EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California at San Diego [ABD]
Integrative Studies – Anthony Davis, advisor
M.M. San Francisco State University [2009]
Vocal Performance – Dr. Alissa Deeter, advisor
B.M. University of California at Santa Cruz [2002]
Vocal Performance – Dr. Brian Staufenbiel, advisor
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Longy School of Music of Bard College
• Visiting Faculty, Voice: [2017-2018]
University of California, San Diego [2009 – 2016]
• Associate Instructor, Music 15: Karaoke: Exposing a Voice / Posing an Identity [Summer and Fall, 2014]
• Instructor, Music 32V: Vocal Instruction, Individual lessons [2009-2011]
• Music 127 (A,B,C): History of Jazz; TA [2011-2012]
• Music 126: Blues; TA [2011]
• Music 101C: Music Theory and Practice; TA [2011]
• Music 15: Popular Music – Great Women of Song; TA [2010]
• Music 11: Folk Music – Klezmer; TA [2010]
• Music 8: American Music – Jazz; TA [2009]
San Francisco State University [2007-2009]
• Instructor, Music 313: Vocal Instruction, Individual lessons [2007-2009]
• Instructor, Music 309: Singing for Self Expression [2008]
• Music 120: Basic Music – Voice; TA [2008-2009]
GUEST LECTURES
University of California, San Diego [2010]
“Women of Experimental and Contemporary Song”
Mus 15 – Great Women of Song
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
• TA Excellence Award for Superior Teaching Performance, UCSD [2013]
• Full residency and stipend, UCSD [2009-2015]
• Dissertation Year Fellowship [2015]
MUSIC ENSEMBLES
Codex Confiteor | confiteor.cc [2017-present]
Noise / Doom / Medieval – Voice and Tuba Electro-Acoustic Duo
Voice, oboe, saw, accordion
The Bechdels | [2016-present]
Vocal a cappella trio
G Burns Jug Band | gburnsjugband.com [2012-2018]
Old time / Pre-war American music
Accordion, tenor banjo, voice
No Fancy | nofancy.net [2012-2017]
Electro-acoustic improvisation duo
Accordion, saw, autoharp
Kallisti Ensemble | kallisti.instantencore.com [2009-2011]
Modern chamber opera / Experimental music theater
Soprano
San Diego New Music Collective [2010-2015]
Contemporary and Experimental classical music ensemble
Soprano, accordion, oboe
VOCAL PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Improvisation on A chanter m’er de so q’leu non volria by Comtessa de Dia
Project [Blank] – Contemporary music concert series [2020]
La Jolla, CA
What If A Day or A Month Or A Year by Thomas Campion
In My Room by The Beach Boys, arranged by Batya MacAdam-Somer
Project [Blank] – Contemporary music concert series [2020]
La Jolla, CA
all the trichords in a seven letter alphabet where order matter and no voice sounds the same note consecutively
terminal positions for ballet dancer lely tiling of hymnal text by Brian Parks [2013]
The Wulf – Los Angeles, CA
Soprano
Suzette Who Set To Sea by Finnegan Kruckmeyer [2014]
La Jolla Playhouse – La Jolla, CA
Directed by Eric Johnson
On-stage musician / actor / singer
to be the bell and then to fall by Martin Hiendl (World premiere) [2011]
Musical component of multi media project, Rochester Knocking
California State University – San Marcos, CA
Staged and Directed by Monica Duncan
Role played: soprano and megaphone
Socrate by Eric Satie [2011]
UCSD – La Jolla, CA
Conducted by Aleck Karis
Designed and staged by Susan Narucki
Role played: Socrate
Improvisation sur Mallarmé by Boulez [2011]
UCSD – La Jolla, CA
Conducted by Steven Schick
Soloist with the Palimpsest Ensemble
To Be Sung by Pascal Dusapin (West Coast premiere) [2010]
UCSD – La Jolla CA
Chamber opera for 4 female voices and instruments
Designed and staged by Susan Narucki
Conducted by Julian Pellicano
Role played: Woman
final girl 1 by Clinton McCallum [2011]
UCSD – La Jolla, CA
A cappella work for four voices
Role Played: soprano
Lungi dal vago volto RV 680 by A. Vivaldi [2009]
SF State University, San Francisco, CA
Performed with Agave Baroque
Seven Romances on Verses of Alexander Blok, Op. 127 by Dmitri Shostakovich [2009]
SF State University, San Francisco, CA
Zwei Gesänge, Op.91 Johannes Brahms [2009]
SF State University, San Francisco, CA
Performed with Paul Yarborough of the Alexander String Quartet
Lord Nelson Mass by Joseph Haydn [2008]
SF State University, San Francisco, CA
Soprano soloist
Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky [2008]
SF State University, San Francisco, CA
Opera Scenes Workshop
Role played: Tatiana
Tartuffe by Kirke Mecham [2007]
San Francisco State – San Francisco CA
Fully staged chamber opera
Directed by Dr. Alissa Deeter
Role played: Elmire
Carmen by Georges Bizet [2000]
UCSC – Santa Cruz, CA
Fully staged opera
Designed and staged by Brian Staufenbiel
Role played: Micäela
Mass to St. Anthony by Lou Harrison [2002]
UCSC – Santa Cruz, CA
Conducted by Nicole Paiement
Ensemble Parallel and UCSC Chamber Singers
Soprano
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
The Meghann Welsh Experience
Flamingo [2013]
Stay Strange – Experimental Music Series
Winter Wonderland Gallery, Oceanside, CA
Saw, voice, field recordings
No Fancy
untitled [2012]
Museum of Contemporary Art – San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Timbral improvisation duo
No Fancy
three am [2012]
San Diego Museum of Art – San Diego, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art – San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Timbral improvisation duo
The Desperate Characters of Mercer County [2012, 2013]
Space 4 Art – San Diego, CA
Accordion, saw, voice
Nosferatu, by Paul Hembree [2011]
UCSD- La Jolla, CA
San Diego New Music Collective
Accordion
An Index of Metals by Martin Hiendl [2011]
UCSD – La Jolla, CA
Chamber work for voice, mid-sized ensemble and electronics
Oboe
VOICE INSTRUCTORS
Susan Narucki | Dr. Alissa Deeter | Sara Ganz | Dr. Brian Staufenbiel
COACHES
Jung Hae Kim | The Alexander String Quartet (Paul Yarbrough and Frederick Lifsitz) | Michael Strauss | Susan Narucki
MASTER CLASSES
Beat Furrer | Susan Narucki |Martin Katz
CONDUCTORS
Steven Schick | Nicole Paiement | Julian Pellicano | Martin Hiendl
CURATION, PRODUCTION
Glottalopticon Experimental Opera Series | www.glottalopticon.com [2013-present]
Space 4 Art – San Diego, CA
Experimental opera works in collaboration with visual artists
Curator, producer, founder
DISCOGRAPHY
Sound Check 6, UC San Diego Music [2016]
The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe, G Burns Jug Band, Independent [2015]
G Burns Jug Band [S/T], Independent [2014]
No Fancy [S/T], Independent [2012]
Sound Check 5, UC San Diego Music [2011]
Lou Harrison – Works 1939-2000, Mode Records [2002]