DONNA M. COX​

Donna M. Cox, Soprano, is an Professor of Voice at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, As a pedagogue, she has facilitated vocal master classes in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, North Carolina, and New York.

 

As a concert soloist, she has performed a vast number of works; Gabriel and Eve in the American Premiere of Haydn's Creation with OU's School of Music & Dance Department collaboration in April 2012, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Vivaldi's Dixit Dominus, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Theresan Messe, Bach's Magnificat and Kantata 129, Beethoven's Mass in C Major, Mozart's Requiem, Rutter's Masses, Mozart's Vesperae K. 339, Brahms's Requiem and Mendelssohn's Elijah. In February 2007, she performed with Dave Brubeck in his mass, To Hope, with the Canterbury Choral Society under the direction of Russell Gloyd.

 

Operatic roles performed are Leila in Bizet's Pearl Fishers, Belinda and Second Woman in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Giulietta in Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann, Susanna in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Lucia in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, and Carolina in Cimarosa's Il Matrimonio Segreto.

As a recitalist, Mrs. Cox has performed on university campuses and venues both stateside and abroad.

 

The soprano, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, is an alumna of the Eastman School of Music, where she earned B.M. and M.M. degrees in Voice Performance. She is currently a doctoral cohort, pursuing the degree of Doctor of Education in the College Teaching of Music at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her area of research explores the development and implementation of teaching strategies for singers experiencing articulation malfunctions.