Deborah Norin-Kuehn, Vocal Artist


Deborah Norin-Kuehn received degrees in Vocal Performance from the Eastman School of Music (D.M.A., M.M.), and an Artist Diploma in Voice from the Curtis Institute of Music. She has been a resident at the Aspen Music Festival, the Britten-Pears School, and the Chautauqua and Lake Placid Institutes.  Her mentors include Phyllis Bryn-Julson and the late Todd Duncan.  She has performed the roles of Pamina, Musetta, Anna Gomez, and Mrs. Gobineau; has sung under the batons of Peter Bay, David Hayes, Aaron Jay Kernis and Oliver Knussen; and can be heard on the Living Artists and SEAMUS labels.  A guest artist with Ensemble 21 and at June in Buffalo and other contemporary music venues, Norin-Kuehn promotes music of our time, and often premieres works; her voice has been a sound source for electroacoustic works by various composers. She performs throughout the United States, Canada and Europe as a member of the duo Vox Electroacoustica.  Norin-Kuehn is on the voice faculty at Heidelberg College.

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Composer Work Time
Olivier MESSIAEN Poemes pour Mi: Book I, No. 3 1:28
Mikel KUEHN Fünf Parabeln: Leopardem im Tempel 1:30
Arnold SCHOENBERG Pierrot Lunaire, No. 4 1:20
Arnold SCHOENBERG Pierrot Lunaire, No. 7 2:49
Arnold SCHOENBERG Pierrot Lunaire, No. 9 1:02
Aaron KERNIS Simple Songs, No. 3 3:00
Robert MORRIS Wye (excerpt) 5:26
Kurt WEILL Nanna's Lied 3:48


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