| Education |
| Kaye DeVries holds a BA in Music
and Psychology from Chapman University. She has studied with Zo Hau
Rosnay, Edna Garrabedian, and Caterina Micieli. |
| Performing and
Teaching Experience |
| With over thirty years of experience
teaching private voice, Kaye has been a choral director for fifteen
years. Kaye performs with the San Francisco Opera, the San Jose Symphony
and Opera, the Marin Opera and Symphony, the Portland Opera, the
Carmel Bach Festival, the Oakland Symphony, the Modesto and Fresno
Symphonies, and in community concerts for Columbia Artists.
A well-known Bay Area singer, Kaye has been a finalist in both
the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera auditions, and has
performed throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East,
Asia, and South America.
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| At CSMA |
| Kaye has been a vocal instructor
at the Community School of Music and Arts since 1991. She teaches
private lessons in voice to teens and adults, directs the Peninsula
Children's Chorale, and runs summer camps such as World Beat, Broadway
Bound, and Chorale Camp. She has taught the Kodaly Method through
Music in Action for six years at Huff and Bubb Schools in Mountain
View, CA. |
| Teaching Philosophy and Approach |
| Kaye's personal teaching philosophy
is rooted in her belief that everyone can sing. She says, "It
is a matter of discovering the student's personal voice and developing
it by working on technique and through various styles of music." |
| Personal |
| Beyond music, Kaye is interested
in beekeeping, gardening, cooking, and travel. She has been to over
fifty-three countries. She is a native of Los Angeles and a current
resident of Cupertino. |
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