Rate My Professor Solveig Olsen

Olsen's distinguished performance career spans opera, musical theatre, and oratorio. Key roles include Mimi in La Bohème (2010), Musetta in La Bohème (2006), Violetta in La Traviata highlights (2016), Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music (2019), and Ann Putnam in The Crucible (2020, canceled due to COVID-19). She has served as Musical Director for UCCS productions such as Hair (2020), Cabaret (2017), and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2013). Concert appearances feature soprano soloist in Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem (2017), Bach Magnificat (2015), and Schubert Mass in A Flat Major (2014). Her accolades include UCCS Outstanding Teacher of the Year (Part-Time Instructor) in 2019, CARES Act Grant (2020), Pikes Peak Opera League Career Grant (2013), Anna Sosenko Foundation Career Grant (2008), and competition successes such as Second Place Winner at Omega Psi Phi/Uplift Foundation (2010) and Regional Winner at MacAllister Competition (1999). Olsen contributed as Textbook Advisor for A Teacher’s Guide to Musical Theatre (Bloomsbury/Methuen) and has held roles such as Faculty Assembly Representative (2018-2019) and search committee member.