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ELISE AS A TEACHER:Elise Behunin graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Brigham Young University in 2012 and is a voice teacher in Fort Collins, Colorado. She has been actively working with vocal students in solo and group settings for more than a decade. Click here for information about voice lessons. She is married to a piano accompanist, Matthew, and has two young boys.
Elise also teaches beginning violin and has developed her own violin primer, Super Strings, for young students. The violin method melds traditional violin approaches with fun, child-focused activities. Elise's propensity for the stratospheric vocal gymnastics of a coloratura soprano was evident from the age of two when she sang along with her mother's flute. These vocalizations prepared her for such roles as Mabel from the Pirates of Penzance, where her voice was described as "lovely enough to melt any pirate's heart" (Standard Examiner, Ogden, 2007). She is especially passionate about French opera, having lived and studied in Paris for half a year and later working for a year and a half as a volunteer for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Belgium; there she was able to gain a love for cheese and chocolate as well as perform in choirs and as a soprano soloist.
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RESUME
EDUCATIONBachelor of Music, Vocal Performance
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 2012 COACHING AND CHORAL EXPERIENCEVoice, violin teacher and vocal coach, 2003—Present
Choir Director, Local and Regional Church Choirs, 2007, 2010-2011, 2016—2017 Vocal Coach for Public Speaking, Phoenix AZ, 2014—2015 Children’s Singing Director, Local church programs, 2011—2013 PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCESoprano Soloist
LIGHT THE WORLD, Regional Choir Concert, Ft. Lauderdale FL Titania, Midsummer Night's Dream the Musical LITTLE BROWN THEATER CO. Peep Bo, Mikado BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Duchess of Paza-Toro, The Gondoliers BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Opera Scenes Marie, La fille du régiment BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Opera Scenes. Mabel, Pirates of Penzance PLAIN CITY THEATRE Soprano Soloist INSTITUT DE RELIGION LYONNAIS, Christmas Concert in Lyon, France. Soprano Soloist Baptismal music in Chicago, Illinois; Lyon, France; Lausanne, Switzerland; Luxembourg; and Paris, France. Soprano Soloist, Handel's Messiah Handel's Messiah, SALT LAKE ASSEMBLY HALL Tuptim, The King and I HUNTER HIGH Cinderella, Into the Woods HUNTER HIGH Cosette, Les Misérables HUNTER HIGH |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE
Fluency in French
Basic Italian Singing Experience in Danish, Finnish, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish DRAMATIC EXPERIENCEThe Olle-Madsen Handcart Company Documentary
DREAMCHASER ENTERTAINMENT Voice Talent Joseph Fielding Smith, a docudrama DREAMCHASER ENTERTAINMENT Principal Actress, Louie Shurtliff Smith |