Carrie Henneman Shaw
Email: cls65472@bethel.edu
Job Title
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Adjunct Voice Instructor
Music and Theatre, College of Arts and Sciences
Highlight
Soprano, specialist in 16th- through 18th-century performance practice and 20th- and 21st-century Western contemporary music.
Started at Bethel
2014
Education
- Lawrence University - B.A., English, 2000
- Lawrence University - B.Mus., Voice Performance, 2000
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - M.M., Voice Performance, 2005
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - D.M.A., Voice Performance, 2009
Biography
Praised in the New York Times "as graceful vocally as she was in her movements," "consistently stylish" (Boston Globe), and as a "cool, precise soprano" (Chicago Tribune), Carrie Henneman Shaw is a two-time McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians winner (2010, 2017). She has premiered major works by such Minnesota composers as Jocelyn Hagen and Abbie Betinis, whose annual Christmas carols she records for Minnesota Public Radio, and sung American premieres by such composers as Georg Friedrich Haas, Hans Thomalla, and Augusta Read Thomas. In addition to her work as an interpreter of contemporary works, Carrie specializes in music of the 17th century and has performed operatic roles with one of America's leading Baroque opera companies, Boston Early Music Festival. Carrie is a member of Chicago's Ensemble Dal Niente, Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, and Pesedjet. She holds degrees in English and voice performance from Lawrence University and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota.
Courses Taught
Private Voice Instruction
Awards
McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians, 2010 and 2017
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative, 2014
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Next Step Fund grant, 2014
Goethe-Institut Scholarship for Intensive German Language Study, 2012
Jerome Commissioning Grant (performer beneficiary), 2009
Vancouver Early Music Programme scholarship, 2006
Certificates and Licenses
Certificate of completion of Commedia dell'arte training course with Antonio Fava, 2015
Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards
Zeitgeist New Music, board member