Title: Alumni Guest Lecturer in Music
Office: Jenson-Noble 186
Phone: 1.563.387.1203
E-mail: warera01@luther.edu
Degree: D.M.A., University of Minnesota
Interests: Voice

Soprano Rachel Ware received her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Musical
Arts degrees from the University of Minnesota. An alumna of Luther College,
Dr. Ware teaches applied voice at Luther.

Dr. Ware made her European debut as Zerlina in Don Giovanni with the
Operafestival di Roma. Other opera roles include: Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia,
Drusilla in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Mrs. Fiorentino in Street Scene and Anne
Page in the Merry Wives of Windsor. Her concert works include Bach’s Cantata
140, Cantata 90 and Magnificat, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Buxtehude’s
Membra Jesu Nostri. Dr. Ware has appeared with the New Music Ensemble at the
University of Minnesota singing pieces by Miriam Gideon, Lloyd Ultan and Arnold
Schoenberg. An advocate of new music, Dr. Ware has collaborations planned for
new works with composers in Oklahoma and Iowa. Dr. Ware has appeared on the
Minnesota PublicRadio the program, “Classical Music with Allison Young."

In addition to her teaching at Luther College, Dr. Ware has also served as an
Instructor of Voice Lessons and Vocal Performance Class for the Junior and Senior
High Dorian Vocal Festivals in 2010 and 2011. While attending the University of
Minnesota, Dr. Ware served as the supervisor of the Vocal Teaching Assistants,
authored the “Vocal TA Handbook” and also taught multiple sections of Voice
Class. Dr. Ware has also taught private voice lessons at Stillwater Area High
School in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Dr. Ware’s research interests have led her to conduct a major survey of vocal
pedagogues to assess the current use of science and imagery in the voice studio.
She has presented her findings in a poster at the CMS National Convention in
2010. Additionally, Dr. Ware presented her paper entitled “How are we
Communicating? The Use of Science and Imagery in the Voice Studio in the USA
and Canada” at the CMS Great Lakes Regional Conference in April, 2011, at the
Voice Foundation’s 40th Annual Symposium in June, 2011, as well as at the
Phenomenon of Singing Symposium held in Newfoundland, Canada in July, 2011.
Dr. Ware is currently undergoing training to become a certified Andover Educator in
order to provide her students with accurate information about the body in
movement with the goal of facilitating safe, efficient and expressive music making.
Dr. Ware’s writings can be found in the Classical SingerMagazine covering topics
from “Insurance for the Music Teacher” to “Transferring: A Guide for the Music Major."