Instructor of Music
College of Arts and Sciences
Office Location: Parolini Music Center
Telephone: 630-844-5529
Fax: 630-844-7830
Email Address: areyzaga@aurora.edu
Education:
B. M. with honors - Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University
Areas of Specialization
Opera performance
Art song literature
Vocal pedagogy
Courses Taught
Applied Voice
Highlights of Publications, Honors and Professional Contributions:
Lead opera roles
Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, return engagement with Opera Birmingham
Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Opera Birmingham
Adina in L‘Elisir d'Amore with DuPage Opera Theatre
Also appearances with Chicago Opera Theater, Lyric Opera of Chicago's "In the Neighborhoods," Opera Theatre North, Chicago Light Opera Works, and Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México.
Recordings
The Sun Is Love: Song Cycles by Gwyneth Walker with Jamie Shaak, pianist, Proteus
Songs from Spoon River: Reflections of a Peacemaker, Cedille Records
The Small Hours: Vocal Music of William Ferris, on WFC Live! 101
Solo performances with
The New York Festival of Song
Ravinia Festival Day of Music
Chicago's Silk Road project, aired on public television
National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Costa Rica, under the baton of John Nelson
"Bernstein on Broadway" with both the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Festival and at the Tilles Center in Long Island, NY. Chandler Hall Concert series, Randolph, Vermont
Flint Michigan Symphony, conducted by Nir Kabaretti
St. Charles Singers, including concerts in Paris with London's Royal Academy of Music
Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Master Singers, Alan Heatherington, conductor
Wichita Symphony Orchestra
Rhode Island Philharmonic
The Chicago Ensemble
North Shore Choral Society
Julian Autrey Song Foundation, New York, City, grant award
William C. Byrd International Young Artist Competition, 2nd prize
National Association of Teachers of Singing, 1st prize, Chicago competition
Selected for study with distinguished international faculty at Steans Institute for Young Artists, Ravinia
OperaWorks Summer Intensive Program, Los Angeles
Chicago Opera Theatre Alan Stone Debut Artist Series
