MILENA GLIGIC, Mezzo-soprano/Pianist

**** ****** ** *** *, Los Angeles, CA 90027 646-***-**** ad1pe7@r.postjobfree.com EDUCATION

****-**** ********** ** ******** College Park, DMA in Collaborative Piano/Voice Minor 2010-2011 Mannes College The New School for Music, MM in Collaborative Piano: Vocal 2007-2009 University of Arts in Belgrade, Specialization in Chamber Music 2002-2006 University of Arts in Belgrade, BM in Piano Performance 2007-2010 Music School “Josif Marinkovic”, High School Diploma in Classical Singing 2006-2010 Music School “Stankovic”, High School Diploma in Jazz Singing VOICE TEACHERS

2016-present Renee Sousa

2014-2016 Carmen Balthrop

2007-2010 Biljana Soldo

2006-2010 Jelena Revisin

PIANO TEACHERS

2012-2018 Rita Sloan

2016 Warren Jones

2010-2011 Cristina Stanescu

2002-2006 Dubravka Jovicic

SINGING ROLES/SOLO PERFORMANCES

Sancho Panza Dulcinea XL by Juan Colomer LA Grand Ensemble (world premiere) Soloist An Irish Christmas Kerry Irish Productions (USA tour) Ino/Juno cover Semele by Handel American Bach Soloists Academy Soloist Stabat Mater by Pergolesi Narnia Festival in Italy Soloist Magnificat et Nunc Dimittis by Esenvalds St. James’ Choir Gothic Records CD Soloist Requiem by Mozart St. James’ Choir

Soloist Messiah by Handel Ensemble conducted by J. Reilly Lewis in Washington DC Soloist Winter Concert Washington Bach Consort (J. Reilly Lewis) Soloist Tehillim by Reich Contemporaneous Ensemble PROFESSIONAL PIANO EXPERIENCE

2019-present CalArts, Vocal Arts Faculty: Vocal Coach/Accompanist 2018-present Pacific Opera Project, pianist for Carmen and Magic Flute 2018-present LA Phil, pianist for Cage: Europeras, Norman: A Trip to the Moon, Bernstein: Mass 2016-2018 LA Opera, Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist, rehearsal pianist 2012-present Contemporaneous Ensemble, core pianist 2011-2013 Bard College Conservatory of Music, Piano Fellow PROFESSIONAL CHOIR EXPERIENCE

LA Master Chorale (LA), St. James in the City (LA), Washington Bach Consort (DC), Collegiate Chorale

(NYC), Collegium Musicum (Belgrade, Serbia)

CONDUCTORS/COACHES/DIRECTORS

Gustavo Dudamel, James Conlon, Placido Domingo, James Buonemani, Paolo Bortolameolli, David Bloom, Yuval Sharon, Paul Curran, Peter Sellars, Ann Baltz, Kayo Iwama, Dawn Upshaw, Zubin Mehta, Robert Spano, David Allan Miller, Rossen Milanov, Darinka Matic-Marovic, Audrey Saint-Gil, James Bagwell, Matthew Aucoin, Leon Botstein, Martin Katz, Graham Johnson, Roger Vignoles, Margo Garrett, Renata Scotto, Deborah Voigt, Michelle DeYoung, Jake Heggie, Susan Graham, Ignazio Terrassi FESTIVALS

SONGFEST, Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, American Bach Soloists Academy, Resonant Bodies Festival, Siena Music Festival, Narnia Festival LANGUAGES

Serbian, English, Italian

French, Spanish, German

SPECIAL SKILLS

Dancing: Balkan Folk, Salsa, Freestyle

Harpsichord/continuo playing

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