Maura Janton Cock

Instructor

VUCA 2507
(219) 464-5432
Maura.Cock@valpo.edu

Biography

Maura Janton Cock, soprano, is an adjunct instructor of voice at Valparaiso University. She earned her bachelor of music degree at the University of Arizona (Tucson) and her master of arts degree at Minnesota State University-Moorhead. She previously taught on the music faculty at Concordia College (Moorhead). She has appeared as soloist with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and the Tucson Symphony. Ms. Cock worked extensively with Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers as both soloist and chorus member, and continues to work with Helmuth Rilling of the Oregon Bach Festival. A regular performer with the Valparaiso University Symphony Orchestra, she has been soprano soloist in such works as Brahms' Requiem, Haydn's Creation, Bach's St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, and Mass in B Minor (the latter two works under the direction of Maestro Rilling on VU's campus).

She was a soloist and chorister with the Chicago ensemble His Majesties' Clerkes during the 2000 season. Recent engagements include performances with the Michigan Bach Collegium, Bach Chamber Choir and Orchestra of Rockford (IL), Miami Bach Society, and the Cuesta Master Chorale and Orchestra (CA). Ms. Cock has worked with VU's Department of Theatre, providing musical direction for The Cradle Will Rock (2003/2004), Side by Side by Sondheim (2005/2006) and vocal direction for Dido and Aeneas (2004/2005). She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Education