Dr. Rebecca Coberly,
soprano, is Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Texas
- Pan American. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal
Performance from Texas Tech University, a Master of Music in Vocal
Performance from Rice University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music
from Northwestern University. Prior to her appointment at UTPA, Dr.
Coberly served as a graduate teaching assistant at Texas Tech,
teaching applied voice, diction, and assisting with stage
productions. She has also served as Adjunct Instructor at Alvin
Community College and taught private voice in several independent
school districts in the greater Houston area. She is an active
member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the
College Music Society.
Dr. Coberly is a
versatile performer of recital, operatic and oratorio performances.
She was winner of the 2008-2009 Texas Tech University Symphony
Orchestra Concerto Competition. Recent stage performances include
Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Baby Doe in The Ballad of
Baby Doe, Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Mrs.
Darling in Peter Pan (Bernstein), and Mother Abbess in The
Sound of Music. She has also performed roles in Suor
Angelica, Hansel and Gretel, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods,
and performed as a member of the Houston Grand Opera Chorus for six
seasons. Solo concert performances include Rutter’s Requiem,
Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, Mozart’s
Requiem, J. S. Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, and
Saint Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël. Dr. Coberly has attended
programs at the Aspen Music Festival and School and at the American
Institute of Music in Graz.