Effective Italian Tutor and Classical Voice Teacher

Charles S.

Hello everyone,
I’m a graduate of Florida State University’s College of Arts and Sciences. I have my Bachelor of Arts degree in Italian which encompassed an in-depth study of advanced Italian grammar, conversation, literature and society. I am also certified by l’Università per stranieri di Siena through their widely recognized language proficiency exam CILS (Certificazione d’italiano come lingua straniera) as C1 proficient in Italian. I will continue my Italian studies in Lugano, Italian Switzerland at l’Università della Svizzera italiana, pursuing a Masters in lingua, letteratura e civiltà italiana.
I have tutored Italian language and diction to students of various ages and levels of development, however most of them have been adult beginners as well as those who wanted to learn some basic conversational Italian for their travels to Italy.
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I have recently sung the supporting roles of the Vain Man and the Snake in Rachel Portman’s Opera “The Little Prince” in the Savannah Voice Festival. Previous experience includes singing in an FSU outreach English reduction of W.A. Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” as Ferrando for middle schools in the Leon county area, the leading tenor role of Beppe in Gaetano Donizetti’s 1 act opera “Rita”, as well as the role of Oronte in G.F. Händel’s “Alcina”, both being FSU opera productions.
Though graduating in Italian at FSU, I previously was enrolled in Eastman School of Music’s Bachelor of Music vocal performance degree program for 2 1/2 years studying and participating in their operas such as W.A Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” and Ned Rorem’s “Our Town”.
My extensive voice studies have led me to win the fore mentioned roles above, sing in masterclasses for world renowned artist such as lyric baritone Thomas Hampson and living legend Cavalier baritone Sherrill Milnes, participate and place in international and domestic competitions and work with many distinguished faculty at well respected univ