About the Author

Amy Rosine, lyric soprano, is professor of music in the Kansas State University School of Music, Theater, and Dance, where she teaches Applied Voice, Vocal Techniques for instrumental music education, Women in Music, Survey of Music for the Adolescent Singer and is the vocal director for K-State musicals. She holds degrees from the University of Kansas (DMA), University of Missouri-Kansas City (MM), and Truman State University (BME). Her voice teachers include Inci Bashar, Norman Paige, and Kathleen Dawson. A versatile singer, Rosine has performed opera, musical theater, oratorio, and enjoys chamber music collaborations. She has performed throughout the country as a member of the Sorores Duo, with clarinetist Sandra Mosteller. She is a past recipient of the Alpha Corrine Mayfield Award in Opera Performance from the National Federation of Music Clubs. Before Kansas State University, Dr. Rosine taught at Howard Payne University and Texas Women’s University. She has also taught at the following summer programs: International Opera Performing Experience (Italy), Riverside Lyric Opera Adult Opera Program (CA), and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (MI). She holds memberships in College Music Society and the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and is a Regional Officer for Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity. She directs the adult choir at College Avenue United Methodish Church in Manhattan, KS.