PULLMAN, Wash. — Julie Anne Wieck, a faculty member at Washington State University, will present a Sept. 30 faculty recital, “Musical Postcards from Far Away Places,” at 8 p.m. in Bryan Hall Theatre.
Wieck’s performance will consist of vocal music composed in honor of famous cities or regions, evoking the atmosphere of
WSU faculty member Gerald Berthiaume will accompany Wieck on piano, as well as guest artists Kendall Feeney, piano, and Claire Keeble, viola.
A native of
Wieck received a bachelor’s degree at University of South Dakota-Vermillion. After teaching public school for two years, she attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she received a master’s and doctoral degree, both in vocal performance. She has studied voice with Sylvia Plyler at University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Donna Harler-Smith at
On the stage, Ms. Wieck has performed in a number of leading roles, including Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas,” Verdi’s “Falstaff,” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel.” She has also appeared as a soloist with a number of orchestras, including in Mendelssohn’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” and various operatic arias.
Wieck has performed with the Washington Idaho Symphony Orchestra and Chorale as the soprano soloist and will sing Tchaikovsky’s “Letter Scene” from “Eugene Onegin” with the Washington Idaho Symphony Orchestra. in April.
As director of the WSU Opera Workshop program, Wieck has presented productions, including Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” and Bizet’s “Carmen” as well as “Tintypes,” “The Secret Garden” and “Company,” to name a few.
Besides her experience conducting in the public schools, Wieck has held several church choir positions, as well as assistant conductor of the Evansville Symphony Chorus. She is an active recitalist and adjudicator throughout the region and a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and Music Educators National Conference.
