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Soprano ViIANCA
ALEJANDRA was a
First Place Winner
in the Puerto Rico Distract
Metropolitan Opera Competition. She
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.
On November 9 she won Second Place in the
Nats Competition in NYC
Conductor RAFFI
ARMENIAN resides in
Montreal Canada. He
has recently finished
his book "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
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 performed 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 made 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 performed in Boston Lyric
Opera's Gala "Ride of the Valkyres"
at Sowo Power Station in Boston. Hewas soloist in the Lord Nelson
Mass with Cambridge Community Chorus on Dec.
14. He performed Pantheus in Berlioz's Les Troyens a Carthage
with the Boston Youth Symphony at Sanders Theatre on Jan. 25. On
Feb 22 he performs "A Feast of Remembrance" with The Boston
Cecilia at NEC.
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 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. 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. 7 Sarah performs a concert
with Kindred Arts in Milford PA. On Nov. 15 she sang 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
was in The Shinning at Utah Opera.
We welcome mezzo-soprano CAMERYL DEWAR to our roster.
Distinguished Conductor HERB DIMMOCK is Music Director
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 covered the baritone role in Stravinsky's
Renard with the Baltimore
Symohony Orchestra. Carl returmedt to
Carnegie Hall and Mid-America
productions for performances of the Vivaldi
Magnificant and the Monteverdi Magnificat. On Dec.
5 he returns to Opera Saratoga for a performance
as Colline in Puccini's La Boheme. On Dec. 23 he was soloist at
the Kennedy Center for the annual Messiah
Sing A-long.
Tenor
ETHAN ELLIS 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. On Dec 7 and 14 he sang Handel's Messiah with Bach
in Baltimore. On April 26 he returns to Carnegie Hall
and Mid-America Productions for performances as soloist in Mozart's
Coronation Mass as well as the Forrest Requiem
for the Living.
Argentinian soprano
MARIS JOSE FABARA resides in Colorado. She performed Norina
in Donizetti's Don Pasquale
with Ft. Collins Opera. Last
Summer she performed Micaela in Bizet's Carmen with
the Equadorian Symphony in Quita Equador. She
also performed Opera in the Park
"Be;;a Voce" with Boulder Opera. On Nov. 11, 15, 16
she returned 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. 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.
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. He also performed
in a world premier opera "To the People
Like Us" with White Snake Opera in
Boston. On September 25 he performeduu at an event for Mexican designer
Celestino Couture at Walkway
on the Hudson in Poukeepsie NY. On October 12 he performed an
Italian Concert at the Italian Festival
in Kingston NY sponsored by the Ulster County Italian American
Foundation. On Nov. 16 he performs Tony in Terrence McNally's
Masterclass as well as other music at SER restaurant
in Arlington VA. On November 30 he returns to perform in a Music
Salon Series in Falls Church VA. On December 11 he sang
a program at the Zanesville Museum of Art in Ohio. He also repeated
Mc Nally's Masterclass in Barcelona Spain.
We welcome contralo JENNIFER
HINES to our roster. On Nov.18 she performed a recital at the Boardwalk
(residence) in Long Beach NY. On Sunday March 8 she performs
as soloist in Handel's Judas Maccabeus with Bach in Baltimore.
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, Arcadia Opera co. 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 led the opening concert with the Ridgefield Symphony
Orchestra. Dec 6 was the next performance followed by a concert
on Feb. 7.
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 lives
in NYC and Asia. Brian sang at Opera in the Ozarks
as a part of the 75th Gala
Event.. Brian returned to Carnegie
Hall and sang the Mozart
Requiem and Vesperae solemnes de confessore
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 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 performed as Mezzo-Soprano soloist in Handel's
Nessiah with Great Lakes
Chamber Orchestra on Dec. 11 and 12. On April 5
she makes her debut with Mid-America and Carnegie Hall as soloist
in Mozart's "Coronation Mass" and "Missa Brevis in D minor"
and Vivaldi's "Gloria".
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 covered
the Mother in Madama Butterfly. On Jan 23 and 25 she made
her debut with Winter Opera St. Louis as Ulrica in Verdi's Un
Ballo in Maschera.
Bass-baritone
ELIAM RAMOS 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 Belcore 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. He alsohe performed an Art Song Concert for
Opera in Williamsburg at
the Williamsburg Regional Library. On November 4 he sang Silvio
in Pagliacci with Opera Collective in Manhattan
and returned to Regina Opera
to sing Marcello in La Boheme on on Nov. 15-23.. He
returned to Opera Collective in NYC as Marullo in Rigoletto on Dec. 18.
On Sunday March 8 he returns to perform as soloist in Handel's Judas
Maccabeus with Bach in Baltimore.
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.. On Dec 16 she returned to the Dayton
Philharmonic to perform as soloist in Handel's Messiah.
On Feb 14 and 15 she performs a solo concert for Black History
Month with the Rochester Oratorio Society.
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.He also receiveda "Trendsetters to Watch Award"
in Las Vegas. He sang for Barnes International
and JP Morgan in NYC and performed another concert 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 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 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. He was a voice on "Little Emma" an animated film in
LA. He also returned to Opera de Montreal as Benoit/Alcindoro
in La Boheme.
We welcome tnor NISSIM SAAL to our roster. For his cantorial
work please refer to his website. On Dec. 3 he performed a program
at a nursing home in Long Isloand.
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 made his debut at Carnegie Hall
sining the Mozart Requiem and Vesperae
solemnes de confessore on
June 1 with Mid-America Productions. This Fall was
Porgy and Bess at Houston Grand Opera as well as
the Metropolitan Opera. On Sat. April 11 he performs
Coplan's Old American Folksongs Part 1 with the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra
at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn Heights. On April 16 he performs at
concert in the Schaumburg
Soprano
MICHELE SEXTON was 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. She sang Beethoven's 9th
Symphony with the
New Britain Symphony Society. On October 12 he
performed an Italian Concert at the Italian
Festival in Kingston NY sponsored by the Ulster County Italian
American Foundation. On Feb 10 he performs a concert for Boheme
Opera.
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. He joined other alumnae ith The Portland
Maine Symphony Orchestra for performances
of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
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 . Last Summer
the Festival presented "St. Francis
in the Americas: A Caribbean Mass" and Misa Criolla.
We welcome bass GENNADIY VSOTSKY to our roster
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. Melissa ssang a New Year's Gala
with Bach in Baltimore and
returned to sing the St.
John Passion..
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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