Dr. Rebecca Tate St. Goar

Professor of Music 
University of Tennessee at  Chattanooga
Teaches: Voice, Foreign Language Diction, Vocal Pedagogy, Literature
                    

Faculty Recital - Rebecca St. Goar, mezzo, Ronda Ford, flute, and Lynn Worcester Jones, piano, featuring "Bentley Roses" by Jennifer Higdon and "Open" by Jean Ahn. Cadek Recital Hall.  March 6, 2023.

College Music Society South Central Regional Conference virtual  performance - "Bentley Roses by Jennifer Higdon"  with Lynn Worcester Jones, piano, and Ronda Ford, flute
March 26-27, 2021

Chamber Music Recital with Ronda Ford, flute, and Lynn Worcester Jones, piano   - Two Bach Arias
January 12, 2020

Chamber Music Recital with Ronda Ford, flute, and David Walters, piano
October 20, 2018
UTC
October 21, 2018
Chattanooga State

Master Class
March 8, 2018
​Chattanooga Music Teachers Association
​Chattanooga, TN
 

UTC Faculty Concert
February 24, 2017
Caplet's Ecoute mon coeur with Ronda Ford, flute

Faculty Concert in Memory of Sin-Hsing Tsai
March 3, 2017
 Sigrid Luther, piano

Fall 2016

Duet Recital - Rebecca St. Goar and Christine Isley-Farmer with Joseph Walker, piano
September 16th, 2016, Friday at 7 - Cleveland State Community College
September 30th, 2016, Friday at 7:30 - Volunteer State Community College



Fall 2015

Duet Recital - Rebecca St. Goar and Christine Isley-Farmer with Joseph Walker, piano
September 17th, 2015,  Thursday at 7:30 - Union University, Jackson, TN
September 18th, 2015,  Friday at 7:30 - University of TN @ Martin
September 19th, 2015,  Saturday TBA - Master Class - University of TN @ Martin

Chamber Music for Body and Soul Part 3
Martha Summa-Chadwick, piano - Rebecca St. Goar, mezzo, and other instrumentalists
October 9, 2015 at University of TN @ Chattanooga

UC Foundation Professor of Music
Office:  Cadek 210
Email:  Rebecca-St-Goar@utc.edu
Phone:  423-425-4596
Instructor for Applied Voice
Classes:  Diction for Singers
                 Vocal Pedagogy
                 Vocal Literature
     

Dr. Rebecca Tate St. Goar, UC Foundation Professor, has been teaching at UTC since 1982.  She has received both the Doctorate of Vocal Performance and Master of Music from the University of Southern Mississippi and her Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Concord College.  She has studied with master teachers Florence Kopleff, Martial Singher, Isabel Penagos, Patricia Hays and James Fleming.  With the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, she has performed Siebel in FAUST, Cherubino in MARRIAGE OF FIGARO and the mezzo solo in Prokofiev's ALEXANDER NEVSKY.  Other significant roles include Rosina with the Nashville Opera and Ramiro in Mozart's LA FINTA GIARDINIERA at the Music Academy of the West.  Dr. St. Goar was a Fellow at the Bach Aria Institute in New York.  Twentieth century endeavors have included Schoenberg's PIERROT LUNAIRE, Crumb's ANCIENT VOICES OF CHILDREN. a premiere of both Peter Temko's STILL VOICES and Jan Swaford's IPHIGENIA, and Jonathan McNair's A DIVINE IMAGE.  Dr. St. Goar has twice been a national finalist in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Artist Auditions.  She is a former winner of the Palmai-Tenser Competition of the Mobile Opera, placed second in the Mu Phi Epsilon International Competition, and has been a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions.  Dr. St. Goar has received several grants to study Alexander Technique and the Estill Voice System.  Dr. St. Goar has a special interest in training singers to do different styles of singing including classical technique, but also musical theatre, belting, jazz and other contemporary styles without injury to the vocal insturment.  She is a frequent adjudicator for competitions including Metropolitan auditions, NATS Artist auditions, and the MTNA State auditions.