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Jennifer Rhyne Associate Professor of Flute and Music Theory Phone: 253-535-7058 Email: rhynejl@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 340 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Website: http://www.plu.edu/flute/ Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Fundamentals I/II Education D.M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook M.M., University of Michigan B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music B.A., Neuroscience, Oberlin College Areas of Emphasis

the Regiment), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Lucy (The Telephone), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), and Papagena (The Magic Flute). During her apprenticeship with the Seattle Opera Young Artist’s Program in 2004, Ms. Milanese performed the role of Pamina in the Young Artist’s production of The Magic Flute and returned as a guest artist the following season to sing the role of Barbarina in their production of Le Nozze di Figaro. On the concert stage, Ms. Milanese has performed as a

, Opera Colorado, Anchorage Opera, Portland Opera, Vashon Opera, Stockton Opera, Central City Opera, and Las Vegas Opera. Notable roles in his repertoire include the title role in The Marriage of Figaro, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Marcello in La Boheme, Dancairo in Carmen, Sharpless in Madame Butterfly, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Prince Ottokar in Der Freischutz, Angelotti in Tosca,  Papageno in  The Magic Flute, Don Alfonso in  Cosi Fan Tutte, Fleville in Andrea Chenier,  Frank in Die Fledermaus

designs at PLU include both Costume and Set Design for Twelfth Night, Costume Design for Cabaret, Company, and The Fantasticks, as well as Puppet and Costume Design for The Floating World. Kathleen has also designed for the PLU Music Department, including Set Design and Scenic Artistry for several of the annual Christmas Concerts, and Costume Design for The Magic Flute and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Kathy has designed extensively for Tacoma Opera and for Harlequin Productions in Olympia, among others

grant from the Kurt Weill Foundation in New York City for a production of Street Scene. James has directed stylistically diverse operas for PLU Opera such as Handel’s Semele, Die Fledermaus, and Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen. For ten years, he has been the conductor and stage director for Vashon Opera in Washington State in diverse repertoire such as Britten’s Albert Herring, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Carmen, Così fan tutte, Eugene Onegin, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Magic Flute

Council Auditions and the San Francisco Merola Opera Program Auditions, her repertoire includes many roles. In 1983 she won an apprenticeship with the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists and was an active participant in the Chicago opera community. She was a member of both the Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus and the Chicago Symphony Chorus under the direction of Margaret Hillis, and a recipient of the Margaret Hillis Fellowship. In 1992 she made her debut with Tacoma Opera as Pamina in The Magic Flute

Music Workshop in Fort Collins, Colorado. In 2019 Dr. Lader began teaching at the University of Texas String Project in addition to being a teaching assistant and assistant instructor for various undergraduate and graduate courses at UT. Dr. Lader has performed under Sir Simon Rattle and James Gaffigan in the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra. He has studied with Leslie Straka, Peter Slowik, Karen Ritscher, and Roger Chase. For two years, he played in a flute quartet, which performed in Oregon. Dr. Lader