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Helen Hodam:
Biography

Helen Hodam is one of the most beloved and distinguished vocal teachers in the United States. She taught at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music from 1963 until 1984, where her students included renowned mezzo soprano Denyce Graves '85 and sopranos Lisa Saffer '82 and Ann Panagulias '84. Hodam's students have performed with all of the major American opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, and the San Francisco Opera, and with European opera companies, including those in Cologne, Munich, Bremen, Vienna, Paris, Zurich, Madrid, and Amsterdam.

Currently retired from the voice faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, she has been associated with the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria and the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy.

Hodam trained in New York, London, and Vienna.


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