 Sharon O’Connell Campbell, mezzo-soprano, has performed numerous opera roles, most recently the Third Lady in the Lyric Opera of Kansas City production of Die Zauberflöte. She has also appeared as Baba in The Medium and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro with Civic Opera of Kansas City. Other representative roles include The Princess (Sister Angelica), Florence Pike (Albert Herring), Mistress Quickly (Falstaff), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Mme. Du Croissy (Dialogue of the Carmelites), and as Rosemary Sidney in the University of Kansas world première production of Picnic. Dr. Campbell is a graduate of the University of Kansas, where she earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance, as a student of Joyce Castle. She holds the M.M. from the Conservatory of University of Missouri-Kansas City (Inci Bashar, Classical Singer 2009 "Teacher of the Year"), and B.M. from the University of New Mexico (Bradley Ellingsboe).
A 2007 Lotte Lenya Competition finalist, Dr. Campbell is at home in opera, musical theatre, concert, and recital repertoire. Recently, she appeared as a soloist in Vivaldi's Gloria with Black Hills State University, the Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Kansas City Philharmonic, and in Bradley Ellingboe’s Requiem with the Chicago Arts Orchestra. She is a founding member of the innovative staged concert group, "Pioneer Women" and has performed with them in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. As soloist with the early music group, the Spencer Consort, she performed works by Handel and Buxtehude, as well as appearances with the ensemble Musica Nova (Kansas City) and the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque. Her recent solo recitals have featured the work of Mahler and Berlioz.
Before joining the faculty at UNK, she taught studio voice for the University of Kansas and served as Visiting Lecturer in Music at Benedictine College (Atchison, KS). Dr. Campbell has worked as a performer and administrator for the Education/Outreach programs of both Santa Fe Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City where she developed educational materials and conducted clinics and workshops for preschool through high school students. She has served as a clinician for the Midwestern Music Camp, and Mid-America Vocal Arts Festival in Kansas City. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
 email: campbellso@unk.edu
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