MFA in Vocal Performance 2002
California Institute of the Arts
Dumont Foundation Scholarship Recipient
Joseph and Dione Smith Scholarship Recipient
J Irvine Foundation of California Scholarship Recipient
Eugene Hill-Smith Memorial Scholarship Recipient
BFA in Vocal Performance 2000
California Institute of the Arts
Balinese Kec´ak (Monkey Chant): I Nyomen Wenten
North Indian Hindustani Singing: Dr. Rajeev Taranath
Balkan Music: Miroslav Tadić
Plovdiv Academy of Music and Dance Arts 2002
Conducting and Pedagogy: Svetla Stanilova
Bulgarian Technique and Repertoire: Svetla Stanilova, Todor Kirov, Anka Kushleva, Tsvetanka Varimezova
Alexander Training Institute of Los Angeles, 3-year Certification 2009
Study with Eileen Troberman 1998- 2008
Study with Cathy Madden 2013-present
Alexander Technique, Respiratory Re-education, Functional Anatomy, Physiology, Neurobiology of Behavior, Stress Responses, Performance Excellence, Philosophy, Anthropology, Writing
Daniel Ariely Udemy Course 2017
Capra Course 2016 & 2017
XVI Annual PVSF/UCLA Voice Conference 2007
OperaWorks 2003
Eastern European Folklife Center Balkan Music and Dance Workshops 2001
HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Voice and Vision’s Envision Retreat for New Works 2007
Bard College, NY
Fulbright Scholarship to Bulgaria 2002
Plovdiv Academy of Music and Dance Arts
LifeWorks Foundation Research Grant for Early American Folk Music 2004
Nashville, TN
2018
The Kate Conklin Course for Professional Singers
A revolutionary online course designed to help extraordinary performers increase quality and satisfaction in their performing and creative lives.
Voice & Alexander Technique, Private Studio, Los Angeles CA 2009- present
Students include members of the LA Philharmonic, LA Master Chorale and Cirque du Soleil.
BodyChance, Director of Education 2013
California Institute of the Arts 2006-2010
Bulgarian Vocal Ensembles, Founder and Director
Major and non-major Voice lessons, graduate and undergraduates in School of Music and School of Theater
Private Voice & Alexander Lessons and Consulting, Bay Area CA 2012-13
Private Voice & Alexander Lessons and consulting, Las Vegas NV 2009-14
Private Voice Lessons and Vocal Intensives, Nashville, TN 2003-04
Summer and Winter Programs
2014
OperaWorks Emerging Artist Program Two- week Intensive
Alexander Technique, Movement Consulting and Physical Characterization
2013
OperaWorks Winter Intensive
Alexander Technique, Movement Consulting and Physical Characterization
OperaWorks Advanced Artist Program
Alexander Technique, Movement Consulting and Physical Characterization
2012
OperaWorks Advanced Artist Program
Alexander Technique, Movement Consulting and Physical Characterization
Intro to Bellydancing
2011
US Performing Arts at UCLA: Theater Conservatory
Alexander Technique and Animal Movement for Actors
2001- 2010
California State Summer School for the Arts
Voice Faculty – Individual Lessons
Bulgarian Vocal Ensemble
Alexander Technique for Singers
Alexander Technique for Musicians
Introduction to Bellydance Workshop
2009
Academy of Creative Education at The Oakwood School
Voice Lessons
2002-03
Community Arts Project
Group Balkan singing classes for ages 8-18, solo and choral repertoire.
2001-03
California Institute of the Arts, Teaching Assistant
Voice lessons for non-majors
Research and teaching assistant, Solo Vocal Literature
Teaching assistant, Musicianship Skills and Ear Training
Guest Lectures, Residencies and Masterclasses
2016
Alexander Technique for Performers: Two- week Intensive at CalArts
Guest Lecture and Masterclass, Santa Monica College
Voice and music majors
Guest Lecture and Masterclass CalArts, Vicki Ray, Piano Coordinator
Alexander Technique and performing for piano majors
UC Redlands Creative Writing Two-day Intensive Voice and Movement Workshop: Experimental and practical applications of voice and movement. Human design and functioning, constructive thinking, sensory feedback, relevant neuroscience, resonance, acoustics communication and ensemble work.
Alexander Technique for Performers: Two- week Intensive at CalArts
“Voice and Alexander Technique for Voice Professionals” SAG/AFTRA
“Responding to Desire” TedX Talk and Performance, The Broad Stage
TedX Fulbright, Santa Monica CA
Artist, Composer, and Performance Coach Talk with Danny Holt and Ulrich Kreiger
Boston Court, Pasadena CA
Voice and Alexander Technique, Marlborough School, Los Angeles
Guest Artist with Vinny Golia, CalArts
2014
Selah Gospel Choir, Voice + Alexander Technique
Guest Artist: Composer/ Performer Forum, CalArts
2013
Career Designs in Music with Vinny Golia, CalArts
Pomona College: Voice + Alexander Technique, School of Dance
Pomona College: Alexander + Mime with Benedikt Negro, School of Art
Pomona College: Alexander + Performance, School of Art
Academy of Creative Education at Oakwood School: Guest Artist + Lecturer
California Institute of the Arts Piano Colloquium: Graduate and undergraduate pianists
2012
Artist in Residence at Marlborough School, Los Angeles
LA Music Academy: Voice + Alexander Technique
Pomona College School of Art: Visiting Artist Arts Seminar
Pomona College School of Dance: Visiting Teaching Artist Voice + Alexander Technique
San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Alexander Technique for Woodwinds
San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Alexander Technique for Oboe
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Voice Department, Masterclass for Graduate and DMA candidates
2011
LA Music Academy: Voice + Alexander Technique
Pomona College, School of Music: Bulgarian Vocal Music
Pomona College: Voice + Alexander Technique
Pomona College: Stress, Alexander Technique and Bulgarian Singing
UCLA: Graduate Acting program
UCLA: Undergraduate Musicians
2010
Alexander Technique for Pianists: Workshop, CalArts Piano Colloquium
Alexander Technique for Performers ARC Pasadena, CA
2009
“Voice, Alexander Technique and the Stress Response” CalArts Voice Forum
LA Music Academy: Two-part Workshop and Presentation on the Vocal Music of Bulgaria
2003
Oakwood Secondary School
Bulgarian Vocal Ensemble
California Institute of the Arts
Artist in Residence; CalArts Bulgarian Choir
Guitar Master class with Miroslav Tadic, guest vocalist
Loyola Marymount University
Visiting Artist
California Institute of the Arts, Voice Forum
2002
“An Amerikanka in Plovdiv: Bulgarian Folklore and Choral Pedagogy ”
5th Bulgarian Fulbright Conference “Knowledge, Power and Freedom in a Changing World”
Sponsored by the Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange
Workshops
2017
Essential Performer Annual Workshops 2014- present
Science of Movement, Respiration: Natural and Extraordinary, Science of Singing,
Performance Readiness
Filmed Extraordinary Artist Workshop at ARC Pasadena, CA
2016
Applying Alexander Technique to Voice Online Webinar
2015
Bulgarian Singing Workshop, Burbank CA
Group repertoire, vocal production and ornamentation.
2014
Alexander Technique for Singers
Aerials and Alexander Technique for Singers
Alexander Technique for Aerialists & Acrobats
Bulgarian Singing Workshop, ARC Pasadena
2013
Cirque-a-palooza at Pasadena Playhouse: Alexander Technique for Circus Arts
Pantomime + Alexander Technique with Benedikt Negro, Las Vegas NV
2013
Alexander Technique for Aerialists
Alexander Technique and Aerial for Singers
Yodels of the World at Machine Project 2013
Pantomime and Alexander Technique with Benedikt Negro at Machine Project 2013
Bulgarian Singing Workshop at Machine Project
SlapCon 2013: Alexander Technique for Slapstick
2012
SlapCon 2012: Alexander Technique for Slapstick
Bulgarian Singing Workshop @ Machine Project
Private Men’s Bulgarian Vocal Ensemble with integration of The Alexander Technique
CSSSA: Guest Performance and Workshop
Alexander Technique + Movement with Benedikt Negro, ARC Pasadena
Bulgarian Singing Workshop, ARC Pasadena
Alexander Technique for Professional Musicians, ARC Pasadena
Voice + Alexander Technique for Vocal Professionals, ARC Pasadena
ARC Pasadena
2011
Stress, Performance + The Alexander Technique, ARC Pasadena
Voice for All: Approaching Voice work through Alexander Technique, ARC Pasadena
1230 Clown Show, Las Vegas
Aerial Workshop at Le Studio, Culver City
2006
Visiting Artist, Lecture/ Performance LA City College
2005
Cirque du Soleil Workshop: Screaming on the Boat: An Aerialists Guide to Ululation and Exclamation
Visiting Artist, Lecture/ Performance CalArts
2002
Visiting Artist, Lecture/ Demo CSU Fullerton
Bulgarian Folk Music: Musical Development and Vocal Techniques in Solo and Choral Repertoire
Visiting Artist, Lecture/ Demo CSU San Marcos
Bulgarian Folk Music: Musical Development and Vocal Techniques in Solo and Choral Repertoire
Corporate Engagements
Pinterest Workshop: Alexander Technique for Startups/ Fast Growth 2012
Mahalo Workshop: Alexander Technique for Startups / Innovation and Sustainability 2011
2017
Bulgarian Song, Duo Concert with Bryan Landers
Encinitas CA
2014
1230 SHOW, Las Vegas
2013
Bulgarian Concert with Bryan Landers and Ivan Johnson, Los Angeles
Cirque-a-palooza: Benedikt Negro solo show
Duo Show with Miroslav Tadic´, Los Angeles
Duo show with Jodie Landau, Machine Project
Chamber Music Concert with 4 Hands LA, Danny Holt and Steven Vanhauwaert
Bulgarian Concert with Bryan Landers and Ivan Johnson, Academy of Creative Educations
2011
Recreational Science (Excerpts)
Premier of excerpts from the one-woman opera in progress written for Kate Conklin by Javier Navarrete at ARC Pasadena
Bosana Foundation Benefit Concert with Miroslav Tadic´
Jodie Landau
Vocal duets and premier of “Continuum” CalArts and Pasadena Library
Annual Fundraiser at ARC Pasadena with John Pennington Dance Group
California State Summer School for the Arts: Guest Performance and Workshop
2010
Kate Conklin All-Star Balkan Orkestra
Surdna Foundation Distinguished Visiting Artist-in-Residence at California State Summer School for the Arts
Bulgarian Vocal Installation at the Hammer Museum
Kate Conklin, Bryan Landers and Chris Votek
Balkan trio concert at the Pasadena Library, Creative Music Series
Milen Kirov: Duets, California State University Northridge
Works composed and performed by pianist Milen Kirov with guests Kate Conklin, Bryon Holley and Miroslav Tadic´
Madam Damnable’s Midnight Speakeasy, A Burlesque
Director and Choreographer
2006 – 2010
Annual Bulgarian Vocal Concerts: CalArts Bulgarian Vocal Ensembles
2009
Concert of Macedonian, Serbian and Greek Music: Kate Conklin & Miroslav Tadic´, CalArts
OperaWorks Holiday Concert
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels: Cathedral Choir with Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and featuring Mari Moriya, Jonathan Mack and Michael Gallup
Machine Project Benefit at Mister Jalopy’s Secret Lair
2008
Elve’s Fair, Pasadena Montessori Fundraising Concert
CalArts Bugarian Vocal Ensembles
A Machine Project Field Guide to the LA County Museum of Art
With banjoist Bryan Landers
Performances for CSSSA with Bryan Landers; Milen Kirov and Bryon Holley
OperaWorks Holiday Concert
with members of the CalArts Bulgarian Vocal Ensemble
ACF-LA American Composers Forum Salon
Presentation/Performance: “Balkan Singing Styles in Film and New Music; Idiomatic Improvisation and Re-contextualization”
2007
All Over the Map
LA City College with Bryan Landers, Jim Sullivan, TJ Troy and Brad Dutz
Elve’s Fair, Pasadena Montessori Fundraising Concert
CalArts Bugarian Vocal Ensembles
2006
Gardens Compani Javedani, Danspace at St Mark’s NYC
Orpheus Crawling NOW Festival, REDCAT Theater
Project Accidental
Eagle Rock Performing Arts Center with Bryan Landers, Jim Sullivan, TJ Troy and Brad Dutz
2004 – 2006
“O” Vocalist for Cirque du Soleil’s resident water show at Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas
2005
Solo Voice Recital
Music of Berg, Handel and Rachmaninov with pianist Neema Pazargad
2003
The Fisher King
Concert premier of the opera by Marc Lowenstein, role of Anne
2002
CEAIT Festival: Girlfriend
Sahar Javedani, solo dance and choreography, Ben Wynn, composer.
Ivan Spassov Academic National Folk Ensemble Choral Concert Series
Plovdiv Academy of Music Dance and Fine Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
“Kali” Opera by Jarrad Powell and Tony Prabowo at the Festival of Sacred Music, premier.
Excerpts, role of Kunti.
Daleko: Music from Far Away with Bryan Landers and John Bergamo
2001
Macedonian Folk Music Duo Concert
Miroslav Tadic´, guitar
“Aga Ti Rojne Plitkine…”
Solo Balkan Vocal Recital
Solo Voice Recital
Music of Berio, Brahms, Crumb, Schubert and Schumann
“Statement” by Mark Trayle, premier
Creative Music Festival
Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, organizer
2000
Music Of Java and Bali: I Nyomen Wenten; Balinese Kec’ak Ensemble.
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Long Beach Opera Volo di Notte Luigi Dallapiccola
Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Long Beach, California
Andreas Mitisek, conductor; Julian Webber, director
Nathan Hubbard Solo Recital, San Diego State University
1999
Return To One; Promises CD release concert
101 Artists Colony Encinitas, CA
Solo Voice Recital
Music of Cage, De falla, Ives and Obradors
1996-98
FIASCO, Various Concerts
An Eastern-European punk ska ensemble with Kate Conklin, vocals; Dan Cantrell, accordion; Nathan Hubbard, drums and glockenspiel; Jesse Hix, basses
Plexus Jazz Ensemble, Various Concerts
Nathan Hubbard, vibraphone and percussion; Jesse Hix, bass; Dave Golia, drums; Kate Conklin, vocals
Solo Vocal Recital
Palomar College, Carlsbad CA
Damian Dragichi “Oneness” Dharma Moon Records 2004
Featuring Vinnie Coliauta, Abraham Laboriel Sr. and Miroslav Tadić.
Deru “Trying to Remember”, Merck Records 2004
Deru “Pushing Air” Neo Ouija Records 2003
FILM AND TELEVISION
Avatar: The Last Airbender 2008
Finale, Nickelodeon
Californication 2007
“Habanera” from Carmen, Showtime Productions
Toward Darkness 2007
Opening titles and additional scenes. Starring America Ferrera and Tony Plana, Negret films
Peer-reviewed
“Engaging the Expert Performer: Affinity as Pathway” 2017
Galvanizing Performance: The Alexander Technique as a Catalyst for Excellence
Kathleen Juhl and Cathy Madden, Editors
Publisher: Singing Dragon
Fulbright Newsletter, Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange
Issue Magazine, Sound Affect: A Conversation with Kate Conklin
A partial list of activities I have analyzed and worked with in relation to coordination and The Alexander Technique includes:
Athletics:
Boxing, Running/Jogging, Diving, High-diving, Golf, Horse-riding, Martial Arts Roller Derby, Surfing, Skateboarding, Swimming, Tennis, Walking, Yoga (Practice and Instruction)
Corporations:
Start-ups (high growth)
Performing Arts:
Acting Directing Dance (Tap, Ballet, Flamenco, Tango, Contemporary) Improvisation, Movement, Public Speaking, Teaching, Recording, Singing, Stunts, Voice- Over and ADR (Automated dialogue replacement)
Circus Arts:
Acrobatics, Aerials (Cerceaux/ Hoop, Rope Trapeze), Clown, Contortion, Cyr Wheel, Hand-Balance, Juggling, Slapstick/ Physical Storytelling, Mime Corporeal, Pantomime
Music:
Conducting, Singing (Opera, Classical, Baroque/ Early Music, Musical Theater, Balkan, North Indian, South Indian, Americana, Country, Folk, Extended techniques) Percussion (Cajon, Drumset, Frame drum, Marimba, Vibraphone, Tabla, Timpani), Strings (Bass, Cello, Guitar, Mandolin, Viola, Violin) Winds ( Bassoon, Clarinets, English Horn, Euphonium, French Horn, Flutes, Oboe, Saxophones, Trombone, Trumpets, Tuba)