Jeffrey Halili Tenor Hometown: Toronto, Canada Current City: Philadelphia Education: Academy of Vocal Arts; Indiana University - MM, SUNY Buffalo - BM Select Roles: King Charles VII, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Young Gypsy, Aleko; Hermann, Pique Dame; Nick, La Fanciulla del West; Goro, Madama Butterfly; Four Grotesques, Les Contes d'Hoffamnn; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Il Barbiere di Siviglia Anthony Schneider Bass Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand and Vienna, Austria Current City: Philadelphia Education: Resident Artist, Academy of Vocal Arts; B.M. in Music, University of Auckland. Select Roles: Thibaut de Arc, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Count des Grieux/Innkeeper, Manon; Dr. Grevnil, La traviata; Surin, Pique Dame Competitions: Seamus Casey Memorial Scholarship Award, 2010; Margot Lloyd City 100 Voice Chorale Scholarship, 2010; Main Prize and Audience Prize, North Shore Harmony Club, 2012; Finalist, New Zealand Aria Competition, 2012. Hilary Bucell Soprano Hometown: Edinboro, PA Current City: Philadelphia Education: Ithaca College, BM magna cum laude Vocal Performance; Temple University, MM Vocal Performance; Young Artist at La Musica Lirica Novafeltria, Italy; Emerging Artist at Opera Works Los Angeles, CA Roles: Joan of Arc, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Lola, Gallantry (Moore); Despina, Così fan tutte (Mozart); Flaminia, Il mondo della luna (Haydn); Vera, A Month in the Country (Hoiby); Le Feu, L’enfant et les sortilèges (Ravel); Sour Cercatrici, Sour Angelica (Puccini); Serpetta, La finta giardiniera (Mozart); Clo Clo/Grisette, The Merry Widow (Lehar) Awards/Honors: 1st Place, NATS Central NY Chapter Auditions; 3rd Place, NATS Eastern Region Auditions; Finalist, Ithaca College School of Music Concerto Competition Jeffrey Williams Baritone Current city: Nashville, TN Education: University of Miami, DMA Voice Pedagogy and Performance; Peabody Conservatory, MM Vocal Performance Roles: Lionel and Dunois, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Aleko, Aleko; Yeletsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame); Montano and Herald, Otello, Fiorello and Ambrogio, Il Barbiere di Sivilgia; Eugene Onegin, Eugene Onegin; Lord Ruthven, Der Vampyr; Papageno, Magic Flute; Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro Awards: Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Mid-South District Winner and Regional Finalist, 2014; Orpheus National Voice Competition (4th place) Cynthia Vernardakis Award, 2014; University of Miami, Frost School of Music, Teaching Assistantship, 2010-2013; Werner Neuse Scholarship, 2009; Baltimore Music Club Prize in Performance, 2009; George Castelle Memorial Award in Voice, 2009 Kimberly Merrill Soprano Hometown: Gowanda, NY Current City: Rochester, NY Education: Eastman School of Music, Voice Major Select Roles: Joan of Arc, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); 2nd Nursemaid, Street Scene, Assistant Director/Assistant Stage Manager, Orlando; Alice Ford, Scenes from Falstaff, Assistant Stage Manager, The Bartered Bride Gillian Watson Soprano Hometown: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Current City: Irvine, CA Education: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, BM and MM in Vocal Performance Select Roles: Joan of Arc, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Erste Dame, Die Zauberflöte; Countess, Le Nozze di Figaro; Fiordiligi (cover), Cosi fan tutte; Destino, La Calisto; Mother, Hansel and Gretel; Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Aspasia, Mitridate, Suora Zelatrice, Suor Angelica Awards/Honors: Fannie Copland-Stein Memorial Award for Excellence in Musical Performance Erik Grendahl Baritone Current City: Stanley, VA Education: BM, (in progress) James Madison University Select Roles: Dunois, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Bartolo, Le nozze di Figaro; Balthazar Amahl and the Night Visitors; Bass Armored Guard Die Zauberflöte Awards: Virginia National Association of Teachers of Singing 1st place Collegiate Male Sophomore 2013 & 2014 Andrea Chinedu Nwoke Soprano Hometown: Aurora, CO Current City: New York Education: B.M. Vocal Performance- The University of The Arts, Voice Performance- The Peabody Institute Select Roles: Agnès Sorel, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Magda Sorel, The Consul; Santuzza, Cavalleria Rusticana; Luisa, Luisa Miller; Madame Lidoine, Dialogues des Carmelites; Fannie Lou, Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story Alan Briones Tenor Hometown: Shrub Oak NY Current City: San Francisco Education: B.M. Vocal Performance 2014, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Select Roles: Raymond, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Monostatos, Die Zauberflöte; Don Basilio/Don Curzio, Le Nozze di Figaro; Nemorino, L’elisir d’amore; Tamino (scene), The Magic Flute Sarah Young, Soprano Hometown: Roseburg, OR Current City: San Francisco Education: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, B.M and M.M in Vocal Performance. OperaWorks Advanced Artist. Select Roles: Agnès Sorel, The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky); Despina, Cosi fan tutte; Polly, The Threepenny Opera; Calsito, La Calisto; Papagena, Die Zauberflöte; Zerlina, Don Giovanni; Barbarina, Le nozze di Figaro. Musical Theater - Clara, The Light in the Piazza; Cinderella, Into the Wood; Beth, Little Women. Awards/Honors: Undergraduate Commencement Speaker, San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Department Honors in Musical Theater, San Francisco Conservatory of Music |
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