Background
Goettling-Krause, Gisela Erika Waltraud was born on August 15, 1926 in Berlin. Came to the United States, 1957. Daughter of Gustav Reinhold and Gertrud (Weiberg) Krause.
Goettling-Krause, Gisela Erika Waltraud was born on August 15, 1926 in Berlin. Came to the United States, 1957. Daughter of Gustav Reinhold and Gertrud (Weiberg) Krause.
Diploma in voice teaching, Staatliches Prufungsamt, Hamburg, Germany. Diploma in opera singing, Deutsche Buhnengenossenschaft, Hamburg.
Music teacher, Staatliche Jugendmusikschule, Hamburg, 1951-1956;
music teacher, Staatliche Gewerbe und Hauswirtschaftsschule, Hamburg, 1956-1957;
voice teacher, director vocal repertoire, Cosmopolitan School Music, Chicago, 1960-1963;
senior teacher music Department, University Chicago Laboratory School, 1962-1991;
retired, University of Chicago Laboratory School, 1991;
member of faculty, American Cons. Music, 1967-1980;
private vocal studio, Chicago, 1963-1967, 80-. Private vocal studio Hamburg, 1950-1957, Chicago, 1963-1966.
General music teacher Harris School, Chicago, 1961-1964. Teacher in applied voice William Rainey Harper College, 1971-1991. Active as judge in vocal contests.
Clinician at workshops. Conductor International Voice Teachers Conference, Darmouth, England, Strassbourg, France and Philadelphia.
Member National Association Teachers Singing, Music Teachers National Association, Society of America Musicians, International Platform Association, Bundesverband Deutcher Gesangspadagogen, Chicago Artists Association.
Married Woldemar Goettling, February 4, 1956 (deceased). 1 child, Kira Xenia Honeycutt. Married Baldwin Ford, July 10, 1971 (deceased).