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| Julie Simson, mezzo-soprano Julie Simson has sung with opera companies throughout the United States including Houston Opera, Dallas Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Memphis, and Opera Colorado performing such roles as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. She has also performed as soloist in major oratorio works with the Denver, Colorado Springs, Cedar Rapids, Omaha and Milwaukee Symphonies and in Boulder at the MahlerFest and Bach Festival. Miss Simson was the recipient of a grant to study and perform in Europe where she subsequently won the prestigious Mozart Prize at the International Belvedere Competition in Vienna. She was also a finalist in the Luciano Pavarotti International Competition in Philadelphia and the G. B. Dealey National Awards in Dallas. After winning 1st Prize at the 1989 East & West Artists International Competition, she made her New York recital debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She was the second place winner of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award Competition and a finalist in the International Marian Anderson Competition Miss Simson was featured in two concerts at the International George Crumb Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, and in recital masterclasses at the Hochschule für Music Hans Eilser in Berlin, Germany. Her recordings include Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the Colorado Mahler Fest and Horatio Parker’s Hora Novissima on the Albany label. Recently distributed is an American Art Song CD on the songs of Richard Faith. Miss Simson holds degrees from Western Michigan University and the University of Illinois. She is currently an Artist/Teacher, Associate Professor of Voice and Chair of the Voice Area at the University of Colorado-Boulder. |
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