Dr. Colleen Cole Beucher, voice

Dr. Colleen C. Beucher, new Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Florida, will present a program of art song by Black American composers, Catalan Art Song, and the aria “Senza mamma” from Puccini’s Suor Angelica. Collaborative Pianist Anait Piloyan will join Dr. Beucher.

Join us Tuesdays in February at 12:15 p.m. for 25-minute concerts with guest musicians followed by lunch. Enter at our main sanctuary doors on SW 2nd Avenue. Bring your lunch or purchase one for $5. February 11 Lunch Menu: Chicken Salad and Egg Salad Sandwiches, SweetBerries Gorgonzola Salad, Chips, Montreat Blueberry Pie, Water, and Lemonade.

Dr. Colleen Cole Beucher, soprano, is a new Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Florida. She completed her DMA in Vocal Performance at the University of Michigan, where she studied under Dr. Louise Toppin. Over the past year, she has performed in several seminar recitals with the Singing Justice Collaboratory, an organization dedicated to “Recovering the African American voice in Song.” Colleen’s performance and research interests are in the fields of African American and African Diaspora Art Song, as well as Catalan art song. While she specializes in western-classical vocal technique, Dr. Beucher is also skilled at teaching and singing non-classical styles. She has extensive experience cross training students to sing successfully across multiple genres, be it classical, musical theater, jazz, or contemporary commercial music. As an applied voice instructor, she strives to honor and develop each student’s specific vocal strengths and interests, while also supplementing their education with training in other voice genres.