Jocelyn Zelasko - Soprano
Curriculum Vitae
Selected New Music Concert Appearances
*Chicago Artist Workshop (CAW)
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Powerful Voices
*Detroit Institute of Art Friday Night Live
*Strange Beautiful Music 13
*JUX+Zoulek
*Bowling Green's New Music Festival
Strange Beautiful Music 12
*Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
*Chicago Park District
*Chicago Park District
New Music Chicago
*JUX Relevance Project
Strange Music Cagematch
Aepex Contemporary Performance
Different Trains
Third Place Concert Series
SoCA Professional Artist Series
Oakland U. Professional Artist Series
Resonant Bodies
SHO Art, Spirit, and Performance
SONARE New Music Series
Center for New Music
Detroit Institute of Art Friday Night Live
*Strange Beautiful Music XI
*Resonant Bodies
*White Space
*Chase Public
Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project
*Music in the Woods
Constellation
WFMT Live Radio Show
Strange Beautiful Music X
Strange Beautiful Music IX
Strange Beautiful Music VIII
Eighth Blackbird
New Music Detroit
Picosa
New Music Detroit
New Music Detroit
Juxtatonal
New Music Detroit
New Music Detroit
Eighth Blackbird
Eighth Blackbird
Matt Ulery Trio
Nois
Juxtatonal
New Music Detroit
Unaccompanied Voices
New Music Detroit
Unaccompanied Voices
I will learn to…
I will learn to…
Unaccompanied Voices
Whoopknox
I will learn to…
I will learn to…
New Music Detroit
Whoopknox
SopranoZelasko
Juxtatonal
Juxtatonal
Juxtatonal
Whoopknox
Juxtatonal
Juxtatonal
New Music Detroit
New Music Detroit
New Music Detroit
Chicago, IL
Detroit, MI
Chicago, IL
Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI
Midwest Tour
Bowling Green, OH
Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Midwest Tour
Detroit, MI
Ann Arbor, MI
Detroit, MI
Ann Arbor, MI
Windsor, ON
Rochester, MI
Bowling Green, OH
Windsor, ON
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI
Banff, AB, Canada
Atlanta, GA
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland, OH
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI
2021
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2015
*world premiere
Operas & Staged Performances
*Pat Sturn I Pat & Emilia Smallman, Gervais, Sievers-Hunt
North American Tour:
Brock University I St. Catherine's, ON 2018
College Street United Church I Toronto, ON 2018
Willistead Manor I Windsor, ON 2018
Capitol Theatre with the Windsor Symphony I Windsor, ON 2016
United Mennonite Church with the Windsor Symphony I Leamington, ON 2016
University of Windsor I Windsor, ON 2016
Madonna University I Livonia, MI 2016
Toledo Museum of Art I Toledo, OH 2015
Oakland University I Rochester Hills, MI 2015
Knox Presbyterian Church I Leamington, ON 2015
Town Hall Theatre I Bayfield, ON 2015
Congregational Church of Birmingham I Bloomfield Hills, MI 2015
Marygrove College I Detroit, MI 2015 (U.S. Premiere)
Willistead Manor I Windsor, ON 2015 (World Premiere)
Abigail Williams I The Crucible Ward
University of Iowa I Iowa City, IA 2006
Anna I I The Seven Deadly Sins Weill
University of Iowa I Iowa City, IA 2006
Female Chorus I The Rape of Lucretia Britten
University of Iowa I Iowa City, IA 2005
Aunt Prunella I Why Dinosaurs Don't Smoke Yankee
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre I Cedar Rapids, IA 2005
Chorus I Carmen Bizet
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre I Cedar Rapids, IA 2005
Inkeeper & Leader of the Second Caravan I The Exception to the Rule Brecht
Young Boy I The Yes Sayer & The No Sayer Brecht
First Clown I Does Man Help Man? Brecht
Planet Ant Theatre I Hamtrammck, MI 2003
Chorus I A Long Way Home Beer
University of Detroit I Spetses, Greece 2003
Torquemada I L'Heure Espagnole Ravel
Oakland University I Rochester Hills, MI 2003
Suor Dolcina I Suor Angelica Puccini
Oakland University I Rochester Hills, MI 2003
Sandman I Too Many Sopranos Penhorwood
Oakland University I Rochester Hills, MI 2002
Residencies & Festivals
*YInMn Festival I 2019
Ann Arbor, MI
Millay Colony for the Arts Residency I 2018
Austerlitz, NY
The Wholehearted Musician Residency I 2018
Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Boscawen, NH
*[R]evolution Resonant Bodies Residency I 2018
Banff Center for Creative Arts, Banff, AL, Canada
*YInMn Festival I 2018
Atlanta, GA
Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project I 2018
Cleveland, OH
*Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab Residency I 2017
Ojai, CA
*SoundSCAPE Festival I 2016
Maccagno, Italy
SICPP Festival I 2014
New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Film Appearances
Pat Sturn I Imagining Angels Canadian Arts Productions
Film Festival Tour:
BermudaSHORTS International Film Festival, Mannheim, Germany 2015
Toronto Short Film Festival, Toronto, ON 2015
Windsor International Film Festival, Windsor, ON 2014
New Music Ensembles
New Music Detroit Vocalist 2018
Whoopknox Co-Founder 2018
Juxtatonal (JUX) Co-Founder 2017
Commissions
Librettos & Publications
*Candey, Griffin
*Carlozzi, Nicholas
*Clay, Danny
*Davis, D. Edward
*Epstein, Marti
*Felsenfeld, Daniel
*Fleitz, Robert
*Hersh, Sarah
*Jacob, Robyn
*Joest, Kevin
*McQuade Dewhirst, Michelle
*Negrón, Angélica
*Search, Cara
*Smooke, Vid
*Sosa, Jorge
*Villarreal, Leaha Maria
Not So Far As The Forest for soprano and cello
This Land is [My] Land for soprano and cello
Opposites for three players on ukulele and recorder
since forgotten for soprano, cello, and tape recorder
Hadyeh for soprano, cello, and bass clarinet
For Those Who Learn for soprano and cello
... you have been warned for soprano and cello
Love Destroyed for soprano and cello
Next Time for soprano and cello
Who Speaks for soprano, cello, and bass clarinet
Such Little Arrows for soprano and cello
#nofilter for soprano and cello
Say Something in Spanish for soprano, clarinet, tenor sax, violin, cello, 2 percussionists
Resist!!! for 2 players
The Growth Delusion for soprano and cello
Dina von Zweck Songs for soprano and cello
I am relevant for soprano and cello
Compositions
Presentations & Workshops
"Creativity in Contemporary Performance" Workshop at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI Nov. 7, 2019
“Eleanor Smith’s Hull House Songs.” Lecture Recital at Oakland University, Rochester, MI. Mar. 16, 2016.
“Eleanor Smith’s Hull House Songs.” Lecture Recital at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, IL. Aug. 22, 2015.
(Juxta)Tonal Song (2019) for voice, toy piano, and sound makers for Juxtatonal with Bryan Hayslett
SHO Art, Spirit, and Performance, Windsor, ON, Canada 2019
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Detroit, MI 2019
*YInMn Music Festival, Ann Arbor, MI 2019
JUX2can (2018) for toy instruments for Juxtatonal with Bryan Hayslett
Whitespace, Atlanta, GA, 2018
*Chase Public, Cincinnati, OH 2018
Tides (2018) for voice, looper, and live electronics for Resonant Bodies
*Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Banff, AB, Canada 2018
Seminars & Panels
Diversity, Representation, and Democratization Panelist, Davidson College I 2020
New Music Seminar Series, New World School of the Arts I 2020
New Music USA Grant Award Panelist I 2019 & 2021
Teaching Experience
Private Vocal Instructor I 2002 - Present
Private Home Studio I Rochester Hills, MI 2010 - Present
Oakland University I Rochester Hills, MI 2017 - 2020
Marian High School I Bloomfield Hills, MI 2012 - 2018
L'anse Creuse North High School I Macomb, MI 2010 - 2013
K.O. Music I Ray, MI 2010 - 2013
Prairie High School I Cedar Rapids, IA 2004 - 2006
Marion Music Academy I Marion, IA 2004 - 2006
Clarkston Conservatory of Music I Clarkston, MI 2002 - 2004
Adjunct Professor of Music Theory I 2013 - 2016
Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI
Vocal Master Class Instructor I 2004 - 2019
Private Studio, Rochester Hills, MI 2019
Brock University, St. Catherine's, ON 2018
University of Windsor, Windsor, ON 2016
Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2012 - 2017
L'anse Creuse High School, Macomb, MI 2010 - 2013
Prairie High School, Cedar Rapids, IA 2004 - 2006
Education
Master of Arts Vocal Performance I 2006
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Bachelor of Music Vocal Performance I 2003
Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI
Bachelor of Science Economics I 2003
Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI
Teachers
Dr. Edith Diggory
Dr. John Muriello
Dr. Rachel Joselson
Dr. Ingo Tize
Music Directing & Conducting Experience
Opera Music Director I 2011
Create Your Own Opera, Project Daydream, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Director & Conductor of Special Music Programs I 2006
St. Thomas Presbyterian Church, Shelby Township, MI
Choral Director & Conductor I 2004 - 2005
United Methodist Church, West Liberty, IA
Awards & Scholarships
Charles Lindsley Music Award
The University of Iowa Music Fellowship Award
Division I Scholarship Athlete Oakland University
Conductors
Robert Franz
Dr. Tim Weiss
Dr. William Jones
Dr. Daniel Kleinknecht
Dr. Timothy Stadler
Dr. Michael Mitchell
Dr. Daniel Pesca
Stage Directors
Gary Race
Ed Bourgeois
Karen Sherdian
Dr. Michael Gillespie
Dr. Arthur J. Beer
Master Classes
Tony Arnold
Jennifer Ashe
Katherine Goldner
Michael Spierman