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Gale Heard is an Instructor in the Music Department at Berea
College in Berea, Kentucky. She teaches applied voice, applied
piano and accompanying, diction, and class voice and serves
as Staff Accompanist and Vocal Coach. She also conducts the
Berea College Women’s Chorus.
A native of the deep south, Miss Heard has earned Bachelors
degrees from Georgetown College in piano performance and
vocal performance. She is also a graduate of The Florida
State University, where she has earned degrees in vocal
performance and opera. She is a winner of the Metropolitan
Opera auditions at the local, regional and national levels.
She is also the winner of the National Association of Teachers
of Singing Artist’s Award. She has done extensive
performing both regionally and nationally, in both opera
and art song. Some of the roles she has performed include "The
Countess" in Le Nozze di
Figaro, "Tosca" in
Tosca, "Madame Butterfly" in Madama
Butterfly,
and "Fiordiligi" in Cosi
fan tutte.
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