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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 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 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 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 performs 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
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. On Feb 15 he presented the 2026 William Warfield
Legacy Award to Wayne Sanders pianist and
co-founder of Opera Ebony at the Eastman School of Music. On Saturday April
11 he performed in the opening ceremonies of the Rochester
Institute Performing Arts Center. He performs 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.
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
returns 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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