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Dr. Heather Winter Hunnicutt
Office/Voice-mail: 502-863-8056 http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/music/winter Heather Winter Hunnicutt teaches applied voice, diction, vocal pedagogy, opera workshop, elementary music methods and materials, music appreciation, and coordinates solo vocal studies for the department. She received her Doctor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Literature with a minor in Music Education from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. As a Masters of Music student at IU, Heather received a degree in Vocal Performance with a cognate in Opera, and as an undergraduate student there, she acquired degrees in Vocal Performance and Journalism with a minor in Theatre / Drama. Before coming to Georgetown, she taught for the Music Department at Indiana State University. Hunnicutt is a soprano with special interest in musical theatre and contemporary song literature and opera, as well as traditional classical vocal repertoire. With her extensive dance training, and theatrical work as well as vocal studies, some of her favorite musical theatre roles performed include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Helena in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Maggie in Brigadoon, Clara in Passion, and numerous other roles in such shows as Putting It Together, Bye Bye Birdie and The Music Man. In the realm of opera and light opera, Hunnicutt has been seen in full or partial roles as Mrs. Honour in Tom Jones, Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief, Penelope in Gloriana and the title role in Naughty Marietta. She also enjoys being an active recitalist and has been a student of Patricia Wise and Diane Coloton, among others. Hunnicutt enjoys stage directing as well, including such productions as Le nozze di Figaro. Hunnicutt is pleased to be an active member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). She also co-founded Indiana University's chapter of Student NATs and was coordinator of the First Annual New Voice Educator's Symposium. Hunnicutt is a multiple award-winning member of Mu Phi Epsilon International Music Fraternity. One of her primary research interests is the prediction and manifestations of performance anxiety among students of singing, and has presented nationally on the topic, winning awards for her research. Aside from music and before coming to Georgetown, Hunnicutt worked with Freshman Interest Groups at Indiana University for six years and has a passion for assisting students with the transition from high school to college.
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