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Portrait of Myra Ann Vassian

Myra Ann Vassian

  • Assoc Professor of Instruction at School of Music, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Choir Director / Event Producer and soloist, Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and Concert for Congress Hall Hotel, Cape May NJ. December 3, 2024 - December 7, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Tree Lighting Festival. December 3, 2024 - December 7, 2024 Grand Lawn of Congress Hall, Cape May, NJ.
  • Narrator for "Moralities" by Hans Werner Henze presented by Chorale, Chorale Concert. November 24, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Chorale Concert. November 24, 2024 - Present Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, San Marcos, TX.
  • Choir Director / Event Producer and soloist, Annual 4th of July Celebration for Congress Hall Hotel, Cape May NJ. June 29, 2024 - July 5, 2024.
    Performances:
    • 4th of July Celebration at Congress Hall. July 4, 2024 Grand Lawn of Congress Hall, Cape May, NJ.
  • Guest singer, Jazz Ensemble Final Concert of Spring Semester 2024. April 22, 2024.
    Performances:
    • Jazz Ensemble Concert. April 22, 2024 Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, TXST, San Marcos, Texas.

2023

  • Choir Director / Event Producer and soloist, Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and Concert for Congress Hall Hotel, Cape May NJ. December 2007 - December 2023.
    Performances:
    • Tree Lighting Festival. December 2007 - December 2022 Grand Lawn of Congress Hall, Cape May, NJ.
  • Soprano soloist, The Tambourine Man: Seven Songs of Bob Dylan by John Corigliano with the TXST Wind Symphony; Dr. Caroline Beatty conducting. March 3, 2023.
    Performances:
    • The Tambourine Man: Seven Songs of Bob Dylan by John Corigliano with the TXST Wind Symphony; Dr. Caroline Beatty conducting. March 3, 2023 Evans Auditorium, TXST, San Marcos, Texas.

2022

  • Solist for Trio "All of Us" presented by Chorale, Choral Collage. September 25, 2022.

2020

  • Texas State Presents the Voice Faculty. November 4, 2020.
    Performances:
    • Texas State Presents the Voice Faculty. November 4, 2020 - Present Performing Arts Center, San Marcos on Campus.

2019

  • Singer, Stars at Night: Texas State Voice Faculty in Concert. September 24, 2019.
  • Soloist, Myra Vassian, Soprano in Faculty Recital. March 26, 2019.
  • Director and soloist, Annual Broadway Musical Concert & Sing Along. February 2014 - February 2019.
    Performances:
    • Winter Concert Series. January 2014 - January 2019 Grand Ballroom of Congress Hall, Cape May, NJ.
  • Director and soloist, Annual Old-Timey Hymn Sing. January 2010 - January 2019.
    Performances:
    • Old-Timey Hymn Sing. January 2010 - January 2019 Grand Ballroom, Congress Hall Hotel.

2018

  • Soprano Soloist, Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schönberg. September 27, 2018.
    Performances:
    • Texas State Music Faculty Showcase: Pierrot Lunaire. September 27, 2018 Performing Arts Center, Texas State University.

2017

  • Soloist, Myra Vassian, Soprano in Faculty Recital. November 2, 2017.
    Performances:
    • Myra Vassian, Soprano in Faculty Recital. November 2, 2017 Performing Arts Center, Texas State University.

1995

  • Newspaper reviews of various professional engagements. Various. Various: Various. 1995.
    • Reviewed by: Hal Farwell.
    • Reviewed by: Dean Smith.
    • Reviewed by: Gordon Sparber.
    • Reviewed by: Tim Lindemann.
    • Reviewed by: Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
    • Reviewed by: Aargauer Zeitung.
    • Reviewed by: Hans Weibel.
  • Opera Carolina Act One Educational Outreach Program. 1994 - 1995.

1988

  • Zürich Conservatory of Music, Switzerland. 1987 - 1988.