Pauline Seim was born Dec. 25, 1926, in Decorah.
She attended Luther College in Decorah for one year and then received her bachelor of music degree from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., in 1948.
She received a Fulbright scholarship to study voice in Vienna, Austria in 1956. Her family and friends knew and loved her not only for her lustrous, beautiful, Nordic voice, but her laughter, the stories she told with such relish on herself, her obvious joy sharing an evening with close friends and her life-long passion for music.
As a mezzo-soprano and so-prano her professional background included opera, concerts, recordings, Broadway, television and teaching.
She performed opera at Carnegie Hall as well as premiering in two operas: "The Dress" and "Sweet Betsy from Pike" in New York City.
Pauline Seim gave recitals in New York City and Bermuda, was a soloist in New York City churches and synagogues and made a record of Sunday school songs.
On Broadway she performed in "The Lark" under the direction of Leonard Bernstein; performed as a soloist at Radio City Music Hall and performed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Talent Review of 1955.
She taught speech at the American Academy of Performing Arts in New York City and voice at St. Olaf College from 1965-68.
From 1988-2001 she was a secretary to the director of R&D at St. Jude Medical in Little Canada, Minn.
Pauline Seim was preceded in death by her parents: Lars and Sylvia Seim, her sister Ruth Steneroden and many close friends.
She attended Luther College in Decorah for one year and then received her bachelor of music degree from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., in 1948.
She received a Fulbright scholarship to study voice in Vienna, Austria in 1956. Her family and friends knew and loved her not only for her lustrous, beautiful, Nordic voice, but her laughter, the stories she told with such relish on herself, her obvious joy sharing an evening with close friends and her life-long passion for music.
As a mezzo-soprano and so-prano her professional background included opera, concerts, recordings, Broadway, television and teaching.
She performed opera at Carnegie Hall as well as premiering in two operas: "The Dress" and "Sweet Betsy from Pike" in New York City.
Pauline Seim gave recitals in New York City and Bermuda, was a soloist in New York City churches and synagogues and made a record of Sunday school songs.
On Broadway she performed in "The Lark" under the direction of Leonard Bernstein; performed as a soloist at Radio City Music Hall and performed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Talent Review of 1955.
She taught speech at the American Academy of Performing Arts in New York City and voice at St. Olaf College from 1965-68.
From 1988-2001 she was a secretary to the director of R&D at St. Jude Medical in Little Canada, Minn.
Pauline Seim was preceded in death by her parents: Lars and Sylvia Seim, her sister Ruth Steneroden and many close friends.
Pauline Seim was born Dec. 25, 1926, in Decorah.
She attended Luther College in Decorah for one year and then received her bachelor of music degree from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., in 1948.
She received a Fulbright scholarship to study voice in Vienna, Austria in 1956. Her family and friends knew and loved her not only for her lustrous, beautiful, Nordic voice, but her laughter, the stories she told with such relish on herself, her obvious joy sharing an evening with close friends and her life-long passion for music.
As a mezzo-soprano and so-prano her professional background included opera, concerts, recordings, Broadway, television and teaching.
She performed opera at Carnegie Hall as well as premiering in two operas: "The Dress" and "Sweet Betsy from Pike" in New York City.
Pauline Seim gave recitals in New York City and Bermuda, was a soloist in New York City churches and synagogues and made a record of Sunday school songs.
On Broadway she performed in "The Lark" under the direction of Leonard Bernstein; performed as a soloist at Radio City Music Hall and performed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Talent Review of 1955.
She taught speech at the American Academy of Performing Arts in New York City and voice at St. Olaf College from 1965-68.
From 1988-2001 she was a secretary to the director of R&D at St. Jude Medical in Little Canada, Minn.
Pauline Seim was preceded in death by her parents: Lars and Sylvia Seim, her sister Ruth Steneroden and many close friends.
She attended Luther College in Decorah for one year and then received her bachelor of music degree from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., in 1948.
She received a Fulbright scholarship to study voice in Vienna, Austria in 1956. Her family and friends knew and loved her not only for her lustrous, beautiful, Nordic voice, but her laughter, the stories she told with such relish on herself, her obvious joy sharing an evening with close friends and her life-long passion for music.
As a mezzo-soprano and so-prano her professional background included opera, concerts, recordings, Broadway, television and teaching.
She performed opera at Carnegie Hall as well as premiering in two operas: "The Dress" and "Sweet Betsy from Pike" in New York City.
Pauline Seim gave recitals in New York City and Bermuda, was a soloist in New York City churches and synagogues and made a record of Sunday school songs.
On Broadway she performed in "The Lark" under the direction of Leonard Bernstein; performed as a soloist at Radio City Music Hall and performed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Talent Review of 1955.
She taught speech at the American Academy of Performing Arts in New York City and voice at St. Olaf College from 1965-68.
From 1988-2001 she was a secretary to the director of R&D at St. Jude Medical in Little Canada, Minn.
Pauline Seim was preceded in death by her parents: Lars and Sylvia Seim, her sister Ruth Steneroden and many close friends.
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