Biography
Equally at home in both opera and musical theatre, Marian has performed with performers such as Jason Robert Brown, MeganMullaly, Frederica von Stade, Dawn Upshaw, and Arleen Augee.
She has sung with Los Angeles Opera, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Singers and the Oregon Bach Festival and sung under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Zubin Mehta, André Previn, and Carlo Maria Giulini.
Performance experiences have ranged from studio musician to the
legitimate stage. Theatre credits include leading roles in The
Fantasticks, Carousel, How to Succeed in Business…, West Side Story, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Marian has directed shows such as Nunsense and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown as well as dozens of cabarets and revues.
Ms. Bodnar has studied and coached with some of the finest artists and teachers. They include Elly Ameling, Phyllis Curtin, Brent McMunn, Henry Venanzi, Karen Morrow, John Hall, David Craig, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jeannette LoVetri and Seth Riggs. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in vocal performance and opera and has done graduate level work in acting and directing.
Students accomplishments include leading roles on Broadway and professional theaters; performances in opera, concert, bands, in films and for the Grammy Awards. Her students have included Antonio Banderas (Tony nominated for his role in Nine), Melanie Griffith (starring in Chicago), Penelope Cruz (CD for the Sabera Foundation), and many other actors and singers. Students have been accepted to Northwestern, Eastman, CalArts, California State University Fullerton, the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU Long Beach.
Qualifications:
Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Opera
Master of Fine Arts in Acting/Directing, partially completion
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance
Certified Somatic Voiceworks Instructor
Voice Faculty at California State University, Long Beach since 1994
Teaching: Voice, Vocal Pedagogy, Diction, Literature, Performance Skills
Have served as Voice Faculty at Fullerton College, El Camino College, Stella Adler
Academy, Orange County High School of the Arts, Citrus College
Associations:
NATS Los Angeles (National Association of Teachers of Singing)
Past President and 1st Vice President
MTAC (Music Teachers Association of California)
NYSTA (New York Singing Teachers Association)
VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association)
AGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists)
SAG eligible (Screen Actors Guild)
Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society
Marian Bodnar
msbodnar@sbcglobal.net
(714) 879-2125
