Fall 2025 Voice Calendar

Vocal Health Roundtable
with Professor Darlene Wiley

Wednesday, September 24 from 10:30am - 12:00pm
Palmetto Recital Hall (PCA-107)

Northwest Vista College is delighted to host a special session on one of the most essential topics for all singers: vocal health. We are honored to welcome Prof. Darlene Wiley, Emeritus Professor of Voice at the University of Texas at Austin, who will lead a roundtable Q & A designed to open dialogue and share practical wisdom about maintaining healthy vocal habits. Prof. Wiley brings decades of experience as an accomplished performer, teacher, and mentor to countless singers at every stage of their journey. Her expertise has guided both developing students and professional vocalists in building sustainable vocal technique, preventing strain, and navigating challenges that arise throughout a singer’s career. This event is an opportunity for NVC students, choir members, and the broader campus community to:

• Ask questions about personal vocal concerns and challenges
• Learn strategies for maintaining vocal health during practice, performance, and daily life
• Hear insights from Prof. Wiley’s extensive teaching and performance career
• Engage in an open conversation about what it means to cultivate a lifetime of healthy singing

Free and open to all students and the NVC community. Whether you are pursuing music professionally or singing for joy, this is a rare chance to connect with one of Texas’s most respected voice educators and to invest in the future of your voice.

Darlene Wiley was inducted into the American Academy of Teachers of Singing in March, 2021. Her collection of Essays on the Human Voice, Singing and Spirituality, Singing: The Timeless Muse (2019) discusses the breadth and depth of the role of singing in the lives of conductors, composers, musicologists, theorists, philosophers and health professionals. Her performance career began as lyric coloratura at the Staatstheater Darmstadt performing over 50 roles in such operas as I Pagliacci, Die Zauberflöte, Don Pasquale, Tales of Hoffmann, La Traviata and Le Nozze di Figaro.

A veteran of over 1500 performances Ms. Wiley has sung at over 25 opera houses, including Mannheim, Wiesbaden, Kassel, Mainz, Ulm and Kiel. As an oratorio performer she has sung with the Radio Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt, the Cleveland Orchestra, Santa Fe Symphony, Dallas Symphony and the Austin Symphony. In 1985 she gave her first Carnegie Hall Recital featuring the lieder of Mozart and Strauss. Darlene Wiley's broadcasting credits include PBS, Canadian Broadcasting, KUT, KLRU's Front Row Center, Deutschefunk, Hessischer Rundfunk, Seoul Educational Broadcasting, and WFMT. At the University of Texas at Austin Wiley is director of the Vocal Arts Lab and supervisor of the DMA Vocal Pedagogy Program. Master Classes include Taejon, Seoul, Chuncheon, Pusan, Ulsan, Korea, University of Missouri, University of Kansas, Augustana College, Bluffton College, Pittsburg State University, Chopin Conservatory, Warsaw, L'Ecole du Opera, Liceo, Barcelona, Darmstadt, Germany, Oklahoma State University, College of Wooster, Akron University, University of West Virginia, Salzburg, and Austria. Awards include that of Distinguished Professor at Myong Ji University, Seoul, Korea and Sook Myong University, Seoul, Korea.

Texas Two-Year College Choral Directors Association
Region V All-State Choir Auditions

Friday, November 7 at 12:00pm
Palmetto Theatre

Dr. Minkyung Lee, a Texas Two-Year College Choral Directors Association Region V representative, is delighted to announce hosting TTCCDA Region V All-State Choir Auditions at Northwest Vista College. This is a significant event where the NVC Chamber singers and selected voice students from the music department at NVC will prepare to compete with singers from the following schools: Del Mar College, Wharton County Junior College, Coastal Bend College, Laredo Junior College, Palo Alto College, and St. Phillips College, San Antonio College, and Victoria College. The All-State Choir will be under the guidance of the esteemed guest conductor, Lynne Gackle, during the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention in San Antonio in February 2026.

Dr. Lee's Master Class:
The Singer's Guide of Audition Preparation with Dr. Lee

Monday, November 24 from 11:00am-2:00pm
Palmetto Recital Hall (PCA 107)

Dr. Minkyung Lee is ready to guide selected advanced singers in refining their skills, particularly in stage manners for solos and ensembles. This opportunity is essential for their appearances at the NVC Honors Recital and upcoming auditions. NVC Singers will gain valuable insights into selecting the right audition repertoire and mastering stage performance. The masterclass will be a key part of the program, providing selected singers with a clear understanding of the audition expectations and a platform to showcase their abilities for maximum results.