Artist description The road to vocal splendor is a long one. Vocal technique is hard earned over time as muscles learn new patterns. These recordings offer a glimpse of this process as soprano, Valerie Williams, shares her early recordings from her undergraduate years.

Music Style Opera. art song, oratorio

Musical Influences Many...

Artist History Growing up in a musical family, Valerie entered Central Washington University with experience singing in choirs and musicals as well as playing piano and mallet percussion. She began voice lessons her freshman year and trained for a time as a mezzo-soprano before settling into soprano repertoire.The recordings on "Care Selve" are from her junior recital, recorded on April 14, 1985 and "Serenade" contains the material from her senior recital which was recorded on June 1, 1986.

Group Members Valerie Williams - vocals

Instruments vocals, piano

Albums Serenade, Care Selve

Location Bremerton, WA - USA

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