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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 On Sat. April 18 she makes 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
will perform in Ellen Reid's Earth between Oceans in the NY Premiere
led by Maestro Dudamel.
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 performed "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 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 will perform 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 will sing 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.
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 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 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. In March he sang Only The Air music of J.S. Bach
with the In Series.
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 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 performed an
Art Song Concert for Opera in Williamsburg
at the Williamsburg Regional Library. 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 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.
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 will make his devut as Commandatore in Mozart's
Don Giovanni with the Blackwater
Valley Opera Festival in Ireland on May 26-June 1.
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 Library
in Harlem in a tribute to the founder
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.
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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