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Soprano ViIANCA ALEJANDRA
was a First Place
Winner
in the Puerto Rico Distract Metropolitan
Opera Competition. In July she sang
Norina in Don Pasquale at Festival of the
Agean in Greece.
She returned to Carnegie Hall
for performances of Mozart's Regina coeli
K.276 and the Bach Magnifical with Mid-America
at Carnegie Hall.
Conductor
RAFFI ARMENIAN
resides in Montreal
Canada. He has recently
finished his booki "Guideline
for the Interpretation
of beethoven Symphonies".
Maestro RICHARD BARRETT
led a production of Puccini's
Tosca with
Soo Opera.. He is a busy coach and
voice teacher in NYC.
Soprano KAREN HUGHES
BEACOM performed
the title role Tosca
with her opera company,
Soo Opera, at the
Soo Theater and Mission Point. She returned to
Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra for performances
of Messiah and Finzi.
She performed the title role in Floyd's
Susannah with her opera company,
Soo Opera in Michigan.
She is producing concerts and doing musicals throughout
the year in Michigan. She performed the Countess and produce
Marriage of Figaro with her
Soo Opera Co. She performs as Soprano soloist
in Handel's Nessiah with Great Lakes Chamber
Orchestra on Dec. 11 and 12.
Conductor/Pianist RICHARD CARSEY was recently
conducting Phantom
of the Opera
and Carousel
on Broadway.
Baritone JUNHAN CHOI performed Belcoe in L'Elise
d'amore with the Bar Harbor Music Festival
in Maine. On Sunday Nov. 9 he makes his debut as Schaunard in Puccini's
La Boheme with the Cambridge
Symphony Orchestra in Boston at the Grege Auditorium. On Wed.
Nov 12 he performs in Boston Lyric Opera's Gala
"Ride of the Valkyres" at Sowo Power Station in Boston.
Conductor GERARD CHIUSANO completed his
third opera based
on Thurst
is based on the historical
novel by Mary Donnarumma Sharnick.
He just finished writing the
music for a PBS mini-series
Stars
on Stage. Thehe
Rutgers University
Orchestra did a reading of his
new symphony.
PBS channel 13 hsd his composition
on the air. He also led a semi-staged version
of Mozart's
Cosi fan tutti at
Opera America
in
NYC. There was a reading of a portion of his
new opera The Dream
with the Rutgers
Symphony Orchestra in NJ. Gerard did arrangements
and orchestrations for "Broadway Scores"
a a concert with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
in Connecticu.
Soprano
SARAH JOYCE COOPER sang a Italian
Opera Concert with the Eastern Connecticut
Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Toshi Shimada's 15th
season with the orchestra. Sarah returned to Carnegie Hall
sining the Mozart Requiem and Vesperae
solemnes de confessore on May 24 with Mid-America
Productions. On July 15 and 16 she returned to the Bar
Harbor Music Festival as Adina
in L'Elise d'amore..
She was
soloist in Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with the Harvard-Radcliffe
Orchestra on October 4. On October 17 she returned
to the Rochester Oratorio Society for a performance
of Will Todd's Mass in Blue. and a recital for the Opera Guild.
On Nov. 15 she will sing as soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy
with the New England Conservatory Expanded Education
Division.
Soprano KAHLI DALBOW performed Georgetta in
Il Tabarro with Boulder Opera
on Feb. 7-9. In July and in August she performs the title role of
Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos at the
Trentino Music Fesival in Italy. From Sept 15 to
Oct. 19 she is in The Shinning at Utah Opera.
Mezzo-soperano ALYCE
DAUBENSPECK made her debut at
Carnegie Hall with
Mid America Productions singing Martini's
Domine ad
Adjuvandum me Festina. She also
sang Haydn's Lord Nellson
Mass with
the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra.
Alyce sang Ruth in The Pirates of
Penzance with Raylynmor
Opera
in New Hampshire.Ms Daubenspeck moved to Germany
to pursue her career.. Alyce is currently working at Theater
Ulm in Germany.Her contract at Theater
Ulm has been renewed until Jan. 2026.
We welcome mezzo-soprano CAMERYL
DEWAR to our roster.
Conductor HERB DIMMOCK is Music Direcotr of the Herb
Dimmock
Singers
as well as the
prestigious
Bach in Baltimore
Series in
Baltimore. See web site for performance
dates.
Bass-Baritone
CARL DUPONT
is Assistant Professor
of Voice
at Peabody
Conservatory
of Music
in Baltimore Maryland. He made his
debut with New York
City Opera as Colline in Puccini's
La Boheme.in Bryant Park in
NYC. Hhe made his debut with Maryland Opera
with excerpts from Faust as Mephistopheles.
He returnred to Bach
in Balktimore for
Bach's Mass in B minor.
He performed music of Anthony Davis
at the Virginia Arts Festival
in Norfolk VA and repeated the concert at the Marcella
Sembrich Opera Museum in Bolton Landing NY. He
also covered the baritone role in Stravinsky's
Renard with the Baltimore Symohony
Orchestra. On April 6 Carl returms to
Carnegie Hall and Mid-America
productions for performances of the Vivaldi
Magnificant and the Monteverdi Magnificat.
Tenor ETHAN ELLIS
performed Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor
with Regina Opera..
He also performed Gaston in La Traviata
at the
Newhouse Center on Staten Island NY..
He performed in concerts and operas
at Festival of the Agean in Greece. He sang Spoletta
in Tosca with Regina Opera
and returned as Beppe
in I Pagliacci.He performed as tenor soloist in Beethoven's
9th Symohony with the New Britian Symphony.
On April 6 he returned to Carnegie Hall
and Mid-America Productions as a soloist
in Monteverdi Magnificat. This Summer was Tamino
in Magic Flute with Chicago Summer Opera.
We welcome Argentinian soprano MARIS
JOSE FABARA to our roster. She performed Norina in Donizetti's
Don Pasquale with
Ft. Collins Opera March 7 and 8. On July 24-26 she performs
Micaela in Bizet's Carmen with the Equadorian Symphony
in Quita Equador. She performed Opera in the
Park "Be;;a Voce" with Boulder Opera on August 2 and 3. On
Nov. 11, 15, 16 she returns to Boulder Opera as Adina in Elixir
of Love.
Soprano SUZAN HANSON
has redirected her career to being
a director
and singer. She returned
to Utah Festival
Opera directing Wagner's Lohengrin
this past Summert. She is very busy in the
LA area teaching voice and directing opera productions.
HARWOOD MANAGEMENT
produced a new roster video
"Heart
of Opera". It
is on youtube at
.https://youtu.be/mCffG-j31YI.
On Jam 22 and 23 he will be a panelist
for CS Music in NYC.
Tenor JESUS DANIEL
HENANDEZ performed a Italian Opera Concert with the
Eastern Connecticut Symphony
Orchestra to celebrate Toshi Shimada's 15th season
with the orchestra. On June 28 he performed in a world premier opera
"To the People Like Us" with
White Snake Opera in Boston. On September 25 he performs
at an event for Mexican designer Celestino Couture
at Walkway on the Hudson in Poukeepsie NY. On
October 12 he performs an Italian Concert at the Italian Festival
in Kingston NY sponsored by the Ulster County Italian American
Foundation.
We welcome contralo JENNIFER HINES to our
roster. On Nov.18 she dpes a recital at the Boardwalk (residence)
in Long Beach NY.
Bass JOHN PAUL HUCKLE
recently performed in Masque of the Red Death
with the Cleveland Ballet and Pops orchestra.He performed
Ashby in Fanciulla del West with Washington Opera Society on
Jan 24/
Pianist
CRAIG
KETTER
is a busy soloist and accompanist in New
York and throughout the US. He performed
an Italian Opera Concert
at the
Tower Music Series
at the reformed Chruch in
Poughkeepsie NY. He performed
Beethoven's Piano Sonata
Op. 109 and a
Beethoven 4 piano arrangement
at the
Clayton Piano
Festival
in North Carolina. Go to
the Clayton
Piano Festival website
for the livestream. Craig returned to the
South Orange Symphony in NJ as soloist
playing Rachmaninov 2d Piano Concerto..He
performedan Italian evening at the
Old Dutch Church in Kingston NY on Nov.
1. On Nov. 14 he performed a program for the
Business Council for International Understanding
in NYC.
Soprano JENNY
LINDSEY made her debut as
soprano soloist in the Pergolesi
Stabat Mater at
Carnegie Hall in NY with Mid-America
Productions.
Maestro ERIC MAHL has
been named Music Director in a multi-year contract with the
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. He
is also currently Music Director
of
Northport Symphony Orchestra, Geneva Light
Opera, Orchestra
One, Philharmonic Orchestra at Third
Street Music School in NYC, and the
Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra.
In addition he is on the faculy of the
Charles Ives Music Festival.
He began his reign as Music Director with the Ridgefield
Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 8. On July 15 and 16 made
his debut as Music Director and conductor of L'Elise
d'amore with the Bar Harbor Music Festival
in Maine.
On August 4-8 he brings his ,usical and teaching talents to the
Charles Ives Music Festival in
Connecticut. On Sept. 27 he leads the opening concert with the Ridgefield
Symphony Orchestra.ewwssi
Director JAMIBETH
MARGOLIS is busy at Pace
U. and as a casting
director in NYC. She directed a semi-staged
production of
Cosi fan
tutti
at Opera
America.
Baritone
BRIAN MONTGOMERY was in Clearwater Fl.
for a performance of Verdi's McBeth
with Opera for Earth.
He performed Michele in
Il Tabarro with Regina Opera
in Brooklyn. On May 15 through August 7 he
performed Telramund in Wagner's
Lohengrin as well as Dr. Gibbs in
Our Town at
Utah
Festival Opera.
He returned to Regina
Opera in Brooklyn for performances of
Rigoletto in Nov 11 and 17. He
lives in NYC and Asia. Brian will sing at Opera in the Ozarks
as a part of the 75th Gala
Event on May 31st. Brian returns to
Carnegie Hall and sang the
Mozart Requiem and Vesperae solemnes
de confessore on June 7 with Mid-America Productions.
Mezzo-soprano
MARTINA PORTYCHOVA
received her MMusic in vocal performance from the
University of Arizona
and is currently finishing
her DMA. She was also on the Administrative
staff of the
Tucson Desert Song Festival.
She also performed new composer works at
the U. of Arizona followed by the title role in
Peter Brook's Carmen.
She continues to finish her degree in the Fall. On March
23 she sang Beethoven's 9th
Symphony with the New Britain Symphony
Society. On August 6,8,10 she performed Marcelena in Mozart's
Le Nozze di Figaro with Soo Opea in Michigan.
She performs as Mezzo-Soprano soloist in Handel's Nessiah with
Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra on Dec.
11 and 12.
Mezza-soprano OLA RAFALO returned to Sotto
Voce Vocal Collective
in Buffalo for her first Princuipessa in Suor
Angelica. She spends much of the season
at Chicago Lyric Opera in various productions
including Aida..She also performed
Mahler's Symphony
#2 with the
Eugene Symphony.
Last season she covered Hrtenso in the Listeners by Mazzoli
at Lyric Opera of Chicago. She sang the National
Anthem at a White Sox baseball game. At Lyric Opera of
Chicago she is covering the Mother in Madama Butterfly.
Bass-baritone
ELIAM RAMOS eturned to Regina Opera
as Silvio in I Paliacci.
He also performed Bach's Cantata ich
habe genug ud air with Bach in Baltimore.
Eliam sang the US Premier of Paul Aiken's
Missa Pro Terra "A mass for Earth" at
Carnegie Hall with Mid America. He also sang Beethoven's
9th Symphony with the New Britain
Symphony Society. Eliam he performd new operas with
The Advanced AOP-NYU Tish Opera Lab. He performed
Dumas in David Winkler's Rossini's Perduto with
Long Island Concert Orchestra and Seas Cliff Chamber
Players at The Theater at St. Jean in NYC. He sang Belcoe in
L'Elise d'amore with the
Bar Harbor Music Festival in Maine and performed
Figaro in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro with Soo Opea in Michigan.
On Sept. 17 he performed an Art Song Concert for
Opera in Williamsburg at the Williamsburg
Regional Library. On November 4 he sings Silvio in Pagliacci
with Opera Collective in Manhattan and returns to Regina Opera
to sing Marcello in La Boheme on on Nov. 15-23..
He returns to Opera Collective as Marullo in Rigoletto on Dec. 18.
Mezzo - soprano ISABEL RANDALLsang Amelia Piper in Jodi Goble's
Whaling Women at Boston Conservatory.
She also performed a recital in Red Hill Virginia. .Last Summer
she was a young artist with Opera
Theatre of St. Louis. She covered Zoe Walker in
This House by Ricky Ian Gordon. Isabel also performed
"Our Songs" a concert with Opera Theatre of St. Louis On
Oct 13 she begins her residency at Dayton Opera. She will do Childrens
Concerts, other performances, as well as Mercedes in Bizet's Carmen
on the main stage..
Baritone FREDERICK
REDD is preparing
and producing his first
CD "REDD". He is on the
Board of Directors
for the William
Warfield Foundation.
He
has produced many videos for
both Harwood Management
and
Hr Artists
Management. Fred , VP of PACO
Group was recognized as on of the trailblazers
who has shaped the Port Authority of NY and
NJ durting Black History Month. He was soloist
in The Year of the Jubilee by Harvey Brough with
the Rochester Choral Society. He also
sang Bennett's arrangement of Porgy and
Bess with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes.
He returned to Carnegie Hall
for a concert with Mid-America
Productions and was
bass soloist in Bond's Ballad of the Brown King.He returned
to the Rochester Oratorio Society for
the recording of The Year of the Jubilee.
He also returned to the Rochester Choral Society
to record Harvey Bropugh's
Freedom Song. Fred sang a Holiday program with
New York Concert Opera in Staten Island.
On March 6 he receives a "Trendsetters to Watch Award" in
Las Vegas. On April 1 he sings for Barnes International
and JP Morgan in NYC. May 21 was another fconcert in Staten
Is.
Maestro BYUNG Rhee
is
Music Director
and Conductor
of Camerata
New Jersey. He led a concert
for competition winners
with his Camarata Orchestra
at
Merkin Hall
in NYC.. For info on
Camerata
New Jersey
please go to http://www.cameratanewjersey.org/
Counter-tenor, tenor ZABRIEL
RIVERS he made his debut as counter-tenor
soloist in the Pergolesi
Stabat Mater at
Carnegie Hall
in NYC with Mid-America
Productions. Zabriel has
a new one man show "A
Gullah Evening with Zabriel." This
production is available for performances.
It is sponsored by the South Carolina Arts Commission.
He was soloist in The Year of the Jubilee by Harvey
Brough with the Rochester Choral
Society. He returned to Carnegie
Hall for a concert with
Mid-America Productions as soloist in Bond's
Ballad of the Brown King. He also returned
to the Rochester Choral Society for a recording
of Harvey Brough's Freedom Song. On
June 6 he premiered his one man show "A Gullah Evening with Zabriel"
with the Rochester Choral Society
in Rochester NY.
Bass VALARIAN RUMINSKI is
Artistic Director of
Nickel City Opera in Buffalo.
He returned to Carnegie
Hall for a performance of Mozart's
Coronation Mass with
Mid America Productions.
Following this he was soloist in Hayden
Mass with the Putnam
Chorale in Brewster and Beacon NY. He made his debut with
Bielefeld Theatre as Bartolo in Mozart's
Le nozze di figaro from Sept. 20 to Dec. 20. On Jan 17 and 18 he
sings Mozart's Requiem with the Buffalo
Philharmonic. He was a voice on "Little Emma" an animated film in
LA. He alsoreturned to Opera de Montreal as Benoit/Alcindoro
in La Boheme.
ROCKY E. SELLERS sang
with the Rochester Choral Society in Glenn McClure's
"Promised Land"and repeaated it at
Geneseo College. This season hewas in
Tosca and Moby Dick at the
Metropolitan Opera. Rocky makes his debut
at Carnegie Hall sining the Mozart Requiem
and Vesperae solemnes de confessore on
June 1 with Mid-America Productions. This Fall is Porgy
and Bess at Houston Grand Opera as well as the Metropolitan
Opera.
Soprano
MICHELE SEXTON
made her
Carnegie
Hall debut singing
as soprano soloist in the Faure Requiem
with Mid-America Productions. She
was also a judge for the
Ms. New Jersey Pageant
in Atlantic City.S performed a program
for the Business Council for International
Understanding in NYC. Michele sings the US Premier of
Paul Aiken's Missa Pro Terra "A mass for Earth"
at Carnegie Hall with Mid America on Mrch 15.On March 23
she sangBeethoven's 9th Symphony with
the New Britain Symphony Society.
On October 12 he performs an Italian Concert at the Italian
Festival in Kingston NY sponsored by the Ulster County Italian
American Foundation.
Maestro TOSHIYUKI
SHIMADA is a well established Maestro..
He is presently Music Director and Conductor
of the Eastern Connecticut
Symphony Orchestra, the New
Britain Symphony Orchestra as well as the
Orchestra of the Southern Finger
Lakes. Please see their web sites for Performance
dates. He was recently guest conductor with the
Connecticut Orchestra. On September
22 and 24 he joined other alumnaue with The Portland Maine
Symphony Orchestra for performances of
Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
Bass SAM SMITH sang
a recital for the Wmen's
Club at Mt. Albans Presbyterian
Church in Cincinnati. He sang Dr. Grenvil
in La Traviata at Cincinnati
Opera.
Conductor ERIC TOWNELL is currently Music Director
of the Rochester Choral Society.
Eric is also
the director of RESONANZ,
a Rochester based
choral group.
He is
Host/Producer
of
In the
Spotlight for
Cable Access TV in Western
NY. Eric is Artistic
Director of The
Finger
Lakes Chioral Festival
. On Sunday July 28 the
Festival will present "St. Francis in the
Americas: A Caribbean Mass" and Misa Criolla. The
performance was at the Hochstein Performance Hall in Rochester at
8pm. This is a benefit concert..
Soprano MELISSA WIMBISH is constantly touring with her
Outcalls
(Band). She returned to the Rochester Choral
Society for a recording of Harvery brough's Freedom Song.
She also performed in a Gala for On Site
Opera in NYC at the Edison Ballroom.
On Jan 1 Melissa sangs a New Year's Gala with
Bach in Baltimore and returns to sing the
St. John Passion on April
6.
Conductor DAVID WROE is Music Director of the New
Jersey
Festival
Orchestra.
Please
go to the web site for concert
information.
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