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 Dawn Brooks
Instructor in Music
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Dawn Brooks graduated from California State University, Long Beach with Bachelor and Masters degrees in vocal performance, and has completed the coursework towards a DMA in choral music at USC. She has studied conducting with Lynn Bielefelt, Bill Dehning and Magen Solomon and was a voice student of Marvellee Cariaga. As a contralto soloist, she has performed at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts and the John Anson Ford Theatre, as well as with the USC Early Music Ensemble and the professional chorus Zephyr: Voices Unbound. She performs regularly with the vocal jazz quartet Corner Pocket and as a part of Dawn Brooks and the Cory Johnson Trio, who released their first album “Got a Little Rhythm” in the fall of 2006. Ms. Brooks is director of music at Riviera United Methodist in Redondo Beach, where she directs the adult and handbell choirs and produces a concert series. She is also director of the Huntington Landmark Chorale in Huntington Beach, co-directs the Contemporary Band at Our Lady Queen of Angels in Newport Beach, and teaches private voice.
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