Nancy E. Harris--Performance Resume
MUSICAL THEATER
Mrs. Paroo The Music Man Town Hall Arts Center
Grandmother Tzeitel & Shaindel The Fiddler on the Roof Town Hall Arts Center
Marmee Little Women:The Musical Town Hall Arts Center-3 times, The Nomad Theatre-once
*Denver Drama Critics Awards for Best New Play & Choreography; Original Cast Recording
Rita (pianist) Cowgirls Arcos Azules at Crossroads Theatre
Widow Corney/Mrs. Bumble Oliver Performance Now at Lakewood Cultural Ctr
*Dialect Coach for British accents, also
Queen Maisie Cinderella Town Hall Arts Center-2 times
Sister Mary Amnesia Nunsense The Denver Victorian Theatre
*Best Vocalist, Best Comedienne, and Best Show for season
Louise (Gypsy) Gypsy Bonfils Theatre
*Best Show, nom. Best Actress
Princess Margaret The Student Prince Bonfils Theatre
*nom. Best Actress
Polly Brown The Boyfriend USF Summer Repertory Theatre
Cecily Cardew Ernest in Love USF Summer Repertory Theatre
(musical of The Importance of Being Ernest)
Aldonza understudy & Fermina Man of La Mancha Bonfils Theatre
Angel understudy, chorus Celebration Bonfils Theatre
Secretary/Receptionist How to Succeed in Business Bonfils Theatre
Without Really Trying
Lady of the Court Camelot The Denver Post Opera Foundation
New Postulant The Sound of Music The Denver Post Opera Foundation
OPERAS
Filipevna (Nanny) Eugene Onegin The Brico Symphony
Countess Almaviva The Marriage of Figaro USF Opera Company
Marcellina The Marriage of Figaro USF Opera Company
Mother, Rosina Daintymouth Hansel and Gretel Opera and Beyond
Inez The Gondoliers Loveland Opera Theatre
Rossweisse Ride of the Valkyries The Brico Symphony
Princess, Good Fairy An Extract of Opera Opera and Beyond
Prince Orlovsky Die Fledermaus (Briefly, The Bat) Opera and Beyond
Solo Quartet, Ensemble Norma Opera Colorado
Ensemble, puppeteer The Masked Ball Opera Colorado
Ensemble Nixon in China Opera Colorado *NAXOS recording
Ensemble The Elixir of Love Loveland Opera Theatre
Ensemble The Flying Dutchman Opera Colorado
Ensemble The Elixir of Love Opera Colorado
Ensemble La Traviata -2 productions Opera Colorado
Ensemble Abduction from the Seraglio Opera Colorado
Ensemble Julius Caesar Opera Colorado
Ensemble La Boheme Opera Colorado
Ensemble Carmen Colorado Opera Troupe
Ensemble I Pagliacci Colorado Opera Troupe
Ensemble Cavalleria Rusticana Colorado Opera Troupe
Puppeteer The Man in the Moon Denver Lyric Opera
Witch & Mother Hansel & Gretel Opera and Beyond
SOLOIST
Mezzo and Director SOAP: Reunion (May 2023); How Much to Do About Nothing (Dec 2023)
Mezzo DAMTA Teachers Musicale 15 years
Mezzo Opera and Beyond--Children's Hospital bi-monthly
Mezzo Rocky Mountain Opera Co--BMS Concert, Liberty Heights, Children's Hosp, Nonna's Bistro
Mezzo Annual Gala (3yrs), Holiday Soiree; Songs My Mother Taught Me Loveland Opera Theatre
Mezzo Operetta Program Liberty Heights, Colorado Springs
Mezzo Operettas & Musicals-S.O.S. Benefit Augustana Lutheran, Denver
Alto Elijah Montview Presbyterian Church, Denver
Mezzo Bach bm Mass Montview Presbyterian Church, Denver
Mezzo Solomon’s Gardens Stanford University,
*West Coast Premiere
Mezzo Mario Singers Mario’s Restaurant, Denver
Mezzo Hired Church soloist 4 ys Epiphany Episcopal Church, Denver
Mezzo Hired Church soloist 7 yrs Broadway Baptist Church, Denver
Mezzo Hired Church soloist 3 yrs St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Guest jazz singer NATO Headquarters Officer’s Club Band, Fontainebleau, France
Misc. performances for the Symphony Debs, KVOD Marathon, Denver Symphony Guild, Jr. Symphony Guild
Backup singer The Kream of the Krop (swing band in Northern Colorado)
Jazz singer The Spice of Life Chandler Center for the Arts
CHORAL
(Took 2-week Master's Level course under Robert Shaw)Messiah The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, England, Sir Malcolm Sargent,
Ensemble Tribute to Nat Merrill, Gala Opening of Ellie Caulkins Opera House Opera Colorado
Ensemble , soloist 5 years Cherry Creek Chorale, Denver
Ensemble Carmina Burana Colorado Ballet
Ensemble , soloist 4 years Schola Cantorum, San Francisco, CA
Ensemble Beethoven’s 9th Symphony San Jose Symphony
Ensemble Carmina Burana Montview Presbyterian Church, Denver,
Ensemble 1 year Regisingers, Regis College, Denver
Ensemble, soloist 6 years Mountain Bell Singers &US West Singers, Denver
All choruses, madrigal singers University of South Florida
PLAYS
Madame FouFou Soap Floats Fort Collins Senior Center
Sylvia Trolls (World Premiere) Federal Theatre
Hattie Bourbon & Laundry AIC, *also Southern-dialect coach
Shostakovich Shameful Shifty Shostakovich Jr. Symphony Guild
Melodrama director, producer, & choreographer Wolfgang Jr. Symphony Guild
Melodrama director & olio performer A Feud for Thought Jr. Symphony Guild
Olio director Schola Cantorum, San Francisco, CA
Makeup, bit parts, tech work--The Man Who Came to Dinner, Inherit the Wind, The Maker of Dreams, La Jalousie
du Barbouille, The Thirteenth Chair, Life with Father, The Tempest
Prof. Puppeteer and voice talent--Norwood Puppet Theatre; also Washington D.C. educational TV; Opera Colorado (Masked Ball)
RECORDINGS
With All My Heart, Nance –standard jazz ballads album
Nance Sings Love--standard jazz ballads album
One Misty, Moisty Morning, Vol I & II—children’s anthologies of songs, poems, and stories
The Stories of the Santa Fe Trail – storytelling album
Little Women: The Musical—original cast album
RADIO/TV/ FILM
Mueller State Park, Santa Fe Trail - voiceovers for regional history tourist educational tapes 1998
Venture into Music, WUSF-FM - Producer and announcer of music-comparison program for 2 1/2 years
Announcer, Music Librarian, Sound Engineer, Floor Manager -WUSF-FM & TV - 3 years
Epicurean Catering Promo 1999
Voice-over talent, J F Images (Accents are specialty)
Industrial Training - United Bank of Colorado
Implied Force: A Case of Rape - ABC Movie of the Week, Nov. 1983 - Extra; cast as college professor
Commercials-Connecting Point, National Jewish Center, American Home Security, Front Range Buick Dealers,
Tippany Condominiums
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Core-Singing Certified Teacher 2010; Permanent Recertification 2011Lessac-Madden Resonant Voice Therapy Certification, National Center for Voice and Speech, Denver 2005
Vocology Institute, National Center for Voice and Speech, Denver 2001
(Habilitation for the Speaking and Singing Voice)
Master of Humanities, University of Colorado, (Voice, Theatre, Art History, Comparative Literature) 1987
Bachelor of Arts, Univ. of South Florida, (Studio Voice, Theatre, K-12 Music Ed) 1966
National GRE ranking 96%
*Full-tuition theatre scholarship for repertory musical theatre
Voice: Ingo Titze 2001 Vocal Pedagogy; Kittie Vertolini Abbott 2005 Lessac Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy
Robert Shaw’s Choral Institute, June 1998 - voice/conducting
Vera Scammon Broughton (Univ. of Indiana, Professor Emeritus, opera dept.) - voice
Dr. Barbara Doscher (Univ. of Colorado) - vocal pedagogy, voice
Robert Anderson (Univ. of S. FL, formerly Metropolitan Opera) - voice
Robert Lansing (formerly Metropolitan Opera) – voice
Col. G. Mortimer Lunsford, M.A. - voice
Shirley White, M.M. – voice
Piano: Dr. Armin Watkins (Univ. of South Florida) - piano
Patricia Parraguez-Chen (Studied under Claudio Arrau) - piano
Accompanying the Singer course--Motsumi Moteki (CU)
Movement: Royal Academy of Ballet, London - ballet, toe, tap; passed 1st level, Commended
Jane Tannenbaum (from original company of Martha Graham) – modern dance
Gioconda Filipini (from Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) Washington, D.C. - ballet, toe
Chris Harris, BFA-Louder Than Words Dancetheatre--jazz, modern, choreography
Patricia Hansen, M.A., Pres. of Yoga International - yoga
Kim Robards Dance, Denver - modern dance
University of Colorado - ballet, modern dance
University of South Florida - gymnastics, modern dance, judo, golf, tennis, sailing
Karen Lee Dance International - Argentine tango, ballroom, swing, salsa
Nancy Taylor Modeling School
Vienna Cotillion - ballroom
Other - English riding and jumping, Western riding, figure skating, belly dancing, swim team
Careers: Vocologist, voice coach, performer, clinician; Formerly: college professor, piano teacher, editor, technical writer, DCPA voice workshop presenter, guest instructor for Denver School of the Arts in both Acting and Vocal departments; Elton Norwood Puppet Theatre puppeteer; WUSF-FM and WUSF-TV—Sound engineer, producer, announcer. Raised grant money to build The Denver Civic Theatre; bookkeeper and treasurer both professionally and for volunteer organizations