2024
Performance
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), Petersen, T. (violin), Dennis, T. (piano), & McGrath, T. (piano) (2024, 22 May). Music Programme Showcase: NZ Music Month Concert II (Philip Neil Memorial Concert), Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (singer), & McGrath, T. (piano) (2024, 15 May). Music Programme Showcase: NZ Music Month Concert I, featuring works by the 2024 Mozart Fellow, Simon Eastwood, Andrew Perkins, and student composers, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo soprano), & Dennis, T. (piano) (2024, 24 April). Music Programme Showcase: Edvard Grieg: Nationalistic piano and vocal music, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo soprano) (2024, 17-19 March). The Trapeze Artists, presented by Opera Otago, with music by Anthony Ritchie and poetry by Cilla McQueen and Hone Tuwhare, Hanover Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
2023
Performance
Romano, T. (mezzo soprano) (2023, 22 September). Celebrate Baroque, with the Octagon Ensemble, St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo soprano) (2023, 17 September). Child of the Sun, a celebration of Katherine Mansfield in song, world premiere of works by composers of Aotearoa New Zealand, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
2022
Journal - Research Article
Romano, T. (2022). Types of testosterone therapy and their effects on the voices of transgender singes. Journal of Singing, 78(3), 327-336. doi: 10.53830/GFWW5031
Performance
Romano, T. (artistic director, alto) (2022, 8 October). Touches of Sweet Harmony, a celebration of the 150th birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958, with the Octagon Ensemble, the Dunedin Youth Orchestra Chamber Group, and St Kilda Brass, St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), & Dennis, T. (piano) (2022, 21 September). Music Programme Showcase: Songs of the Rainbow: Music and Trans*Identity, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Manghi, L. (flute), Romano, T. (voice), & McGrath, T. (piano) (2022, 7 September). Music Programme Showcase: La Flute Invisible, music for flute, voice, and piano, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (text, mezzo soprano) (2022, 12-13 June). Place Them on the Altar, works by Silen Wellington, with Barbie Noyes and the Playground Ensemble and including the world premier of Place Them on the Altar, Lory Student Center Theater and the Dairy Arts Center, Fort Collins, CO and Boulder, CO. [Performance].
2021
Performance
Dennis, T. (performer), McGrath, T. (performer), Romano, T. (performer), & Ritchie, A. (performer) (2021, 1 December). John Ritchie at 100: A memorial concert, music by alumnus, John Ritchie and musical decidations by Philip Norman, Ken Young, Anthony Ritchie, Julie Johnson and William Green, Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo) (2021, 24 January). 6:24 Voices of Aotearoa Performance, New Zealand Opera, Auckland, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2021, 6 November). Verb Readers & Writers Festival: Eighth Annual LitCrawl: Silence Is..., St Peter's on Willis, Wellington, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano) (2021, 14 May). New Zealand Music Month Recital: The Turning Wheel with Tessa Romano & Jeremy Woodside, including works by Woodside, Whitehead, Freed, McLeod, Lang and Korngold, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano) (2021, 16 June). CBS Music: Wednesdays at One: Tessa Romano & Jeremy Woodside, including works by Lang, Korngold, Whitehead, McLeod and Woodside, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano) (2021, 29 May). City Choir Dunedin: Applaud! Women in Music, Knox Church, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), & Dennis, T. (piano) (2021, 22 September). Music Programme Showcase: Meet the Mozart Fellow: Kenneth Young, in conversazione format, with School of Performing Arts staff, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), & Dennis, T. (piano) (2021, 28 July). Music Programme Showcase: Spain in View, a programme of music from Spain, Portugal and Central and South America, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo soprano) (2021, 12 May). Music Programme Showcase: New Zealand Music Month Concert, a programme of new music including Jeremy Woodside's The Turning Wheel and works by Young, Monteath and McIndoe, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (artistic advisor, vocal coach, alto) (2021, 18 July). Octagon Ensemble: Winter Song, performing works by Bach, Cesis, Daley, des Prez, Monteverdi, Shaw and a world premier by Friesen, St. Paul's Catherdral, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (artistic advisor, vocal coach, alto) (2021, 7 March). Octagon Ensemble: She Sings: Songs of Truth, Hope and Joy, performing compositions by women composers, including New Zealand composers Buchanan, Elliot, Holmes and Whitehead, Knox Church, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Kapohe, D. W. (soprano), Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), McCormick, A. (vocalist), Thompson-Holloway, H. (vocalist), du Plessis, H. (cello), Dennis, T. (piano), & McGrath, T. (piano) (2021, 11 August). Music Programme Showcase: From Bach to Broadway, with classical and contemporary staff of the School of Performing Arts, works by Bach, Buchanan, Délibes, Bizet-Hammerstein, Mitchell, Bareilles, Brown, Wright/Frankel/Korie, and Sondheim, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), & McGrath, T. (piano) (2021, 17th April). Dunedin Arts Festival: Olveston at Six: Fanny and Felix, works by Mendelssohn-Hensel and Mendelssohn, Olveston Historic Home, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), & Petersen, T. (concertmaster, violin) (2021, 3, 4 July). Dunedin Symphony Orchestra: Songs and Serenades, including works by Elgar, Mozart, Copland and Schubert, Kings and Queen's Performing Arts Centre, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
2020
Journal - Research Other
Romano, T. (2020). Grieg and COVID-19. The Norwegian American, (May 22). Retrieved from https://www.norwegianamerican.com/grieg-covid
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Romano, T. (2020, October). The variegated effects of testosterone therapy on the voice of singers assigned female at birth and differentiation by means of administration. Poster session presented at the Fall Voice Conference: Science, Community and Friendship, [Online].
Performance
Romano, T. (script writer, cast member) (2020, 20, 21 November). Opera Otago: The baritone must die: A notflix original, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (artistic advisor, vocal coach, alto) (2020, 14, 15 November). Octagon Ensemble: A Rose Sprung Forth, performing works including Hymns to the Mother of the God (Pārt, Dett, Tavener & Britten), Haydn, Brahms, Ritchie, and Hamilton, First Church, St. Paul's Cathedral, Invercargill, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), & Dennis, T. (piano) (2020, 22 July). Music Programme Showcase Series: French Cleopatras, works by Massenet, Debussy, and Berlioz, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (alto, artistic advisor, vocal coach) (2020, 11, 12 July). Octagon Ensemble: Unlocked, performing works by Britten, Esenvelds, Purcell, Gesueldo, Briggs, Forrest, Childcott/U2, and Powell, including the world premiere of an S. Wellington piece, First Church, Knox Church, Invercargill, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), & Dennis, T. (piano) (2020, 18 March). Music Programme Showcase Series, premiere of S. Wellington (USA) "Beholden", and works by Copland, Barber and Harris, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), Manghi, L. (flute), & Lardelli, D. (guitar) (2020, 8,15 March). Canti di Consolzaione, A concert series hosted by The Italian Embassy in Wellington, performing works by Monteverdi, Gendall, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Berio, Lardelli, Bo, da Milano, Montari, and Alici, The Philip Carter Family Concert Hall, St. Luke's Church, Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (alto, artistic advisor, vocal coach) (2020, 29 February, 1 March). Octagon Ensemble: Beginnings, performing works by Monteverdi, von Bingen, Biebi, Poulenc, Chilcott, Gjeilo, Ramsey, Hagen and Laurenson, First Church, Knox Church, Invercargill, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
2019
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Romano, T. (2019). Including trans* folx: Opera as a precedent for acceptance. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Musicological Society (NZMS): Musical Intersections. Retrieved from https://www.nzmusicology.org
Performance
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano) (2019, 16-17 December). Handel's Messiah, with Auckland Choral & Pipers Sinfonia, Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (alto) (2019, 10 December). Handel's Messiah, with the City Choir Dunedin and the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, Dunedin Town Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (soprano) (2019, 9 June). Sound Symphony Orchestra, with works by Beethoven, Mahler, and Franck, Comsewogue High School, Port Jefferson, NY. [Performance].
Romano, T. (soloist, mezzo-soprano) (2019, 7 June). Memorial Concert, works by Franck, Caccini, Beethoven, and Mahler, Infant Jesus Chapel, St. Charles Hospital, Port Jefferson, NY. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano) (2019, 2 April). ENAensemble: Serial Opera Project, works by Bach, Villa-Lobos, Ibert, Spillman, Williams, and Crawford, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano) (2019, 26 March). Recital: Tessa Romano, Reynolds Recital Hall, Bozeman, MT. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), & Dennis, T. (piano) (2019, 22 February). In Recital, works by Mozart, Poulenc, Grieg, Harbison, and Malloy, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano) (2019, 17 February). Tessa Romano '13, works by Ibert, Vyas, Spillman, Roussel, and Heggie, Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano) (2019, May 19). Church of the Redeemer Concert Series: A Journey of Self-Discovery, works by Grieg, Poulenc, and Harbison, Church of the Redeemer, Astoria, NY. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano), & Dennis, T. (piano) (2019, 8 September). Inaugural Recital: Tessa Romano, works by Grieg, Poulenc, Harbison, Harris, and Berlioz, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo soprano), Ritchie, A. (piano), Petersen, T. (violin), du Plessis, H. (cello), Dennis, T. (piano), & McGrath, T. (piano) (2019, 29 September). Philip Neill Memorial Prize in Music Concert, works by Lilburn, Ritchie, Adams, Buchanan, Holmes, Varaine, Mayall, and Newall, St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Other Research Output
Romano, T. (2019, April). Vocal health for college singers. Voice Day at Princeton, Princeton University, Princeton, USA. [Research Presentation].
2018
Performance
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano) (2018, 12 April). Tessa Romano [Doctor of Musical Arts recital], including works by Fukai, Berlioz, Ibert, and Harbison, Grusin Music Hall, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo soprano, alto) (2018, 16-17 March). Spectral Landscape: A Multimedia Concert by Zachary Patten, Black Box Theatre, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (mezzo-soprano) (2018, 28 February). Pendulum New Music, works by Patten, Villwock, Wellington, and Winters, Black Box Theater, ATLAS Institute, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Romano, T. M. (2018). The singing voice during the first two years of testosterone therapy: Working with the trans or gender queer voice (DMA). University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Retrieved from https://scholar.colorado.edu/mvoc_gradetds/1/
2017
Performance
Romano, T. (performer) (2017, 17 June). CU New Opera Workshop, works by Specht, Allen, Olson, and Wellington, ATLAS Black Box Theater, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2017, 14 April). Voice Area Special Event: Master Class with Michelle DeYoung, works by Barber, Mozart, Guridi, Lehár, Berg, Griffes,, Grusin Music Hall, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2017, 25 February). Ben Sieben, Collaborative Piano [Master of Music recital], works by Schumann, Poulenc, Webbon, Corea, Beethoven, Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2017, 14 February). Maria Kurchevskaya, Piano [Doctor of Musical Arts recital], works by Santoliquido, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Dvořák, Brahms, Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2017, 5 February). Deborah Hui, Piano [Doctor of Musical Arts recital], works by Ives, Barber, and Crumb, Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
2016
Performance
Romano, T. (performer) (2016, 30 November). Robert Hjelmstad, Piano [Doctor of Musical Arts recital], works by Hindemith, The Academy, College of Music, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2016, 14 November). Tessa Romano, Mezzo-Soprano [Doctor of Musical Arts recital], works by Backer-Grøndahl, Tveitt, and Grieg with Deborah Hui, piano, Chamber Hall, Imig Music Building, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2016, 6 November). Live! At the Everson: A Centennial Celebration! Helen Boatwright, works by Boatwright, Ives, Beethoven, and Schubert, Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2016, 23 July). Aspen Music Festival and School, works by Nicolai, Mozart, Sondheim, and Verdi, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2016, 6 April). Pendulum New Music, featuring world premieres by Goodison, Merz, Spect, and Mehlenbacher, Grusin Music Hall, Imig College of Music, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2016, 5 April). Mina Gajic, Piano [Doctor of Musical Arts recital], works by Brahms, Chamber Hall, Imig Music Building, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2016, 18 March). Ben Sieben, Collaborative Piano [Master of Music recital], works by Dutilleux, Barber, Debussey, and Beethoven, Chamber Hall, Imig Music Building, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2016, 11, 13 March). Eklund Opera Program: Dialogues of the Carmelites, by Francis Poulenc, Macky Auditorium, Boulder, CO. [Performance].
2015
Performance
Romano, T. (2015, 13 April). Tessa Romano, Mezzo-Soprano [Master of Music recital], works by Ravel, folk songs, Haas, Harbison, and Thyagaraja, Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center, Ann Arbor, MI. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2015, 20 April). César Cañón, Piano [Master of Music recital], works by Valencia, Debussey, Ravel, Mozart, and Beethoven, Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center, Ann Arbor, MI. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2015, 27, 29 March). University Opera Theatre: Caesar in Egypt, with the University Philharmonia Orchestra, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI. [Performance].
2014
Performance
Romano, T. (performer) (2014, 14, 16 November). University Opera Theatre: Dead Man Walking, with the University Symphony Orchestra, Power Centre, Ann Arbor, MI. [Performance].
2013
Performance
Romano, T. (performer) (2013, 12 May). Tessa Romano '13, Mezzo-Soprano and Brianna Leary '13, Violin [Certificate Program in Musical Performance recital], works by Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, Franck, de Falla, Paganini, Monnot, and Louiguy, Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ. [Performance].
Romano, T. (performer) (2013, 28 April). Musica Alta & Friends: Highlights from Antonio Vivaldi: Teuzzone, performing editions by Nicholas Lockey GS, Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ. [Performance].
2012
Performance
Romano, T. (performer) (2012, 30-31 March). Princeton One-Act Opera Project: Lear on the 2nd Floor, by Anthony Davis and Allan Havis and directed by Mark DeChiazza, Roger S. Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Centre, Princeton, NJ. [Performance].