• Dr. Roxane LaCombe - Voice

Dr. Roxane LaCombe - Voice

A native of San Diego, Dr. Roxane LaCombe has delighted audiences with her equal ease in opera, oratorio, and art song. She has performed the title roles in The Elixir of Love, I Pagliacci, The Marriage of Figaro, Susannah, The Boy Friend and Die Fledermaus. In the summer of 1997, LaCombe had her European debut under the auspices of Elysium – between two continents with a recital featuring Brahms and Schubert as well as music by composers killed in the Holocaust. In February of 1998 she appeared in concert with Rescued Music by Victor Ullman and Pavel Haas at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York. She returned to Europe to give concert with Elysium and its program Music from Theresienstadt in Vienna, Sarajevo and Munich. While in New York, LaCombe was a regular soloist with the Stonewall Chorale, performing Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes and Fauré’s Requiem. This past summer, she sang a series of concerts of French and American art songs in France and Oklahoma. LaCombe holds degrees from The New England Conservatory of Music, San Diego State University and The University of Oklahoma. In March, 2005, she was the guest soloist with the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, singing John Rutter’s Requiem. After leaving Europe in 2002, LaCombe began her teaching career in Oklahoma. She is currently adjunct faculty at The University of Fort Smith and the Minister of Music at First Christian Church of Tulsa. She also maintains a private voice and piano studio in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.