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Elizabeth Momand
Professor of Music
Music and Theatre
- +1 479-788-7540
- Elizabeth.Momand@uafs.edu
- BB204C University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Biography
| Degree | Major Emphasis/Program Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMA | Vocal Performance | University of Texas at Austin | 2001 |
| M.M. | Vocal Performance | Mississippi College | 1990 |
| B.M. | Vocal Performance | Mississippi College | 1986 |
A native Mississippian, Professor Elizabeth Blanton Momand received her Bachelor of
Music and Master of Music degrees in vocal performance from Mississippi College in
Clinton and her Doctorate of Musical Arts in vocal performance from the University
of Texas at Austin. As a soprano soloist, Momand has performed numerous oratorio roles
with orchestra including Mozart’s C Minor Mass, Vesperae solonnes de confessore, and
Requiem; Handel’s Messiah; Bach’s St. John Passion; Vivaldi’s Gloria; Rutter’s Requiem;
and Orff’s Carmina Burana. At the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, Dr. Momand
teaches voice and voice-related subjects and directs the Opera and Musical Theatre
Workshop. Her students have been state, regional, national, and international winners
of singing competitions and scholarships and have been admitted to prestigious graduate
programs and summer festivals around the world.
Included in the honors Momand has received for her academic work and teaching are
a fellowship for a year of study in Germany, a fellowship for travel and study in
former East Germany, a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for travel and study in India, the
UAFS Lucille Speakman Master Teacher Award, and the Speakman Fellowship for Research
in Teaching Award. She has presented her research on the songs of women composers
at state, regional, national, and international conferences including the College
Music Society, the International Alliance for Women in Music, the International Trombone
Festival, the International Women’s Brass Association, the International Hispanic
Heritage Festival, and the Music by Women Festival. Recently two of her compositions
were premiered at the International Trombone Festival. Dr. Momand is immediate past-president
of the South Central Chapter of the College Music Society and served on the board
of directors for the International Association for Women in Music. She has served
in many leadership position in the Arkansas Chapter of the National Association of
Teachers of Singing and serves as an accreditation visitor for the National Association
of Schools of Music. Her passion for teaching stems from her own desire for life-long
learning and her strong belief in the power of music to transform lives. She ends
every class by imploring her students to “go out and conquer the world with love,
peace, and kindness, because we need so much more of it in the world.”