Join Rachel Hurtado Dunbar, a visiting candidate for the professor of music (voice) position, for an academic presentation.
Dunbar is a BYUH alumna and will be graduating this spring with her doctorate in vocal performance at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She graduated with Bachelor of Art in music from BYU–Hawaii and a Masters of Music from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Rachel Hurtado Dunbar is a mezzo-soprano from El Paso, Texas who enjoys performing a wide range of styles. Recent engagements include the Hairdresser in “In the Rush,” Mercedes in “Carmen,” “El Amor Brujo” with Indiana University’s Chamber Orchestra, the “Bolcom Cabaret Songs” with the University of Hawaii Wind Ensemble, and IU’s Latin-X Artist Showcase. She has also performed extensively with Hawaii Opera Theater. Ms. Dunbar is an experienced teacher whose approach centers vocology and voice science to enact real, measurable change. She recently presented her paper “The History and Acoustics of the Mariachi Voice” at the New Voice Educator’s Symposium, and she hopes to continue to publish works that blend ethnomusicology and voice science.