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Soprano
ViIANCA ALEJANDRA was a
First Place
Winner
in the Puerto Rico Distract Metropolitan
Opera Competition. 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 On Sat. April 18 she made her debut wwith the Dessoff Choirs
led by Malcolm Merriweather sining excerpts from
Bach's Mass in B Minor at the Mother AME Zion
Church in Harlem. She will be an ens./ soloist with the New York Philharmonic
on April 30 and May 1,2. She performed in Ellen Reid's Earth
between Oceans in the NY Premiere led by Maestro Dudamel. She
makes her debut with Union Av. Opera as Hodel in
Bock's Fiddler on the Roof form July 3-11.
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. This
Summer she performs Nedda in Paliacci with Soo Opera on August
9..
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. 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 performed "A Feast of Remembrance" with The
Boston Cecilia at NEC. On June 21 he made his debut
with Mid-America Productions at Carnegie Hall singing
the Faure Requiem. On July 24 to Aug. 1 he will make his debut
with Union Av. Opera in St. Louis singing Belcore in Donizetti's
L'elisir d'amore.
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 performed a
concert with Kindred Arts in Milford PA. She alsosang as
soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy
with the New England Conservatory Expanded Education
Division. On March 28 she sang Samuel Barber's
Hermit Songs and a
few Spirituals at St. Agatha-St.John Parish
in Philadelphia Ms. Cooper sings Beethoven's Symphony #9 with
the Ridgefield Symphony on April 18. On April 26 she returned
to Mid-America as soloist forthe premiere of Mark Hayes
"Psalmos" at Carnegie Hall. On April 30
she performed a concert of Highlights from Elixir of
Love for the 60th anniversary of the Bar Harbor Music Festival.
The concert and dinner will be at the Kosciusko Foundation
in NYC. She sang Bennett's arrangement of Porgy
and Bess and Nicolas Hersh's
We Shall Overcome with the NEC Youth Philharmonic
an Jordan Hall in Boston on May 20. On July 2 she performs an American
Songbook concert with the Bar Harbor Music Festical. As
artistic director she will perform as Violetta in
Verdi's La Traviata with Opera Arcadia in Maine on Aug. 21
and 22.
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. She has beeen performing throughout
the season with Utah Opera.
We welcome mezzo-soprano CAMRYN 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. Carl returmedt to Carnegie
Hall and Mid-America
productions for performances of the Vivaldi
Magnificant and the Monteverdi Magnificat.
On Dec. 5 he returned 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. In March he sang Only The
Air music of J.S. Bach with the In Series in DC.
On June 27 is his debut with Bershire Chorale Festival singing
as bass soloist in Dame Ethel Smith's Mass in D. On July 12
is his debut with the Oregon Bach Festival as bass soloist in Margaret Bond's
Credo.
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 returned 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. He sang Remendado
in Bizet's Carmen with Regina Opera in Brooklyn.
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.
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
and performed a program for the Business
Council for International Understanding in NYC.
On June 14 he will be pianist for the Long Island Composer's Alliance
at the South Huntington Public Library.
We welcome tenor SCOTT RUBEN LA MARCA to our
roster. He just received his MA from Yale School of Music.
On May 29 and 30 he performed with Artek's Madrigal Madness Series
in NYC. This Summer he sings Azor in Andre Gretry's Zémire
et Azor with Berkshire Opera Festival on 7/31 and 82 along with
performances as Nrmano in Lucia di Lammermoor.
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.
He brought his musical 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 made 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 returned
to perform as soloist in Handel's Judas Maccabeus
with Bach in Baltimore. On Sunday
April 26 he at 4pm performed as soloist in the Verdi Requiem
at the Puerto Rico Conservatory. He is an alumnae. The
conductorwass Roselin Pavon. On April 30 he performed a concert of Highlights
from Elixir of Love for the 60th anniversary
of the Bar Harbor Music Festival. The concert and dinner
will be at the Kosciusko Foundation in NYC. On
Saturday May 2 he performed a concert with Teatro Grattacielo at
1pm under the Brooklyn Bridge. He performs Stephano in Joseph Summer's
The Tempest with Teatro Grattacielo at the
Ellen Stewart Theatre in NYC on July 16 and 18. He also sings High
priest in Samson and Dalilia in his debut at Union Avenue Opera
in St. Louis. The performances are August 14,15,21,22.
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 a 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 performed
a solo concert for Black History Month with the
Rochester Oratorio Society.
On Sunday May 10 she returns to the
Oratorio Society of Virginia to perform
as alto soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah. She will
be a part of the Cincinnati Fellowship of Song
May 17-22.
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. Fred sang a Holiday program with
New York Concert Opera in Staten Island.He
also received a "Trendsetters to Watch Award" in Las
Vegas. On Saturday April 11 he performed in the opening ceremonies of the
Rochester Institute Performing Arts
Center. He performeds a Porgy and Bess program with
State Opera of NJ on April 29. He has also been elected
to the Board of Directors of the same. He sings with State Opera
of NJ on June 28 at 6pm.. The show is "It Ain't Necessarily
So."
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. He returned to Carnegie Hall with
Mid-America to perform Bernstein's Chichester
Psalms on May 9.
Bass VALERIAN
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.
Valerian made his debut as Commandatore in Mozart's
Don Giovanni with the Blackwater
Valley Opera Festival in Ireland on May 26-June 1.
We welcome tenor NISSIM SAAL to our roster.
For his cantorial work please refer to his website.
On He recently 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 he was 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 performed at concert in the Schaumburg Library
in Harlem in a tribute to the founder He is
currently rehearsing Fanciulla at
the MET Opera. He will make his debut with the Berkshire
Choral International singing Mozart's Coronation Mass, Martines
Paslm 110 and Nunes-Garcia Requiem
in D minor at the Newman Center in Denver Colorado.
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 she performed 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.
Soperano EMILY SYLVESTER spend the Summer at the Berlin Opera Acadeny
and performs the lead role in Puccini's Suor Angelica
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 VSOTSKiY 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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