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57:, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Illinois, Opera Festival of New Jersey, and Anchorage Opera. Her operatic roles include Susanna, Constanze, Sandrina, Adina, Lucia, Juliette, Micaela, Miss Wordsworth, Tytania and Baby Doe. She has toured extensively in the United States, Western Europe and Canada, singing both popular and classical repertoire. 48:
from 1947 to 1984, and Martha Holvik (1920–2014), violinist, violist, pianist and soprano, who also taught at UNI and founded the UNI Suzuki School in 1976. She gained a master's degree and Performer's Certificate in Opera at the
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A champion of contemporary American song and opera, she has premiered works by Ricky Ian Gordon, Aaron Kernis, John Musto, James Sellars, Tom Cipullo,
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Among the vocal competitions in which she participated were the Oratorio Society of New York, the
44:, the daughter of Karl Holvik (1921–2003), clarinetist, conductor, and Professor of Music at the 232: 69: 41: 85: 117: 93: 68:, and Joy in Singing, which sponsored her debut recital in Alice Tully Hall. Her debut at 194: 175: 254: 77: 101: 190:"Critic's Notebook; The Heavy Use (Good and Bad) Of Handel's Enduring 'Messiah'" 211: 17: 53:, and settled in New York City. She appeared with Western Opera Theater, 34: 89:
with the Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra, David Briskin, conductor.
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Karl Holvik
soprano
Cedar Falls, Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Eastman School of Music
Texas Opera Theater
Liederkranz Foundation
American Opera Auditions
Avery Fisher Hall
RCA Victor Red Seal
Carnegie Hall
Handel's
Messiah
Stewart Wallace
William Sharp
Steven Blier
New York Festival of Song
Koch International Classics
Marc Blitzstein
University of Missouri
New England Conservatory
Music Academy of the West
A Salute to American Music (Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala XVI, 1991)
"Recital: Karen Holvik Sings"
New York Times
"Critic's Notebook; The Heavy Use (Good and Bad) Of Handel's Enduring 'Messiah'"
New York Times
New England Conservatory
Faculty biography
"Alumni Roster"

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