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The American soprano, Chelsie Propst, obtained her both Bachelor of Arts degrees in Religious/Sacred Music and Voice Performance & Opera from Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina (2016-2010); her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from University of Wisconsin-Madison (2010-2012); and her PhD degree in Historical Musicology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012-2017), where she is writing a dissertation on melodic ornamentation in trouvère chansons. She was a finalist in Wisconsin Public Radio’s 2012 Neale-Silva Young Artists’ Competition and UW-Madison’s 2013 Concerto Competition. She also attended SongFest in 2012, where she was delighted to work with some of the greatest American art song composers of our day.
Chelsie Propst is an active performer based in Madison, Wisconsin since August 2010. Her musical interests bookend the spectrum of western music--beginning with chant and early concert music and ending with contemporary classical compositions. She is also an advocate for reviving the American art song tradition in concert repertoire.
Chelsie Propst is a member of the Rose Ensemble (since July 2016) and Mirandola (since July 2018), both located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Madison-based ensembles, the Madison Choral Project and Hearing Voices (since November 2012), a vocal project affiliated with Milwaukee's Present Music. She also has appeared as a guest artist with acclaimed early music ensembles, Liber and Piffaro. She regularly performs with the Madison Bach Musicians and various chamber ensembles.
In addition to her ensemble work, Chelsie Propst regularly appears as a recitalist and concert soloist in the Midwest. Recent stage appearances include Second Woman in Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, L'Amour in Rameau's Pygmalion (Madison Bach Musicians, 2015), Donna Elvira in W.A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni (UW-Madison, 2012), and Belinda in Dido & Aeneas (Edgewood College, 2012).
Chelsie Propst is on faculty for the Madison Early Music Festival (since 2011), where she teaches a variety of classes and regularly appears as a soloist. She has been Teaching Assistant at University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012-2017); Voice Teacher at Farley's House of Pianos (2012-2015); and teacher at University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music (since August 2010). She also teaches private voice lessons in the Madison area. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin. |
