Matthew Chellis • Tenor881 Homestead Court, Erie, Colorado 80516 CU Boulder Office C137Phone: 917.705.1261 E-Mail: MWChellis@gmail.com Web: www.matthewchellis.comArtist Representative: Randsman Artist Management Phone: 212.290.2281

MC

Education: Juilliard Opera CenterPost Graduate Training 1993-1995

Manhattan School of MusicMaster of Music, 1993

The University of MichiganBachelor of Musical Arts – Vocal Performance / Marketing, 1987

Teaching Career:Assistant Professor of Voice, University of Colorado Boulder – 2014-present

Voice Faculty Instructor Undergraduate & Graduate Advising

Entrepreneurship Committee Strategic Planning Committee – Student

Professional Development

Matthew Chellis • Tenor220 Summit Blvd, #444 Broomfield, Colorado 80021Phone: 917.705.1261 E-Mail: MWChellis@gmail.com Web: www.matthewchellis.comArtist Representative: Randsman Artist Management Phone: 212.290.2281

MC

Adjunct Professor of Voice, Roosevelt University – 2007-2014 Voice Faculty Instructor Senior Performance Class Instructor

Director of Senior Opera Scenes Program Guest lecturer in Pedagogy/Diction

Adjunct Professor of Voice, New York University – 2001-2006

Up North Vocal Institute, Boyne City, Michigan – 2011-Present Creator, General and Artistic Director Master Voice Teacher/Clinician

Oversee all operations of summer festival Musical Theatre Master Classes

Taos Opera Institute, Master Teacher -Taos, New Mexico - Summer 2009, 2010

Private Voice Studio – Boulder, Colorado 2015 - present; Chicago, Illinois 2007 – 2014; New York, New York – 1996-2007. Students represented in major Opera and Theatre companies in the U.S., Europe and on Broadway.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Professional Organizations:NATS - Chicago Chapter –Member Board of Directors, 2009 – 2015NATS member, 2000 – PresentAmerican Guild of Musical Artists, 1990 – PresentActors Equity Association, 1985 – PresentScreen Actors Guild, 1994 – PresentAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists, 1992 – Present

Master Classes:Temple University – Vocal Master Class, March 2017Chicago NATS - Teaching Musical Theatre Technique/Lake Forest CollegeNorthwestern UniversityUniversity of MichiganManhattan School of MusicUniv. of Southern IllinoisInterlochen Academy

Chautauqua InstituteCalgary Opera CenterWolf Trap OperaBay View Summer Music FestivalOhio State University

Peabody ConservatoryShanghai ConservatoryAnhui University (Hefei, China)Jiangsu Normal University

(Xuzhou, China)

Publications:

Contributor Author Classical Singer Magazine (September 2008) – “Genre War” written by Megan Gloss

Contributing Author Classical Singer Magazine (November 2008) – “Pedagogy 101” written by Megan Gloss

Discography & Television Appearances New York City Opera –

Camille/The Merry Widow (Live From Lincoln Center PBS Telecast)

Chelm – The Miliken Archive Recording Project

Messiah – Handel & Haydn Society – conducted by Christopher Hogwood/NPR Broadcast

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Performance Resume: N – National; I – International; R – Regional; U – University of Colorado

Operas/Operettas/Musicals (career highlights):

N - Count Almaviva Barber of Seville El Paso Opera

U - Ramiro La Cenerentola Eklund Opera

N - Frederick Pirates of Penzance

Indianapolis Opera

N - Cassio Otello Fresno Opera

N - The Duke Rigoletto Opera Carolina

N - Frederick Pirates of Penzance

Fresno Opera

N - Nanki-Poo The Mikado Eugene Opera

N - Count Almaviva Barber of Seville Mobile Opera

N - Camille Therese Raquin Dallas Opera

N - Nemorino L’elisir d’Amore Naples Opera

N - Don Ottavio Don Giovanni New Jersey Opera

N - Tamino Die Zauberflöte Syracuse Opera

N - Tamino Die Zauberflöte Atlanta Opera

N - Count Almaviva Barber of Seville Fresno Opera

N - Rodrigo La Donna del Lago

Caramoor Opera

N - Brighella/Tanzmeister

Ariadne auf Naxos Indianapolis Opera

N - Alessandro Il Re Pastore Mostly Mozart/NYC

N - Cassio Otello Atlanta Opera

N - Lil Bat Susannah New Jersey Opera

N - Brighella/Tanzmeister

Ariadne auf Naxos Tulsa Opera

I - Don Ottavio Don Giovanni Estates Opera Prague

N - Ugone Flavio New York City Opera

N - Don Ottavio Don Jaun in Prague

BAM – Brooklyn

N - Satan Hell the Opera PS-122/NYC

N - Nemorino L’elisir d’Amore Lake George Opera

N - Reverend Paris The Crucible Chautauqua Opera

I - Ernesto Don Pasquale Calgary Opera

I - Ernesto Don Pasquale Edmonton Opera

N - Thespis/Mercure Platée New York City Opera

N - Chevalier Dialogues des Carmélites

New York City Opera

N - Thespis/Mercure Platée Opera Layfayette/DC

N - Der Teufel The Black Widow Gotham Chamber Opera

N - Iago Otello Caramoor Opera

N - John Adams The Mother of us All

New York City Opera

N - Podesta La Finta Giardinera

New York City Opera

N - Candide Candide Ann Arbor Symphony

N - Brighella/Tanzmeister

Ariadne auf Naxos Opera Philadelphia

N –Andres Wozzeck Dallas Opera

N – Count Almaviva Barber of Seville Lake George Opera

Operas/Operettas/Musicals (career highlights) continued:

N – Count Almaviva Barber of Seville Chautauqua Opera

I – Ramiro La Cenerentola Calgary Opera

I – Ramiro La Cenerentola Edmonton Opera

N – Belmonte Abduction/Seraglio

New York City Opera

N – Tamino Die Zauberflöte New York City Opera

N – Truffaldino Love for Three Oranges

New York City Opera

N – Ernesto Don Pasquale Virginia Opera

N – Paris La belle Hélène L’opera Francaise/NYC

N – Ferrando Cosi fan Tutte Shreveport Opera

N – Henrik A Little Night Music

Chautauqua Opera

I – Ramiro La Cenerentola Opera de Quebec

N – Count Almaviva Barber of Seville New York City Opera

N – Father Seven Deadly Sins New York City Opera

N – Tamino Die Zauberflöte New York City Opera

N – Tamino Die Zauberflöte Opera Philadelphia

N – Henrik A Little Night Music

Utah Opera

N – Tebaldo Capuletti é i Montecchi

Berkshire Opera

I – The Duke Rigoletto Opera de Bogota

N – Don Ottavio Don Giovanni New York City Opera

N – Belmonte Abduction/Seraglio

Washington Natl.Opera

N – Tebaldo Capuletti é i Montecchi

Atlanta Opera

N – Frederick Pirates of Penzance

Chautauqua Opera

N – Lindoro L’italiana in Algeri

Caramoor Opera

N – Nanki Poo The Mikado Chautauqua Opera

N – Tamino Die Zauberflöte New York City Opera

N – Don Ottavio Don Giovanni New York City Opera

N – Baron Lummer Intermezzo New York City Opera

N – Pong Turandot Dallas Opera

N – Tamino Die Zauberflöte Berkshire Opera

N – Camille The Merry Widow Pensacola Opera

N – Ramiro La Cenerentola Caramoor Opera

N – Don Ottavio Don Giovanni New York City Opera

N – Camille The Merry Widow New York City Opera

N – Scipione Il Sogno di Scipione

Mostly Mozart/NYC

N – Harlekin Der Kaiser von Atlantis

Chicago Opera Theatre

N – Ramiro La Cenerentola Lake George Opera

N – Tamino Die Zauberflöte New York City Opera

N – Swan Carmina Burana New York City Opera

I – Ramiro La Cenerentola Frankfurt Opera

I – Ramiro La Cenerentola Giesssen Stadt Oper

N – Nanki Poo The Mikado New York City Opera

N – Don Ottavio Don Giovanni New York City Opera

N – Italian Tenor Die Rosenkavalier New York City Opera

N – Tonio La fille du Regiment

New York City Opera

Operas/Operettas/Musicals (career highlights) continued:

N – Alfredo Die Fledermaus Skylight Opera Theatre

I – Count Almaviva Barber of Seville Canadian Opera Toronto

N – Count Almaviva Barber of Seville New York City Opera

N – Nanki Poo The Mikado New York City Opera

N – Don Ottavio Don Giovanni New York City Opera

N – Tamino Die Zauberflöte Wolf Trap Opera

N – Arlecchino The Jewel Box Wolf Trap Opera

N – Ramiro La Cenerentola Wolf Trap Opera

N – Don Ottavio Don Giovanni Wolf Trap Opera

N – Mitridate Mitridate Mostly Mozart/NYC

N – The Protagonist The Protagonist Santa Fe Opera

N – Che Guevara Evita CLO Pittsburgh

N – Calaf Kismet CLO Pittsburgh

N – Camille The Merry Widow Maine State Theatre

Oratorios, Concerts and Recitals as Soloist:

I - China Recital Tour with Jing-Jing Wang, Pianist; Songs of Poulenc,

Britten, Schubert and Liszt. Venues in Shanghai, Hefei, Xuzhou, Wuxi and Dalian2015

I - Handel - Messiah; Tenor Soloist; Orchestra de Santiago, Santiago, Chile2004

N - Vaughn Williams; On Wenlock Edge; Takács Quartet – CU Boulder2016N - Beethoven – Symphony No. 9; Tenor Soloist; Colorado Springs Symphony2016

N - Barber – Prayers for Kierkegarrd; Colorado Springs Symphony2016N - Loft Recital Series/Songs of Schubert and Korngold; Minneapolis MN2016

N - Bach – Magnificat; Louisiana Philharmonic, New Orleans LA2013N - Handel – Messiah; Indianapolis Orchestra; Indianapolis IN2011

N - Handel – Messiah; Syracuse Symphony; Syracuse NY2010

N - Berlioz – L’enfance du Christ; Father; Orchestra St. Lukes NYC2010

N - Rossini – La Cenerentola in Concert; Ramiro; Orchestra St Lukes NYC2009N - Mozart – Great Mass in C minor; Orchestra St. Lukes/Alice Tulley Hall NYC2007

N - Mozart – Requiem; National Symphony Orchestra, Washington DC2006N - Handel – Messiah; Handel & Haydn Society, Boston MA2006

N - Handel – Messiah; Costa Mesa Symphony Orchestra Costa Mesa CA 2005N - Bernstein – Candide; Ann Arbor Symphony; Ann Arbor MI2005

N - Rossini – La Donna del Lago; Orchestra St Lukes, Alice Tully Hall NYC2005N - Handel – Messiah; New York Oratorio Society Carnegie Hall Debut NYC2004

N - Handel – Messiah; NSO Kennedy Center Washington DC2004N - Bernstein - Bernstein Pops; NSO Kennedy Center Washington DC2003

N - Handel – Messiah; Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Denver CO2002N - Orff – Carmin Burana; Syracuse Symphony, Syracuse NY2002

N - Offenbach –La Belle Hélène; Orchestra St. Lukes Alice Tully Hall NYC2001N - Schönberg – Gurrelieder; New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall2000

N - Britten – Serenade for Tenor & Horn; Baltimore Symphony, Baltimore MD1999

N - Honegger – Le roi David; Berkshire Choral Festival, Berkshire MA1999U - Holiday Festival Concert; Soloist with Dr. Don McKinney conducting2016

U - Faculty Recital with Christina Jennings – Corigliano Irish Folk Songs2016 Oratorios, Concerts and Recitals as Soloist (continued):

U - Faculty Recital with Alejandro Cremaschi – 5 Canciones Argentinas2016U - Takács Quartet soloist Elegisher Gesang Op.118; Beethoven2015

U - Faculty Recital with Robert Spillman, Poetry into Song2015U - Faculty Recital with Alex Nguyen, Fantasy and Whimsy2015

U - Faculty Recital M.McDonald, and A.Nguyen; I Hate Music2015U - Holiday Festival Concert; Soloist with Dr. Gregg Gentry conducting2014

U - Faculty Recital with Alex Nguyen; Poulenc, Britten, Handel, Fauré, Liszt2014

Upcoming 2017:

I - Recital and Master Class Tour of China with pianist Jing-Jing Wang: cities to include Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, and Hefei. Master Classes are TBD, May 2017

N - Messiah with the Phoenix and Tuscon Symphony Orchestras, December 2017

N - Recital and Master Class at Temple University, Philadelphia PA, March 2017

N - In recital with Takács Quartet; Vaughn Williams Four Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Piano, October 2017.

Student Accomplishments (highlights):

2016 Matthew Newlin – Paris Opera Debut/Principal Artist; Minnesota Opera

Debut Alex Rosen – Wolf Trap Opera Principal Artist; Accepted into Juilliard

Opera Center Katie Henry – Accepted in Juilliard MM Voice on full scholarship Kathryn Tolley – Accepted in Boston University’s Opera Institute Daniel Thompson – Anderson Competition Winner March 2016; Frank

in Die Fledermaus CU Eklund Opera Jacob Baker – role of Alfred in Die Fledermaus and Tamino in Die

Zauberflöte CU Eklund Opera Danny Thompson – role of Frank in Die Fledermaus CU Eklund Opera Michael Hoffman – role of Alfred in Die Fledermaus and Tamino in Die

Zauberflöte CU Eklund Opera Charles Daniel – role of Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus CU Eklund Opera Katia Kotcherguina – Music Academy of the West – Marēnka – in The

Bartered Bride Lane Melott – UNVI Summer program member; 1st Armed Man in Die

Zauberflöte CU Eklund Opera Paige Sentianin – Papagena and Pamina Cover in Die Zauberflöte CU

Eklund Opera Kira Dills Desurra – Chicago Opera Theatre Member 2016 John Weyant – Chicago Opera Theatre Member 2016 Jesse Nordstrom – Seattle Opera Company Member 2016 Michael Aniolek – CU NOW role in Wonderful Life; role of Chevalier in

Dialogues of the Carmelites; Monastotos in Die Zauberflöte Eklund Opera theatre

Katia Kotcherguina – role of Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites andPamina in Die Zauberflöte CU Eklund Opera

2015 Katie Henry - Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition finalist Lauren Decker - Accepted in Ryan Center young artist program at

Chicago Lyric Opera Matthew Newlin – Opera North Debut – United Kingdom Tamino in Die

Zauberflöte Eric Larsen - Accepted in Sarasota Opera young artist program Alex Rosen - Wolf Trap Opera Company Member James Smith - Helden Tenor; House tenor at Leipzig opera; covered role

of Siegfried with Canadian Opera and Seattle Opera Matthew Newlin - Deutsche Oper Berlin Company Member with

multiple principal artist roles Lauren Decker - Midwest Metropolitan Opera National council audition

winner Zachery Vanderberg - Accepted into Chicago Opera Theatre young artist

program Jonathan Weyant - Accepted into Chicago Opera Theatre young artists

program Kira Dills-Desurra - Accepted into the Chicago Opera Theatre young

artist program. Michael Coduto - Anderson Competition Winner CU Boulder; role of the

Postman in The Tender Land Max Hosmer - Don Ramiro in Eklund Opera production of La

Cenerentola Max Hosmer - Ferrando - Eklund Opera program production of Cosi fan

Tutti Suzanne Whitney – role of Tisbe in La Cenerentola CU Eklund Opera Katia Kotcherguina – role of Clorinda in La Cenerentola CU Eklund

Opera

2014 Matthew Newlin - Studio Member and company member Deutsche Oper

Berlin 2014. James Smith - Helden Tenor: Guest artist in Ring Cycle at Leipzig

Opera; Siegfreid, Siegmund and Tannhaüser; Guest artist with Canadian Opera; Welsh National Opera and several European houses. 2014

Jesse Nordstrom - Central City Opera company member 2014 John D. Nevergall - Central City Opera Company member 2014. Alex Rosen - Wolf Trap Opera company member summer 2014 Maayan Haral - sang role of 'Pamina' in Die Zauberflöte at Salzburg

Summer Festival, Austria summer 2014 Lawrence Mitchell-Matthews - second place winner - National

Association of Teachers of Singing national vocal competition - Boston - July 2014.

Kathryn Henry: - First place winner - NATS national vocal competition - Boston, MA

Kathryn Henry - First Place: Metropolitan Opera Midwest Regional

WINNER Lauren Decker: Second Place winner - Metropolitan Opera Midwest

Region, Milwaukee, WI Max Hosmer - performed principal role of 'Frederick' in CU Opera's

Pirates of Penzance - October 2014 Michael Coduto - Second place winner Chicago Classical Voice - NATS John Stumpf - Company member - Florentine Opera Milwaukee, WI Alexandra Salas - First place winner Miami International Opera

competition Kira Dills-Desurra - Castleton Festival (Loren Maazel conductor)

company member Emily Blair - Metropolitan Opera Competition New York Division

Encouragement Award Winner

Service (highlights): 2017

China: Recital/Vocal Master Class Tour. Beijing, Shanghai and TBD Chinese Music Schools throughout Western and Eastern China– May 2017

Spearheading implementation of revised BMT Degree; creating curriculum; discussion with Theatre and Dance cross campus coordination of joint degree proposals; funding through CU Development Office etc.

General & Artistic Director – Up North Vocal Institute (2017 seventh season)

CU Voice Search Committee – Bass/Baritone Search Dean’s Committee on Student Travel and Professional Development Member of performer unions: Actors Equity; American Guild of Musical

Artists; American Federation of Radio and Television Artists. 1989 - present

2016

Voice Search Committee member for Bass/Baritone faculty replacement Fall 2016-Spring 2017

Spearheading implementation of revised BMT Degree; creating curriculum; discussion with Theatre and Dance cross campus coordination of joint degree proposals; funding through CU Development Office etc.

Coordinator of Schmidt Undergraduate National Vocal Competition at CU Boulder/December 2016

General and Artistic Director - Up North Vocal Institute Vocal Master Class: Young Voices of Santa Fe Opera; taught at Santa Fe

Opera, Santa Fe, NM Coordinator of CU Voice Students participation at Regional NATS

Competition in Wichita, KS Advisor to Great Lakes Performing Arts Center, Bay Harbor, Michigan Obtained Roser Mini Grant to bring world famous mezzo- soprano

Michelle DeYoung to act as Artist in Residence at CU Boulder 2016/2017 Dean’s Committee on Student Travel and Professional Development Entrepreneurship Committee CU Boulder CU Voice Search Committee – Bass/Baritone Search - current Judge – Colorado State University Undergraduate Voice Competition NATS West/Central Conference Member and competition judge - current

2015

Shanghai International Voice Competition May 2015 – Principle Judge China Vocal Master Class/Recital Tour: Hefei Normal University;

Shanghai Conservatory; Dalian Normal University

Obtained Roser Grant to bring Dr. Rachael Gates author of The Voice – An Owner’s Manual CU Master Class

Coordinated Guest Artist Master Class by Rebecca Schorsch – Musical Theatre Techniques

NATS Executive Board member extant - Chicago region/consulting. NATS Member of Colorado/Wyoming chapter 2015. Coordinated all performance opportunities at UNVI my summer

program. Coordinated all 'Tutti' vocal performance studio classes presented in

Grusin Hall for the CU voice department Entrepreneurship Committee Undergraduate Curriculum Committee – Sitting for Professor Abigail

Nims Spring 2015 2014

Coordinated Vocal Master Class with Mezzo-Soprano Michelle DeYoung at CU Boulder

Executive Board member of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) - Chicago, Illinois Chapter.

Adjudicator and Board Member of National Association of Teachers of Singing Classical and Musical Theatre divisions - -Chicago Chapter of NATS at Roosevelt University 2014 Member College Music Society 2014

Member of Colorado/Wyoming National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).

Coordinated all performance classes for performance majors at Roosevelt University

Coordinated monthly collective voice department 'tutti' performance class

Entrepreneurship Committee Voice Department Vocal Coach Search Committee, Fall 2014

Student Advisement: 2014 - Present Principal advisor/Committee Chair for 2 DMA

students 2010 - Present Member of Committee (not Chair) for 3DMA

students 2007 - Present Principal advisor/Committee Chair for 26 MM

students 2008 - Present Member of Committee (not Chair) for 33 MM

students 2001 - Present Principal Advisor/Committee Chair for over 70

BM/ BFA students

TRAINING Voice Teachers:

Arthur Levy, current Edith Bers

Dr. Stanley Cornett

Beverly Rinaldi

Coaches: Tony Manoli Craig Rutenberg Steven Blier

Nico Castel Scott Rednour Coradina

Coparello

John Beeson Dennis

Helmrich Tom Muraco

Acting Teachers: Brent Wagner Philip Kerr

Sara Jane Gwillim

Ann Bogart

David Craig Frank Corsaro

Apprentice Programs: Santa Fe Opera – 1994 Wolf Trap Opera –

1994, 1995

CONDUCTORS Kurt Masur Zubin Mehta James Conlon LeonardSlatkin Christopher Hogwood Nicholas McGegan John Fiore Placido Domingo

George Manahan Gustav Meir Fred Scott Ransom Wilson Danny Beckwith Joseph Colanari Will Crutchfield Carol Crawford

Marin Alsop Stuart Robinson

Richard Bradshaw Christopher Larkin Alexander SanderKeith Lockhart Martin Katz Jane Glover Carlos Prieto

DIRECTORS Jonathan Miller Mark Morris

Michael Hempe Francesca Zambello

Jonathan Pappe Robyn Guarino

Christopher Alden Tazewell Thompson Leon Major Josh Major

Ann Bogart Susann Schulman Frank Corsaro Chris Mattaliano

Ken Kazan David Gately Hal Prince Rhoda Levine Jay Lesenger

THEATRE Matthew also has an extensive theatre resume having worked on and Off-Broadway and with some of America’s finest regional theaters. He has performed with the Civic Light Opera in Pittsburgh, Off-Broadway with Irish Repertory Theatre, and Equity Library Theatre. He also toured internationally with the European cast of Evita playing the role of Che in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands. He has performed in over 60 musicals and 20 plays and has taught stage combat and techniques for the stage. Mr. Chellis had the unique opportunity of studying in New York with Mr. David Craig, author of ‘Singing On Stage’ and ‘On Performing’ and uses Mr. Craig’s techniques in his teaching. He has also worked extensively with Ann Bogart’s SITI company (Saratoga International Theatre Institute) and utilizes the Viewpoints acting technique in his teaching.