JOY HERMALYN

Voice Professor-Audition Prep-Acting Coach

430 Larch Avenue Bogota, NJ 07603
201-679-6875
[email protected] -- www.JoyHermalyn.com
Education
Mannes College of Music, NY - Master of Music - Vocal Performance
New York University, NY - Bachelor of Science - Music/French
La Sorbonne – Certificate – French studies

Teaching Experience
2014 - Present Yale University - New Haven, CT, Voice Teacher
Shen Curriculum for Musical Theatre
Undergraduate students; musical theatre, opera, art song repertoire; classical and
contemporary technique; audition prep/lyric/style coaching; breathwork and relaxation
incorporating Alexander & Feldenkreis; diction and dialects; career counseling.

2011 – Present Dwight-Englewood School – Independent Day School in Englewood, NJ

Private Voice Teacher
Co-Director High School Musical & Voice Teacher (Metro Award Nominee)

2005 - Present Kean University – Union, NJ, Adjunct Professor of Voice

Theatre & Music Department students; opera, art song and musical theatre repertoire;
classical and contemporary technique; audition prep/lyric/style coaching; breathwork and
relaxation incorporating Alexander & Feldenkreis; diction and dialects; career counseling.

1990 – Present Private Voice Studio – New Jersey, New York and Skype
Private students all ages; audition repertoire; audition prep including art song
repertoire, arias, theatre songs, monologue work; breathwork; diction, style and
languages; college and career preparation. Students from 8 states and 3 countries.

2013-2014 Raritan Valley Community College – Voice Class – Four levels

1992 - 1995 Fairfield University – Fairfield, CT, Adjunct Professor of Voice
Professor of Private Voice of majors and non-majors; Graduate and Undergraduate;
recital and audition preparation; career counseling.

Master Classes with Recital Entitled “Art of the Crossover Singer”

George Mason University VA
Anchorage, Alaska – NATS Sponsored (Full Recital and Master Class)
Northern Oklahoma University – Tonkawa, OK - (Full Recital and Master Class)
Oklahoma University – Oklahoma City (Master Class)
Shorter College – Rome, Georgia (Full Recital and Master Class)
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN - (Full Recital and Master Class)

Summer Teaching
St. Joseph’s Regional Summer Broadway Theatre Workshops – Montvale, NJ – Private Voice Instruction,
Master Classes on Projection, Audition Technique, Repertoire Advisement, Monologue Coaching

Adjudicating
NATS Competition – Anchorage, AK
Kean Musical Theatre Auditions – Union, NJ
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Yale University – Shen Curriculum Voice

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Professional Performing Experience

TV/FILM
Sound of Music Live! w/ Carrie Underwood NBC - Frau Schmidt(u/s), Nun, Party Guest
Sweeney Todd with the New York Philharmonic – Live from Lincoln Center
Easter Mysteries – Fathom Events (Dir. Daniel Goldstein)

BROADWAY
Caroline, or Change Grandma Gellman Roundabout Studio 54
Fiddler on the Roof (dir. D. Leveaux) Fruma Sarah/Rivka/Yente Minskoff Theatre
La Boheme (dir. Baz Luhrmann) Joe Jonas’ Mother Broadway Theatre
Candide (dir. Hal Prince) Old Lady (Cover)/Baroness Gershwin Theatre
A Christmas Carol (dir. Mike Ockrent) Mrs. Cratchit/Mrs. Fezziwig Madison Sq. Garden
Cyrano-The Musical (dir. Eddy Habbema) Chaperone Neil Simon Theatre
Kristina - Bjorn Ulvaeus/Benny Andersson Carnegie Hall NYC, Royal Albert Hall London
The Sound of Music (dir. G. Griffin) Sister Berthe Carnegie Hall
The Visit – Actor’s Fund Benefit Mrs. Hanke Ambassador Theatre

OFF-BROADWAY
Milk and Honey Musicals in Mufti York Theatre
My Favorite Year Musicals in Mufti York Theatre
Seven Deadly Sins Standby for LuPone New York City Ballet –Lincoln Center
Death Takes A Holiday Cora Roundabout Theatre Co.
Music in the Air Anna ENCORES! City Center
A Grand Night for Singing Woman #2 DiCapo Opera Theatre
Bloomer Girl Lydia Applegate ENCORES! City Center

REGIONAL
Annie Get Your Gun Annie Oakley Utah Festival Opera Co.
Baby *Bway World Award Best Actress - Arlene Infinity Theatre Annapolis, MD
Beauty and the Beast Wardrobe North Shore Music Theatre, MA
Brigadoon Meg Brockie Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ
Candide Old Lady Harrisburg Opera, PA
Carousel Nettie Paper Mill Playhouse
Fiddler on the Roof Fruma Sarah/Rivka/Yente Goodspeed Musicals, CT
Gypsy Mama Rose Utah
Into the Woods Witch Utah
Mambo Italiano (World Premiere) Maria Barbieri Westchester Broadway Theatre, NY
The Mikado Katisha Naples - Gulfshore Opera, FL
Music Man Eulalie Shinn Yale University Theatre
Oliver *Bway World Nom Widow Corney Goodspeed Musicals, CT
She Loves Me Ilona Ritter Utah
Sweeney Todd Mrs. Lovett Casa Manana – Ft Worth, TX
War Paint Off-stage Cover Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL

RECORDINGS
Anna Christie – Masteroff/Thomas – Original Opera Cast Recording – Release Date 8/2019
Lucky Stiff - Ahrens/Flaherty – Movie Soundtrack
Death Takes a Holiday –Yeston – Original Cast Recording
Kristina - Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus – Live Recording 2010 Carnegie Hall
Fiddler on the Roof – Bock/Harnick - 2004 Revival Cast Recording
Candide – Bernstein -1997 Revival Cast Recording
A Christmas Carol – Menken/Ahrens - Original Cast Recording
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Baz Luhrmann presents La Boheme on Broadway - Original Cast Recording

Professional Affiliations
NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) member since 2003
AEA (Actor’s Equity Association) member since 1972 (yes, a child actor!)
SAG-AFTRA member since 1972
AGMA member since 1989
Feldenkreis and Estill Voice training
Yoga Alliance 200-RYT

Performances at Kean University – Union, NJ

Patti LuPone Concert – Auditioned & rehearsed back up choir - 2016
Faculty Soloist, Maddalena in Rigoletto at Enlow Hall - 2013
Informance - Lecture/Demonstration – “Beauty and the Beat” Music for Percussion and Voice
James Musto, Percussion and Joy Hermalyn, Voice - 2011
Faculty Soloist, President’s Holiday Party at Enlow Hall. Donor invited black-tie event – 2010, 2017
Faculty Concert, Naughty Girls of Opera, Operetta and Musical Theatre. 2009

Opera Repertoire
Ariadne auf Naxos (Composer) - Strauss
La Boheme (Musetta) - Leoncavallo
Carmen (Carmen/Mercedes) - Bizet
Cavalleria Rusticana (Lola) - Mascagni
Le Comte Ory (Ragonde) - Rossini
Les Contes d‘Hoffmann (Nicklausse) - Offenbach Concert Repertoire
Cosi fan tutte (Dorabella) - Mozart Bach Magnificat
The Crucible (Abigail) - Ward, Robert St. John Passion
Fanciulla del West (Minnie) – Puccini Beethoven Mass in C Major
Fille du Regiment (Marquise) - Donizetti Symphony No. 9
Die Fledermaus (Rosalinde, Orlofsky) - J. Strauß Berlioz Nuits d’été
Hand of Bridge (Sally) - Barber Bernstein Arias and Barcarolles
Hansel and Gretel (The Witch) - Humperdinck Händel Messiah
The Magic Flute (2nd Lady) - Mozart Haydn Lord Nelson Mass
Madama Butterfly (Suzuki) - Puccini Mass in Time of War
Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino/Marcellina) - Mozart Mozart C minor Mass
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Cora) - Paulus Exsulatate jubilate
Rigoletto (Maddalena) - Verdi Requiem
Il Tabarro (La Frugola) - Puccini Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
Tannhauser (Venus) - Wagner Verdi Requiem
Threepenny Opera (Jenny) - Weill Vivaldi Gloria

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New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players

Opera Companies & Orchestras New York Grand Opera
Anchorage Opera, AK New York Philharmonic
Austin Lyric Opera, TX New York State Theatre
Bergen Philharmonic, NJ Northern Oklahoma Symphony
Bergen Synphonia Orchestra, NJ Opera Francais de New York, Lincoln Center
Center for Contemporary Opera, NYC Opera Idaho
Cincinnati Opera, OH Pro Arte Chorale, NJ
Dayton Opera, OH Ridgefield Symphony and Chorale, CT
Di Capo Opera, NYC St. Louis Winter Opera, MO
Encompass Opera Theatre, NYC Teatro Lirico Sperimentale, Spoleto, Italy
Gulfshore Opera/Naples Opera - FL Tulsa Opera, OK
Hartford Symphony, CT Utah Festival Opera Co.
Knoxville Opera Westchester Philharmonic, NY
Lincoln Center – Avery Fisher/State Theatre Westfield Symphony, NJ
Lyric Opera of Kansas City, MO Whitewater Opera, OH
Masterworks Chorus Winter Opera of St. Louis, MO
Mid America Orchestra (Carnegie Hall)
New England Lyric Operetta, Stamford, CT
New Haven Symphony, CT

EXTRA SPECIAL FACTS

Classical and Contemporary Voice Teacher/Career Coach/Audition Prep/Acting Coach, Lyric
comprehension; Opera singer; Belter; Fluent in French & Italian; Excellent dialects/diction;
Excellent screamer; Piano skills; Certified Yoga instructor YTT 200; Aretha Franklin & Ethel
Merman aficionado; named daughter after Renata Tebaldi; extensive formal divawear; car; van;
schnauzer; violin-playing daughter; percussionist husband; vocal
cords of steel – any hour, any day.

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