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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 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 madehis
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 returns 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 Bershire 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 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. On October 11 and 13 he
makes his debut at the Daegu Opera House in Korea as Ping in Puccini's
Turandot.
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.
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."
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.
On Oct. 16 and 18 he performs Osmin in Mozart's Enfuhrung aus dem Seraglio
at Opera Idaho.
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. She also 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. This Summer is
by "New Land, New Covenant" by Howrd Hanson July 26 at Hochstein
Performance Hall in Rochester. He presents 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
returns to Delaware Valley Opera as Sarastro in The Magic Flute
on Aug. 15,16,22,23.
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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