voice Summer Institute at Northwestern University under the direction of Prof. W. Stephen Smith. Dr. Timman’s students have been recipients of numerous music scholarships and awards and also perform in a variety of venues around the country.
Dr. Timman received a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While at UW-Madison, she was the recipient of such awards including the Voice Excellence Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, Opera Props award, William and Joyce Wartmann Scholarship, and the Dara Welty Memorial Award. For more information, please visit www.timmanmusic.com
Dr. Timman’s article “Effective Strategies and Suggestions for Writing Your Studio Policy” was recently published in the January/February 2016 NATS Journal of Singing. She received additional training for teaching voice at the 2014 Naked Voice Summer Institute at Northwestern University under the direction of Prof. W. Stephen Smith. Dr. Timman’s students have been recipients of numerous music scholarships and awards and also perform in a variety of venues around the country.
Dr. Timman received a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While at UW-Madison, she was the recipient of such awards including the Voice Excellence Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, Opera Props award, William and Joyce Wartmann Scholarship, and the Dara Welty Memorial Award. For more information, please visit www.timmanmusic.com