Nancy Carey

About

Dr. Nancy Carey is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, where she teaches applied Voice and Freshman Aural Skills and serves as Voice Area Coordinator. She is a soprano with extensive performance history across the United States and Europe. A Northeast Louisiana native, Dr. Carey holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Memphis, Master of Music from Louisiana State University, and Bachelor of Music from Centenary College. Recent operatic performances include the title role in Opera Memphis 2017 Midtown Opera Festival production of The Lovely Galatea, Edith in Pirates of Penzance with Shreveport Opera, and Tish in the premiere of Destiny: Hope, a chamber opera. She has also performed with Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and Prisma Vocal Ensemble. As an ethnomusicologist, Dr. Carey focuses on the relationship between Cajun song traditions and the sustainability of Louisianas francophone culture. She was the vocal division winner of the Marjorie Stricklin Emerging Artist Competition and was named a 2018 Teaching Fellow at the International Performing Arts Institute in Germany.

Education & Qualifications

Doctor of Musical Arts from University of Memphis, Master of Music from Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Music from Centenary College

Teaching Styles