Gabrielle Richardson

Gabrielle Richardson, 21, is a pursuing a double major in Vocal and Piano Performance at Millsaps College; she is minoring in Anthropology, and upon graduation will receive a national certification for choral conducting. She plans to attend graduate school for the performing arts, either at UC Berkeley, or on study abroad in England at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, or King's College of Music. A classically trained lyric coloratura soprano, she specializes in French chanson, German lied, and lyric/dramatic/soubrette operatic material such as Mozart, Verdi, Massenet. She has also developed a specialization in American art song, smooth jazz, and contemporary music theater, having sung material by Kirk Mechem, Kurt Weill, and Steven Sondheim. As a classical pianist, she has performed the standard works of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary masters, and has developed specializations in the virtuosity of Rachmaninov, the elegance of Bach and Haydn, and the lyricism of Chopin and Brahms. Gabrielle has acted in many plays, musicals, and operas, performing works by the masters, from Shakespeare/Williams, to Jerome Kern/Leonard Bernstein, to Henry Purcell/Benjamin Britten. She has taken movement, drama, staging, set, makeup, and IPA classes, as well as private instruction on characterization and accents. Gabrielle speaks French, Spanish, Arabic, and has had diction training in Italian, French, German, Czech, Russian, Japanese, and English. She is a certified equestrian, trained in English, Western, Natural, Bareback, and Sidesaddle styles; she has also competed in every event from Dressage and Jumping to Bull Riding and Calf Roping. She trains horses and provides seminars in the Natural Horsemanship method to beginners and professionals alike. For complete details on acting, sung roles, keyboard repertoire, language proficiency, and horsemanship, please ask for resume.