 Vartan Gabrielian, Canadian-Armenian Bass-Baritone
Hometown: Toronto, Canada Current City: Philadelphia Education: Curtis Institute of Music (in progress); Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto Select Roles: Aleko and Old Gipsy in Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Prince Gudal, The Demon (Anton Rubinstein); the Loudspeaker (Emperor of Atlantis), Mago and Eustazio (Rinaldo), Masetto (Don Giovanni) M. Javelinot (Dialogues des Carmélites), Colline, (La Boheme) Bertran, (Iolanta), Betto,(Gianni Schcchi) Ein Lakai, (Ariadne auf Naxos), Trulove. (The Rakes Progress), and the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro. Upcoming: Chautauqua Music Festival's Ariodante (King) and La Boheme (Colline).  Amanda Vest, Soprano
Hometown: Reston, VA Current City: Princeton, NJ Education: M.M. Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, Westminster Choir College; B.A. Applied Music: Vocal Performance, Pepperdine University Select Roles: Zemfira, Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Gianetta, L’elisir d’amore Awards: Semi-Finalist - Advanced Division, NATS Eastern Region Conference Auditions 2015; Second Place - Junior Women, NATS-LA Collegiate Auditions 2012; First Place - Sophomore Women, NATS-LA Collegiate Auditions 2011  Cairee Mayfield, Baritone
Hometown: Houston, Texas Current City: Nacogdoches, Texas Education: Stephen F. Austin State University, B.M. in Music Education in progress. Opera in the Ozarks Apprentice Artist. Select Roles: Aleko and Old Gipsy in Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Title role The Demon (Anton Rubinstein); Gianni Schicchi, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini); Henry Davis, Street Scene (Kurt Weill); Melchior, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti); Marquis D’Obigny, La Traviata (Verdi). Musical Theater – Antonio Esposito, The Most Happy Fella (Frank Loesser); The Narrator/Mysterious Man, Into the Woods. Awards/Honors: Ida Pritchett Memorial Scholarship, “I’ll Do It” Award, Ed and Gwen Cole Scholarship, Finalist of the Texoma NATS competition, Academic Excellence Scholarship, O.E. Gammill Voice Scholarship, Best Performer ( SFA, Antonio Esposito, Most Happy Fella 2015), Pi Kappa Lambda National Honor Society, Best Performer by a Male in a Leading Role (OIO, Gianni Schicchi, 2014) , Semi-Finalist for the Tuesday Music Club Competition, Peggy Wedgeworth Wright Award, Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Leading Role (SFA, Gianni Schicchi, 2014), Recitalist of the Year for the Vocal Department, President’ s Award (rewarded to the most outstanding recitalist in the SFA School of Music).  Kelsey Wood, Mezzo-Soprano
Current City: Philadelphia Education: Vocal Performance, Cleveland Institute of Music Select Roles: Gipsy Woman, Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Juliet's Nurse, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Cherubino – Le nozze di Figaro Awards: 1st place, NATS Great Lakes Region, first year women’s division; 1st place, Intimate Opera Competition; Village Voices Scholarship Competition, scholarship award recipient  Sarah Tyhurst, Soprano
Current City: Lakewood, OH Education: Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance - Baldwin Wallace University Select Roles: Zemfira, Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Arminda, La finta giardinera; Mrs. Gobineau, The Medium Awards: First Prize, NATS Alaska District Classical Division 2013  Colin Markey, Tenor
Hometown: Langhorne, PA Current City: Langhorne, PA Education: New England Conservatory of Music, B.M. and Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance, M.M. Select Roles: Romeo, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Young Gypsy, Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Cecilio in Lucio Silla (Mozart); Il Podestà in La finta giardiniera (Mozart); Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti); Julien in Louise (Charpentier); Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Mozart); Don Carlos in Don Carlos (Verdi); Alfredo in La Traviata (Verdi); Don José in Carmen (Bizet); Rodolfo in La Bohème (Puccini); Il Duca in Rigoletto (Verdi); Eisenstien in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss); Tamino in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart); Candide in Candide (Bernstein); and Ferrando in Così fan tutte (Mozart)  Michelle Kelly, Soprano
Hometown: Rome, GA Current City: Washington, DC Education: The Catholic University of America, M.M. Voice Performance; Shorter College, B.M. Vocal Performance; Music Academy International, Studio Artist Select Roles: Zemfira, Aleko (Rachmaninoff); Alice Flagg, Alice Flagg (Joseph Kaz); Nella, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini); Susannah, Susannah (Floyd); Mrs. Hayes, Susannah (Floyd); Sandmann, Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck); Juno, Orphée aux enfers (Offenbach); Kate, The Ballad of Baby Doe (Moore); Mdm. Altina, La Divina (Passatieri); Sylvianne, The Merry Widow (Lehar); Gertrude, Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck); Cendrillion, Cendrillion (Massenet); Mrs. Gobineau, The Medium (Menotti) Awards/Honors: GA State NATS, 2nd Place, Category 11; GA State NATS, 3rd Place, Category 5  Maria Servodidio, Soprano
Hometown: Moorestown, NJ Current City: Nashville, TN Education: B.M. Voice Performance, Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University (current) Select Roles: Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus; Meg March, Little Women; Street singer, Mass (Leonard Bernstein); Dater, Speed Dating Tonight (one act opera by Michael Ching) Awards/Honors: Delene Laubenheim McClure Memorial Prize for excellence in opera performance, Vanderbilt University  Angela Ruiz, Soprano
Hometown: Monterrey, Mexico Current City: Boston Education: Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey; The Boston Conservatory, B.M; Select Roles: Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Euridice, Orfeo ed Euridice |
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