Marcel Ramalho, DA

Dr. Marcel Ramalho is currently Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Voice in the Department of Music at Augusta University. Before joining the faculty at AU, Dr. Ramalho held teaching positions at Earlham College, where he served as Adjunct Instructor of Voice, and at Ball State University, where he served as Applied Voice Instructor, as well as Graduate Assistant Conductor of Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, and Women’s Chorus.

A recipient of several academic awards, scholarships, and grants, Dr. Ramalho’s research focus on the music of Brazilian composer José Siqueira (1907-1985). Dr. Ramalho has published articles in theJournal of Singing,Per MusiandRevista da ABEM, and has presented lecture recitals at the 31st National Conference of the Brazilian Association for Graduate Studies in Music and at the 2022 Southeastern Region NATS conference. As an opera singer, Dr. Ramalho has sung Thomas Putnam inThe Crucible(Robert Ward), the titles roles in Mozart’sDon Giovanni,Le Nozze di Figaro,and Puccini’sGianni Schicchi, Peter inHansel and Gretel(Humperdinck), Captain Corcoran inH.M.S. Pinafore(Gilbert and Sullivan), and Don Pedro inBéatrice et Bénédict(Berlioz). Concert appearances include the bass solos in J. S. Bach’scantatas Ich habe genug(BWV 82),Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir(BWV 38),Christ lag in Todesbanden(BWV 4), andWeinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen(BWV 12), W. A. Mozart’sFreimaurerkantante, and G. Fauré’sRequiem.

Dr. Ramalho holds a Doctor of Arts degree from Ball State University with a primary emphasis in Vocal Performance and secondary emphasis in Choral Conducting, a Master of Music in Voice Performance from Indiana State University and a Bachelor of Music Education from Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil).