Sydney Windham
Sydney Windham is a singer, actor, and educator originally from the coastal town of Pawleys Island, SC. As a singer, Sydney is incredibly accomplished and has had experience with many types of ensembles. She has been a featured soloist on numerous occasions with the Transylvania Choral Society, Brevard Philharmonic, Brevard College Chamber Singers, and Brevard College Concert Choir. She has also been featured in a new music recital at Brevard Music Center. Sydney has been a young artist at Harrower Summer Opera and Brevard Music Center. Sydney is not only an exceptional musician, she also has extensive experience in the theatre. Sydney loves to incorporate all aspects of her studies into her performances. She has experience performing in operas, such as Hansel and Gretel (Gretel), musicals, such as Into the Woods (Cinderella), and straight plays, such as Life of Galileo (Andrea), and she excels in all areas. Sydney is passionate in everything that she does, and she loves to share the joy of music through teaching. Sydney is well-versed in teaching and conducting choral ensembles of varying sizes and ability. She is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Ohio University and she has taught multiple ensembles at Brevard College, both auditioned and unauditioned. She has also had the pleasure of teaching a small middle school chorus, which she did independently. With all of her ensembles, she demonstrates knowledge in many different subjects, including music history, music theory, and aural skills, as well as demonstrating and teaching musicality to her students. Sydney graduated Summa Cum Laude from Brevard College, and she also earned many awards, such as Most Outstanding Music Major, Peer Inspiration Award, and Excellence in Music Theory. She has also been successful at competitions such as NATS, and she has been inducted into three honors societies, Alpha Chi Honors Society, which values academics, Omicron Delta Kappa Honors Society, which values leadership, and Pi Kappa Lambda, which honors accomplishments in music. Everything Sydney does, she does with love and great passion.
Testimonials
“Sydney is a team player. She is always interested in putting forth her absolute best work ethic, not just for herself, but for her colleagues and classmates as well. This is a rare quality in a young person, but one that Sydney takes very seriously in every aspect of her studies. She takes direction very well, asks excellent and insightful questions, and practices new concepts until she can put them into work for herself. Sydney doesn’t just observe and repeat what she sees and hears. She considers how the ideas introduced will best serve what she wants to accomplish, and creatively integrates them into her comprehensive portfolio of academic, artistic, and extracurricular activities.”
“Sydney is a dedicated and talented musician. Her organizational prowess and musical ability combine to great effect. I am confident that any project Sydney undertakes will be completed with precision and care. As a conductor, she invests the time necessary to delve deeply into a piece of music, then uses that study to draw exquisite musicality from an ensemble seemingly effortlessly. Sydney has a way of connecting with people from all walks of life that evokes respect from those she encounters. Her natural musical ability and aural skill allows her to make the minute adjustments that make all the difference between good and exceptional musical performance.”
“What a joy it is to work with Sydney! As a director, I can attest to the quality of her preparation, diligence and focus. She brings her utmost to every rehearsal, is generous to her colleagues and fully invests in the work to be done. In performance, both the sincerity and warmth of her characters and the natural ease, beauty, and agility of her voice invite the audience to not merely watch but be drawn into the story. It is my pleasure to wholeheartedly recommend Sydney as both a performer and a colleague.”
“Sydney is a gifted singer with incredible musical instincts! I am continually amazed at her level of performance. She is also a delight to work with and makes great musical colleagues in all of her performance endeavors. Perhaps this is why she was the unanimous faculty choice as the recipient of the most outstanding music major!
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UPCOMING
Opera Duets Recital with Doug Grimm
July
St. Phillips Episcopal
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