Biography
Mezzo-soprano Kristin Dauphinais is highly regarded for her artistry and versatility. She has worked in a variety of genres including musical theatre, opera, concert, oratorio, chamber music and solo recitals. Her performing career has taken her throughout United States as well as internationally with orchestras such as Orchestra Sinfonica Nova Amadeus in Rome and Florence, Orchestra Accademia Vivaldiana in Venice, Australia’s Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, The Canberra Choral Society and a concert tour of China as the soloist with the Southern Arizona Symphony. Recent national concert performances for Dr. Dauphinais include Manuel de Falla's Siete canciones populares Españolas, El amor brujo and Messiah with the Tucson Symphony, El sombrero de tres picos and El amor brujo with the Phoenix Symphony, Alban Berg’s Sieben Frühe Lieder with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra, El amor brujo with the Catalina Chamber Orchestra, Easy to Love - a program of the works of Richard Rogers, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern with the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate with the Apperson Strings and again with the Cadillac Symphony Orchestra. As a recitalist Dr. Dauphinais has performed song and operatic repertoire in the accross the United States and in Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, and Spain and has premiered works by Randall Shinn and Ken LaFave. On the operatic stage, her recent roles include Dorabella in Così fan Tutte, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, the title role in Handel’s Xerxes and the role of Ottone in the American professional premiere of Vivaldi’s Ottone in Villa for the 2007 Arizona Vivaldi Festival. Dr. Dauphinais holds a BFA from Western Michigan University and her MM and DMA from Arizona State University. She recently served on the voice faculty of the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria and is currently on the faculties of The Unversity of Arizona and the Saarburger Serenaden-International Chamber Music Festival.
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Degrees
- D.M.A. Vocal Performance
- Arizona State University
- M.M. Vocal Performance and Pedagogy
- Arizona State University
- B.F.A. Musical Theatre Performance
- Western Michigan University
Work Experience
- The University of Arizona (2004 - Ongoing)
- Scottsdale Commmunity College (2004 - Ongoing)
- Glendale Community College (2000 - Ongoing)
- Metropolitan Arts Institute (1998 - Ongoing)
- Arizona State University (1996 - Ongoing)
Awards
- The Roy A. & Stardust K Johnson Faculty Mentoring Award
- Arizona Arts, Spring 2025
Interests
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Courses
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Scholarly Contributions
Presentations
- Dauphinais, K. E. (2022, May). Masterclass with Students at the University of Costa Rica. Masterclass Series. The University of Costa Rica: The University of Costa Rica.
- Dauphinais, K. E. (2006, Jan. 11-14). Fidelity on the Mozart-Da ponte Opera: A stratification of Expectations for faithfulness in the Enlightenment Era as seen through the operas "Le nozze di Figaro," "Don Giovanni, " and "Cosi fan tutte". 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Dauphinais, K. E. (2000, January 11-14). Fidelity in the Mozart Da-Ponte Opera: An examination of the stratification of the expectations for faithfulness in the Enlightenment Era as seen through the opera "Le Nozze di Figaro," Don Giovann," and "Cosi fan Tutte". Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Poster Presentations
- Scholer, D. M., Samlan, R. A., Abidov, M., & Dauphinais, K. E. (2016, October). Aerodynamic and acoustic measures in the passagio: indicators of vocal concern?. Pan American Vocology Association. Scottsdale, AZ: PAVA.
Creative Performances
- Dauphinais, K. E. (2022. Chiaro Oscuro - Rising to Light: Women Composers of the Americas. Faculty Recital with Guest Artists. Holsclaw Hall: CFA.More infoA program of music by female composers of the Americas partnering with Costa Rican Soprano Ivette Ortiz and Brazilian, pianist Rubia Santos, and with special guest José Luis Puerta.
- Dauphinais, K. E. (2022. Chiaro Oscuro - Rising to Light: Women Composers of the Americas. Guest Artist Recital. University of Costa Rica: The University of Costa Rica.More infoA program of music by female composers of the Americas partnering with Costa Rican Soprano Ivette Ortiz and Brazilian, pianist Rubia Santos
- Dauphinais, K. E. (2022. Coordinator and presenter for the New Directions in Song Concert for the Tucson Desert Song Festival . New Directions in Song. Holsclaw Hall: Tucson Desert Song Festival.
