Patricia SnappFaculty

Patricia Snapp, mezzo-soprano, has performed in both traditional and contemporary opera and musical theater throughout her career. She has been featured in a wide variety of roles such as "Dame Quickly" in Verdi's Falstaff, "Rosina" in Rossini's The Barber of Seville, "Miss Pinkerton" in Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief, the "Mother" in Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, "Dido" in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, "Maria" in Bernstein's West Side Story", "Antonia's Mother" in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffman, "Rosalind" in Goodman's The Audition, and as "Mary" in the American premiere of The Miracle of the Nativity by Edmund Pendleton.

In addition to opera and musical theater, Dr. Snapp has made recital and concert appearances throughout the United States, Great Britain, Russia, and Poland. She has also performed locally with the Mankato Symphony Orchestra as the "Alto Soloist" in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and, in her fifth appearance with the MSO, as a guest artist in A Night At the Opera.

Dr. Snapp is an active vocal adjudicator/clinician throughout the region and enjoys working with students involved in opera, musical theater, jazz, country, rock, commercial, and a cappella styles of music. At Gustavus, she is the advisor for GWAC, Gustavus Women's A Cappella. Dr. Snapp has served as the State Program Chair for the Minnesota State Board of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and as the Regional Governor of the North Central Region for the National Opera Association. A passionate advocate for opera and opera education, Dr. Snapp currently serves as the State Governor of Minnesota for the National Opera Association (NOA). 

Before pursuing her doctorate at the University of Northern Colorado, Dr. Snapp was the Chair of the Voice Department at Brevard Community College in Cocoa, Florida. Presently an Associate Professor of Music at Gustavus where she has taught since 1992, Dr. Snapp is the Voice Area Coordinator and teaches applied voice lessons, voice (class) lessons, vocal techniques/vocal pedagogy for voice majors, and a "Duets, Trios, Quartets, Opera Scenes" vocal chamber music course which includes the rehearsal and performance of a variety of musical genres from opera and musical theater to contemporary and popular styles of music. 

Dr. Snapp lives in Mankato with her husband, Dr. Douglas Snapp, Professor of Jazz and Trumpet in the Music Department at Minnesota State University, Mankato. They have two children, Rebecca and Josh.

Contact

Music Department
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue
Saint Peter, MN 56082

Office:Fine Arts - Music, 101
Phone: 507-933-7359
E-mail:snapp@gustavus.edu

Courses Taught