Performance
Faculty List:
Judith Kellock
Associate ProfessorPerformance (voice)
M.M., Boston University
342 Lincoln Hall
Tel#: 607-255-3424
jgk6@cornell.edu
Personal website
Soprano Judith Kellock has
been described in the press as "a singer of rare intelligence and vocal
splendor, with a voice of indescribable beauty." A primary influence
in her musical life was the late Jan DeGaetani, with whom she studied
for many years. Other teachers have included Grace Hunter, Hazel
O'Donnell, Phyllis Curtin at Tanglewood, and Wilma Thompson at Boston
University.
Ms. Kellock has been featured with the St. Louis Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the New World Symphony, the Honolulu Symphony, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Greek Radio Orchestra, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, the West Virginia Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, and orchestras throughout New England. At the Aspen Festival
she has been soloist with the Symphony Orchestra as well as in chamber
music and oratorio. Other festival performances include Monadnock,
Arcady Stockbridge Chamber Concerts, the Music Festival of the
Hamptons, and songFest, a performance and training program in southern
California. Highly acclaimed for her song recitals and chamber music
performances, she is also sought after by composers for her
interpretation of contemporary music. She is a founding member of the
new music group Ensemble X, whose music director is composer Steven
Stucky. Ms. Kellock's residency in Prague included recitals of German
Lieder and American art song with pianist Phillip Moll, as well as
master classes and lectures at the Prague Conservatory. As a recipient
of a National Endowment of the Arts recitalist fellowship, she toured
the West Coast with a variety of programs.
Ms. Kellock has sung major operatic roles in Italy and Greece, toured
with the Opera Company of Boston and performed with the Mark Morris Dance Company at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. This summer she performed and recorded The Astronaut's Tale
by Charles Fussell at the Monadnock Festival, and sang the role of
Madame Herz in Mozart's The Impresario at the Music Festival
of the Hamptons, in a version translated and revised by Lukas Foss.
She has recorded for Koch International, Turnabout, Sine Qua Non, Fleur de Son, Albany and
Gasparo labels. Upcoming releases include songs of Samuel Barber,
music of Steven Stucky, Charles Fussell and Judith Weir.
Ms. Kellock serves on the performing faculty of Cornell University,
and is much in demand as a master class teacher. She is also on the
board of directors of the Lotte Lehman Foundation.