Orit A Eylon

Orit Amy Eylon is the Chair of the Department of Music, Coordinator of the Voice Area and  Professor of Music  at the University of the Incarnate Word. She received a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her MM and BM degrees from Indiana University. Orit has performed several supporting roles with Opera San Antonio, Alamo City Opera and El Paso Opera including Flora, Third Lady, La Principessa, Inez and Kate Pinkerton in La Traviata, Magic Flute, Il Trovatore, Suor Angelica and Madame Butterfly to name a few.

In addition to opera, Orit has performed extensively as a recitalist in Europe, the Middle East, Mexico and Asia and presents lecture recitals at various conferences and universities throughout the world. She performed as a soloist for several oratorio works including Handel’s Messiah Verdi’s Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra and Juarez Symphony Orchestra in Mexico. She has also served several summers as faculty for the Austrian American Mozart Academy in Salzburg, Austria. She is the recent past president of South Texas Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, past Governor of the Rio Grande District of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and the Opera Guild of San Antonio and is a sought-after judge for UIL, ISAS as well as solo and ensemble contests in New Mexico and Texas, in addition to international and regional voice concerto and aria competitions.

• Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin
• MM and BM in vocal performance degrees from Indiana University.

Teaching applied music, therapy class voice and vocal pedagogy. Guest lecturing at various conferences and guest consultant in the field of voice science and pedagogy.

• Judging national, regional and local vocal competitions
• Professional Opera performer
• Recitalist
• Host of national conferences
• Held governing positions for the National Association of Teachers of Singing

• Performing main stage role as Flora in the production of La Traviata at Opera San Antonio.
• Lecture at the Pop Cultural Association National Conference on Classical Music Influence on Pop Culture
• Performance in Budapest, Hungary for Israeli Cultural Institute as well as a master class engagement in Akko, Israel
• Recent featured performance for the College of Music Society National Conference

• National Association of Teachers of Singing
• Pop Culture Association
• College Music Society
• Texas Music Educators Association
• Opera Guild of San Antonio

Hiking and spending time with my husband, three boys and our dog.

• Honors/Finals
• A CHASS nominee for the Piper Award (Service, learning and teaching) at UIW, 2017.
• First Place Winner, El Paso chapter, NSAL classical voice competition
• Finalist - Fielder Grant for Vocal Career Development

• Active member of UIW Interfaith Committee and Grants. Cantorial soloist at area synagogue and youth choir director
• Cantorial soloist at area synagogue and Adult Choir Director, as well as active member for the Partnership2Gether Program for San Antonio, which ties members in their disciplines to sister communities around the world including the U.S., Budapest, Hungary and Western Galilee, Israel.

• Private Instruction - Voice
• Vocal Pedagogy
• Voice Class for Music Therapy
• Singing for Beginners

Area coordinator for all voice area courses that include those above and Vocal Diction and Singers Workshop as well.