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Deborah Kavasch, composer/soprano and a founding member of the Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble of the University of California, San Diego, has developed an ensemble and solo repertoire that encompasses both traditional and extended techniques for instruments and voices. Her extensive range and unique vocal capabilities allow her to assay the traditional repertoire as well as the highly demanding vocal acrobatics of much of the contemporary scene.
A 1987 Fulbright Senior Scholar to Stockholm, she has also received grants and residencies in composition and performance from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Djerassi Foundation, The Barlow Endowment Lecture Series, the California Arts Council, the Ernest Bloch Music Festival and Composers Symposium, and the International Congress on Women in Music. She has had works commissioned and performed in North America, Europe and the United Kingdom, and has appeared in major international music centers and festivals in concerts, solo recitals, workshops, lecture/demonstrations, and television and radio broadcasts.
Dr. Kavasch is published by Edition Reimers of Stockholm, and is recorded by Lovely Records, Composers Recordings, Inc., Cambria Records and TNC Classical, which recently released her two solo CDs of original compositions, The Dark Side of the Muse and Fables and Fantasies. She holds the Bachelor of Arts in German and the Bachelor and Master of Music in Theory/Composition from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, and Doctor of Philosopy in Music from the University of California at San Diego. She is currently Professor of Music Theory, Composition and Voice in the Department of Music at California State University, Stanislaus.
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