Location: Manhattan, NYC
Education
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B.A. in Music Education; Minor in vocal and piano from Xinghai Conservatory of Music in China.
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M.M.in Vocal Performance from University of Miami.
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A.D. in Voice and Opera Performance from Montclair State University.
- D.M.A. in Vocal Performance from West Virginia University (Expected to graduate in 2023).
Experience
- As a professional voice teacher, Fei has been teaching voice for almost ten years. Her job as a teacher is to make sure her students enjoy studying music and dig out their music potential as much as possible. She teaches voice from age 6 -adults who are interested in singing classical and musical theater. She also teaches piano for beginners, teaches children theory, sight-singing and ear training, and teaches adults theory, sight-singing and ear training who are music amateurs or music professionals. She is experienced in helping students with the ABRSM and NISSMA exams on voice and piano. In her voice lessons, students will learn about:
- Vocal warm up
- Vocal Techniques
- Performance Abilities
- Repertoire Build-Up
- Competition skills
- Preparation for the Competitions such as ABRSM, NISSMA, etc.
Bio
Soprano Fei X. is originally from China. As a roster artist of Vocal Artists Management currently, she started to learn piano at 9. She is currently working on her doctorate in vocal performance at WVU with the Outstanding Merit Fellowship award. Fei has been selected to engage with several professional opera companies, including Vienna Opera Festival, NYLOP, Angels Vocal Arts Opera Company, Manhattan Opera Studio, Miami Classical Music Festival, Berlin Opera Academy, Connecticut Lyric Opera House Young Artist Opera Program, Taconic Opera Company Young Artist Program, etc.
In 2017, Fei made her Carnegie Hall debut as the role of Juliette in Romeo et Juliette with New York Lyric Opera. In 2018, she was invited to perform again at Carnegie Hall, singing the role of Giulietta in Les contes d’Hoffmann. She then performed the roles of Prima Cercatrice and Una Novizia in Suor Angelica with Montclair State University Opera in 2020.
Her major opera roles include Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Despina in Cosifan tutte, Annio in La clemenza di Tito, Second lady in Die Zauberflote, Pamina (cover) in Die Zauberflote, Gretel in Hansel und Gretel, Manon in Manon, Angelica in Orlando.
Besides the opera area, she also sang oratorios from Bach, Handel, and Haydn. As an active recitalist, she gave several solo recitals in China and the US.
Fei is the prize-winner of numerous national and international music competitions, including: 1st Place in the American Protege International Vocal Competition, 1st Prize in Golden Classical Awards International Music Competition, 1st Prize in “The Song” International Vocal Competition, 1st Prize in Quebec International Music Competition, etc. She recently had been advanced to the final round of 2022 Lucine Amara International Art Song Competition. She was a finalist in New York MIA Opera Management and the Spain Operas Management soprano roster in 2020.
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