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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
Conductor
RAFFI ARMENIAN
resides in Montreal
Canada. He has recently
finished his booki "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 performs 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 performed Belcoe in L'Elise
d'amore with the Bar Harbor Music Festival
in Maine. On Sunday Nov. 9 he makes 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. He
is soloist in the Lord Nelson Mass with Cambridge Community Chorus
on Dec. 14. He performs Pantheus in Berlioz's
Les Troyens a Carthage with the Boston Youth Symphony at Sanders
Theatre on Jan. 25. On Feb 22 he performs "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 sang a Italian
Opera Concert with the Eastern Connecticut
Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Toshi Shimada's 15th
season with the orchestra. Sarah returned to Carnegie Hall
sining the Mozart Requiem and Vesperae
solemnes de confessore ith Mid-America
Productions. On July 15 and 16 she returned to the Bar
Harbor Music Festival as Adina
in L'Elise d'amore..
She was
soloist in Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with the
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra on
October 4. On October 17 she returned to the
Rochester Oratorio Society for a performance
of Will Todd's Mass in Blue. and a recital for the Opera Guild.
On Nov. 7 Sarah performs a concert with Kindred Arts in Milford
PA. On Nov. 15 she sang as soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy
with the New England Conservatory Expanded Education
Division.
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.
Mezzo-soperano ALYCE
DAUBENSPECK sang Ruth in The Pirates
of Penzance with Raylynmor
Opera
in New Hampshire.Ms Daubenspeck moved to Germany
to pursue her career.. Alyce is currently working at Theater
Ulm in Germany. Her contract at Theater
Ulm has been renewed until Jan. 2026.
We welcome mezzo-soprano
CAMERYL DEWAR to our roster.
Conductor HERB DIMMOCK is Music Direcotr 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. He covered the baritone
role in Stravinsky's Renard
with the Baltimore Symohony Orchestra. 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 Be3c. 23 he is soloist at the
Kennedy Center for the annual Messiah Sing
A-long.
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 sings Handel's Messiah with Bach in Baltimore.
Argentinian soprano MARIS
JOSE FABARA resides in Colorador. She performed Norina in Donizetti's
Don Pasquale
with Ft. Collins Opera. On July 24-26 she
performed Micaela in Bizet's Carmen with the
Equadorian Symphony in Quita Equador. She performed
Opera in the Park "Be;;a Voce" with Boulder
Opera on August 2 and 3. 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 this past Summert. 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 sings a program at the Zanesville
Museum of Art in Ohio.
We welcome contralo JENNIFER HINES
to our roster. On Nov.18 she dpes a recital at the Boardwalk (residence)
in Long Beach NY.
Bass JOHN PAUL
HUCKLE recently performed in Masque of the Red
Death with the Cleveland Ballet and Pops orchestra.He
performed Ashby in Fanciulla del West with Washington Opera
Society on Jan 24/
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 was in Clearwater Fl.
for a performance of Verdi's McBeth
with Opera for Earth.
He performed Michele in
Il Tabarro with Regina Opera
in Brooklyn. On May 15 through August 7 he
performed Telramund in Wagner's
Lohengrin as well as Dr. Gibbs in
Our Town at
Utah
Festival Opera.
He returned to Regina
Opera in Brooklyn for performances of
Rigoletto in Nov 11 and 17.
He lives in NYC and Asia. Brian will sing at Opera in the
Ozarks as a part of the 75th
Gala Event on May 31st. 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 also performed new
composer works at the U. of Arizona followed
by the title role in Peter Brook's Carmen.
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 performs as Mezzo-Soprano soloist in Handel's
Nessiah with Great Lakes Chamber
Orchestra on Dec. 11 and 12.
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 makes her debut with
Winter Opera St. Louis as Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera.
Bass-baritone
ELIAM RAMOS eturned to Regina Opera
as Silvio in I
Paliacci. He also performed
Bach's Cantata ich habe genug ud air with
Bach in Baltimore. Eliam sang
the US Premier of Paul Aiken's Missa
Pro Terra "A mass for Earth" at Carnegie Hall with
Mid America. He also sang Beethoven's 9th Symphony
with the New Britain Symphony Society.
Eliam he performd new operas with The Advanced
AOP-NYU Tish Opera Lab. He performed Dumas in David Winkler's
Rossini's Perduto with Long
Island Concert Orchestra and Seas Cliff Chamber Players at The
Theater at St. Jean in NYC. He sang Belcoe 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. On Sept.
17 he 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 returns to Opera Collective in NYC
as Marullo in Rigoletto on Dec. 18.
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 Childrens Concerts,
other performances, as well as Mercedes in Bizet's Carmen
on the main stage.. On Dec 16 she returnsto the Dayton Philharmonic
to perform as soloist in Handel's Messiah. On Feb 14 and
15 she performs a concert for Black History Month with the Rochester
Oratorio Society.
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.
He was soloist in The Year of the Jubilee
by Harvey Brough with the Rochester Choral
Society. He also sang Bennett's arrangement of
Porgy and Bess with the Orchestra
of the Southern Finger Lakes. He returned
to Carnegie Hall for a concert
with Mid-America Productions
and was bass soloist in Bond's
Ballad of the Brown King.He returned to the
Rochester Oratorio Society for the recording of
The Year of the Jubilee. He also returned
to the Rochester Choral Society
to record Harvey Bropugh's Freedom
Song. Fred sang a Holiday program with
New York Concert Opera in Staten Island. On March
6 he receives a "Trendsetters to Watch Award" in Las Vegas.
He sang for Barnes International and
JP Morgan in NYC and performed another concert in Staten Is.
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.
Bass VALARIAN RUMINSKI is
Artistic Director of
Nickel City Opera in
Buffalo. He 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 alsoreturned to Opera de Montreal
as Benoit/Alcindoro in La Boheme.
We welcome tnor NISSIM SAAL to our roster. For his cantorial work
please refer to his website. On Dec. 3 he performs 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 makes
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.
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 performs an Italian Concert at
the Italian Festival in Kingston NY sponsored
by the Ulster County Italian American Foundation.
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
. On Sunday July 28
the Festival will present "St. Francis
in the Americas: A Caribbean Mass" and Misa Criolla.
The performance was at the Hochstein Performance Hall in
Rochester at 8pm. This is a benefit concert..
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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