Rachel Niemeyer-Sutherland - Soprano

Hair/Eye Color - Dark Brown

Weight - 155  Height – 5’6”

Musical Theater/Opera Roles:

Violet Phillips - "It's a Wonderful Life" - On Stage Musicals

Yum Yum - "Mikado” - Kentwood Players

Micaela - “Carmen” - Pasadena Lyric Opera

Mabel - “Pirates of Penzance” - Pasadena Lyric Opera

Johanna - “Sweeney Todd” - Redlands Theater Festival

Pitti Sing - "Mikado" - Orpheus Lyric Theatre

Clementina / Neri - “The Desert Song” - Candlelight Pavilion, Claremont

Maud Dunlop - “The Music Man" - Candlelight Pavilion, Claremont

Barbarina - "Le Nozze di Figaro” - Pasadena Lyric Opera

Susanna (cover) - “Le Nozze di Figaro” - Pasadena Lyric Opera

Bernice - “Sound of Music” - Downey Civic Light Opera

Blue Fairy - “Pinocchio” - Junior University

Kate Pinkerton - "Madama Butterfly" - Riverside Opera

Belle / Caroline - “Christmas Carol” - Junior University

Zerlina (cover) - "Don Giovanni" - Southwest Opera, Albuquerque

Nurse - "Snow White" - Junior University

The White Queen - "Alice in Wonderland" - Junior University

Bird Lady - "Mary Poppins" - Junior University

Solo Concert Performances:

“Broadway Bouquet” Musical Revue Westwood/Newport Beach, CA

Featured soloist with the Burbank Symphony, Burbank, CA

Featured Soloist at the Gardenia Room, Hollywood, CA

“Phantom of the Opera Revue” Christine - Bratts Dinner Theater Riverside, CA

Featured soloist with the Vintage Club Orchestra, Indian Wells, CA

Soloist in Redlands Bowl Concert Series, Redlands, CA

Christmas Benefit for St. Joseph's Hospital

Theater:

Ellen Hodges - "Christmas Was, Christmas Is" - PNP Productions

Suzie - “All You Need is Love” - Lutheran Church of Our Saviour

Oratorio & Mass Soloist Performances:

What is this Love - Butler Messiah - Handel

Elijah - Mendelssohn Mass in G - Schubert

Choral/Ensemble Work:

Pit Singer - "Will Rogers Follies" - Downey C.L.O.

Solo Harem Girl/Ensemble - "Kismet" - Candlelight Pavilion, Claremont

Ensemble - "Hello Dolly" - Downey C.L.O.

Postulate - "Sound of Music" - San Bernardino C.L.O.

Nun's choir - "Dialogue of the Carmelites" - USC Opera

Boys Choir/Servant - "Owen Wingrave" - Aspen Opera Theatre Center

Ensemble - "Naughty Marietta" - Riverside Opera

Ensemble - "Elixir D'Amore" - Riverside Opera

Ensemble - "Un Ballo in Maschera" - Riverside Opera

Sheperd Boy/Boys Choir - "Tosca" - Palm Springs Opera

Boys Choir - "Turandot" - Riverside Opera

Soprano Soloist - First United Methodist-San Pedro, 10/92-6/94, 1/99 - Present

Soprano Section Leader - St. Luke's-Temple City, 10/94-1/95

USC Concert Choir - 1990-1992

Recordings:

Kismet track for Candlelight Pavilion, Claremont, CA

Desert Song track for Candlelight Pavilion

Call letters for KCKX radio station, Oregon

Production Experience:

Music Director - "Something's Afoot" - Redlands Theatre Festival

Music Director - “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” @ Crafton Hills College

Assistant Music Director - “Pajama Game” - Redlands Theater Festival

Honors & Awards:

Inland Theater League Award for the 2002 season as “Johanna” in Sweeney Todd

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Principal Role, Redlands Theatre Festival, Summer 2002

Senior Achievement Award - Mu Phi Epsilon, Pacific Southwest Province, 1992-93

Finalist in L.A. Artists of the Future Competition, 1991.

Redlands Bowl Concert Young Artist Winner: Jr. Division, 1990.

Bank of America Achievement Award in the Field of Music, 1989

Miss National Teenager Pageant Finalist, 1st runner-up Talent, 1988.

Education:

B.M. Vocal Performance - University of Southern California.

Current Voice Teacher: Nancy Ewing.

Prior Teachers: Primo Puccinelli, Herta Glaz, Susan Roe, Pollyann Baxter

Vocal Coaches: Armen Guzelimian, Henrietta Pelta.  Acting Coach: Laura Henry

Languages: Knowledge of French, German and Italian.

Special Skills: Rifle and flag twirling

Dancing: The Edge Performing Arts Center - jazz and tap.

Aspen Music Festival - Opera Theater Center Participant, Summer 1991.