Private Voice Lessons
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Instructor: Jere Torkelsen
Price: $30/lesson
Class Description:
During lessons we work on vocal techniques and musical coaching (language, musical interpretation, appropriate roles, etc). The individual lessons can be tailored to your needs.
JERE TORKELSEN is a singing actor that has performed for more than 45 years. He holds a Masters of
Music in Performance and a Bachelors of Music in Education.
Recent musical theater performances include Tony in The Most Happy Fella, Fred in Kiss Me Kate,
Charlemagne in Pippin and The Cow in Guys and Dolls. Most notebly he sang the role of Firman and Bouquet in Weber’s
Phantom of the Opera while on the national tour.
He has worked as a DJ and a backup singer for film and video games.
He has been a member of the San Francisco Opera chorus since 1987. During his tenure he has
performed many roles including, Gen. John Rawlins in Philip Glasses Appomattox, Melisso in Handel’s
Alcina, The Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butteryfly, and The Journalist in Berg’s Lulu. Other SFO
productions include Show Boat and Sweeny Todd, among others.
He has also appeared with other Bay Area opera companies as The Mother (Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly
Sins), Don Alfonso (Cosi fan tutte), Germont (La Traviata), Silvio (Pagliacci), Sharpless (Madama
Butterfly), Count Almavia (The Marriage of Figaro), and the Four Villains in The Tales of Hoffmann.
His concert performances with orchestra include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem,
Verdi’s Requiem, Brahm’s Requiem, Hayden’s Creation, Copland’s American Folk Songs, and Faure’s
Requiem.
Instructor: Jere Torkelsen
Price: $30/lesson
Class Description:
During lessons we work on vocal techniques and musical coaching (language, musical interpretation, appropriate roles, etc). The individual lessons can be tailored to your needs.
JERE TORKELSEN is a singing actor that has performed for more than 45 years. He holds a Masters of
Music in Performance and a Bachelors of Music in Education.
Recent musical theater performances include Tony in The Most Happy Fella, Fred in Kiss Me Kate,
Charlemagne in Pippin and The Cow in Guys and Dolls. Most notebly he sang the role of Firman and Bouquet in Weber’s
Phantom of the Opera while on the national tour.
He has worked as a DJ and a backup singer for film and video games.
He has been a member of the San Francisco Opera chorus since 1987. During his tenure he has
performed many roles including, Gen. John Rawlins in Philip Glasses Appomattox, Melisso in Handel’s
Alcina, The Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butteryfly, and The Journalist in Berg’s Lulu. Other SFO
productions include Show Boat and Sweeny Todd, among others.
He has also appeared with other Bay Area opera companies as The Mother (Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly
Sins), Don Alfonso (Cosi fan tutte), Germont (La Traviata), Silvio (Pagliacci), Sharpless (Madama
Butterfly), Count Almavia (The Marriage of Figaro), and the Four Villains in The Tales of Hoffmann.
His concert performances with orchestra include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem,
Verdi’s Requiem, Brahm’s Requiem, Hayden’s Creation, Copland’s American Folk Songs, and Faure’s
Requiem.
