San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

Colleen H. Mallette

Singer, actress, comedienne Colleen Mallette has been charming audiences across the US and abroad with her one woman recital spoof The Lamaze School of Singing Presents: HOW TO BIRTH A SONG! After years of serious study and numerous roles on the musical theatre and operatic stage, Ms. Mallette has combined her love for traditional singing with her love for having a good time into a career art form. Ms. Mallette received rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the oldest and largest arts festival on the globe. There she performed at the prestigious "C" Venue and was featured on two live web casts thru World Art. Com from Princes Street Gardens. Her East coast premiere was at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Most recently Ms. Mallette was the featured vocal soloist with Van Cliburn and the Fort Worth Symphony New Years Eve 2003 where it was noted that ….Colleen Mallette "caressed" the song Somewhere and romped through the sexually impish I Can Cook Too and led tuxedo clad audience members in a conga line to close the evening…Star Telegram. Ms. Mallette recently performed with the TCU Voice Faculty at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.

Ms. Mallette's unique approach to singing improv and audience involvement has kept her in demand in such places as North Carolina Museum of Fine Art. The Spectator of Raleigh Durham says… she's carving out a niche for herself…her career should go far! Other concerts have taken her to Winchester England, Grand Rapids Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony and West Palm Beach, Florida where critics acclaimed…Ms. Mallette was easily the plum in this holiday pudding…her lyric tones outright stole the show! (Palm Beach Post) Ms. Mallette is currently on the touring roster for Texas Commission on the Arts and The Heartlands Touring Roster.

Also to her credit, Ms. Mallette has performed and worked with many children through Young Audiences and Opera to Go. She is currently in the developmental stage for a new children's television series entitled Two Bad Aunts, an educational program featuring the antics of two pranksters aunts who teach children through whimsy and mirth.

Mallette received her classical training at Hardin Simmons University (30 miles from the nearest sin) and completed her Master's in Vocal Performance from the University of North Texas. Ms. Mallette has been on the voice faculty for Texas Christian University. She was recently accepted into Second City's nationally acclaimed conservatory in Chicago. Her CD, Saints & Sinners, is a live recording of her cabaret show featuring the timeless melodies of Gershwin and Cole Porter. Her latest CD is entitled ENCHANTMENT.

Additional funding provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts.