“There is something different about this dynamic and
energetic powerhouse. She is fresh, vivacious, and
brings to the podium an exuberance that never wanes
from the first downbeat. A consummate musician and
world-class conductor!”
—Andrew Skoog, tenor / Professor of Voice
The University of Tennessee
Biography
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Constantina Tsolainou,
the Paul S. and Jean R. Amos Chair in Music and Director of Choral Activities
in the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University, has held conducting
positions at Southern Methodist University, Westminster Choir College,
New England Conservatory, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec), Oregon
State University, and Oklahoma City University. Ms. Tsolainou has also
served as Artistic Director of the Canterbury Choral Society in Oklahoma
City and Director of Music at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas,
Texas. During her tenure at SMU, Ms. Tsolainou established the SMU/Dallas
Vocal Arts Ensemble; while in Montreal she was the Artistic Director and
Conductor of Anima Musica, an ensemble formerly known in Canada as the
Donovan Chorale. She is currently Principal Guest Conductor of the Aria
Chamber Chorus (Dallas, TX).
Ms.
Tsolainou has presented workshops, master classes and concert performances
in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, and throughout the U.S. In collaboration
with James Jordan of Westminster Choir College, she developed the instructional
video Ensemble Diction: Language and Style, Principles and Application,
and participated in a second video entitled Group Vocal Technique:
The Choral Ensemble Warm-up. Trained first as a singer, Ms. Tsolainou
has appeared in opera and musical theatre productions in addition to numerous
performances on the concert stage.
She has prepared choruses for operatic productions and other collaborative performances presented by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony Orchestra (Ohio), Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Ballet Oklahoma, Opera Columbus, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Tulsa Opera, and Voices of Change, SMU’s resident contemporary music ensemble. Conductors with whom she has worked include Leonard Bernstein, Charles Dutoit, Eric Ericson, Joseph Flummerfelt, Carlo Maria Giulini, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti and Robert Shaw.
Academic
Positions
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Columbus State University
Southern
Methodist University
Westminster Choir College
Oregon State University
Oklahoma City University
McGill University
New England Conservatory
Professional Appointments
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Aria Chamber Chorus, Dallas, TX
Canterbury Choral Society, Oklahoma City, OK
SMU/Dallas Vocal Arts Ensemble, Dallas, TX
Anima Musica (formerly Donovan Chorale), Montreal,
PQ
CHORUS
MASTER
Tulsa Opera, Tulsa, OK
Opera Festival of New Jersey, Lawrenceville, NJ
Opera Columbus/Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Columbus,
OH
DIRECTOR
OF MUSIC
Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX
Publications
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Ensemble
Diction: Language and Style, Principles and Application
Group Vocal Technique: The Choral Ensemble Warm-up
Instructional Videos Produced by Hinshaw Music,
Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
