Apprentice Artists
Rachael Braunstein, Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Paquette in Candide
Past Chautauqua Opera Company credits: 2016 Apprentice Artist, Flora Bervoix in La Traviata, Pitti Sing in The Mikado
Select credits: Sally (Mrs. Ten Brock) with Light Opera of New York, Hansel and Gretel (Witch/Mother) with Opera Pomme Rouge at The Kennedy Center, Der Freischütz (Agathe cover) and Trickster Trilogy Education Tour (Till Eulenspiegel) with Virginia Opera, Seagle Music Colony's New Opera Workshop of Roscoe (Hattie/Gladys), Ash Lawn Opera's Young Artist Outreach production of Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), Hansel and Gretel (Witch) and Susannah (Mrs. Ott) at Seagle Music Colony, and The Mother of Us All (Anna Hope) with Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater.
Awards/Residencies: Virginia Opera Emerging Artists Program (2015, 2017), Ash Lawn Opera Young Artist Program (2015), Seagle Music Colony (2014), Centre d'Arts Orford (2013), Crittenden Opera Workshop (2010, 2011).
Education: Manhattan School of Music (M.M. Vocal Performance), University of Southern Maine (B.A. Vocal Performance)
Stephen Clark, Bass
This season at CHQ: Performing Masetto and covering Leporello in Don Giovanni, performing Baron/Grand Inquisitor/Don Isaachar/Cacambo and covering Narrator/Voltaire/Pangloss in Candide
Past Chautauqua Opera Company credits: 2015 Studio Artist, Assassin/Chorus/Doctor(cover) in Macbeth, Chorus/Zaretsky(cover)/Captain(cover) in Eugene Onegin
Select credits: Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro), Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso), The Bear (Luka), and Le pauvre matelot (Son Beau-Pere) with Yale Opera, The Burning Fiery Furnace (Azarias), Tosca (Angelotti), The Ballad of Baby Doe (A Politician), The Impresario (Irving D. Geltman), and Carmen (Zuniga cover) with Central City Opera, Samson et Dalila (Second Philistine) and La bohème (Schaunard) with Tulsa Opera, Hamlet (Ghost of King Hamlet) and La traviata (Dottore Grenvil) with Fort Worth Festival Opera.
Awards/Residencies: Central City Apprentice Artist (2016, 2017), Tulsa Opera Studio Artist (2015-2016), Sarasota Apprentice Artist (2014).
Education: Yale University (MMA in Vocal Performance)
Leroy Y. Davis, Baritone
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus & covering Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni, performing Maximillian in Candide
Select credits: Dido & Aeneas/Venus & Adonis (Aeneas/Adonis), Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Fiorello), Don Giovanni (Masetto), and the world premiere of Sister Carrie (Maitre D/Farley) with Florentine Opera; The Ballad of Baby Doe (Barney) with Central City Opera; Die Zauberflöte (Papageno), The Pirates of Penzance (Sergeant of Police), Turandot (The Madarin/Ping), and The Mikado (Pish-Tush) with Shreveport Opera; and the world premiere of Vinkensport (Atticus Finch's Trainer) at Bard College.
Awards/Residencies: Central City Apprentice Artist (2016), Florentine Opera Studio Artist (2015-2017), Shreveport Opera Resident Artist (2013-2014), Marc and Eva Stern Fellow at SongFest (2011).
Education: New England Conservatory (Graduate Diploma, Vocal Performance), Bard College (M.M. Vocal Performance)
Helen Hassinger, Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus in Candide
Past Chautauqua Opera Company credits: 2017 Apprentice Artist; Nymph/Spirit 3 in L'Orfeo, Soprano II in Hydrogen Jukebox
Select credits: Emmeline (Emmeline), Le Nozze di Figaro (Countess), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena), Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi), Angels in America (The Angel), and Cendrillon (Spirit) with Boston University Opera Institute; The War Reporter (Paul's Inner Voice/Soprano), Hydrogen Jukebox (Soprano II), and Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera (Sant Francis's Trainer) with Boston University Fringe Festival; Madame White Snake (Madame White Snake cover) with Beth Morrison Projects; and The Light in the Piazza (Tour Guide) with Theater Latté Da.
Awards/Residencies: Semifinalist in the Classical Singer Competition (2016); Institute of Bel Canto Studies at the University of Houston (2013), Minnesota Opera Chorus Member (2012-2014), Opera Arriva at the University of Minnesota (2010).
Education: Boston University Opera Institute, Boston University (M.M. Voice Performance), Saint Olaf College (B.A. Music)
Rebekah Howell, Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing Zerlina in Don Giovanni, performing Cunegonde in Candide
Past Chautauqua Opera Company credits: Studio Artist 2014 & 2017; Chorus in L'Orfeo, Chorus/Norina (cover) in Don Pasquale, performed the world premiere of "The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker and the Tongs" by 2017 Composer-in-Residence Gity Razaz, Chorus in Madam Butterfly, Samantha/Chorus/Sarah(cover) in The Ballad of Baby Doe
Select credits: The Magic Flute (Queen of the Night) with Opéra Louisiane; Die Fledermaus (Adele), Oklahoma! (Ado Annie), and Peter Grimes (1st Niece) at Indiana University; The Turn of the Screw (Flora), Dialogues of the Carmelites (Sister Constance), Dido and Aeneas (Belinda), and Le nozze di Figaro (Barbarina) at Baylor University.
Awards/Residencies: First PLace winner of the Mid-Texas Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition (2016), SongFest- Ruth Williams Scholarship Recipient (2015), Finalist in the Dallas Opera Guild Competition (2014), First Place winner of the National Finals (Young Artist Division) in the MTNA Competition (2015), Georgina Joshi International Fellowship recipient from Indiana University; Opera in the Ozarks Studio Artist (2013).
Education: Indiana University (M.M. Vocal Performance), Baylor University (B.M. Vocal Performance)
John Riesen, Tenor
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Candide in Candide
Past Chautauqua Opera Company credits: Studio Artist in 2013 & 2014, Apprentice Artist in 2015; Lensky in Eugene Onegin, Malcolm(cover) in Macbeth, 2nd Dandy/Stagedoorman in The Ballad of Baby Doe, Chorus in Madam Butterfly, Rector Adams(cover) in Peter Grimes, and Chorus in Lucia di Lammermoor
Select credits: La Traviata (Alfredo) with Tri-Cities Opera; Gianni Schicchi (Rinuccio) with Crested Butte Festival; La Bohème (Rodolfo) and Beauty and the Beast (Gaston) with Shreveport Opera, The Pirates of Penzance (Frederic) with Shreveport Opera and Opera Ithaca; Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton) and Dead Man Walking (Howard Boucher) with Pensacola Opera.
Awards/Residencies: 2nd Place winner and Audience Favorite in the Mary Jacob Smith Singer of the Year competition (2017), Regional Finalist and Audience Favorite in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2016), 2nd Place winner in the William C. Byrd Competition (2014), 1st Place winner and Audience Favorite in the Harold Haugh Competition (2013); Shreveport Opera Resident Artist (2014-2016), Pensacola Opera Artist in Residence (2017).
Education: Michigan State University (M.M. Voice Performance)
Alexandra Rodrick, Mezzo-Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, performing Baroness/Sheep #2/Chorus in Candide
Select credits: Carmen (Carmen) with VEROZA Japan/Seiji Ozawa Music Academy; La Cenerentola (Angelina) with The Atlanta Opera and Opéra Louisiane; L'elisir d'amore (Giannetta cover) with San Diego Opera; Naga (Wife) with Beth Morrison Projects; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina) with Opera Tijuana; A Midsummer Night's Dream, Così fan tutte (Dorabella), and Cendrillon (Le Prince Charmant) with Boston University Opera Institute; Seven Deadly Sins (Anna) and Le tragédie de Carmen (Carmen) with Boston University Fringe Festival; La traviata (Flora) with Wolf Trap Opera Company; Dido and Aeneas (Dido) with Little Patuxent Opera Institute.
Awards/Residencies: Finalist in the Deborah Voigt Vero Beach Opera Foundation Inaugural International Vocal Competition (2016), Recipient of the Phyllis Curtin Award at Boston University Opera Institute, Winner of the Virginia and Susan Hawk Memorial Scholarship Competition (2014) and the La Jolla Symphony Young Artist Competition (2014), Encouragement award winner at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Western Region, 2013); Wolf Trap Opera Company Studio Artist (2012, 2013), Green Mountain Opera Festival Apprentice Artist (2014), Aspen Music Festival and School Opera Theater Center Artist (2014), Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Artist (2016).
Education: Boston University Opera Institute (Performance Certificate), Point Loma Nazarene University (B.A. Music)
Dennis Shuman, Tenor
This season at CHQ: Performing Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, performing Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski in Candide
Past Chautauqua Opera Company credits: 2016 Apprentice Artist; Gastone and Alfredo(cover) in La Traviata and Chorus in The Mikado
Select credits: La Traviata (Gastone) with New Orleans Opera; The War Reporter (Honderich), Le nozze di Figaro (Basilio), Emmeline (Matthew Gurney), and Hydrogen Jukebox (Tenor) with Boston University Opera Institute; Roméo et Juliette (Roméo) and Gianni Schicchi (Rinuccio) with Loyola Opera Theatre; New Orleans Opera chorus member (2015-2016), Atlanta Opera chorus member (2010-2011).
Awards/Residencies: Banff Centre Opera as Theatre Program (2009 & 2012).
Education: Boston University Opera Institute (2016-2018), Loyola University New Orleans (M.M. Voice Performance), University of Minnesota-Duluth (B.A. Voice)
Studio Artists
Brandon Bell, Bass-Baritone
This season at CHQ: Performing in the Opera Education program, performing Chorus and covering Masetto/Commendatore in Don Giovanni, performing Judge #3/Chorus and covering Baron/Don Isaachar in Candide
Select credits: Bolcom's Lucrezia (Chucho), Musto's Bastianello (Luciano), Rodelinda (Garibaldo), and The Rape of Lucretia (Collatinus) at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; the world premiere of Listen, Wilhelmina! (Ranger Nat) by D. Hanlon, Madama Butterfly (Imperial Commissioner), and The Ghosts of Versailles (English Ambassador) with Wolf Trap Opera; The Crucible (Reverend John Hale) and Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Tempo/Nettuno) at the University of Tennessee; the world premieres of Falling Angel (Toots Sweet) by J. Mark Scearce and Speed Dating Tonight! (Dater) by M. Ching, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Nick Bottom), and Don Giovanni (Masetto) with Janiec Opera Company.
Awards/Residencies: Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artist (2015), Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival/Janiec Opera Company (2013,2014,2016).
Education: San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Postgraduate Diploma), University of Tennessee - Knoxville (M.M. Vocal Performance), University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (B.M. Vocal Performance)
Brett Bode, Bass
This season at CHQ: Performing Commendatore in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus and covering Judges 1-3/Grand Inquisitor/Cacambo in Candide
Select credits: The world premiere of JFK (John Connally) with Fort Worth Opera; Eugene Onegin (Prince Gremin) with Boston Conservatory; Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Polonius/Ambassador), and the world premiere of Roscoe (Bindy McCall) with Seagle Music Colony; Dialogues of the Carmelites (2nd Commissioner) with Sarasota Opera; The Cunning Little Vixen (Badger/Parson), Le nozze di Figaro (Bartolo/Antonio), and Giulio Cesare (Achilla) with Trentino Music Festival.
Awards/Residencies: Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artist (2017), Seagle Music Colony (2016, 2017), Music Academy International (2014).
Education: Boston Conservatory (M.M. Opera Performance), Oklahoma City University (B.M. Vocal Performance, B.M. Music Theatre)
Aaron J. Casey, Tenor
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus and covering Candide in Candide
Select credits: Bonfire of the Vanities (Henry Lamb) with Process Studio Theatre; A Midsummer Night's Dream (Snout) with Opera on the Avalon; John Davies' Three Little Pigs (Cherubino) with Sarasota Opera; Rigoletto (Borsa), Moscow, Cheryomushki (Sergei), Der Rosenkavalier (Valzacchi), Amelia (Icarus/Young Boy), and Falstaff (Bardolfo) with Moores Opera Center; Die Zauberflöte (Monostatos) with Harrower Opera Workshop.
Awards/Residencies: National Society of Arts and Letter Career Fund recipient (2016), National winner of the George Shirley Competition (2015), National winner fo the YoungArts NFAA competition (2011), National Gold Medalist in the NAACP ACT-SO competition (2010); Opera Saratoga Young Artist (2015), Aspen Music Festival (2014), IVAI-Virginia (2013), Toronto Music Festival (2012).
Education: University of Houston (B.M. Voice Performance)
Kathryn Domyan, Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus and covering Zerlina in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus and covering Sheep #1 in Candide
Select credits: Street Scene (Rose Maurrant) with Loyola University New Orleans; Suor Angelica (Suor Angelica) with Susquehanna University.
Awards/Residencies: Music Scholar's Award and Elizabeth Eyster Award for Music (Susquehanna University), LaNasa Scholarship (Loyola University), Finalist in the Marcella Sembrich Competition (2014), National Semi-finalist in the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition (2014), Finalist in the Madame Rose Competition (2017).
Education: Loyola University New Orleans (M.M. Vocal Performance), Susquehanna University (B.M. Music Education)
Kimberly Hann, Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto
This season at CHQ: Performing in the Opera Education program, performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus and covering Baroness/Sheep #2 in Candide
Select credits: The Cunning Little Vixen (Forester's Wife) with Miami Music Festival; Vanessa (The Old Baroness) with The Mannes Opera; Orlando (Orlando) with the Cantanti Project; Alcina (Bradamante) with the New York Opera Forum; Cendrillon (Madame de la Haltière) with New York Lyric Opera; Carmen (Mercédes cover) with Sarasota Opera; Little Women (Cecilia March), The Grapes of Wrath (Muley's Wife), and Suor Angelica (Maestra delle Novizie) at Northwestern University.
Awards/Residencies: Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artist (2017, 2018), Miami Music Festival Apprentice Artist (2017), OperaWorks Advanced Artist (2016), IVAI-New York (2016), Castleton Festival Artist in Training (2013, 2014).
Education: Mannes College of Music (M.M.), Northwestern University-Bienen School of Music (B.M.)
Emily Howes, Mezzo-Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus and covering Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus in Candide, covering Hannah After in As One
Past Chautauqua Opera Company credits: 2017 Studio Artist; Chorus/Shepherd 4(cover) in L'Orfeo, Chorus in Don Pasquale, Mezzo(cover) in Hydrogen Jukebox
Select credits: Riders to the Sea (Ms. Todd), Don Giovanni (Zerlina), Dialogues of the Carmelites (Mother Marie), and Suor Angelica (Novice) at University of Louisville; the US premiere of Robin Haigh's The Man Who Woke Up (Whiskers) and the world premieres of Chris Kincaid's Cephalophore (Executioner) and Yvonne Freckmann's Rootabaga Stories (Wingtip) with Thompson Street Opera; La Cenerentola (Angelina), L'incoronazione di Poppea (Nero), Beatrice and Benedict (Beatrice), Carlisle Floyd's Prince of Players (Lady Meresvale), and Alcina (Ruggiero) with Florida State University.
Awards/Residencies: Encouragement Award in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions-Florida Region (2016), Award winner in Florida State University's Hannah J. Beaulieu Competition (2016 & 2017)
Education: Florida State University (D.M. Vocal Performance), University of Louisville (M.M. Vocal Performance, B.M. Vocal Performance)
Chandler Johnson, Tenor
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus and covering Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski in Candide
Select credits: Intimate Apparel (Beggar/Male Vendor/Male Patron/Beautician 4) with Cincinnati Opera/CCM Opera Fusion; Alcina (Oronte), L'enfant et les Sortilèges (Le Petit Vieillard), and Le nozze di Figaro (Don Curzio) with CCM Opera d'arte; South Pacific (Professor, Cable cover) with Asheville Lyric Opera, chorus member of Cinncinnati Opera (2016-2017).
Awards/Residencies: Asheville Lyric Opera Young Artist.
Education: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (B.M., M.M. Voice)
Quinn Middleman, Mezzo-Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus and covering The Old Lady in Candide
Select credits: Elizabeth Cree (Doris), The Perfect American (Lillian Disney cover), The Fairy Queen (Herman cover), and Le vin herbé (Alto Soloist) with Chicago Opera Theater; The Fairy Queen (Ensemble) at Long Beach Opera; the world premiere of The Great God Pan (Rachel cover) with Chicago Fringe Opera; Mavra (Mother) with Roosevelt University; Ariane et Bachus (Songe) with Haymarket Opera; The Burning Fiery Furnace (Entertainer) and Così fan tutte (Dorabella cover) with Central City Opera; Ariodante (Ariodante) with Northwestern's Chamer Opera Initiative; Le nozze di Figaro (Marcellina), Trouble in Tahiti (Dinah), and Dead Man Walking (Sister Helen) with Northwestern Opera; Philip Glass' A Madrigal Opera (Alto Soloist) with the LA Phil Minimalist Jukebox Festival.
Awards/Residencies: Chicago Opera Theater Young Artist (2016-2018), Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artist and John & Ginny Starkey Award winner at Central City Opera (2017), Wisconsin District Winner at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2017), Marillyn Zacharis Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Arts Program (2015,2016), Marc & Eva Stern Junior Fellowship at SongFest (2014).
Education: Chicago College of Performing Arts (Professional Diploma), Northwestern University-Bienen School of Music (M.M. Voice, Eckstein Full Tuition Grant), University of Southern California-Thornton School of Music (B.M. Vocal Arts/B.M. Oboe Performance)
Ian Murrell, Baritone
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Judge #2/Prefect/Chorus and covering Maximillian in Candide, covering Hannah Before in As One
Select credits: Lucia di Lammermoor (Enrico Aston), It's a Wonderful Life (Harry Bailey), and Peter Grimes (Ned Keene) with Indiana University Opera; Man of La Mancha (Anselmo/Captain) and South Pacific (Stewpot, Emile de Becque cover) with Asheville Lyric Opera; Il Segreto di Susanna (Count Gil), The Old Maid and the Thief (Bob), and Die Zauberflöte (Papageno) with the University of Evansville Opera; Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Captain of the Guard) and Madama Butterfly (Yamadori) with Evansville Philharmonic.
Awards/Residencies: Aspen Music Festival and School (2015), Asheville Lyric Opera Young Artist (2014).
Education: Indiana University (M.M.), University of Evansville (B.M.)
Teresa Perrotta, Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus and covering Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus in Candide
Select credits: Countess Maritza (Manja, Countess Maritza cover), Music Man (Maud Dunlop), Lady of the Slipper (Valerie), Primrose (Post Girl), and Anything Goes (Chastity) with Ohio Light Opera; Jake Heggie's Out of Darkness (Krystyna Zywulska) with Eastman Opera Outreach; Lori Laitman's Three Feathers (Gilda) and Hydrogen Jukebox (Soprano 1) with Eastman Opera Theatre; Suor Angelica (Prima Conversa) with Operafestival di Roma.
Awards/Residencies: Finalist in the Eastman Opera Aria Competition (2016), Ornest Award winner at Eastman School of Music (2016), 1st place winner at the Schmidt Youth Vocal Competition (Florida, 2013).
Education: University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music (M.M. Vocal Performance), Eastman School of Music (B.M. Vocal Performance)
Sidney Ragland, Tenor
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus and covering Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus in Candide
Select credits: Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio) with Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Count Almaviva cover) and Lucia di Lammermoor (Arturo cover) with Opera San José; Mavra (Hussar, Mavra cover), Mansfield Park (Henry Crawford), The Fairy Queen (Tenor soloist), L'elisir d'amore (Nemorino), Postcard from Morocco (Man with a Suitcase), Così fan tutte (Ferrando), and She Loves Me (Arpad Laszlo) with San Francisco Conservatory.
Awards/Residencies: 2nd Place winner at the Burlingame Music Club Competition (2012), Finalist at the East Bay Opera League Competition (2011), 2nd Place winner at the Pacific Musical Society Competition (2010); Bay Area Summe Opera Theater Institute (2012), IVAI Young Artist Program-Virginia(2013)/ Montréal(2014).
Education: San Francisco Conservatory (Postgraduate Diploma, M.M. Vocal Performance, B.M. Vocal Performance)
Spencer Reichman, Baritone
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Captain in Candide
Past Chautauqua Opera Company credits: 2017 Studio Artist, Chorus in L'Orfeo, Notary in Don Pasquale
Select credits: Safe Word (Client), Companion (Dax), and The Magic Flute (Armoured Man/Speaker, Papgeno cover) with Shreveport Opera; Faust (Wagner), Brundibár (Brundibár), and Tosca (Sciarrone) with the New Orleans Opera Association; Street Scene (Frank Maurrant) and Roméo et Juliette (Capulet/Le Duc) with Loyola Opera; Patience (Archibald Grosvenor) and Iolanthe (Strephon) at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in Harrowgate, UK; Manon (Innkeeper), and Galileo Galilee (Servant/Oracle 2) with Des Moines Metro Opera; Gianni Schicchi (Buoso's Ghost/Gianni Schicchi), Don Giovanni (Leporello), and the world premiere of Children of the Sun (Juan Diego) with Texas State Opera Theatre.
Awards/Residencies: Encouragement award winner (2016) and Finalist (2017) in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Gulf Coast Region), Best Male Vocalist award winner at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival (2016); Shreveport Opera Resident Artist (2017-2018), Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Artist (2016), Crested Butte Music Festival (2015), Opera in the Ozarks (2014), Land of Enchantment Opera Institute (2013).
Education: Loyola University (M.M. Vocal Performance), Texas State University (B.M. Vocal Performance)
Sarah Saturnino, Mezzo-Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus and covering Paquette in Candide
Select credits: Così fan tutte (Dorabella) at Yale University; Cendrillon (Le Prince Charmant) with Miami Summer Music Festival; Down in the Valley (Jenny), L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato (Siser In-Law), L'enfant et les Sortilèges (Patre), and a reading of The Dove and the Nightingale (Young Rosa) at UCLA.
Awards/Residencies: First Round winner at the Classical Singer Competition (2012), Winner of the Townsend Opera Competition (2012), Opera Buffs Grant awardee (2015); UCLA Gluck Outreach Program (2014-2015), Bel Canto in Tuscany (2016, 2017), Wintergreen Music Festival (2016).
Education: Yale University (M.M. Opera Performance), UCLA (B.M. Music Performance, Music Industry minor)
Patrick Dean Shelton, Tenor
This season at CHQ: Performing in Opera Education program, performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Judge #1/Chorus and covering Prefect in Candide
Select credits: Dialogues of the Carmelites (L'Aumônier), Die Zauberflöte (Monostatos), and Die Fledermaus (Dr. Blind) with New England Conservatory; Sweeney Todd (Beadle), Albert Herring (Mayor Upfold), Falstaff (Dr. Caius), and The Merry Widow (St. Brioche) with Brevard Music Center; Damn Yankees (Lola) and Le nozze di Figaro (Don Curzio) with Opera Theater of Pittsburgh; Il Pigmalione/Rita (Pigmalione, Beppe covers), The Perfect American (Wilhelm Dantine cover), The Fairy-Queen (Demetrius cover), and The Love Potion (Tenor 1) with Chicago Opera Theater; Mavra (Hussar) with Roosevelt University.
Awards/Residencies: The Song Continues at Carnegie Hall (2017), Chicago Opera Theater Young Artist (2016-2018), Music Academy of the West (2016), Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Young Artist (2015), Brevard Music Center (2014, 2013), SongFest (2012).
Education: Roosevelt University-Chicago College of Performing Arts (Professional Diploma), New England Conservatory (Graduate Diploma, B.M.)
Natalie Trumm, Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Chorus and covering Cunegonde in Candide
Select credits: A Full Moon in March (Attendant II) and Candide (Cunegonde) with Bard Conservatory of Music; Die Zauberflöte (Queen of Night), Dido and Aeneas (Dido), Trial by Jury (Angelina), The Old Maid and the Thief (Laetitia), and L'enfant et les sortilèges (Chorus) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Carousel (Julie Jordan) and The Music Man (Marian Paroo) with American Gothic Performing Arts Festival.
Awards/Residencies: Semi-finalist in the Classical Singer Competition (2016), First Place winner in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition (Wisconsin, 4th & 5th Year Women (2015)/Freshman Women(2012)).
Education: Bard Conservatory of Music (M.M. Vocal Performance), University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (B.M. Vocal Performance)
Kayla White, Soprano
This season at CHQ: Performing in Opera Education program, performing Chorus in Don Giovanni, performing Sheep #1/Chorus in Candide
Select credits: La Bohème (Musetta) and The Crucible (Abigail Williams) at Georgia State University; Suor Angelica (Suor Genovieffa) and Amahl and the Nightvisitors (Mother) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Dinner and Diva Concert soloist with Capitol City Opera.
Awards/Residencies: Finalist in the Metro West Opera Competition (2016), 1st Place winner in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition (Georgia, Advanced Adult Women division, 2014), 1st place winner of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Aria Competition (2013), 4th place Regional winner of the National Association of Negro Musicians Vocal Scholarship Competition (2012); Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artist (2015, 2016), Le Chiavi: the institute of Bel Canto studies (2015), Harrower Summer Opera Workshop (2014), American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz (2013).
Education: Georgia State University (M.M. Voice Performance), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (B.M. Music Business, B.A. Music)
