First Name:
Prof. Mary Gayle
Last Name:
Greene McClune
Main Title:
Lecturer of Voice
Office Location:
Studio 217, Broyhill Music Center
Phone Number:
828-262-7235
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Mary Gayle Greene is a senior lecturer of voice in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University. Acclaimed for her vocalism and stagecraft, she has been lauded for her "bright voluminous voice" and "dark mahogany, deep plush mezzo-soprano sound."
Greene's career spans opera stages worldwide, including appearances at the Edinburgh Music Festival and the Chicago Lyric Opera. She has performed as a soloist with the Saint Louis Symphony with Leonard Slatkin and the North Carolina Symphony with Gerhardt Zimmerman, Lorenzo Muti and Rodney Wynkoop. A member of the North Carolina Visiting Artist Program, she has traveled extensively, sharing her artistry through opera, oratorio, recital, and chamber music. She is the soloist in the recording of the world premiere of Abraham Kaplan's K'dusha Symphony with Soprano Roberta Peters. She appeared with Leoni Rysanek in Strauss's Elektra at the Bühnen der Stadt Bonn in Germany. She sang the role of Madame de Croissy in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites with Maestro Robert Moody with the Winston-Salem Symphony and the Portland Symphony in Maine. Greene has recently performed as soloist in Mozart's Requiem, the Requiem by Verdi under the baton of Maestro Murry Sidlin, and in Handel's Messiah.
She attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she earned a Master of Music degree in vocal performance and a Bachelor of Science degree in music education. She also studied at the Franz Schubert Institut of German Lieder and at the Saint Louis Conservatory of Music. Greene studied voice with Edward Zambara of the Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory, and has coached with John Wustman and Arlene Shrut.
Professor Greene is happy that her students have become successful music teachers, music therapists, performers and music industry professionals.