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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 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 made 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 performed 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 made
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 sang 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
performed an American Songbook concert with the Bar Harbor
Music Festical. As artistic director
she performed Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata with Opera
Arcadia in Maine on Aug. 21 and 22. She returned to Opera Western
Reserve as Nedda in Paliacci on Sept. 26.
Soprano KAHLI DALBOW
performed Georgetta in Il Tabarro
with Boulder
Opera. 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 Canadian 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 was his debut with Berkshire Chorale Festival singing as
bass soloist in Dame Ethel Smith's Mass in D. On July 12
was 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. Last
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. She also returned to
Boulder Opera as Adina in
Elixir of Love. She begins the Fall
season with Mimi in Puccini's La Boheme on Oct. 24,26 at University
of Cuenza in Equador.
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 sang 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.
On October 11 and 13 he makes his debut at the Daegu
Opera House in Korea as Ping in Puccini's
Turandot. He sings on a concert "Courtney's Stars of
Tomorrow" at House of the Redeemer with the Bronx Arts Ensemble
on Oct. 29. He sings as tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah at
Queens College on Dec.12.
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. He was recently appointed asst. professor
of voice at Utah State University.
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.
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 made his debut as High Priest in Samson and Dalilia
in his debut at Union Avenue Opera in St. Louis. The
performances were August 14,15,21,22.On Sept. 27 he performed an evening of
opera and musical theater for State Opera of NJ in
Princeton NJ. He returns to Regina Opera as Sharpless in Puccini's
Madama Butterfly Nov 7-22.
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 sang with State Opera of NJ on
June 28 at 6pm.. The show is "It Ain't Necessarily So." On
Oct. 22 he performs a concert with Concert Opera of NY on Staten Island.
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. Last 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 made 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. He begins the year with performances
at both the Metropolitan Opera as well as Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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 Sept. 27 she performed
an evening of opera and musical theater for State Opera of NJ in Princeton
NJ.
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 speny 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. This
Summer is by "New Land, New Covenant" by Howrd Hanson July 26 at Hochstein
Performance Hall in Rochester. He presented a Three Day Festival
with the ROS - America at 250 on June 24,25,28.
For information please go to their website.
We welcome bass GENNADIY VSOTSKiY to our roster He
returned to Delaware Valley Opera as Sarastro in The Magic
Flute on Aug. 15,16,22,23. He returns to
Regina Opera as Sharpless in Puccini's Madama
Butterfly Nov 7-22.
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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