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Frances Young
Lecturer in Music
(Vocal Arts)
Office: 113 Music and Media
Phone: 949-824-6615
E-mail: fbennett@uci.edu
B.Mus., University of California, Irvine; PDVT Guildhall School
of Music, London
A graduate of UC Irvine, Ms. Young continued her
post graduate study at the Guildhall School of Music on a Fulbright
Scholarship.Her teachers have included Nina Hinson, Vera Rosza,
and Valerie Masterson. She
was awarded Singer of the Year at the Llangollen Musical
Eisteddfod, Wales, and Singer of the Year by the National
Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).
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She taught Voice for twelve years at Pomona College and is also on the
faculties of the Colburn School of Performing Arts and Fullerton College.
Since 1993, Ms. Young has taught Musical Theater for the Idyllwild School
of Arts Summer Song and Dance program.
The LA Times’ has described Frances as “A soprano of gossamer
sheer purity.” Her recent concerts include Messiah with
Musica Angelica, the Music from the Heart recital at Royce Hall,
and a Songfest recital at the Colburn School. She sang
the title role in The Rake’s Progress at the Aldeburgh Festival,
in The Songmakers’ Almanac with Graham Johnson;
and in recital at the American Embassy, Paris. She also may be
heard in the IMAX film Top Speed.
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