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Meredith Kennedy
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Meredith KennedyP.O. Box 60988,
Singer/Actress/PlaywrightPalo Alto, CA 94306
meredithkennedy@hotmail.com(562)303-0702
Website: www.meredith-kennedy.com

Height: 5'10"       Weight: 138 lbs.       Vocal Range: Soprano
Eyes:
Blue           Hair: Blonde

Education:
Community High School (Ann Arbor MI, graduated 3rd of 103)
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Washtenaw Community College (Ann Arbor, MI)
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
California State University Long Beach (Master's in Vocal Performance)

Languages:
English: Native language
Swahili: fluent spoken and written skills
Twi: beginning spoken and written skills
Setswana: beginning spoken and written skills
Italian: intermediate/beginning spoken and written skills
French: beginning spoken and written skills

Musical Training:
California State University Long Beach: music major, vocal performance (2001 - 2007)
Private Voice Lessons (Marvellee Cariaga): 2001 - 2007
California State Long Beach University Choir: 2001 - 2006 (performing in concert tours in California, China, Europe)
California State University Long Beach Chamber Choir: 2007, 2008 (concert tours in California and Europe)

Opera and Choral:
"Le Nozze di Figaro"
"Suor Angelica"
"Carmen"
"Carmina Burana"
"Beethoven's Mass in C"
"Mozart's Mass in C Minor"
Chorus
Maestra della Novizie
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus/soprano solo (Kyrie),
OperaFestival di Roma
OperaFestival di Roma
CSULB Univ. Choir
CSULB Univ/Chamber
CSULB Univ.Choir
CSULB Choir

International Tours
"Ghana Music Tour" (Summer 2003 and Summer 2004), organized and led a group of musicians on a three-week tour of Ghana experiencing traditional and contemporary music in Ghana, West Africa

Musical Theatre Experience:
"La Vie Parisienne"
"The Snow Queen"
"The Pirate's Treasure"
"Roses are Red"
"Wind in the Willows"
"The Sorcerer's Curse"
"Aesop's Fables"
Company
Raven
Edna Mae
Little Girl
Weasel
The Princess
The Hare
OComic Opera Guild
The Goodtime Players
The Goodtime Players
The Goodtime Players
The Goodtime Players
The Goodtime Players
The Goodtime Players

Recorded Albums:
"Duets" (2006)
"New World Concert" (2007)
"Enchanted Christmas" (2006)
"Horizons" (2008)
"Enchanted River" (Spring 2009)

Live Concerts:
"Moonfall" (Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, April 2007)
"Moonfall" (Belize City, Belize, June 2007)
"New World Concert" (Belmopan, Belize, June 2007)

Plays Authored:
"The Valiant Villain," "Puss 'n Boots," "Rapunzel," "The Pirate's Treasure," "The Dancer's Gift"

Goodtime Players Repertory Company:
four years as a member, writing and performing musical theatre for children all over southeast Michigan; original and adapted plays and musicals, advocating values of friendship and cooperation. >Awards:
Regents Alumni Award (Community High School)
Foreign Language Area Specialties Fellowship (three times, Michigan State University)
Study Abroad Scholarship (Michigan State University)
Fall's Writer's Workshop: 2nd place for contemporary fiction
Florida State Writing Competition: honorable mention for short fiction

Dramatic Experience:
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
"The American Dream"
"New Clothes for the Empress"
"Alice in Wonderland"
"The Bombs"
"Winnie the Pooh"
"A Christmas Tale"
Instructor for youth drama classes
Bottom
Mommy
Carlina
Juror, company
Hydrogen Bomb
Kanga
The Hairdresser
Instructor
Community High School
Community High School
Ann Arbor Rec. Dept.
Ann Arbor Rec. Dept.
Ann Arbor Rec. Dept.
Ann Arbor Rec. Dept.
Ann Arbor Civic Theat.
Ann Arbor Rec. Dept.


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