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Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI, USA 48197
Dr. Diane L. Winder
Interim Department Head
emu.music@emich.edu
Phone: 734.487.4380
Fax: 734.487.6939
BETH EVERETT received the Bachelor of Music degree in church music from Palm Beach Atlantic University, the Master of Music degree in choral conducting from Southern Methodist University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has studied conducting with Ray Robinson, Jack Delaney, Paul Phillips, Constantina Tsolainou, and Gregory Fuller. She recently completed an in-depth conducting study of Handel’s Messiah through Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of William Weinert and Joseph Flummerfelt.
Choirs under Dr. Everett’s direction have performed across the United States as well as internationally. The Bethel University Singers participated in the American International Choral Festival in St. Louis and received a Gold Diploma in adjudication. They worked with world-renowned clinicians such as Charles Bruffy, Andre de Quadros, Anders Jalkeus, and Dr. Hak-won Yoon, conductor of the Incheon City Chorale (Korea).
Dr. Everett has prepared choruses for Meadows Opera Theater and Southern Opera and Musical Theater productions including Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, and Maurice Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. She was the assistant conductor for Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring, Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, and Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, a joint production with Mississippi Opera. She has also served as Musical Director for musical theater productions including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, and Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods.
From 1996 until 1998, Dr. Everett was a member of the faculty of the National Music Conservatory in Amman, Jordan where she taught courses in Music Theory, Music History, and Sightsinging and Ear Training. She served concurrently as assistant conductor of the Amman YWCA Choir and trained various choruses for performances with the National Music Conservatory orchestra. Past teaching appointments also include Landmark Christian School (Georgia) and Bethel University (Tennessee), where she was Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Division of Music.
Dr. Everett remains active as a singer. She has performed the mezzo soprano solos for such major choral works as Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mozart’s Requiem, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Recently, Dr. Everett performed at Carnegie Hall as a soloist with the University of Southern Mississippi’s Southern Chorale. Her voice teachers include Anna Keith and Timothy Seelig.
Beth Everett
107 Alexander
734-487-0280
meveret2@emich.edu