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Bill Neely


    

William Neely

Adjunct Faculty,
Music

139
Forsyth Hall
Santa Rosa

Home phone: (415) 821-1697
wneely@santarosa.edu
Personal Homepage

Schedule

  • Tuesday
        lecture online

  • Thursday
        lecture online

Classes

Biography

    I grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, which is just outside of Boston, though I've lived in San Francisco since 1977. I've been a regular solo performer in the Bay Area, enjoying performing in many operas, musicals and choral concerts since then. Since 2002, These days, I'm often an extra chorister with San Francisco Opera. Some of my favorite performances have been the title roles of Mozart's Don Giovanni, Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and The Man of La Mancha, Baron Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca, Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Danilo in Lehar's The Merry Widow, and most recently, Voltaire/Pangloss in Bernstein's Candide.
    For more information, see my website, link above.

Education

    B. Mus., Music Ed., Voice, Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975
    M. Mus., Vocal Performance, Univ. Colorado, Boulder, 1977

Academic Experience

    I taught Beginner and Intermediate Voice for 2 years at Napa Valley College, and have also taught Beginner and Intermediate Voice here at Santa Rosa Junior College from 1999 to 2006. In addition to Music Appreciation. From 2006-2009, I also directed Varsity Choir/The College Singers, which is no longer offered.

Work and Consulting Experience

    I am a trained singer and perform regularly with some of the local San Francisco Bay area opera and theatre companies and choral groups.

    I also sometimes sing in the San Francisco Opera Chorus— In Fall '10, I performed with San Francisco Opera Chorus in a production of Verdi's Aida during the San Francisco Opera Fall 2010 season;
    In the 2011 SF Opera season, I sang in the choruses of Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the final installment of the Ring of the Nibelungen 4-opera cycle in Summer of 2011 and Puccini's Turandot in Fall of 2011.

    Soloistically, I recently performed in the Lamplighters production of Yeomen of the Guard and will perform with the same group in their production of Princess Ida.

    I teach voice, both in Santa Rosa and at my home in San Francisco. More information can be found on my website, link above.

    I also teach Music 7 at Udemy.com under the name, “Adventures in Classical Music.”
    For more information see Links below.

Links

CATE: Computer-Assisted Teaching Environment
Distance Education office at Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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