|
The American soprano and voice teacher, Julia Foster Rottmayer, holds voice performance degrees from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (BM), the Eastman School of Music (MM), and the Moores School of Music, University of Houston (DMA). In dedication to evidence-based teaching, she has pursued further education in vocal health and voice science as it relates to singing and speech, having earned her certificate in Vocology from the National Center for Voice and Speech in 2012 with continuing studies at the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida since.
Julia Rottmayer is active in the stage, concert, and teaching arenas. Along with her interpretation of standard repertoire, she is an avid performer and champion of contemporary and early music. Recent performances include the title role in Les Mamelles de Tirésias and Everly Shrills in W.A. Mozart's The Impresario with Opera Orlando. In 2014, she was honored to sing as soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with the Orlando Ballet for the grand opening of Orlando’s premiere performing venue, The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Other favorite performances include Johannes Brahms' Requiem, W.A. Mozart's Grand Mass in C, Tippett's A Child of Our Time, Haydn's Creation, George Frideric Handel's Messiah, J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232, Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Pamina in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Blanche in Francis Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites, Beth in Adamo's Little Women, Mabel in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Rose Maurrant in Weill's Street Scene. In addition to her numerous concert and operatic credits, she has toured nationally, singing art song recitals with repertoire ranging from J.S. Bach to Alban Berg, Clérambault to Gabriel Fauré, Lauridsen to Mussorgsky, and much more. She has premiered works for such art song composers as Scott Gendel and Daniel Crozier, and was honored to sing for former President of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel.
In addition to performing, Julia Rottmayer is a dedicated voice teacher. She maintains a private voice studio Julia Foster Rottmayer Music (since August 2021) and is a member of the voice faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (since August 2018). She is a frequent master class clinician, workshop presenter, and adjudicator at universities and competitions. She has served as president of the Central Florida Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) from 2013 to 2018 and is currently a member of the board of directors for MusikTheater Bavaria, a training program for opera and musical theater young artists held each summer in Oberaudorf, Germany. Past appointments include Assistant Professor of Voice at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, where she supervised 12 adjunct voice and opera instructors, led a voice area of over 90 voice students, taught countless voice-related courses, and received the Professing Excellence award. She has also served as a member of the faculties of Kingwood College, Opera Orlando Youth Company, Berkshire Choral International, and MusikTheater Bavaria.
Julia Rottmayer resides in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband, jazz pianist, Chris Rottmayer. In addition to performing their respective repertoires separately, Chris and Julia enjoy collaborating where their repertoires intersect: the music of Gershwin, Berlin, Rogers & Hammerstein, Porter, and more! |
