Soprano Elisabeth Harrington begins an exciting journey as Assistant Professor of Voice at Humboldt State this year. She will teach Studio Voice, Class Voice, Lyric Diction, and Direct the Opera Workshop. She earned the DMA in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado-Boulder, where she was a teaching assistant for the Opera Department, a scholarship recipient and, for two years, Lead TA in Music Performance for CU-Boulder's nationally acclaimed Graduate Teacher Program.

Prior to returning to school, Elisabeth maintained a private voice studio and active performing schedule in North Carolina. She taught voice at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill for eight years. She earned the B. A. in Music and Anthropology from that same institution in 1991, and in 1995, completed the M. M. in Voice Performance at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, her native city.

Her opera performing credits include Norina (Don Pasquale), Frasquita (Carmen), Rose Maurrant (Street Scene), and Mrs. Grose (The Turn of The Screw) as well as two seasons with the Aspen Music Festival Opera Theater and one as a Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artist. In 1996 she was chosen as a North Carolina District Winner for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She has appeared in several musical theater productions, attended numerous acting workshops and has taught acting for singers for several years.

A regular recitalist, Elisabeth enjoys performing (and teaching) many different styles of vocal music. She sang and played flute in a blues and bluegrass band for five years. In addition, her early exposure to global music as an Anthropology student has sparked a lifelong interest in exploring how music is manifested in diverse cultures. Her most recent academic pursuits include studies of Baroque vocal ornamentation (Vivaldi, in particular) and the development of the American art song.