2012 opera in the ozarks

2012 Season: June 22 - July 20

La Bohème Giacomo Puccini

A Little Night Music Stephen Sondheim

The Magic FluteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Thank you for supporting Opera in the Ozarks. It is only with your help that this incredible program can continue to produce beautiful performances and amazing young artists. Thank you too, for being here today – an enthusiastic audience goes a long way to invigorating and inspiring young singers. The support of local community leaders, businesses and all of Northwest Arkansas is very important, as are the friends who have substantially contributed to the program from across this entire South Central Region. We of the IPFAC Board believe the arts are important to our American way of life and pledge our continued support for Opera in the Ozarks. If you are not yet an IPFAC member, we invite you to join us. And once more, thank you for being here today – please come again and again.

Carole Langley President, Inspiration Point Governing Board

art form. We hope you enjoy your time with our incredibly talented opera company and will support us in the future by becoming a member of our organization. Each of you, our audience members are a part of the amazing culture of fine arts that our country has in abundance, and we are so pleased to have you in our audience for this incredible season featuring La Bohème, The Magic Flute, A Little Night Music and our outreach opera When Toys Talk, an adaptation of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortileges. Let the Bravos begin!

James H. SwiggartGeneral Director

Welcome to our 62nd Season!

A message from the Board

President

Time to enjoy Opera in the Ozarks because...

June is Bustin’ out all Over and that song from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel reminds us

all of the spectacular performances we can look forward to this season at Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point! This summer’s “menu” will excite every palate and it features delicious and enchanting works for all to enjoy. From the romantic tenderness of La Bohème to the delightful charm of The Magic Flute and palpable excitement of A Little Night Music, audiences on a starry night out on ‘Rock Candy Mountain’ will never again be the same. And speaking of stars, not those in the sky but those on the stage, we’re sure you’ll be seeing many of our young stars in the future on some of the greatest stages of our country and the world.

Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point continues to create “Magic on the Mountain” with the help of our South Central Region states — Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas — of the National Federation of Music Clubs. We have seen incredible growth and support in the last few years regionally and nationally as

we continue to inspire and train our talented young artists in this wonderful art form, Grand Opera! Every summer we have patrons mention they cannot believe the quality of our performances and are surprised to find we have so many performances available. Of course the reason is we are continuing the mission of our illustrious founder, Dr. Henry Hobart. He recognized that a program like this was essential for young artists to receive advanced training in our

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IPFAC Governing Board Of Directors

OFFICERS

Carole Langley, President

Sue Breuer, Vice-President

Duane D. Langley, Treasurer

Jean Moffatt, Recording Secretary

Lavonna Whitesell, Corresponding Secretary

Doris Whinery, Parliamentarian

Don F. Dagenais, Newsletter Editor

MEMBERS

Alice Conway, Tim Danielson, Mary Dolce,

Richard Drapeau, Joan Wells, Ann Lacy, Alice

Martinson, John C. Schmidt, Janice Semrad,

Mary Shambarger, Gloria Thrasher, Gene

Vollen, Linda Vollen, Debi Havner, Galen

Havner, Cletis Williamson, Bill Yick and Gloria

Febro Grilk (Ex Officio)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Connie Craig, Glenda George, Mia Hynes, Pam

Jones, Ouida Keck, Lorraine Long, Kevin McBeth,

Audrey Reeves, Martha Rosenbaum, Judy Sorrell,

Janice Swiggart, Elise Roenigk

NATIONAL COUNCIL

Francis Christmann, Mary Costa, Linda Di Fiore,

Carroll Freeman, Ken Futterer, Elizabeth Paris,

Ward Holmquist, W. Stephen Smith,

Robert Swedberg

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Arkansas: Franklin D. Wicks, Chairman

Kansas: Carolann Martin

Texas: Lee Meyer

Missouri: Ida Ruth Locarni

Oklahoma: Kathryn Hickman

Administrative StaffJames Swiggart, General Director

Janice Swiggart, Office Manager

Ann Wood, Office

Margaret Stewart, Food Service

Ron Stewart, Food Service

Jean Kelemen, Food Service

Ron Kelemen, Food Service

Larry Wood, Buildings & Grounds

Jerry Pritchett, Buildings & Grounds

Linda Pritchett, Buildings & Grounds/Food Service

Artistic StaffThomas Cockrell, Artistic Director

Linda Ade Brand, Stage Director

Robert Swedberg, Stage Director

David Ward, Asst. Director/Drama Coach

Adam Boyles, Conductor

Michael Dauphinais, Head Vocal Coach

Stephen Variames, Coach/Accompanist

Irina Nedelcu, Coach/Accompanist

Eiki Isomura, Asst. Conductor/Accompanist

Spencer Musser, Scenic Designer/Technical Director

Anna Demenkoff, Asst. Technical Director

SeifAllah Cristobal, Lighting Designer/Operator

Miriam Patterson-Smith, Costume Designer/Head Costumer

Adam Espinoza, Asst. Costumer

Shannon Fisher, Asst. Costumer

Brandon Ehrenreich, Production Stage Manager

Carolyn Reich, Asst. Stage Manager

Eleanor Rank, Asst. Stage Manager

Master ClassesRebecca Sherburn, Voice (Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City)

Melanie Sonnenberg, Voice (Univ. of Houston)

Erick Wolfe, Stage Combat


Contents

Welcome ............................................................3

Eureka Springs Music Heritage .....................6

Inspiration Point History ...............................16

NFMC SC Region State Boards ..................22

Building for the Future/Membership ....... 23

Calendar of Events ....................................... 24

Artistic Director ............................................. 27

The Magic Flute ............................................. 28

A Little Night Music ......................................30

La Bohème ...................................................... 32

L’Enfant et les Sortilèges ............................ 34

Opera Underwriters ......................................36

Staff Bios......................................................... 37

Artist Bios .......................................................44

Scholarship Donors ...................................... 54

Orchestra Bios ............................................... 55

IPFAC Life Members ..................................... 58

IPFAC Patrons ................................................ 59

IPFAC Members .............................................. 61

IPFAC Annual Fund/Building Campaign ... 63

IPFAC Corp. & Foundation Contributors ....64

Opera in the Ozarks Repertoire ................ 65

Advertisers Index .......................................... 66

Published by Vantage Point Communications


Opera in the Ozarks Staff...............................4


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Music has always been at the heart of Eureka Springs. From the earliest days of the city’s beginnings — whether on stage, or on the front porches of homes — music has always been a part of Eureka’s character. During the 1920s, the City built The Auditorium for all to enjoy. From concerts to town hall meetings, The Auditorium became the central meeting spot for the city’s growing population. The very first musical performance to play on the new stage was John Phillip Sousa and his world-renowned concert band. Since then, The Auditorium has played host to hundreds of entertainers: Judy Collins, The Smothers Brothers, Willie Nelson, Taj Mahal, Little Feat, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Leon Russell, Bill Cosby, B.B. King, Richie Havens, Merle Haggard, Allison Kraus and Lyle Lovett, to name a few. Beloved blues singer and entertainer Ray Charles even played his last live performance at The Auditorium.

The Auditorium is also home to the city’s CICA Summer Music Festival, a new and exciting performance series led by Thomas Chun-yu Chen, from Taiwan, who in

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Chen and other visiting music faculty teach young students in all phases of orchestral performance. Highlighting this year's festival, which runs fromJune 18 through July 7, are the St. Petersburg String Quartet from Russia and The Eroica Trio, featuring international sensations for piano, cello and violin. Additional information and a full concert lineup is available online at www.cicamusicfestival.org.

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Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony History

The Beginning

In 1928, a German-born architectural engineer, Charles Mowers, purchased the land overlooking the valley and commenced construction of a castle patterned after those of the Rhine River valley. In 1932, the unfinished castle and the grounds were purchased by Rev. Charles Reign Scoville, a Christian missionary and evangelist, who completed the castle and gave it its name, Inspiration Point. When he died in 1938, his wife gave the entire Inspiration Point estate to Phillips University, a Christian university in Enid, Oklahoma. For a decade the property was a white elephant on the University’s hands, and in 1948, the University called Rev. George Rossman to manage the property. However, despite the heroic efforts, Rev. Rossman found himself confronted with an impossible situation. In 1950, Rev. Rossman contacted Dr. Henry Hobart in Enid with regard to starting a summer music camp at Inspiration Point. Dr. Hobart had been Dean of Fine Arts at Phillips University for a number of years and had founded and conducted a summer opera program in Enid which existed throughout the 1930’s and until the beginning of World War II. Dr. Hobart welcomed the opportunity presented by Rev. Rossman, and with the pledged support of Gertrude Stockard, Director of Music at Eureka Springs High School, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony came into being in the summer of 1950.

In 1950, twelve years after it had been given to Phillips University by Mrs. Scoville, Inspiration Point was a destitute shambles; weeds were waist high everywhere and there was not even a lawn mower to cut them down. The castle was the only building on the property whose

roof did not leak like a sieve. There were not more than a dozen chairs on the place, including the castle. The dining hall, which had been made over with the lumber from a torn down Gospel Tabernacle, had improvised tables and benches without backs.

The first Fine Arts Colony session was held in 1950 for four weeks. It was patterned after most any other camp across the country, with a little of everything in vocal and

instrumental music and dramatic art. It was started on just about six weeks notice with a resulting small handful of students. Except for a number of special students coming out from Eureka Springs, there were about as many staff members as there were students. However, Dr. and Mrs. Hobart wanted something different and distinctive and decided to make Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony into an opera or music drama summer workshop, conducted under the highest professional standards and carefully planned for the young voices of talented college, high school, and outstanding junior high school students. All opera roles would be performed entirely by the

students; no lead singers would be brought in to sing the principal roles. The theme of Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony would be “The students are the stars.”

For the first two years or so, a major portion of the funds needed for operating expenses and capital expenditures were provided by Dr. and Mrs. Hobart personally or by loans obtained from Phillips University. Some construction materials were donated by Eureka Springs businesses and Dr. Hobart frequented government war surplus warehouses throughout the Midwest in search of available items such as beds, mattresses, kitchen utensils, tables, office equipment and tools. Practice pianos and furniture were obtained as gifts from churches, schools, and individuals. But the financial needs were greater than the Hobarts and a handful of loyal supporters could continue to meet.

Inspiration Point, poetically described as “a mountainous place not too many miles from Heaven,” is

located northwest of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on U. S. Highway 62 and overlooks the White River

valley some 600 feet below. Creating one of the most idyllic scenes in the entire Ozark Mountains,

the lowlands merge in the background into the range of the incomparably beautiful Ozarks.


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The Federation of Music Clubs

Joins the Team

For a number of years Dr. Hobart had been state opera chairman for the Oklahoma State Federation of Music Clubs. He suggested to Leta Mae Smith of Lawton, the Federation president, that the state federation sponsor the youth opera workshop. Miss Smith was quick to agree and the idea was officially adopted and put into effect in 1951. Miss Smith invited the state federations of Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri to become cosponsors of the project. Arkansas came in officially in 1951 but not actively until 1952. Kansas became active in 1953 and Missouri joined in 1954. The Illinois State Federation became a cosponsor in 1974, the Texas State Federation joined 1989, and Iowa State Federation in 1993.

In 1954, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony was incorporated under the laws of Oklahoma as a non-profit educational corporation with the right to accept gifts, legacies, and devices with appropriate credit allowed on Federal Income Tax returns. In 1959 it was also incorporated as a non-profit educational corporation in Arkansas. In 1959 Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony obtained from Phillips University a 99 year lease on all of the Inspiration Point property on the south side of Highway 62, which splits the property, and on about 80 acres on the north side of the highway. Several years later, in the early 1970’s, Dr. Vernon Baker purchased the Inspiration Point property from Phillips University, subjected to the 99-year lease. Dr. Baker donated all of the land south of the highway, about 66 acres together with the buildings thereon, to the Fine Arts Colony. In return, the Fine Arts Colony gave up its lease on all the property north of the highway.

Prior to Dr. Baker’s taking possession of his property, the Fine Arts Colony used a large ramshackle dining hall and kitchen located behind the castle with mealtimes being announced by the ringing of a large iron bell on a post near the back of the castle. The dining hall also served as a rehearsal hall. Dr. and Mrs. Hobart moved from Enid to Inspiration Point in 1964 and resided in the castle until Dr. Hobart’s death in early 1966. Later that year Mrs. Hobart moved into a house trailer parked next to the castle and lived there alone until 1973 when she moved into Eureka Springs. During most of those years she was the only person living on the Inspiration Point grounds during the fall and winter months.

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Growth

The initial building construction and improvement program was directed toward making the original buildings on the property suitable for use. A barn-like structure which accommodated 20 bunks was remodeled and enlarged to provide 60 or 70 beds for the girl’s quarters. Indoor toilets and hot water facilities were installed. A sleeping porch about 150 feet long was constructed around a weather-beaten and leaky small apartment structure to provide about 50 beds for boys. Three cabins were modernized for use by the faculty. During the next decade, new facilities constructed included a cement block memorial cabin in memory of Constance Eberhart and music library (later converted to a residence for the caretaker) and a fireproof costume center with an open air dance deck, an orchestra rehearsal pavilion, six faculty cabins, two studio cabins and fifteen practice cabins.

Completed in 1966, a fireproof dormitory was built for the girls, and the “barn” was turned over to the boys. In 1972, a prefabricated metal building was erected to house the dining hall, kitchen, offices, library and two large practice or meeting rooms.

An enclosed stage pavilion with stage lighting was not built at Inspiration Point until the late 1960s. Prior to its completion, night opera performances on the IPFAC campus were not possible. Most of the opera performances up to that time were given at the city auditorium in downtown Eureka Springs with some operas being staged in nearby communities and

universities. Use of the auditorium had its drawbacks in that there were problems in constructing and moving scenery sets, and the building was not air-conditioned and was very hot on summer evenings.

While the opera and orchestra concerts were presented primarily in nearby communities when they were taken

on the road in the early years, several long travels were made in the 1950s, including opera performances in Wichita, Kansas City, Memphis, Chicago and at a National Federation of Music Clubs” national convention in San Diego, California.

The Best

Dr. Hobart’s philosophy, with regard to the faculty for Inspiration Point, was to try to get only the best. As a result, a number of eminent artists at the top of their professions have been associated with Inspiration Point. The most outstanding of these was Dr. Isaac Van Grove. His accomplishments as an opera composer, conductor of leading opera companies, vocal coach and accompanist for several world famous singers qualified him as an opera director of the highest order.

At eighteen he was a nationally known concert pianist. He served as accompanist and vocal coach for famous artists such as Enrico Caruso, Lawrence Melchior, Mary Garden and Grace Moore. He composed several operas specifically for use with the young singers at Inspiration Point and IPFAC was given the publishing rights to these operas. He was conductor of opera companies in Chicago,

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St. Louis, Cleveland and elsewhere. Dr. Van Grove was the Artistic Director at Inspiration Point for 25 years, up to his death in 1979 at the age of 86. Those students who received training under his direction were particularly fortunate.

For twenty years, up to her death in 1976, Joan Woodruff, wife of Dr. Van Grove and an internationally known choreographer and ballet instructor, taught advanced ballet, stage action and stylized dance forms at Inspiration Point.

More Growth

For a number of years, up through 1985, orchestra training was an important facet of IPFAC. In addition to accompanying many of the operas, the orchestra presented concerts featuring symphony music under the direction of the Orchestra Conductor. Orchestra students received instruction in their respective instruments from professional teachers who also played in the orchestra. The opera students gained invaluable training and experience in performing with a full orchestra, a feature not provided at most music centers throughout the country.

From 1986 through 1989, an orchestra was not included in the Inspiration Point program due to limitations on available housing and other facilities. The arrangements for the 1990 season provided for the reinstatement of a small professional level orchestra to accompany the opera performances.

As the level of opera training provided in the school has risen during the ensuing years, so has the age level

of IPFAC students. The objective of Inspiration Point in recent years has been to become a career preparation center, and the student ages have risen to include students from college age up to 33. Commensurate with the change in the average ages of the students, the nature of the operas learned and performed has gradually changed. In earlier years the operas generally were light and relatively easy to learn. All were in the English language. In recent years the trend has been to include two or more major operas in the season’s repertoire, with at least one in its original language. Thus, the challenge to learn and perform has been in keeping with the students' increasing abilities to meet those challenges. The length of the summer session has been increased through the years from five weeks to six, to seven, and in 1992, to its present eight weeks.

Some badly needed improvements to the present facilities were commenced in 1989 when modifications and

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additions were made to the stage pavilion and the girl’s dormitory. In 1990 a new dormitory, Menees Nelson Hall, was completed to replace the barn-like structure for the boy’s dormitory. Later, the girls were moved to the new dormitory and the men took over the older dorm. Other important improvements have included the addition of public restrooms and substantial additions to the stage lighting facilities in the pavilion.

In 1996, audience seating at the opera performances in the pavilion was put on a reserved seat basis with all seats being reserved. Each year, a one week Elderhostel class in opera, available through the University of Arkansas, is held at Inspiration Point. In July of each year the Central Region of the National Federation of Music Clubs has been holding its annual four day Festival Days in Eureka Springs and at Inspiration Point. Each of these activities adds greatly enriching experience to the IPFAC summer session.

The effectiveness of training received at Inspiration Point has been demonstrated many times over by the successes achieved by alumni in their opera careers. Several are internationally famous. At least eight are, or have been, with the New York Metropolitan Opera Company. Many others are with famous opera companies in Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Houston, Switzerland, Germany, and elsewhere.

Governance

Guiding and overseeing the development and activities of Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony is the responsibility and function of its board of directors. At the time Inspiration Point was incorporated, the board was created to include ten members from each of the sponsoring states - Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, plus several members chosen at large. In 1982, the board was reorganized into the present form consisting of a Governing Board and Associate State Boards. The Governing Board consists of nineteen regular members - two from each of the sponsoring states with additional members-at-large. Several ex-officio and honorary members are available for advice and counsel.

The Governing Board is responsible for the overall planning, development, and activities of IPFAC. The members of the Associate Boards are involved in the handling of matters affecting their respective individual states, such as recruiting and publicity, and in providing advice and counsel to the Governing Board. A Board of Trustees administers the IPFAC Endowment Fund and has responsibility for matters involving land and buildings.


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Endowment Fund

An Endowment Fund has been set up by the Board of Directors. Each $1000 life membership goes into the Endowment Fund. You can play a role in increasing this fund – it is one of the best investments you can possibly make to provide career opportunities for talented musicians. Your investment also gives the satisfaction that you helped perpetuate opera and the fine arts in mid-America.

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THE MAGIC FLUTEJuly 15 at 4 p.m.

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Ernest & Gloria Grilk and the Lawton Schubert Music Club

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Artistic Director Thomas Cockrell

Conductor Thomas Cockrell was appointed artistic director of Opera in the Ozarks in October 2010. No stranger to Inspiration Point, Cockrell served as the music director at Inspiration Point for the 2003, 2004 and 2005 seasons.

Cockrell’s opera credits include Il Barbiere di Siviglia, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Die Zauberflöte, Pagliacci and Gianni Schicchi for Opera Theatre of the Rockies; La Bohème and Don Giovanni for Dayton Opera; La Cenerentola, Albert Herring, Il Tabarro, Lucia di Lammermoor and Il Barbiere di Siviglia for the Opera Colorado Artist Center; and Les Contes d’Hoffmann for Washington, DC’s Summer Opera Theatre. For the Spoleto Festivals in Italy and South Carolina he conducted symphonic, chamber and contemporary music concerts while serving as assistant to the music director for productions of Parsifal, Elektra and Salome. Cockrell made his professional debut as a Featured Young Artist conducting the Spoleto Festival Orchestra. Following that success Gian Carlo Menotti invited him to conduct his Maria Golovin at Spoleto Festival USA.

Cockrell has served as a conductor of Cincinnati Opera, Opera Colorado, the Colorado Symphony and the Spoleto Festivals. Equally committed to the symphonic repertoire, he has conducted the professional symphony orchestras of Dallas, Cincinnati, Phoenix, Tucson, Louisville and Boulder, as well as several orchestras in Italy, Romania, Mexico, and South Korea.

A dedicated and gifted educator, Cockrell is in demand as a teacher of emerging conductors, frequently leading master classes in Europe, Asia and Central America, as well as in the US. He served as music director of Denver Young Artists Orchestra and on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Camp. In May 2010 he conducted Mexico City’s Orquesta Juvenil Carlos Chávez of El Sistema Nacional de Fomento Musical, Mexico’s national system of youth ensembles. Since 2000 Cockrell has served as director of orchestral activities at the University of Arizona School of Music in Tucson, where he is professor of music and holds the Nelson Riddle Endowed Chair. As music director of the University of Arizona Opera Theater he has conducted recent productions of The Rape of Lucretia, The Consul, The Crucible and Postcard from Morocco, as well as works from the traditional repertoire.

Cockrell is a graduate of Yale University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he received his doctorate. He is one of the last students of the legendary Franco Ferrara with whom he studied in Rome while serving as a founding director of La Camerata Operistica Romana. Cockrell holds a conducting diploma from L’Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and pursued further studies at Tanglewood and Aspen with Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa and David Zinman.

“The 62nd season of Opera in the Ozarks builds on last year’s spectacular

foundation. From nearly 300 singers who auditioned this year I have assembled

a company of 42 talented young artists. They have come to apprentice with an

inspired faculty and staff which are devoted to taking them to new heights as

performers. Add to this an orchestra of accomplished young professionals and

students from our nation’s finest institutions and you have a recipe for operatic

magic at Inspiration Point.”


Tamino .................................................................................................................... Eamon Pereyra, Jonathan Ray

First Lady ..................................................................................................................Laura MacAvoy, Jane Soong

Second Lady ......................................................................................................Elizabeth Evans, Perri Sussman

Third Lady ......................................................................................................Rachel Vickers, Nicole Woodward

Papageno ...........................................................................................................Donald Davis, Dominic Johnson

The Queen of the Night .................................................................................Keely Futterer, Ashly Neumann

Monostatos ..................................................................................................................Bille Bruley, Kyle Patterson

Pamina ...............................................................................................................................Megan Slack, Kat Supina

First Spirit................................................................................................................Cait Frizzell, Jennifer Klauder

Second Spirit .........................................................................................................Emily Dalessio, Amanda Joos

Third Spirit ................................................................................................... Valerie Jeannin, Julianne Reynolds

Speaker ................................................................................................................................Glenn Healy, Ivo Suarez

Sarastro ............................................................................................................................... Ivo Suarez, Glenn Healy

First Priest ...................................................................................................................... Bille Bruley, Nathan Ward

Second Priest ................................................................................................. LaFonta Harriett, Joshua Hughes

First Armed Man ..........................................................................................................Nathan Ward, Bille Bruley

Second Armed Man ........................................................................................Zachary Stiefel, Antony Harriett

Papagena ...................................................................................................................Lydia Bechtel, Amy Matlock

The Magic FluteWolfgang Amadeus MozartLibretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

June 22, 27, 30July 3, 6, 10, 15, 18

Music Director/Conductor – Thomas CockrellStage Director – Robert Swedberg

Assistant Conductor/Chorus Preparation/Accompanist – Eiki IsomuraJuly 6 performance conducted by Eiki Isomura

Production Stage Manager – Brandon EhrenreichSet Designer – Spencer Musser

Costume Designer – Miriam Patterson-SmithLighting Designer – SeifAllah Cristobal

Wig Designer – Nicole Woodward

Members of the Company EnsembleLydia Bechtel, Bonnie Frauenthal, Keely Futterer, Sarah Lysiak, Laura MacAvoy, Amy Matlock,

Ashly Neumann, Priscilla Salisbury, Jane Soong, Elizabeth Evans, Perri Sussman, Rachel Vickers, Bille Bruley, Kyle Patterson, Eamon Pereyra, Jonathan Ray, Steven Wallace, Nathan Ward,

Jin Hin Yap, Michael, Brendan Boyle, Donald Davis, Brandon Grimes, LaFonta Harriett, Joshua Hughes, Dominic Johnson, Zachary Stiefel

This Production Generously Underwritten By:Linda and Gene Vollen


Act I

Prince Tamino, pursued by a demonic force, is drawn into the domain of the Queen of Night, where he is rescued by Three Ladies, but the bird-catcher Papageno takes the credit. As a punishment for lying, the Ladies padlock his mouth. They give Tamino a portrait of the Queen's abducted daughter Pamina; falling in love with her image, he sets out to rescue her. The Queen promises that if he succeeds, she will agree to their marriage. Tamino is given a magic flute, Papageno some magic bells, and together they journey to Sarastro's palace where Pamina is being held.

Papageno's blundering arrival inadvertently saves Pamina from being attacked by Monostatos, a servant of Sarastro. Papageno and Pamina leave in search of Tamino, who has arrived at a temple whose priest informs him that it is the Queen and not Sarastro who is evil.

Papageno and Pamina are confronted by Monostatos but, using the bells, they manage to escape. Pamina and Tamino finally meet, and immediately fall in love.

Intermission

Act II

Tamino and Papageno are told they have to undergo a series of trials if they are to be accepted into the brotherhood of the temple, the first being a period of silence.

While Pamina is asleep Monostatos again approaches, but is sent off by the Queen, who gives her daughter a dagger and tells her that she can only regain her power if Sarastro is killed. Monostatos is once more forcing himself on Pamina when Sarastro enters. He knows of the Queen's plan but reminds Pamina that though she and Tamino are destined for each other, they must first prove their love, and by so doing, they will unite the Realm of Darkness with the Kingdom of the Sun.

Papageno is given a fleeting glimpse of his ideal mate, Papagena, but is warned that he will be denied her if he fails in his trials. When Sarastro secretly instructs Tamino to take a vow of silence, Pamina fears that all is lost and contemplates suicide, but she is comforted by kind spirits and finds the courage to aid Tamino through new trials.

The Queen, the Three Ladies and Monostatos approach Sarastro’s temple bent on overthrowing him and his brotherhood, but they are overpowered by the strength of the new bond. Triumphing over all adversity, the lovers unite, guided by the magic flute. As a special bonus, Papageno also finds a mate as all celebrate the victory of light over darkness.

SynopsisOriginally set in Egypt, this version of The Magic Flute is transported instead to a mythical

Asia where our protagonists struggle with magical ordeals in order to unite two worlds that

are at odds with each other, and where the concept of the balance of universal forces is ably

represented by Taoist and Tantric philosophies.


A Little Night MusicStephen SondheimBook by Hugh Wheeler

June 23, 28July 1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 19

Mr. Lindquist ..............................................................................................Christopher Kline, Dominic JohnsonMrs. Nordstrom ...................................................................................................... Keely Futterer, Amy MatlockMrs. Anderssen .........................................................................................Elizabeth Evans, Stephanie ZuluagaMr. Erlanson .................................................................................................................. Bille Bruley, Jonathan RayMrs. Segstrom ..........................................................................................................Laura MacAvoy, Jane SoongFrederika Armfeldt ..................................................................................................... Lydia Bechtel, Kat SupinaMadame Armfeldt ...................................................................................................................................David WardFrid, her butler ...................................................................................................................................Brendan BoyleHenrik Egerman ................................................................................................ Kyle Patterson, Eamon PereyraAnne Egerman .................................................................................................. Priscilla Salisbury, Megan SlackFredrik Egerman ............................................................................................. Michael Austin, Brandon GrimesPetra .................................................................................................................Rachel Vickers, Nicole WoodwardDésirée Armfeldt .........................................................................................Nicole Woodward, Rachel VickersMalla, her maid .................................................................................................................................. Valerie JeanniaBertrand, a page ...............................................................................................................................Joshua HughesCount Carl-Magnus Malcolm...............................................................................Donald Davis, Darren DroneCountess Charlotte Malcolm ........................................................................Elizabeth Evans, Perri SussmanOsa ................................................................................................................................................... Julienne Reynolds

Music Director/Conductor – Adam Kerry BoylesStage Director – Linda Ade Brand

Accompanist – Irina NedelcuProduction Stage Manager – Brandon Ehrenreich

Set Designer – Spencer MusserCostume Designer – Miriam Patterson-Smith

Lighting Designer – SeifAllah CristobalWig Designer – Nicole Woodward

Orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick. Suggested by a Film by Ingmar Bergman. Originally Produced and Directed on Broadway by

Harold Prince. A Little Night Music is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized

performance materials are also supplied by MTI.421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019.

Phone (212) 541-4684 / Fax (212) 397-4684 / www.MTIShows.com

This Production Generously Underwritten By:Don Dagenais


Act I

Before the play proper, the five Liebeslieder Singers sing “Night Waltz,” a serenade that hints at all the possibilities and deceptions ahead. As the quintet waltzes among the play’s protagonists in a kaleidoscope of changing combinations, old partnerships are broken and resumed. The aged Madame Armfeldt, who knows about these things, explains to her granddaughter, Fredrika, the three smiles of a summer night: the first smile is for the young, like Fredrika, who knows nothing; the second for fools, like Fredrika’s mother, Desirée, who knows too little; and the third for the old, like her, who know too much.The setting is Sweden at the turn of the last century and upon the house of Fredrick, a permanent Nordic frost of sexual frustration seems to have settled. After 11 months of non-consummated marriage to his teenaged bride, Fredrik is impatient. Downstairs, the child of his first marriage, Henrik, is making fumbling advances to Petra, the maid, and being rejected, as always with the promise of “later,” while upstairs, Fredrik’s young wife, Anne, promises “soon.”Far away, in a swirl of activity, Desirée Armfeldt is leading a glamorous life as an actress on the road. In that evening’s performance, she plays a woman who can and does have any man she wants. Anne swears that Desirée is directing her performance at Fredrik. Although his affair with Desirée ended years ago, the memories still haunt him and he leaves Anne at home and goes to Desirée’s lodgings. "You must meet my

wife," he sings to her. He then tells her of Anne’s indestructible virginity, and Desirée invites him into her bedroom. They are surprised by a visitor, the actress’s current amour, Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, who is perturbed by the apparent coupling and sings that he practices fidelity, both to Desirée and his wife, Charlotte. Desirée invites Fredrik and Anne for a weekend in the country to try to fan the old flame with Fredrik. Carl-Magnus and Charlotte show up also. The act comes to a close as the couples try to decide just who is a couple.

Act II

At the house party, Charlotte tells Anne she will make love to Fredrik and hereby tempt Carl-Magnus to return to her. Young Henrik confides to Fredrika that he is in love with Anne, who is his step-mother. The Liebeslieder singers sing of perpetual anticipation. Only Petra is enjoying her weekend away, involving herself with the butler, Frid. A grim weariness descends as the principal players wonder why they are behaving like fools as they turn to their true loves. The summer night has smiled on each of them, including Madame Armfeldt, who dies as we once again hear the music of the “Night Waltz.”

SynopsisSuggested by Ingmar Bergman’s film “Smiles of a Summer Night,” this musical was one of

Sondheim’s most successful productions. It had its Broadway premier in 1973, receiving the

New York Drama Critics Award and four Tony Awards. In the original presentation, Hermione

Gingold played Madame Armfeldt and Glynis Johns was Desirée.


Marcello ....................................................................................................................Michael Austin, Darren Drone

Rodolfo ....................................................................................................................... Jin Hin Yap, Steven Wallace

Colline ...................................................................................................................................Glenn Healy, Ivo Suarez

Schaunard ....................................................................................................Brandon Grimes, Christopher Kline

Benoit .................................................................................................................................. Ivo Suarez, Glenn Healy

Mimì ......................................................................................................................Bonnie Frauenthal, Sarah Lysiak

Alcindoro ............................................................................................................................ Ivo Suarez, Glenn Healy

Musetta ..........................................................................................................Ashly Neumann, Priscilla Salisbury

Parpignol ................................................................................................................. Kyle Patterson, Nathan Ward

Waiter, Sergeant ...................................................................................................................................Michael Bade

Waiter, Customs Officer ................................................................................................................. Zachary Stiefel

La BohèmeGiacomo PucciniLibretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica

June 26, 29July 2, 8, 12, 14, 20

Music Director/Conductor – Thomas CockrellStage Director – Robert SwedbergAccompanist – Stephen Variames

Assistant Conductor – Eiki IsomuraChorus Preparation – Adam Kerry Boyles

Production Stage Manager – Brandon EhrenreichSet Designer – Spencer Musser

Costume Designer – Miriam Patterson-SmithLighting Designer – SeifAllah Cristobal

Wig Designer – Nicole Woodward

Members of the Company EnsembleLydia Bechtel, Emily Dalessio, Cait Frizzell, Keely Futterer, Amanda Joos, Jennifer Klauder, Laura MacAvoy,

Amy Matlock, Megan Slack, Jane Soong, Kat Supina, Elizabeth Evans, Valerie Jeannin, Julianne Reynolds,

Perri Sussman, Stephanie Zuluaga, Bille Bruley, Eamon Pereyra, Jonathan Ray, Steven Wallace, Jin Hin Yap,

Michael Austin, Michael Bade, Brendan Boyle, Darren Drone, LaFonta Harriett, Joshua Hughes, Dominic

Johnson, Christopher Kline, Zachary Stiefel

This Production Generously Underwritten By:Michele and Doug Barnes & Sharon and Mark Hobart to honor Jeanice and David Hobart


Synopsis

Act I

It is Christmas Eve in a cold garret occupied by

four Bohemians in the Latin Quarter of Paris,

1890s. A group of young artists (Marcello, the

painter, Rodolfo the poet, Colline the Philospher,

and Schaunard the musician) are living together

in poverty, but Schaunard has had a lucky day,

and brings home food and money. After tricking

the landlord Benoit out of collecting the rent,

they decide to go out and celebrate, but Rodolfo

lingers to finish an article he is writing. Their

neighbor, the seamstress Mimí, seeking a light for

her candle, introduces herself to Rodolfo. As his

friends call up to him from the street below, he is

drawn to Mimí’s beauty in the moonlight. They

confess their love for each other before leaving to

join the holiday festivities.

Act II

In the square outside the café Momus, a happy

Christmas Eve crowd buys gifts and treats.

Rodolfo presents Mimí to his friends, while

the singer Musetta abandons her elderly rich

lover Alcindoro in order to join Marcello, with

whom she has already had a rocky relationship.

Alcindoro is left to settle the bill for all of them.

Intermission

Act III

Time has passed. On a cold winter morning

outside a tavern by the city gates Mimí searches

for Marcello, having heard that he and Musetta

might be there. Mimí has lived with Rodolfo, but

they quarrel because of his jealousy. She hides

when she learns that Rodolfo is at the tavern as

well, and overhears Rodolfo tell Marcello that he

plans to leave her but is torn up with grief because

she is dying from tuberculosis. Rodolfo discovers

Mimí as she coughs uncontrollably. While Musetta

and Marcello quarrel, Rodolfo and Mimí now talk of

parting, but plan to stay together at least until Spring.

Act IV

More time passes. Back in the garret, Rodolfo

is longing for Mimí, from whom he has heard

nothing, and Marcello for Musetta who, having

left him, is having a fling with a wealthy patron.

Colline and Schaunard return, and after a bit of

horseplay, Musetta enters bringing with her the

dying Mimí. As Rodolfo tries to warm her cold

hands, Musetta gives her earrings to Marcello,

asking him to sell them in order to buy medicine

for the dying girl. Colline takes his overcoat,

bids it farewell, then takes it out to pawn to buy

provisions. Musetta runs off to get a muff to warm

Mimí’s hands. Left alone, the two former lovers

recall happy memories of their time together.

Musetta and the others return and are full of

anxiety over Mimí's condition. When Rodolfo

leaves her bed, believing her to be resting, the

others become aware that she has died. When

he reads in their faces what has happened, he

falls upon her lifeless form sobbing and crying

out her name.


When Toys Talk (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges)Music by Maurice RavelLibretto by Colette / English translation by Katharine Wolff

Studio Program Artists’ Production

Music Director – Adam Kerry BoylesStage Director – Linda Ade Brand

Accompanists – Irina Nedelcu, Stephen VariamesSet Designer – Spencer Musser

Costume Designer – Miriam Patterson-Smith

SynopsisThe story takes place in a child’s nursery

Part I – Once upon a time there was a child who was feeling bored and bratty. He hasn’t done his lessons, and he’s spilt ink on the carpet. When his mother comes in to bring him tea, she sees that he hasn’t done his work. She reprimands him, but instead of apologizing, he sticks his tongue out at her. She leaves him in his room to think about what he has done, but instead of calming down, he throws a tantrum. He breaks the tea things, pesters his pets, batters his furniture and tears up his books. But then the extraordinary thing happens. The damaged furniture comes to life! The shattered teapot picks a fight. The fire chases him around the room, the Princess in his fairy tale book mourns her fate, and his math homework pelts him with word problems, multiplication tables and equations. Then the black cat meets the white cat and they go into the garden. The child follows.

Part II – The garden is filled with creatures that also have plenty to say to the Child. He has thoughtlessly tortured them in the past. Why has he done this? Why did he jab his knife in the tree? Where are their missing friends, the Bat and the Dragonfly? The child hangs his head, for the Bat and Dragonfly are dead. He killed them. The Child begins to realize that everything has feelings, and that the creatures are beautiful. But how can he make them listen to him? For the creatures, it is too late. They attack the Child, and in the tussle, a squirrel is hurt. Just before the child collapses in exhaustion, he uses the last of his strength to bandage the paw of the wounded squirrel. The creatures are amazed, and seeing the good in him, forgive him. They unite to call for his mother. With one final cry of “Mama,” a tired, repentant and thoughtful child is reunited with his mother.

The Child ....................................................................................................Valerie Jeannin, Stephanie Zuluaga

Mama, Teacup, Dragonfly ...............................................................Stephanie Zuluaga, Julianne Reynolds

Bergère, Screech Owl, Numbers .................................................................. Amanda Joos, Emily Dalessio

Squirrel, White Cat ........................................................................................... Emily Dalessio, Amanda Joos

Fire, Nightingale .................................................................................................Jennifer Klauder, Cait Frizzell

Princess, Numbers, Couch .............................................................................. Cait Frizzell, Jennifer Klauder

Arithmetic, Tree Frog, Bench .........................................................................................................Nathan Ward

Tea Pot, Numbers .....................................................................................................................Nathan Ward, TBD

Armchair, Tree ...............................................................................................LaFonta Harriett, Zachary Stiefel

Numbers, Stoo ..............................................................................................Zachary Stiefel, LaFonta Harriett

Bat, Numbers, Wicker Chair ........................................................................................................Joshua Hughes

Clock, Numbers....................................................................................................Brendan Boyle, Michael Bade

Black Cat ................................................................................................................Michael Bade, Brendan Boyle

Animal Chorus .....................................................................................................................................Full Company

Understudies: Valerie Jeannin (Mama, Teacup, Dragonfly),Julianne Reynolds (Bat, Wicker Chair, Numbers)

This Production Generously Underwritten By:NAME(S) TBA


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THOMAS COCKRELLArtistic Director(see page 27)

LINDA ADE BRANDStage DirectorLinda is a director whose varied repertoire includes over a hundred plays, musicals and operas. She studied music (voice and trumpet) and theatre at Bethany College, in Lindsborg, Kansas, then received her M.F.A. in Directing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, with Will Graham and Francis Culinan as her primary directing mentors. After graduating, she studied with the innovative director Wesley Balk at his Music Theatre Institute in St. Paul.

An active director in Kansas City, her Lyric Opera of Kansas City credits include Elixir of Love, HMS Pinafore, Hansel and Gretel, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Don Giovanni, Don Pasquale, plus many productions with the Lyric’s education department, including the recent premier of Susan Kander’s opera version of Lois Lowry’s modern classic, The Giver. Kansas City Rep credits include Master Class and All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, along with nine seasons leading the talented casts of A Christmas Carol. Favorite productions

at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre include Lettice and Lovage, Picnic, and Enchanted April. She has also directed for the Coterie Theatre, the American Heartland Theatre, Theatre League’s New Music Theatre Festival and the Quality Hill Playhouse, where she recently directed Noel and Gertie.

A lover of contemporary opera, she was delighted to help introduce Mark Adamo’s Little Women and Conrad Susa’s The Wise Women to Kansas City while Resident Stage Director of the Civic Opera Theatre of Kansas City. These were the second productions of both pieces, and it was a joy to get to work with both composers. She revisited both of their works recently, directing Little Women for Opera in the Ozarks last summer, and directing two productions of Susa’s Transformations in the past eighteen months. One production was for Voices of Change in Dallas, and the second was for Civic Opera Theatre in Kansas City.

She has had the pleasure of directing in many other regional theatre and opera companies including the Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Nashville Opera, Stephens College, Okoboji Summer Theatre, Springfield Regional Opera, the Light Opera of Oklahoma and thirteen seasons with the Des Moines Metro Opera and three with Opera in the Ozarks, where she returns to direct A Little Night Music and When Toys Talk (L’Enfant et Les Sortilges) this summer. She taught and directed for five years in the Theatre Department at Avila College and for ten years in the Conservatory at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

ROBERT SWEDBERGStage DirectorSwedberg is director of the opera studio program at University of Michigan, where he directs main stage opera productions, teaches the Business of Music, and has developed the Yoga for Performers program. He specializes in “green” (eco-friendly) opera – which he regularly produces at U-M.

From 1990 - 2007, Robert Swedberg was general director of Orlando Opera. Prior to that, he held positions as general director of Syracuse Opera; manager/artistic director of Opera Carolina; and assistant stage director of the Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Wagner Festival. He has worked since 1978 with various opera training programs in the communities he has served, helping many emerging performers make the transition from university programs to professional careers.

As a performer (Bass-baritone), he worked with New York City Opera, Long Beach Opera, the L.A. Philharmonic, Hidden Valley Opera, Seattle Opera, and the San Francisco Merola Program. He was a voice student of Dr. David Scott, and studied Vocal Pedagogy with Elisabeth Parham. Mr. Swedberg became active as a stage director at Seattle Opera, where he was assistant director for the Ring Cycle from 1978-1982. Since then, he has produced or directed more than 150 productions for



opera companies all over the U.S. and recently produced the staged version of Carmina Burana for Michigan Opera Theatre, which featured performers from Cirque du Soleil. During the past 10 years, working on the international stage, he has directed productions for the Macau Music Festival, and the Beijing Music Festival in China; Calvia Music Festival in Mallorca, Spain; the William Walton Music Foundation in Ischia, Italy; and at several theaters in Germany, including those in Hof, Bamberg, Pforzheim, and Bayreuth.

Professor Swedberg has Music degrees from California State University, Northridge, and earned a MBA from the University of Central Florida. He founded the Heinz Rehfuss Singing-Actor Awards, and was co-founder of the ”Negro Spiritual” Scholarship Foundation. He was on the Board of Directors of OPERA America from 2002-2007, and is a consultant for the National Endowment for the Arts. He is also a certified yoga instructor, and is author of the book Yoga for Performers.

DAVID WARDAssistant Director, Coach, ArtistDavid Ward, one of America's leading basso buffos, is pursuing his Masters of Music in Vocal Pedagogy and Opera Directing at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music where he appeared this year in the title role of Falstaff, made his role debut as Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier and directed a mainstage production of Kirke Mechem’s Tartuffe. In over 25 productions of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, he has portrayed his critically acclaimed Dr. Bartolo. His Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola was heard at the Opening Night of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China. Mr. Ward sang Don Pasquale at the Lake George Opera Festival, Sulpice in La Fille du Regiment with the New York City Opera National Company, and Dr. Dulcamara in L’Elisir d'amore at the Skylight Comic Opera and Hong Kong’s Musica Viva in 2011. Mr. Ward made his New York City Opera debut as Dr. Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro. Other Mozart performances include Osmin for Anchorage Opera, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte for the Chattanooga Symphony and the Commendatore in Don Giovanni. A versatile bass, Mr. Ward appeared with New York Grand Opera to sing the title role in Falstaff and Fra Melitone in La Forza del Destino. Mr. Ward sang the title role in Gianni Schicchi for the Chautauqua Festival. A comic specializing in operetta and Gilbert & Sullivan, his Franke in Die Fledermaus has been heard at Opera New Jersey, Opera Nevada, Opera Grand Rapids and his ebullient Baron

Zeta in The Merry Widow has been seen nation-wide. He appeared as Major General Stanley for Opera New Jersey, Pooh Bah for Indianapolis Opera and Sir Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore for Lake George Opera Festival. He sang the title role in The Mikado for Anchorage Opera and Mobile Opera, while his Dick Deadeye in HMS Pinafore has been seen at Chattanooga Opera and the New York G&S Players. Mr. Ward made his Santa Fe Opera debut in the world premier of David Lang's Modern Painters. He recently sang the title role in Brundibar for Opera Omaha as part of their educational series on the Holocaust presented to over 10,000 students. This coming season he directs Falstaff for Houston’s Opera in the Heights.

ADAM BOYLESConductorAdam Kerry Boyles is thrilled to be returning for his fourth summer at OIO. Adam currently holds Music Director positions with MIT, Brookline Symphony Orchestra, and MetroWest Opera. Recent guest conducting engagements include performances with Michigan State Opera Theatre, Boston Opera Collaborative, Grand Canonical Ensemble, University of Arizona Opera Theater, and the Manhattan School of Music Orchestra. Adam has held faculty positions at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Arizona, and just finished his fifth year on the Music and Theatre Arts faculty at MIT. An experienced singer, Adam performed in numerous operas with the Indiana University Opera Theater and Arizona Opera. He has sung with many professional choral ensembles across the country such as Conspirare, Apollo's Voice, Mon Choeur, Cantique, and Tucson Chamber Artists. He was added to the roster of the


Tanglewood Festival Chorus in September 2008. Adam holds degrees from Indiana University, The University of Arizona, and The University of Texas at Austin.

MICHAEL DAUPHINAISSenior Vocal CoachMichael Dauphinais has been hailed in the press as "a marvelous collaborative pianist" (ITEA Journal), and has garnered praise for his "superbly realized continuo" (Arizona Republic) as well as his live renditions of orchestral reductions: "pianist Michael Dauphinais enables one to forget the lack of an orchestra almost immediately" (Newark Star-Ledger). His versatility has led to collaborations with several opera companies in the U.S. including Arizona Opera, Sarasota Opera, Opera Southwest, Kentucky Opera, Opera in the Ozarks and New Jersey Opera Theatre, and he has served as the music director for the young artists' Ensemble at San Diego Opera. He has also performed duo, chamber, choral and vocal repertoire throughout the U.S., Mexico, Ireland and Austria. Dauphinais has also served as a staff pianist for both regional and international conferences held by ITEA (International Tuba Euphonium Association) as well as the American Institute for Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria. Mr. Dauphinais can be heard on the Mark Records Classical label with tubist Kelly Thomas. An advocate of contemporary music and multi-disciplinary collaboration, Dauphinais has played music by John Cage with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and has also collaborated with choreographer Yanira Castro, Art.If.Act Dance Project and ACME (Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble). He has performed premieres of works for piano and live electronics by Stephan Moore and John King, and he

recently played an evening of Moore's works at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He has also been featured in symposia at The University of Arizona celebrating the music of Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Olivier Messiaen and George Crumb. Mr. Dauphinais's most recent collaborative projects have included the site-specific dance and sound installation Wilderness with sound artist/composer Stephan Moore and choreographer Yanira Castro and company, premiered at the 2010 Filament Festival at EMPAC (Troy, NY); further performances have taken place at Vanderbilt University, Franklin and Marshall College (PA), and at The Invisible Dog Art Center (Brooklyn, NY). He has also performed Yanira Castro's and Stephan Moore's Paradis, the first site-specific dance installation ever to be presented in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, in 2011. A reprise of Paradis at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden will take place in July, 2012. Michael Dauphinais earned degrees in music from Western Michigan University (BM) and Arizona State University (MM and DMA); his teachers have included Andrew Campbell, Eckart Sellheim, Sylvia Roederer and Phyllis Rappeport. He currently serves on the music faculty at The University of Arizona where he teaches solo and collaborative piano, and is the vocal coach for UA Opera Theater. His upcoming projects for 2012-13 include Rossini's Otello and Puccini's Madama Butterfly with Opera Southwest, and Verdi's La Traviata with UA Opera Theatre.

STEPHEN VARIAMES Accompanist/Coach Stephen Variames is a recent graduate of Oklahoma City University where he studied Vocal Coaching under Brian Osborne. In the fall he will be working on an Artist’s Diploma at Cincinnati Conservatory in Opera Coaching. He has worked with companies like Fort Worth Opera

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and was a semi-finalist for the Florida Grand Opera Young Artists program. Stephen is also a composer and wishes to use that degree to write opera for the modern audience. This is Stephen’s second summer at OIO, and he is so excited to be back!

IRINA NEDELCUAccompanist/CoachIrina Nedelcu became a dedicated pianist when she left her Minneapolis home at fifteen years old to attend the George Enescu High School of Music in Bucuresti, Romania. After years of studying piano in a vigorous and demanding conservatory, she returned to the United States to pursue a music performance degree at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. There she studied under Catherine Kautsky and Michael Kim, and served as an accompanying fellow. In 2009, Ms. Nedelcu toured in Romania with the Augsburg Symphonic Band from Minneapolis performing as the soloist in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. A recent graduate from Florida State University with a master’s of music in accompanying, Ms. Nedelcu served as the music director for student-run productions of La Cenerentola, and The Impresario. At FSU she received a scholarship from the Tallahassee Music Guild, and the Phi Kappa Phi Artist of the Year award. Still in touch with her Minneapolis roots, Ms. Nedelcu is a regular featured artist for HORA events in Minnesota (Heritage Organization of Romanian-Americans). Ms. Nedelcu served as a staff pianist/coach at the Interlochen Arts Camp, Bay View Music Festival, and Opera in the Ozarks. Next year, she will be a Resident Artist at Shreveport Opera in Louisiana.

EIKI ISOMURAAssistant Conductor/Accompanist/Coach

Eiki Isomura is honored to be joining the staff at Opera in the Ozarks. He recently completed his DMA in orchestral conducting from the University of Michigan where he served as conductor of the Campus Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras. In 2011 he conducted the National Arts Centre Orchestra as a member of its conductors program led by Kenneth Kiesler and Pinchas Zuckerman. In the same summer Eiki made his European conducting debut at the CCM Spoleto Festival in Italy. He has led performances with the University of Michigan Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras, Kalamazoo Philharmonia, Arizona Symphony, and the University of Arizona Philharmonic. His opera conducting credits

include L'amico Fritz with the University of Arizona Opera Theatre and L'Elisir d'amore with the University of Michigan Opera Theatre. Musical theatre credits include Falsettoland with the Horace Mann Theatre Company and The Music Man with the Arizona Repertory Theatre. As a collaborative pianist Eiki has toured with Arizona Opera's educational program and accompanied its young artists in recital. He holds a bachelor's degree in musical arts from the University of Michigan and a master's degree from the University of Arizona. His teachers have included Thomas Cockrell, Kenneth Kiesler, Colin Metters, Mark Gibson, and Martin Katz.

SPENCER MUSSERScenic Designer, Technical DirectorWilliam Spencer Musser is pleased to return to Opera in the Ozarks. He is a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute where he received his B.F.A. in sculpture in 2000. He received his M.F.A. in theatre scene design from the University of Missouri – Kansas City in 2003. While a student at UMKC, he was awarded the Honorary Dr. Patricia McIllrath Scholarship. He also received a travel grant to attend and present work at the Prague Theatre Design Quadrennial in 2003. After graduating he continued his career as an instructor with the graduate program at UMKC and as a scene designer and technical director with Rockhurst University as well as other local theaters in Kansas City. At Rockhurst University he worked on productions including Spring Awakening, The Crucible, Working, Urinetown, The Threepenny Opera, The Madwoman of Chaillot, and Dr. Faustus. Other past professional design credits include The Cripple of Inishmaan and Absurd Person Singular for the inaugural season of The Kansas City Actor’s Theatre, Crowns and The Exonerated for the Unicorn Theatre, The Diary of Anne Frank at the Olathe Community Theatre, and The Promise at the Germantown Performing Arts Center in Memphis. He has also taught special workshops on theatre and design for the Kansas City Art Institute. He worked with the Artsounds program, a collaborative event between visual artists affiliated with the Kansas City Art Institute and musicians in the Conservatory at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, to produce a theatrical adaptation of a traditional Japanese folktale collected by Lafcadio Hearn that was followed by works of his original animation. Spencer has been awarded a year-long artist studio residency by the Urban Culture Project in Kansas City, and he continues to work as a fine artist as well as designer. He has shown his work in Pennsylvania, New York and California, as well as in venues around Kansas City. In addition to this year’s season at Opera in the Ozarks he is currently working on several projects including writing and illustrating for children’s books.


ANNA DEMENKOFFAssistant Technical DirectorAnna Demenkoff is very excited to be joining Opera in the Ozarks for their 2012 summer season. She is from New Paltz, NY and is a recent graduate from Wagner College on Staten Island, NY where she studied Theatre Technology, Design and Management. Anna has also worked on various productions while studying at Wagner such as Jesus Christ Superstar, My Fair Lady, Urinetown and the World Premiere of Galt MacDermot's Goddess Wheel. She has also worked with companies in New York City such as Hudson Warehouse, where she was the Production Stage Manager and Possible Arts as a Teaching Artist and Stage Manager. Anna would like to thank her friends, family and mentors for their love and support over the years.

SEIFALLAH CRISTOBALLighting DesignerSeifAllah Cristobal is a freelance lighting and projection designer based in the greater Boston area. He has designed many shows around the country in opera, dance and theatre from Boston to Thousand Oaks, CA and has worked with great directors such as Linda Ade Brand, Kathleen Smith Belcher, Kyle Hatley, Barry Kyle, Jana Robbins, and Johnathon Pape. Favorite designs include Dead Man Walking (Tulsa Opera), Cabaret (Woodland Theatre Company), A Christmas Carol the Musical (Armory Dinner Theatre), The King Stag (UMKC Theatre), Don Giovanni (UMKC Opera), and Ben Franklin’s Apprentice (Coterie Theatre). SeifAllah will be designing Into the Woods at the Woodland Theatre Company in the fall. He holds a BA from the University of West Florida and an MFA from the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

MIRIAM PATTERSON-SMITHCostume DesignerMiriam Patterson-Smith holds a Master of Fine Arts in theatre and a Bachelor of Arts in art history from the University of Memphis, where she studied costume and lighting design, dramaturgy, and theatre history. She just completed a five-year term as the Costume Shop Supervisor for the Rhodes College McCoy Theatre. In addition to instructing students in design and costume construction techniques, she also designed costumes for many of the season productions on the McCoy Theatre stage, she also designs costumes for many of the season productions, most recently Urinetown and Shakespeare’s

Twelfth Night, for which she was honored with an Ostrander Award nomination. Miriam has designed costumes for more than 30 Memphis area productions. Her costumes have been featured in Germantown Community Theatre’s The Mystery of Irma Vep, Harvey, Smoke on the Mountain, and The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Abridged, as well as Theatre Memphis’s Hamlet and Cloud Nine. She also has designed costumes for a number of opera productions in Memphis at the Rudi Scheidt School of Music, including Albert Herring, La Bohème, Christopher Sly, Don Giovanni, and Suor Angelica.This summer marks another return for Miriam to Opera in the Ozarks, where she enjoys the challenge of coordinating costumes for the repertory opera season. In past seasons, she has worked on costumes for Le Nozze di Figaro, Little Women, Die Fledermaus, Postcard from Morocco, and Hansel and Gretel at Inspiration Point. She is excited to once again be working with a talented cast and crew on the 2012 season’s productions.

ADAM ESPINOZAAssistant CostumerAdam Espinoza is a recent graduate at the University of Arizona. He graduated with a M.F.A. in costume design. He has designed for the Arizona Repertory Theatre and the Arizona Theatre Company. This is his first year at Opera in the Ozarks.

SHANNON FISHERAssistant CostumerShannon Fisher holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University; where she studied costume design and costume technology. Upon graduating last May she was offered an opportunity to work on Steven Schwartz’s American premiere: My Fairytale, where she worked with many talented individuals such as Alejo Vietti, who costume designed for the show. Shannon was then offered a job back at NWU in Lincoln Nebraska, where she currently lives. At Nebraska Wesleyan University, she works as their Costume Technologist, where her duties include running the costume shop, managing costume shop assistants, and construction for their 16 main-stage shows throughout the course of the year.

While Shannon has worked on many musicals and other theatrical shows, this is her first experience with an opera company. She is quite excited to have the privilege of working with OIO and hopes that the audience enjoys her work as much as she does.



BRANDON EHRENREICHProduction Stage ManagerBrandon Ehrenreich is a Phoenix-based stage manager and lighting designer who is pleased to return to Opera in the Ozarks for his second summer as production stage manager. Brandon’s opera experience includes two seasons as the first assistant stage manager for Arizona Opera, a summer as an assistant stage manager with Utah Festival Opera, and a handful of productions with Arizona State University’s Lyric Opera Theatre. Favorite productions include Aida, Madama Butterfly, Faust, Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci, Otello, Turandot, Carmen (Arizona Opera), Die Fledermaus, Little Women (Opera in the Ozarks), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, La Cenerentola and The Turn of the Screw (ASU). As a lighting designer, favorite productions include The Rocky Horror Show (ASU, ariZoni Award Win for Best Lighting Design in Non-Contracted Theatre 2009-10), James and the Giant Peach (Theater Works, ariZoni Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design in Youth Theatre 2010-11), Hamletmachine (Orange Theater Group), and Hamlet[redux] (ASU Prism Theatre). In the fall, Brandon will return to Arizona Opera for the 2012-13 season.

CAROLYN REICHAssistant Stage ManagerCarolyn Reich is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan with both a BA in Spanish and a BFA in Theatre Design and Production. While at UM, Carolyn stage managed the mainstage productions of Chicago, Trumpets and Raspberries, and The Crucible

and assistant stage managed productions of L'Elisir d'Amore, Ragtime, and 42nd Street. She was also the Production Stage Manager of the student theatre group Basement Arts for two seasons. Last summer Carolyn stage managed Carmen for Arbor Opera Theater and for the past two years she has been a stage manager for Ann Arbor Ballet Theatre's production of The Nutcracker. In 2010, Carolyn had the opportunity to assistant stage manage a production of Curtains at Music Theatre of Wichita. Later this summer, Carolyn will be moving to New Jersey to be a Stage Management Intern at McCarter Theatre Center.

ELEANOR RANKAssistant Stage ManagerEleanor Rank is thrilled to be at OIO this summer. She is currently on a gap year from Saint Louis University, where she is studying Theatre with a concentration in Stage Management. Currently, she is a freelance stage manager and general theatre technician in Saint Louis, Missouri, where she has served as a stage manager for productions of Bug, OTMA, and Almost, Maine, among others. In the summer of 2012, she served as a scenic intern at Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre. She is a proud Equity Member Candidate. Thanks and love to Dad, Mom, LeRoy, and Dave for the support and encouragement, Thomas and Brandon for the opportunity, and the rest of the staff and cast for being wonderful.


OPERA IN THE OZARKS is proud to share with oyu our recently developed conceptual site plan for the renovation and restoration of our 60 beautiful acres at Inspiration Point. We believe that 60 beautiful acres plus 62 fabulous years of opera and related arts (Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, 1950-2012 deserves a Major Celebration! For us that celebration is the launch of our renewed physical plant serving thee arts and opera for the next 62 years!

The timeline for this physical plant renovation has not been finalized, but our Governing Board is actively working on it. We'll keep you informed as plans are developed and the phases of construction are starting.this renovation will be divided into four phases — with the opera house, roads and parking constituting the first phase. At the Point, you'll find large scale signage showing the preliminary plan for this phased construction.

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Michael AustinBaritoneLawrence, Kans.

Education: M.M. in Opera, University of Kansas (in progress); B.M. in Vocal Performance, University of KansasVocal Study: Dr. John Stephens, Dr. Julia Broxholm

Roles Performed: Sir Despard (Ruddigore), Ariodate (Serse), Father Truelove (The Rake’s Progress), Betto (Gianni Schicchi), Lockit (The Beggars Opera)

Awards: Carl and Frances Haven Preyer Outstanding Vocalist, Tom &Amy Larremore Singers’ Scholarship

Previous Experience: Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorister, 2008-Present

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Kansas Fed. Music Club

Lydia BechtelSopranoEureka, Kans.

Education: Currently pursuing B.M. in Vocal Performance, Oklahoma State University

Vocal Study: John SeesholtzRoles Performed: Adele (Die

Fledermaus), Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance), Title Role (Susannah), Frasquita (Carmen), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte)

Awards: Boh Makovsky Outstanding Freshman Music Major, Opera in the Ozarks Outstanding Female Studio Artist in The Pirates of Penzance, 2011 Regional Texoma NATS 5th place, 2011 & 2012 Oklahoma NATS 1st place, 2010 Regional Texoma NATS Semi-finalist, Crescendo Music Awards Semi-finalist

Previous Experience: Oklahoma State University Opera, Opera in the Ozarks

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Dr. Alice Martinson & Carole Sturgis Sch.

Michael Bade*BaritoneBaton Rouge, La.

Education: B.M.E. in Music Education, Louisiana State University

Vocal Study: Robert Grayson, Terrance Brown

Roles Performed: Harlekin (Prologue, Ariadne auf Naxos), Chorus (La Bohème), Chorus (Second Act, Die Fledermaus) Awards: Louisiana State University School of Music AwardPrevious Experience: Louisiana State University Opera Program

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Golden Lyre

Brendan Boyle*BaritoneAuburn, Kans.

Education: Pursuing B.M. in vocal performance at Washburn University in Topeka, Kans.

Vocal Study: Dr. Lee Snook

Roles Performed: Escamillio (Carmen), Duce di Ferarea (Lucreta Borgia), Young Scrooge (A Christmas Carol)

Awards: Third place Nats 2010, Fourth place Nats 2011

Previous Experience: Topeka Civic Theatre, Topeka Opera Society

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Washburn University and Topeka Opera Society

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* Studio Artist


Billie BruleyTenor Waco, Tex.

Education: Pursuing M.M. in Opera Performance- Baylor University; B.M. Vocal Performance- Baylor University

Vocal Study: Robert Best, Karen ReevesRoles Performed: Donald Hopewell

(Gallantry), Sailor (Dido & Aeneas), Don Basilio (Le nozze di Figaro), Mr. Gedge (Albert Herring), Junker Sparlich (Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor)

Awards: MTNA National Young Artist Competition- National Finalist and Third Place Winner; Baylor Opera Theatre Most Outstanding Member (2011-12); Texoma NATS Graduate Men Division- Third Place

Previous Experience: Baylor University Opera Theatre, The Owen Theatre, The Historic Crighton Theatre, Houston Grand Opera High School Voice Studio

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Texas Fed. Music Club

Donald J. DavisBaritoneManhattan, Kans.

Education: B.M. in Vocal Performance (Degree in Process), Kansas State University

Vocal Study: Dale Ganz

Roles Performed: Raul Perez (The Hotel Casablanca), Gianni Schicchi (Gianni Schicchi), Thomas Putnam (The Crucible)

Awards: 2008 NATS West-Central Region 5th Place, 2009 NATS West-Central Region 2nd Place, 2011 NATS West-Central Region 3rd Place, 2011 KSU Aria Contest Winner

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: KSU Friends of Opera, Jim and Freda Sandborn, Jeff and Laurie Davis, Dr. Kenneth & Maxine Burkhard, Aleeta Mae Riney, Corrine Mayfield & Moberly Music Club Endowments

Emily D’Alessio* SopranoRidgefield, Conn.

Education: Currently pursuing, B.M. Vocal Performance, B.M. Music Management, The Hartt School Vocal Study: Joanna Levy

Roles Performed: Bluebell Pooder (The Hotel Casablanca), The Countess† (The Marriage of Figaro), Fidalma† (Il Matrimonio Segreto), Mercedes† (Carmen)

Awards: Hartt Performance Scholarship Award (2010) Previous Experience: Interlochen Arts Academy Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Muriel Cross, Karen DiPippa

Darren DroneBaritoneNorth Little Rock, Ark.

Education: Pursuing B.A. in vocal performance

Vocal Study: Dr. Jon Clements

Roles Performed: Votaire/Pangloss (Candide), Pirate King (Pirates of Penzance), Gianni Schicchi (Gianni Schicchi), The Judge (Trial by Jury), The Proprietor (Assassing), Mr Erlanson (A Little Night Music)

Awards: MONCA District Encouragement Award in 2011 and 2012, NATS first place regionals (2008,2009,2010), Nats Finalist-Regional and State (2008,09,10,11)

Previous Experience: Arkansas Repertoire Theatre, The WeekEnd Theatre, Arkansas Tech University

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Eureka Spgs Opera Guild & Art in Opera

* Studio Artist †Partial Role


Keely FuttererSopranoDover, Ark.

Education: B.A. in Vocal Music and Theater, Arkansas Tech UniversityVocal Study: Dr. Jon Clements, Christine Donahue-Mayo. Larry Keller

Roles Performed: Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Cunegonde (Candide), Queen

of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Peggy Sawyer (42nd Street), Anne Egerman (A Little Night Music), Pousette (Manon), Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel), Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Maria (Sound of Music), Witch (Into the Woods)

Awards: 2nd (2011) and 3rd (2009) Place Winner Tulsa Rotary Crescendo Awards, Regional NATS Governor’s Award (2010), Little Rock Music Coterie Award (2011), Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities (2011), 1st and 2nd Place NATS Winner: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Years in both Regional and State, Most Promising Young Female Singer at OIO, Summer 2009, Most Congenial Co-Star at OIO, Summer 2009, Winner Trinity United Methodist Collegiate Showcase (2009), Featured Soloist Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (2009), Featured Soloist with Arkansas All-State Male Chorus (2010), Arkansas MET Auditions Encouragement Award (2011)

Previous Experience: Opera in the Ozarks, Muses Project of Hot Springs

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Arkansas Fed. Music Club


Elizabeth EvansMezzo-sopranoNew Orleans, La.

Education: M.M. in Voice Performance and Pedagogy, University of Houston; B.M. in Vocal Performance, Boston UniversityVocal Study: James Demler, Penelope Bitzas, Melanie Sonnenberg

Roles Performed: Amanda (Amelia), Meg Page(Falstaff), Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Catch-All (Vera of Las Vegas), Second Witch (Dido and Aeneas).

Awards: Gilbert and Sullivan Society Vocal Award Scholarship (2011), Sparkling City Light Opera Emerging Artist Competition 2nd prize recipient (2011), Boston University Ellalou Dimmock Vocal Award Recipient (2009)

Previous Experience: Texas Music Festival: Le Chiavi di Bel Canto, University of Houston Moores Opera Center, Opera Vista, Boston University Opera Institute

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Richard Drapeau, Jean Moffatt, Tim Danielson

Cait Frizzell*SopranoWashington, D.C.

Education: Pursuing B.M. in Vocal Performance, Florida State UniversityVocal Study: Wanda Brister

Roles Performed: Mrs. Coaxer (The Beggar’s Opera)

Awards: 1st Place NATS Southeastern Region (2010, 2011, 2012), 1st Place 2011 Jeanie/Stephen Auditions, William Brooks Music Study Club Scholarship RecipientPrevious Experience: Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival (Maiori, Italy)

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: TBD

Bonnie FrauenthalSopranoLittle Rock, Ark.

Education: B.M. in Vocal Performance, Oklahoma City University; Starting M.M. In Vocal Performance at Northwestern University

Vocal Study: Larry Keller, Mary SmithRoles Performed: Susan B. Anthony (Mother of us All), Nedda (Pagliacci), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni).

Awards: Trudy Oliphant Sundgren Young Singer Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions 2012, Third Place Crescendo Music Award 2012, Steven-Dickson Scholarship Award, First Place Thea Foundation Scholarship 2008.

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Eureka Spgs. Opera Guild

* Studio Artist


Brandon GrimesBaritoneMilton, Mass.

Education: Currently pursuing M.M. in Opera, University of Houston; B.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Michigan

Vocal Study: Joseph Evans, Caroline Helton, Thomas Jones

Roles Performed: Tartuffe (Tartuffe), Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd), Friedrich Bhaer (Little Women), Hajj (Kismet), Pooh-Bah (The Mikado), Sam (Trouble in Tahiti), Hidraot (Gluck’s Armide), Le Chat/L’Horloge (L’enfant et les Sortileges), Cinderella’s Prince (Into the Woods), Javert (Les Miserables), Horton (Seussical)

Previous Experience: College Light Opera Company, Le Chiave di bel canto, Music in the Marche, Uncommon Theatre Works

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Maria de Waal Putter

Glenn HealyBassLos Altos, Calif.

Education: BM in Voice Performance, University of Michigan

Vocal Study: Stephen West, Mary Elizabeth Enmann

Roles Performed: Don Magnifico (Cenerentola), Madhouse Keeper (The Rake’s Progress), Jupiter (Orfeo ed Euridice), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Trevor Graydon (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Captain von Trapp (The Sound of Music) Scene work: Reverend Blitch (Susannah), Osmin (The Abduction from Seraglio)

Awards: Classical Singer Competition Finalist (2009)Previous Experience: Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute (2008)


LaFonta Harriett*Bass-BaritoneSumter, S.C.

Education: Currently pursuing B.A. in Vocal Performance, Coker CollegeVocal Study: Eric Kesler, Serena Hill-LaRoche

Roles Performed: Bass soloist (Messiah)

Awards: Ruth Lawton Wilds Music Scholarship recipient (2011), Sara Cottingham Music Scholarship recipient (2011) Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Al & Patsy Walden (Benjamin Lundy Scholar)

Joshua Hughes*BaritoneSmithville, Mo.

Education: Pursuing B.M. in Vocal Music Education, Oklahoma City University

Vocal Study: Jeffrey Picón, Leslie John Flanagan, Raymond Feener,

Janice Ragland

Roles Performed: Ulysses S. Grant (The Mother of Us All), Marco (Gianni Schicchi), Marco & Magistrate (Buoso’s Ghost), Bartholomew (Jesus Christ Superstar)Awards: National Association of Teachers of Singing Texoma Regional Audition-College Sophomore Male Division Finalist (2010)

Previous Experience: Bay View Summer Music Festival, Gladstone Theatre in the Park

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Nichols Hills United Methodist Church (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

* Studio Artist



Valerie JeanninMezzo-sopranoAustin, Tex.

Education: Currently pursuing B.M. in Choral Music Education, Trinity University

Vocal Study: Dr. Chia-wei Lee, Dr. Richard Novak, Dr. Melinda Brou

Roles Performed: Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte)

Awards: 2011 Rosalind Phillips Vocal Competition, Carolyn Rice Calvert Music Scholarship for Study Abroad 2011, Baker Duncan Music Scholarship Recipient (2009-2012)

Previous Experience: San Antonio Opera, San Antonio Chamber Choir, China Yunnan Opera Festival, Taiwan International Young Artists Opera Program

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: TBD

Amanda Joos*SopranoPittsburgh, Pa.

Education: B.S. in Mathematics, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Vocal Study: Sari Gruber

Roles Performed: This is Amanda’s first operatic role.

Awards: Fred L. & June McCall Burns & Family Scholarship (2010-11)

Previous Experience: Lied Austria International, Johanna Meier Opera Theatre Institute

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: National Federation of Music Clubs, board members, Friends of Richard Drapeau and other donors

Dominic JohnsonBaritoneLeavenworth, Kans.

Education: Pursuing M.M., University of Kansas

Roles Performed: Guglielmo (Cosi fan Tutte), Mercutio (Romeo and Juliette), the Armored Man (The Magic Flute)


Jennifer Klauder*SopranoGainesville, Fla.

Education: B.A. in Music, Washington University in St. Louis

Vocal Study: John Stewart, Patricia Wise, Kristine Ciesinski

Roles Performed: Nella (Gianni Schicchi and Buoso’s Ghost), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Maria (West Side Story)

Awards: Antoinette Dames Scholarship Recipient (2010-2011)

Previous Experience: University of Miami Frost School of Music at Salzburg, Bay View Music Festival

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Holiday Island Rotary, Frank & Ginny Wicks

* Studio Artist


Christopher KlineBaritoneLakeland, Fla.

Education: Currently a senior at Florida Southern College

Vocal Study: John ThomassonRoles Performed: Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Luiz (The Gondoliers), Samuel

(The Pirates of Penzance), Fiorello (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)

Awards: 1st place in Imperial Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition (2011), National Federation of Music Clubs Agnes Fowler/Marie V. Thiesen Award for Best Male Voice (2011), National Federation of Music Clubs Hazel Heffner Becchina Award (2011), 1st place in Florida Federation of Music Club’s Jeannie/Stephen Auditions (2010), 2nd place in National Association of Teachers of Singing adjudication-Southeastern United States Region 2nd Year College Men Division (2010), National Association of Teachers of Singing adjudication- received Chapter Award for Most Promising Male Singer (2009).

Previous Experience: Imperial Symphony Orchestra (Lakeland, FL), Opera Theater of Lakeland

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Helen S. Boylan Foundation

Laura MacAvoySopranoSaratoga Springs, N.Y.

Education: M.M. Voice Performance; UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance (in progress); B.M. Voice Performance, Binghamton UniversityVocal Study: Dr. Rebecca Sherburn, Mary Burgess, Susan Hermance Fedak

Roles Performed: Micaela (La tragédie de Carmen), La Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro), Cybele (Orphée aux enfers), The Rose/The Water (The Little Prince), Dido (Dido and Aeneas)

PAwards: Burnt Hills Oratorio Society Vocal Scholarship Competition Winner (2007), John and Marcella Keeler Scholarship (2009-2010), Marvin M. Millsap Scholarship (2011-2012), Conservatory Dean's Scholarship (2011-2012).

Previous Experience: UMKC Opera Theatre, Tri-Cities Opera Chorus, Franco-American Vocal Academy (Périgueux, France), Lake George Opera Summer Youth Program.

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: National Federation of Music Clubs, Rowland Davis Endowment and Others

Sarah LysiakSopranoLafayette, Ind.

Education: M.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Houston; B.M. in Vocal Performance, University of North Carolina School of the ArtsVocal Study: Cynthia Clayton, Glenn Siebert, Vergene Miller

Roles Performed: Marianne (Der Rosenkavalier), Alice Ford (Falstaff), Matilde Neruda (Il Postino), First Lady (The Magic Flute), La Baronne (La Vie Parisienne), Pernille (Captain Lovelock)

Awards: 2009 Second Place Winner of Charlotte Opera Guild Competition

Previous Experience: Piedmont Opera, Intermezzo Foundation Elardo Young Artist Program

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: National Federation of Music Clubs, Maria de Waal Putter

Amy MatlockSopranoSpringdale, Ark.

Education: M.M. in Vocal Performance (in progress), Baylor University; B.M. in VocalPerformance, Baylor University

Vocal Study: Deborah Williamson, Raquel King

Roles Performed: Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Célie (Signor Deluso), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Kate (The Pirates of Penzance), Emmie (Albert Herring), Melide (L’Ormindo)

Awards: Mary Prudie Brown Scholarship-National Federation of Music Clubs (2011), Member of Pi Kappa Lambda, Baylor Opera Theater Outstanding Member Award (2011)

Previous Experience: Opera in the Ozarks-Studio Artist Program, Interlochen Arts Camp-Vocal Arts and Operetta Program

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Mary A. Chop Trust



Ashly NeumannSopranoRoyal Oak, Mich.

Education: Currently pursuing M.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Houston; B.M. in Vocal Performance, Grand Valley State University

Vocal Study: Melanie Sonnenberg, Dale Schriemer

Roles Performed: Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), The Flier (Amelia), Cunegonde (Candide), Edith/Isabel (Pirates of Penzance), Evelyn Nesbit (Ragtime The Musical)

Awards: 1st Place College Division, Kalamazoo Bach Festival Young Vocalist Competition (2008), 1st Place Grand Valley State University Concerto Competition (2008), 2nd Place Opera Grand Rapids Collegiate Vocal Competition (2008)

Previous Experience: Moores Opera Center, GVSU Opera Theatre, Le Chiavi di Bel Canto

Sponsorship/Scholarship Benefactor: John & Jacqueline Schmidt, Ed & Catherine Henso

Eamon A. PereyraTenorHouston, Tex.

Education: Currently pursuing M.M in Vocal Performance, Florida State University; B.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Houston

Vocal Study: David Okerlund, Hector Vasquez, Dr. Timothy Jones

Roles Performed: Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Henrik (A Little Night Music), Captain MacHeath (The Beggars Opera), Monsieur Vogelsang (Impresario), Leviathan (Hans in Luck), Alexander Bell (Vera of Las Vegas), Brazilian (La Vie Parisienne), Zeferino (Il Viaggio a Reims), Pasek (The Cunning Little Vixen), Guccio (Gianni Schichi), Wilhelm (The Ghost of Versailles)

Previous Experience: Opera Vista, Lone Star Lyric Opera

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Opera Shelfer Scholarship, Richard Joel Scholarship, Maria de Waal Putter

Kyle PattersonTenorAnaheim, Calif.

Education: M.S. in Transportation Engineering, University of Southern California; B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Southern California

Vocal Study: Patrick Goeser

Roles Performed: Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus)

Awards: NATS-LA Student Evaluation Program (1st Place), Ed & Judy Simpson, Adah Hesselgrave Endowment

Previous Experience: Pacific Opera Project, Repertory, Opera Company, Opera Chapman (Chapman University)

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Ed & Judy Simpson, Adah Hesselgrave Endowment

Jonathan RayTenorDover, Ark.

Education: B.M.E. K-12 Vocal and Instrumental, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas; attending the University of North Carolina in Greensboro Fall 2012 for M.M. in Vocal Performance with a focus on Vocal Pedagogy

Vocal Study: Dr. Jon F. Clements, Dr. Arlene Biebesheimer

Roles Performed: Bobby Child (Crazy for You), Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald (Assassins), Frederic (Pirates of Penzance), Lt. Joe Cable (South Pacific), Henrik Egerman (A Little Night Music), The Defendant (Trial by Jury), Candide (Candide), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi)

Awards: Saint Genesius Award for performance in Candide (Fall 2012); NATS Finalist in Classical Division (Spring/Fall 2011), and Semi-finalist years prior in Classical and Musical Theater Divisions

Previous Experience: River Valley Arts Center

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Arkansas Fed. Music Club* Studio Artist


Julianne Reynolds*Mezzo SopranoLas Cruces, N.M.

Education: Music and Theater major at Oklahoma City University

Vocal Study: Dr. Catherine McDaniel

Roles Performed: Fantine (Les Miserables), Marian Paroo (The Music Man), chorus (Oedipus Tex)


Megan SlackSopranoAtlanta, Ga.

Education: M.M. in Opera Theatre, Oberlin Conservatory; BM in Voice Performance, Oberlin Conservatory

Vocal Study: Kendra Colton, Julien Robbins

Roles Performed: Pamina (Die Zauberflote), Anne (A Little Might Music), Miss Jessel (Turn of the Screw), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Elisetta (Il Matrimonio Segreto), Diana (A Wedding), Lola (Gallantry), Lady MacBeth (Lady MacBeth), Narrator (Sweet Betsy from Pike)

Awards: Encouragement Award, Metropolitan National Council Auditions, Georgia District (2012); Oberlin Conservatory Honor Competition Winner, Performance at The Kennedy Center, Washington DC (2012); Oberlin Conservatory Concerto Competition Voice Finalist Winner (Fall 2011); Tri- State College Vocal Competition, Top Six Finalist (Spring 2011); Shirley Rabb Wintson Scholarship Competition Winner, The National Society of Arts and Letters (2010); Classical Singer Georgia Finalist (Spring 2010); National Beta Club Convention Special Talent, Second Place (2006); Georgia Beta Club Convention Special Talent, First Place (2006)

Previous Experience: Brevard Music Center, Oberlin in Italy, Schumann: Off the Beaten Path Concert Series, AIMS (American Institute of Musical Studies) Graz, Austria (German Lieder), Atlanta Opera Production, Education, and Management Internship

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Marquis & Diane Jones

Priscilla SalisburySopranoHouston, Tex.

Education: B.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Houston.

Vocal Study: Cynthia ClaytonRoles Performed: Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Carmela (Saint of Bleecker

Street), Cupid (Orpheus in the Underworld), Step Sister (What your Parent's Don't Want You to Know).

Awards: 2010 Houston Masterworks Competition, Cypress Creek Foundation for the Arts Scholarship recipient (2007-2009), 2010 Ugo di Portanova Scholarship recipient (Italy), 2009 Donna Di Domani Scholarship, 2005 Objetivo Fama Competition.

Previous Experience: Houston Grand Opera, Opera Vista, Lone Star Lyric Opera.

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Texas Fed. Music Club



Zachary Stiefel*BaritoneCarrolton, Tex.

Education: Pursuing BM in Vocal Performance, BME Music Education at Louisiana State University

Vocal Study: Dr. Lori Bade, [Matt Daniels]

Roles Performed: Dr. Dulcamara (L’elisir d’amore), Frank (Die Fledermaus (Act II), Truffaldin, (Ariadne Auf Naxos (Prologue), A Spaniard (The New Moon), Chorus (La Bohéme), Chorus (Faust), Chorus, (La Cenerentola)

Sponsor/ Scholarship Benefactor: TBD

Ivo SuarezBaritoneKansas City, Mo.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in vocal performance, University of Iowa; Pursuing Masters degree in vocal performance, University Missouri Kansas City

Roles Performed: Sarastro (Die Zauberflote), Mr. Ott (Susannah), Biscromo (Viva la mammal), Don Alfonso (Cosi fan Tutte)

Previous Experience: University of Iowa’s Mozart Festival in Milan

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Missouri Fed. Music Club

Kathryn SupinaSopranoState College, Pa.

Education: M.M. in Voice Performance, University of North Texas. B.M. in Voice Performance, University of Delaware.

Vocal Study: Lynn Eustis, Robert Brandt, Marie Robinson

Roles Performed: Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Zan (Regina), Miss Wordsworth (Albert Herring), Barbarina (The Marriage of Figaro), Fiona MacLaren (Brigadoon), Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance), Despina (Così fan tutte), Mae Jones (Street Scene)

Awards: The UNT Dean’s Camerata Opera Scholarship recipient (2010-12), SongFest Young Artist Merit Scholarship recipient (2010), Winner of the 2009 University of Delaware Concerto Competition

Previous Experience: OperaWorks, SongFest, The College Light Opera Company

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: National Federation of Music Clubs, Helen S. Boylan Foundation* Studio Artist

Jane SoongSopranoBaton Rouge, La.

Education: M.M. in Vocal Performance, Louisiana State University; B.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Malaya.

Vocal Study: Robert Grayson, Woon Chi Choong

Roles Performed: Yum Yum (Mikado), La chauve-souris (L’enfant et les sortileges), Agnus Day (The Little Red Hen)



Perri SussmanMezzo-Soprano New York, N.Y.

Education: M.M. in Classical Voice, Manhattan School of Music; B.M. in Voice Performance, Westminster Choir College

Vocal Study: Mark Oswald, Ruth Golden, Zehava Gal

Roles Performed: Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor), Le Prince Charmant (Cendrillon), Un Pâtre, La Chatte (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges)

Awards: Ensemble 212 Young Artists Competition, Grand Prize Winner, NATS New York City Chapter Student Vocal Auditions, Second Place; Lucille and Leo Martin Scholarship Award recipient

Previous Experience: New York Lyric Opera Theater, La Lingua della Lirica (Novafeltria, Italy), Opera Works Emerging Artist Program, Westchester Summer Vocal Institute

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Gary & Ann-Marie Ardes

Steven WallaceTenorChicago, Ill.

Education: M.M. In Vocal Performance, DePaul University (2013); B.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Vocal Study: Michael Sylvester, Dr. Alfonse Anderson, Lucille Halverson; Coaches: Nathan Gunn, Yehudi and

Susan Wyner, Harry Silverstein, Derek Mason, E. Loren Meeker, Linda Hirt, Kit Bridges, Susan Morton, Wayne Saunders, Joseph Smith

Roles Performed: Rodolfo (La Boheme), Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana), Nemorino (L'elisir D'amore), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Ferrando (Cosi Fan Tutte), Ibarra (Noli Me Tangere), Mr Upfold (Albert Herring), Camille Rosillion (The Merry Widow), Alfred (Die Fledermaus)

Awards: Keinmann competition winner; graduate chapter, The Niemann Scholarship, Outstanding Vocalist UNLV

Previous Experience: Bronx Opera NYC, Da Corneto Opera Chicago, St Croix Landmarks Society (St. Croix V.I.), Tillett Gardens (St. Thomas V.I.) Sing Through Central NYC

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: National Fed. Music Club

Rachel C VickersMezzo Soprano DeWitt, Iowa

Education: M.M. in Voice Performance, University of Minnesota; BM in Voice Performance, Wartburg College

Vocal Study: Barbara Kierig, Rosemary Gast, Caroline Eggelston

Roles Performed: Mrs. Baines (Elmer Gantry), Mercedes (Carmen), The Neighbor (Mavra), Vera Simpson (Pal Joey), Miss Todd (The Old Maid and the Thief), Golde (Fiddler on the Roof), Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Joanne (Godspell)

Awards: NATS Vocal Competition 2nd Place Winner 2006, NATS Vocal Competition Honorable Mention 2007-2008, Lewis & Clarke NATS Classical Vocal Competition Winner 2007-2008, Lewis & Clarke NATS Musical Theatre Competition Winner 2006-2008, Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Nominee, Iowa Arts Foundation Scholarship Recipient

Previous Experience: Minnesota Opera, Lake Area Chamber Music Festival, Opera in the Ozarks, Quad City Music Guild, Ol’ Majestic Players


Nathan Ward*TenorKansas City, Mo.

Education: B.M. In Vocal Performance, 2013, University of Missouri

Vocal Study: Ann Harrell

Roles Performed: Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Saint Brioche (The Merry Widow)

Awards: National Association of Teachers of Singing winner 2010 State Competition, second place 2011 Regional Competition, Missouri Music Teachers Association Honorable Mention 2011

Previous Experience: Show-Me Opera Scenes

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Don Dagenais

* Studio Artist


Stephanie Zuluaga*Mezzo SopranoKansas City, Mo.

Education: BM in vocal performance, University of Missouri Kansas CityVocal Study: Brittney Rice, Unchong Christopher

Roles Performed: Ruth (Pirates of Penzance), Suor Cercatrice (Suor Angelica), Sandman (Hansel and Gretel), Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors)

Previous Experience: Featured artist in Orvieto Musica Summer Festival, Orvieto, Italy

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Carolann Martin and Moberly Music Club Endow.


Thank You to all our Scholarship DonorsGary and Ann-Marie ArdesArkansas City Music and Drama ClubArkansas Federation of Music ClubsHelen S. Boylan FoundationDr. Kenneth and Maxine Burkhard EndowmentZelma Burress Scholarship (Triad Energy)Mary Anna Chop TrustMuriel CrossDon DagenaisTim DanielsonRowland Davis EndowmentKaren DiPippaRichard DrapeauEureka Springs Opera GuildEureka Springs Opera Guild Art in OperaFriends of Richard DrapeauGolden Lyre FoundationEd and Catherine HensonAdah Hesselgrave EndowmentHoliday Island Rotary ClubMarquis and Diane JonesKansas Federation of Music ClubsBenjamin Lundy Scholarship (Al and Patsy Walden)Carolann Martin EndowmentDr. Alice Martinson and Carole SturgisCorrine Mayfield EndowmentMissouri Federation of Music ClubsMoberly Music Club EndowmentJean MoffattMusic Club Friends, Austin, TX.Mu Phi Epsilon Music FraternityNational Federation of Music ClubsOklahoma Federation of Music ClubsMaria de Waal PutterMaria de Waal Putter EndowmentAleeta Mae Riney EndowmentJohn and Jacqueline SchmidtEd and Judy SimpsonSigma Alpha Iota Music FraternityTexas Federation of Music ClubsBeulah Walwark EndowmentFrank Wicks

Nicole WoodwardMezzo-sopranoHouston, Tex.

Education: M.M. in Voice Performance, University of Houston; B.M. in Voice Performance, Florida State University

Vocal Study: Melanie Sonnenberg

Roles Performed: Annina (Der Rosenkavalier), Elmire (Tartuffe), Meg Page (Falstaff), Jo March (Little Women), Bianca (The Rape of Lucretia)

Awards: The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston Voice Scholarship (2012-2013), 2010 Stephen Foster Society Jeanie, FSU Foundation of Music Scholarship, Tallahassee Music Guild Scholarship

Previous Experience: Opera in the Ozarks, Harrower Opera Workshop, Asolo Song Festival, Shasta College Vocal Institute

Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Music Club Friends of Austin

Jin Hin YapTenorBaton Rouge, La.

Education: D.M.A. in Vocal Performance, Louisiana State University; M.M. in Vocal Performance, Louisiana State University; B.M. in Vocal Performance, Louisiana State University

Vocal Study: Robert Grayson

Roles Performed: Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Tamino (The Magic Flute), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Anatol (Vanessa), Count Almaviva (The Barber of Seville), Alfredo (La Traviata), Roméo (Roméo et Juliette), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), Ferrando (Cosí fan tutte)

Awards: Baton Rouge Area Volunteer of Opera Scholarship recipient, Baton Rouge Opera Guild Scholarship recipient, Paul Groves Voice Scholarship recipient, Francis Greer Voice Scholarship recipient.

Previous Experience: Nevada Opera, La Musica Lirica (Italy), Des Moines Metro Opera Young Artist Program.


* Studio Artist


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VIOLIN

Amos Fayette, ConcertmasterViolinist Amos Fayette received his B.M. from The Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD. He has been a guest concertmaster of the Illinois, Annapolis and Tucson Symphony Orchestras. Currently performing as a Fellow of the New World Symphony, he performs on a violin by Edward Maday dated 1998.

Erik Malmquist, Asst. ConcertmasterErik received his bachelor’s degree in music from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and has just completed his M.M. in violin performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he was a student of Ian Swensen. In addition, he plays the Baroque violin and has been heard as soloist with baroque and symphony orchestras at both schools. Erik has served as concertmaster and principal second violin for the National Orchestral Institute and Spoleto Festival.

Ann Fink, Principal Second ViolinAnn received her Bachelor of Music degree and her Masters of Music from The Juilliard School. In April of 2011 Ann finished her Performer Diploma studies at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University while studying with Alex Kerr. This past September Ann joined the New World Symphony.

Gina Bordini, Section ViolinA native of Wisconsin, Gina received a B.M. in violin performance at Lawrence University in the studio of Wen-Lei Gu. In addition to studies at Lawrence, Gina has participated in the Aspen Music Festival and AMELI Music Festival in France. Next year she will pursue a M.M. in performance from Northwestern University.

Angela Lamb, Section ViolinAngela is an active chamber musician and a member of the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra. She received her B.M. from Lawrence University and will be pursuing a M.M. at the Hartt School of Music this fall.

Sydney Menees, Section ViolinSydney began playing violin at the age of five in Kansas City. In May 2012 she graduated from Bard College, where she was a music major specializing in violin performance and musicology. Sydney enjoys both playing and analyzing opera; her thesis was about John Adams’s The Death of Klinghoffer.

James Robertson, Section ViolinFrom Fort Smith, Atkansas, James earned his M.M. in Music History from the University of Akron and his

B.S. in Music Education from Missouri State University. Today, James is the orchestra director for Audie Murphy Middle School in Alamo, TX, and is a first violinist in the Valley Symphony Orchestra.

Katie von Braun, Section ViolinHailing from Boston, Katie is currently pursuing a dual degree in violin performance and cultural anthropology at the University of Michigan. In high school she was a semifinalist in the junior division of the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.

VIOLA

Jenwei Yu, Principal ViolaYu, from Taipei, Taiwan, was previously co-principal viola at Civic Orchestra of Chicago, where he worked with conductors such as Pierre Boulez and Bernard Haitink. Last season he served as co-principal viola with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Currently Yu is on the substitute list at the Milwaukee Symphony, and section violist with the Peoria and Illinois Symphonies.

Emily Bartell, Section ViolaFrom Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Emily has studied music since she was six. She received her B.M. from the University of Michigan and is pursing a M.M. at the University of Akron. She has attended many festivals around the nation including the Interlochen Summer Camp, the Kennedy Summer Music Institute, and the North American Viola Institute.

Zachary Slack, Section Viola Zach is currently working on his Master’s at the College-Conservatory, University of Cincinnati, with Masao Kawasaki and Catharine Carroll. He earned a B.M. from Ithaca College, where he studied with Debra Moree. He has held principal positions with the CCM Opera and Concert orchestras, Ithaca College Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. He was a 2011 Fellow at the Garth Newel Music Center.

CELLO

Sara Bennett Wolfe, Principal CelloBennett Wolfe is a doctoral candidate in Cello Performance at Rutgers University, full-time cello faculty at the Talent Education Suzuki School in Norwalk Connecticut, and performs frequently in the New York City area. She holds music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Ithaca College and Indiana University.


Daniel Frankhuizen, Section CelloFrankhuizen was born in Boulder, Colorado, and received his B.M. from Ithaca College in New York. He currently resides in Washington DC, where he maintains a career performing with chamber music groups and teaching a group of highly enthusiastic cello students.

BASS

Jason Bloomquist, Principal BassBorn in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a classically trained pianist and a rock and roll drummer, Jason has an abundant passion for music. He received a music education degree and a Masters degree in performance from the University of Georgia. After winning a job with the Augusta Symphony Orchestra, Jason decided to uproot his life and move to New Jersey to pursue his D.M.A. in Double Bass Performance at Rutgers University.

FLUTE

Emily Wespiser, Principal FluteBorn in Lee, Massachusetts, Emily received her B.M. in flute performance from Ithaca College and is currently pursuing her M.M. at the University of Michigan, studying with Amy Porter. While at UM, Emily has performed with the University Philharmonia Orchestra, the UM Symphony Band, and various chamber ensembles.

Ellye Walsh, Second Flute & PiccoloA flutist from Raleigh, NC, Ellye is pursuing her Masters degree from Northwestern University and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Carolina.

OBOE

Orion Rapp, Principal OboeOrion is the principal oboist of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the San Diego Symphony, the San Diego Lyric Opera, and the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra. Orion is currently a doctoral candidate at Rutgers University studying with Nathan Hughes, principal oboist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

CLARINET

Jay Dubin, Principal ClarinetWith a deep passion for the operatic repertoire, clarinetist Jay Dubin, a New Jersey native, received his B.M. from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and is currently pursuing his masters degree at the University of Michigan, where he studies with Daniel Gilbert. Excited to return to OIO, he brings a varied performance experience from the opera pits of Cleveland, Washington DC and New York City, and the orchestral halls of Philadelphia, Italy and Brazil.

Renée Breaux, Second ClarinetOriginally from Louisiana, Renée received her B.M. from Louisiana State University and later her M.M. and A.D. from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. She has performed with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Manship Theatre of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Sinfonietta and Natchez Opera Company, and is currently freelancing in the Cincinnati area.

BASSOON

Susanna Whitney, Principal BassoonSusanna Whitney was born in Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea and received her B.M. and A.D. from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is currently completing her M.M. at Northwestern University.

HORN

Sonja Kassal, Principal HornSonja has performed with the Champaign-Urbana, Arkansas and Illinois symphonies, and from 2005-11 was Millikin University’s horn professor, principal horn of the Millikin-Decatur Symphony, and a member of Millikin’s faculty woodwind quintet. This fall she will join the Midland-Odessa Symphony as co-principal horn and hornist of their woodwind quintet, the West Texas Winds.

Jonathan KuhnsCurrently a freelance hornist in Dallas/Fort Worth, Jonathan previously held principal positions in the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, and YMF Debut Orchestra. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Indiana University, and is a member of the August Wind Quintet.

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TRUMPET

Noah Lambert, Principal TrumpetTrumpeter Noah Lambert currently resides in Chicago, IL. He maintains an active schedule playing with the Ars Viva Symphony, New Philharmonic, and stage banda with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. He has also performed in many locations in Japan with the Pacific Music Festival. Noah holds music degrees from Chicago College of the Performing Arts and Northwestern University.

David Hershberger, Second Trumpet, PercussionDave received his B.A. from Tabor College in Music Education and his M.M.E. in Instrumental Music Education from Wichita State University. He has taught band and orchestras in Kansas for 17 years, and is now a freelance trumpet player and teacher in the Kansas City area.

TROMBONE

Hugh Harbison, Principal TromboneBorn in Shanghai, China, Hugh received a B.M. from the Eastman School and a M.M. from the University of Miami. He was for 30 years a bass trombonist with the Miami Florida Philharmonic, during which time he also played countless concerts for Miami opera, ballet and theater performances. He continues to play in orchestras including the Miami City Ballet and Palm Beach Opera.

PERCUSSION

John Patton, Principal PercussionJohn received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and his Master’s at the University of South Florida. In 2008 he joined the Southwest Florida Symphony as section percussionist. He has also performed with the Sarasota Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra and the American Stage Company of St. Petersburg. He has participated in the National Orchestral Institute, the Castleton Festival and the Music Academy of the West, where he was the recipient of the Menk Family Trust Endowed Fellowship. He is currently pursuing a Performer’s Certificate at Lynn Conservatory in Boca Raton as a student of Ted Atkatz.


ARKANSASBond, Marjorie *

Bonner, Bill *

Bonner, Louise *

Cabe, Lucy *

Caviness, Mrs. Eric *

Davis, Rowland *

Davis, Virginia *

Drum, John & Lois *

Fantz, Wanda

Fite, Gilbert C.

Fite, June

Graham, Margaret

Grilk, Ernst

Grilk, Gloria Febro

Hobart, Mrs. Henry M. *

Jones, Pamela

Jordan, Ruth *

Martinson, M.D., Alice M.

Milberger, Esther *

Shambarger, Mary J.

Smith, Mrs. George *

Stamps, Jerry E. *

Sturgis, Carole

Swiggart, James

Walton, Helen Robson *

Welter, Mr. & Mrs. Willliam G.

Wicks, Frank

Wright, Elsie Braginton *

COLORADOWheeler, Juline

ILLINOISBalluff, Marie M

KANSASBurkhard, Dr. Kenneth

Burkhard, Maxine

Fields, Dr. Galen * and Evelyn

Graber, Mrs. Clarence J.

Gum, Brian

Gum, Deborah Burkhard *

Hentzen, Katherine L. *

Janson, Ruth E. *

Kraus, Lynda Burkhard

Lansdowne, Kathy Burkhard

Martin, Carolann

Nagel, Elwyn H.* & Jacqueline

Nurre, Vicki Burkhard

Sorrell, Bruce & Judith

Steele, Flora *

Stewart, Dr. Carol

Stewart, Rose *

Vollen, Gene

Vollen, Linda H.

Wilkens, Ruby H.

KENTUCKYParis, Elizabeth

MASSACHUSETTSMerry, Virginia *

MISSOURIBoyd, Mrs. Frances E.

Cranfill, Doris Jean

French, Caroline

Hesselgrave, Adah *

Ingram, Mrs. Robert

Langley, Carole S.

Langley, Duane D.

McHaney, Beulah Hale *

Nelson, Dr. Edward P. *

Nelson, Vivian Menees *

O'Hara, Thomas

Riney, Aleeta Mae *

Ryan, Evelyn *

Shelton, Ruth

Wetterau, Edna *

NEW YORKRowan, Anne *

OKLAHOMAAbbott, Jane *

Abbott, Mae Ruth "Red"

Alexander, Dr. James *

Alspaugh, Ann

Ballew, Edythe M.

Burruss, Zelma *

Byrum, Thelma *

Cole, Wilma

Cullen, Lois *

Hudson, Mrs. Charles

Lacy, Dr. Ann

Linn, James Paul

Murphy, John M. *

Quan, Alice *

Replogle, Margaret K. *

Ringham, C. Russell *

Ringham, LaTrice *

Smith, Leta Mae *

Weaver, Virginia

Wheeler, Dr. Ellen Jayne

Whitesell, Leon and Lavonna

TENNESSEEHarsson, Mildred Zimmerman

TEXASAthens Music Study Club

Breuer, Sue M.

Brown, Brenda

Brown, Guy S.

Brown, Mary Prudie *

Christensen, Lora Lynn

Christmann, Francis

Danielson, Tim

Drapeau, Richard A.

Guemple, Mary *

Hall, Betty

Hobart, David *

Hobart, Jeanice *

Johnson, Carla Jean

Jones, Peggy C.

Meyer, Lee Clements

Moffatt, Jean

Putter, Maria de Waal

Scheel, Marie U.

Scheel, Weldon B. *

Schmidt, John C.

Thrasher, Gloria

Whitworth, Louise M.

VIRGINIASidway, Lois Hobart

*deceased

IPFAC LIFE MEMBERS Thank you!


DIAMOND BENEFACTORS(more than $10,000)

Arkansas Arts CouncilArkansas Federation of Music ClubsGlenn & Lorie Langley BearBest Western Eureka InnHelen S. Boylan FoundationMary Prudie Brown*Dr. Kenneth & Maxine BurkhardZelma Burress Estate (Triad Energy)Alice ConwayMary A. Chop TrustDoris Jean CranfillDon DagenaisVirginia Davis*John & Mary DolceRichard DrapeauEureka Springs Opera GuildJay & Patricia FitzsimmonsCaroline FrenchMarjorie Gammill*Gloria & Ernest GrilkDavid C.* & Jeanice* HobartDr. Barbara Irish*Kansas Federation of Music ClubsCarole & Duane LangleyDr. Alice M. MartinsonMartha McCurdy EstateDr. Carolann MartinMissouri Federation of Music ClubsMoberly Music ClubJean MoffattJohn M. Murphy*Elwyn* & Jacqueline Nagel National Federation of Music ClubsDr. Edward P. Nelson*Vivian Menees Nelson*Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs Dr.* & Mrs. Charles OlsonMaria de Waal PutterMr.* & Mrs.* C. R. RinghamAleeta Mae Riney*Martin* & Elise RoenigkSouth Central Region, NFMCTexas Federation of Music ClubsWalton Family Foundation Helen Robson Walton*

Joan B. WellsFrank WicksElsie Wright*

PLATINUM BENEFACTORS($5,000 - $9,999)

Sue BreuerBob & Theobell* CampbellCharles ChristmannFrancis ChristmannEmil Cross, Jr.John & Lois* DrumEllen Thomas TrustJune & Gilbert FiteDr. Jess GreenMrs. Robert IngramHattie JanekMarquis & Diane JonesPamela JonesPeggy JonesDr. Ann LacyBeulah Hale McHaney*Ruth MichaelsMinnesota Federation of Music ClubsWilliam & Etta Moore TrustNational Endowment for the ArtsElizabeth ParisMarie ScheelMary J. ShambargerGene & Linda VollenAl & Pat Walden

BENEFACTORS($2,500 - $4,999)

Frances L. Abendroth*Doug & Michelle Hobart BarnesMarilyn CaldwellCottage InnCrescent HotelTim J. Danielson King Gladden*Mary Guemple*Betty HallMark & Sharon HobartWilmot IrishFrank* and Lee Clements MeyerDr. John MizellMeredith MizellMissouri Federation of Music Clubs-District 2Morning Etude Music Club, St. Louis, MO

Music Club Friends, Austin, TXEvelyn Ryan*Weldon Scheel*John SchmidtStephen & Colleen ShogrenSchubert Music Club, Lawton, OK Sigma Alpha Iota International Philanthropy Southwest Oklahoma Opera GuildDr. Eline Stene Dr. Vern SuttonGloria ThrasherUniversity of ArkansasWar Eagle MillsJessie WeichertA. Max WeitzenhofferHerbert WestLeo and Doris WhineryThe Woman’s City Club, Kansas City

ANGELS($1,000 - $2,499)

Dr. James Alexander*Lenora Allen*Andante Music Club, Bella Vista, ARGary & Ann-Marie ArdesAthens Music Study Club, TXJudge Clifton & Marjorie Bond *Helen Boylan*Zelma Burress*Arsene BurtonCarroll County Community FoundationCentral Regional Federation DaysMary Ella ClarkRichard ConkingsCooper Communities, Inc.Muriel CrossSheryl CrowKay DeatonEnterprise Rent-a-CarGolden Lyre FoundationMildred Z. HarssonGalen & Debi HavnerEd & Catherine HensonAdah Hesselgrave*Kathryn HickmanMerilyn Jax*

*deceased

IPFAC PATRONS


Carla Jean JohnsonLena Johnson EstateFred & Phyllis KnoxDr. John T. MinorMusical Research Society, Bartlesville, OK Will PaineLillian Bell ParnellLuke & Janet ParschMr. & Mrs. William PfiefferCarolyn U. PoePonca City Music Club, OKZ ReederLois Hobart SidwayBruce & Judith SorrellHelen Spradling*Wednesday Morning Music Club, Austin, TXWednesday Music Club, Kennett, MOWilliam & Jean WelterJuline WheelerLeon & Lavonna WhitesellLouise WhitworthWichita Music ClubAlise WilkinsonRuth Wood

SPONSORS($500 - $999)

Jane* & Mae Ruth AbbottVirginia Allison*Peter & Maureen AndersonDortha & Ron BennettCarroll County Community Foundation, Youth Advisory CouncilCarroll County Music GroupLois Dasher ChismWayne ClarkConnecticut Federation of Music & Dance ClubsDr. Rodney & Gay DillTerrance and Carolyn EngholmEtude Music Club, San Antonio, TXFirst National Bank of BerryvilleKathleen FitzgeraldRuth FleishmanForeman Thursday Music Club, ARShirley FoustNancy HainesKatherine Hentzen*Mary P. HirschIllinois Federation of Music ClubsBeulah Johnson*JoAnne Justus

Warren and Irene* KesterLucille LeisyDr. & Mrs. Revis LewisDavid M. LuceMarilynn MannMary Cox McKayRenate MelinatMelodie Club, Dallas, TXMu Phi EpsilonNebraska Federation of Music ClubsAnn NicholsonOrpheus Music Club, Blytheville, ARByron & Audrey ReevesSchubert Music Club, Lawton, OKEd & Judy SimpsonRobert & Leona SnyderSpringfield Music Club, MODr. John SpurlinJack & Mary StarkKaren SwoggerElna ValineDr. Oliver WallaceDr. & Mrs. Elmer W. WilliamsZenda Music Club, KS

DONORS($250 - $499)

Arkadelphia Philharmonic Music ClubLois ArmorThomas & Carole AshcraftKathryn BeamMary Lou ConnellyLois CullenJames DeVitoBob & Linda GaddyJim & Joan HirniseyTo Honor David & Jeanice HobartHoliday Island Rotary ClubCarolyn Humphrey To Honor Dr. Ouida Keck MacDowell Music, Chickasha, OKIris MattheissPaul & June MerollaWilliam & Dixie MillsMary NordanPine Bluff Music Club, AR Nirupama RaghavanTo Honor Helen ReedSue & Gerald ReenanLenora RepettoLucille RobertsRubinstein Music Club, St. Louis, MOMoana SandersDoris Williams

APPLAUSE($100 - $249)

Norma BibbRebecca BirdJim & Anita BlackmonGay BrowneBarbara CarlisleShirley CarrollJane ChaseMary ChaseWilliam R. ChildsDelbert Clevenger, Jr.Marthetta & Tim EdwardsEvening Etude, Hannibal, MOFirst Presbyterian Church, Eureka SpringsJohn & Betty FosterHelen HammondR. M. "Butch" HanbyMr. & Mrs. Gerald HanksBeth HarrisonShirley HofmannHot Springs Music ClubMrs. Charles A. HudsonEldon JanzenW. R. & Carolyn JohnstonHomer Tom JonesDrs. George and Ouida KeckJoyce L. KeelerDavid & Ruthela KlineDavid M. LaughlinLittle Rock Musical CoterieJacqueline LockwoodMabry MillerRoy NastasiAlice Johnson OltvedtDavida OttoBetty PlackeBob & Diane ShawDon & Barbara ShinnLinnea SmithJim & Mary Beth SoetaertDr. W.B. Spalding, Jr.Rebecca SummerlinCharles & Sandra TempletonMichael H. ThomasMr. & Mrs. Milton WallaceMrs. Rex WebsterNancy WeissNancy WestFreda WinsettDean & Darlyene Yarian

*deceased

IPFAC PATRONS Thank you!


ARKANSASHenson, Edwin & CatherineReeder, Z.Shogren, Stephen & Colleen

KANSASCampbell, Bob

MISSOURIMissouri FMC, District 2

TEXASBear, Glenn and Lorie Langley

SUSTAINING

ARKANSASAnderson, Peter & MaureenBlytheville Orpheus ClubClark, Mary EllaClark, WayneDolce, John L. & Mary A.Hackley, Peter F.Haley, BenHaley, Rebecca BirdHavner, Galen & DebiHillyer, John and JuneJones, Marquis and DianeLuker, Melva & JoeMcCombs, JoyceMills, William L. & DixieMosby, Larry and Jean K.Nicholson, AnnParsch, Luke and JanetRoberts, LucileRoenigk, EliseTempleton, Charles & Sandra

MISSOURIBurton, ArseneConway, Alice E.Dagenais, Don F.Missouri FMCWednesday Music Club

NEW YORKIrish, Wilmot

OKLAHOMAAshcraft M.D., Thomas L. & Carole A.Hickman, GenevieveHickman, KathrynRyals, KentSchubert Music ClubWalker, Roy and Betty

TEXASHobart, Mark & SharonMcKay, Mary CoxWilliamson, CletisWittmann, Janette S.

CONTRIBUTING

ARKANSASBurnside, WadeCross, Muriel J.Fortenberry, MaxineHofmann, ShirleyHot Springs Music ClubJohnson, Bill and JoanJonesboro Treble Clef ClubLieber, Michael & EileenMalmstrom, Gerald & GingerRaghavan, NirupamaSanders, Moana K.Shaw, Bob and DianeSmith, Muriel G.Yick, Bill

KANSASChase, Mary M.Davenport, Wanda L.Dill, Dr. Rodney and GayKansas FMCOlson, Bev

MISSOURIBailey, PatriceBishoff, Julie & MurrayFederated Teachers of MusicKansas City Music ClubKinslow, Doug & DonnaMinden, ElaineMorning Etude Music ClubOrr, AlanSpringfield Music Club

NORTH DAKOTAMaier, Gordon R. & Odee

OKLAHOMAMinor, Dr. John T.Moyer, CarolWhinery, Doris

TEXASBarnes, Doug & Michele HobartBennett, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald

IPFAC MEMBERS


IPFAC MEMBERS

Bridges, Mary AnnHudson, L.A. & Dorothy MitchellMcClellan, CarolRoyals, LindaTexas FMC District 4Webster, Madge

ACTIVE

ARKANSASAbercrombie, C.L.Aguirre, GloriaArkadelphia Philharmonic ClubArkansas FMC, Cent DistArkansas FMC, NW DistArkansas FMC, SE DistBella Vista Andante Music ClubBoardman, JenniferBond, Judge CliftonCamden Thursday MusicaleCarroll County Music GroupChism, Lois DasherDeaton, Kay A.Earle Music CoterieEilskov, Fred & TerryForeman Thursday Music ClubFort Smith Musical CoterieFoust, ShirleyGately, DianeGriffith, Charles & RuthGuenter, JoeGunn, Pat E.Higginbottom, JudyHirnisey, Jm & JoanJanek, Hattie M.Janzen, Eldon & NeldaKeck, Dr. GeorgeKeck, Dr. OuidaKnox, Phyllis and FredLaughlin, JanLewis, MeganLittle Rock Musical CoterieMiller, GinniMonticello Music ClubNichols, Dale & LauraParker, Sharon K.Pine Bluff Musical CoterieQuimby, Marla MaxsonReeves, AudreyReeves, ByronRosenbaum, MarthaRussellville Music Club

Saari, CarolSavacool, AdamSearcy Beethoven ClubSnyder, Robert & LeonaSpigarelli, KathySpunaugle, Jane L.Texarkana Wednesday Music ClubVanderschaaf, VanWagner, JeannineWalnut Ridge Schubert ClubWeber, Ralph and CarlaWerbitzky, NancyWicks, GinnyWitterman, Alice K.Wood, Doris Ruth

FLORIDAWhitehurst, Claire-Frances

ILLINOISCarroll, ShirleyNoorani, KarenWeiss, Walter E. & Nancy

KANSASAtwood Music and Drama ClubBrill, ElizabethCivic Music Club of TopekaDelhotal, Nadine R.Edwards, Tim O. & Marthetta M.Haflich, AnneMatinee MusicalMeyer, BettyRoach, Ellen L.Sheverbush, Robert and JoanWhitmer, Kathleen

LOUISANAWellan, Doris M.

MISSOURIBillett, CarolBlackmon, Jim R. and AnitaBlair, StarlaBlair, TerryCarlisle, BarbaraEvening Etude Music ClubHarrington, Donna L.Jones, MarciaLocarni, Ida RuthLong, LorraineMobley, Mrs. LibbyMoon, CharlenePerry Musique ClubReed, Helen

Rubinstein Music ClubSherrill, Bob & KaySzydlowski, MarianneThomas, AndrewWalden, AlWalden, Patsy K.Wells, Joan B.

NORTH DAKOTANorth Dakota FMC

OKLAHOMABoggus, Rose MarieGreear, Mary E.Hyechka Music ClubLisk, TomOklahoma FMCSemrad, Janice

TEXASAllen, DoreneArmor, LoisBabb, VirginiaBaugh, BarbaraBaugh, ErnestCamp, JoyConnelly, Mary L.Engstrom, JohnEtude Music ClubEvans, MarciaFlesher, Patricia M.Ford, BrendaGessner, Carol JeanGriesbach, AnnetteHale, JohnLemmon, Jo AnnMidland Musicians ClubNew Braunfels Music StudyNoonan, PhyllisPoe, CarolynRandall, Mrs. TedRoss, Mary FrancesSeminole Music ClubStanford, Doris AnnTuesday Morning Music & ArtWest, NancyYarian, DarlyeneScott, LauraScott, VergieSeminole Music ClubStanford, Doris AnnWebster, MadgeWest, NancyWilliamson, CletisYarian, Darlyene


Lead Gifts Glenn and Lorie BearAlice E. ConwayDon F. DagenaisRichard A. DrapeauHattie JanekDr. Ann LacyCarole and Duane LangleyCarolann MartinAlice M. Martinson, M.D.Maria de Waal PutterWalton Family Foundation

Major Gifts Sue M. BreuerMarilyn CaldwellBob CampbellJohn and Mary DolceJohn DrumErnest and Gloria GrilkMarquis and Diane JonesJean MoffattZ ReederElise RoenigkJohn and Jacqueline SchmidtMary ShambargerStephen and Colleen ShogrenFrank and Ginny Wicks Sustaining Gifts Tim DanielsonMissouri FMC Linda and Gene Vollen

Associates Lois ArmorWade BurnsideArsene BurtonEtude Music Club, San Antonio,

TX Patricia and Gene FlesherForeman Thursday Music Club

Kathryn HickmanMrs. Charles A. HudsonMargaret C. JonesPhyllis and Fred KnoxMary Cox McKayRenate MelinatLee Clements MeyerMorning Etude Music Club, St.

Louis, MO Mary M. NordanOklahoma FMC Oklahoma FMC Endowment Alan OrrCarolyn PoeByron and Audrey ReevesJim and Janice SwiggartCharles and Sandra TempletonTexas FMC District 6 Janardan and Linda ThakkarElna Claire ValineAl and Pat WaldenWednesday Morning Music

Club, Austin TX Leon and Lavonna WhitesellCletis Williamson

Friends Peter and Maureen AndersonRose Marie BoggusRobbie W. BorchersRobert and Shirley CarrollMary M. ChaseConnie CraigDuncan Federated Music Club, OK Terry and Fred EilskovFirst National Bank of

Berryville, AR Caroline FrenchDiane GatelyCharles and Ruth GriffithJohn HaleJudy HigginbottomJim and Joan HirniseyShirley HofmannGeorge and Ouida KeckJan LaughlinGerald and Ginger MalmstromCarol McClellenGinni MillerMarilyn MillerCarolyn NelsonAnn NicholsonRussellville Music Club

Beverly SillowayMickey SmithKathy SpigarelliTexarkana Wednesday Music Club

Annual Fund & Building Campaign Thank you!


Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony Corporate & Foundation Contributors Thank you!

Arkansas Arts Council

Arkansas Community Foundation

Bob Campbell Endowment

Carroll County Community Foundation

1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa

Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs

Helen S. Boylan Foundation

Kenneth and Maxine Burkhard Endowment

Zelma Burress Estate

Chevron Matching Gift Program

Mary Anna Chop Trust

Francis Christmann Endowment

Rowland Davis Endowment

ExxonMobil Foundation (Matching)

Adah Hesselgrave Endowment

Golden Lyre Foundation

Kansas Federation of Music Clubs

Carolann Martin Endowment

Alpha Corrine Mayfield Endowment

Missouri Federation of Music Clubs

Moberly Music Club Endowment

Monsanto Fund (Matching)

Mu Phi Epsilon International Music Fraternity

National Federation of Music Clubs

Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs

Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs Endowment

Maria de Waal Putter Endowment

Aleeta Mae Riney Endowment

Sigma Alpha Iota

Texas Federation of Music Clubs

Texas Federation of Music Clubs Endowment

Beulah Walwark-Frances Bloss Endowment

Walton Family Foundation


Opera In The Ozarks Repertoire 1950 — 2012

Opera ComposerLittle Women Adamo, Mark

Postcard from Morocco Argento, Dominick

A Hand of Bridge Barber, Samuel

The Old Man Who Loved Cheese Barnes, Edward

Carmen Bizet, Georges

Albert Herring Britten, Benjamin A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Turn of the Screw

Pickwick Burnand and Solomon

Shanewis Cadman, Charles Wakefield The Willow Tree A Witch of Salem

The Prodigal Son Debussy, Claude

Lakmé Delibes, Léo

Don Pasquale Donizetti, Gaetano L’Elisir d’Amore Lucia di Lammermoor

Captain Lovelock Duke, John

Martha Flotow, Frederich von

Bluebeard Floyd, Carlisle Susannah

The Gondoliers Gilbert and Sullivan The Mikado The Pirates of Penzance Trial by Jury

Faust Gounod, Charles The Frantic Physician

Robin and Marion de la Halle, Adam

Sunday Costs 5 Pesos Haubiel, Charles

The Proposal Humel, Gerald

Hansel and Gretel Humperdinck, Engelbert

Smoky Mountain Hunkins, Eusebia

Green Eggs and Ham Kapilow, Robert

Draagenfut Girl Kupferman, Meyer

Pagliacci Leoncavallo, Ruggero

The Merry Widow Lehár, Franz

What Men Live By Martinü, Bohuslav

Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni, Pietro

Don Quichotte Massenet, Jules The Juggler of Notre Dame Cinderella Manon Werther

Amahl and the Night Visitors Menotti, Gian Carlo The Medium The Old Maid and the Thief The Telephone

The Face on the Barroom Floor Mollicone, Henry

Bastien and Bastienne Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Così Fan Tutte Don Giovanni The Impresario The Marriage of Figaro The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)

Opera Composer

The Merry Wives of Windsor Nicolai, Otto

Marriage by Lantern Light Offenbach, Jacques Orpheus in the Underworld La Périchole The Tales of Hoffmann

Signor Deluso Pasatieri, Thomas

The Village Singer Paulus, Stephen

The Music Master Pergolesi, Giovanni La Serva Padrona

The Game of Love Petit, Pierre

Dialogues of the Carmelites Poulenc, Francis

La Bohème Puccini,Giacomo Gianni Schicchi Madama Butterfly Suor Angelica Tosca

Dido and Aeneas Purcell, Henry

The House of the Sun (Auringon talo) Rautavaara, Einojuhani

Cindy Reiners, Anne

The Barber of Seville Rossini, Gioacchino La Cenerentola

The Bartered Bride Smetana, Bedrich

The Gooseherd and the Goblin Smith, Julia

Into the Woods Sondheim, Stephen A Little Night Music

Die Fledermaus Strauss, Johann, Jr. The Gypsy Baron

Ariadne auf Naxos Strauss, Richard

The Beautiful Galathea Von Suppé, Franz von Ten Girls and No Man

Mignon Thomas, Ambroise

Laundry Romance Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von

Solomon and Balkis Thompson, Randall

Miracles of Our Lady Van Grove, Isaac Noe’s Fludde The Other Wise Man The Prodigal – His Wandering Years Ruth The Shining Chalice

Riders to the Sea Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Falstaff Verdi, Giuseppe A Masked Ball Rigoletto La Traviata

The Crucible Ward, Robert

Down in the Valley Weill, Kurt Street Scene

Sunday Excursion Wilder, Alec


1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa ..68

Andante Music Club ...............42

Angler's Grill ................................ 9

Arkansas Philarmonic ............66

Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs ..........................42

Arvest Bank ................................ 15

AT&T .............................................26

Autumn Breeze Restaurant ... 9

Beaver Lake Storage .............. 57

Bella Vista Hearing Center ...26

Ben E. Keith ................................ 15

Best Western Inn of the Ozarks .......................................15

Blooms for Opera ....................26

Blue Spring Heritage Center .... 11

Brashears Furniture ................36

Can U Canoe ..............................14

Carroll Electric Cooperative ... 18

Clear Spring School ..................7

Coldwell Banker K-C Realty ... 11

Community First Bank ............ 11

Core Architects ......................... 18

Cornerstone Bank .................... 13

Cottage Inn .................................. 9

Crazy Jake Nelson's Outlet ... 11

DeVito's Restaurant ................. 8

Ermilio's ........................................ 9

Eureka Springs Farmers' Market ............................................9

Eureka Market ............................ 12

Eureka Springs Advertising &

Promotions ..................................6

Eureka Springs Opera Guild ....67

Eureka! Massage Therapy ........ 6

Eye-Q-Optical .......................... 22

First National Bank of Green Forest .......................................... 63

Gardner & Associates ............. 21

Great Passion Play ...................14

Gourmet Eureka ....................... 12

Grand Tavern ............................... 8

Greenwood Gearhart. Inc. .....19

Harts Family Center ................ 13

IPFAC Trustee ........................... 22

Iris at the Basin Park .................7

Island Airco ................................. 12

It's a Mystery Bookstore ........ 21

Kansas Federation of Music Clubs ............................................39

KBVA ............................................64

Keels Creek Winery .................10

KUAF ............................................. 21

Local Flavor Café .......................2

Magee Jewelry ..........................14

McNeal Chiropractic .............. 39

Missouri Music Federation ......65

Mud Street Café ......................... 8

New Delhi Café .......................... 8

NWA Media ............................... 35

Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs ...............................36

Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine ......................................61

Ozark Natural Foods ..............35

Pied Piper Pub ............................ 8

Quicksilver Gallery ................... 13

The Quilt Shop ............................7

Razorback Gift Shop ............... 13

Roadhouse Restaurant ............ 8

Smith Drug.................................. 12

Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA) .....................35

Sparky's Roadhouse Café .......7

St. Francis Veterintary Clinic .....63

State Farm Insurance (Jo Ann Clark) .......................... 37

Stone House ................................ 9

Texas Federation of Music Clubs ...............................................57

Washington Regional Family Clinic ............................................ 10

Windle & Associates ............... 13

Zarks ...............................................7

Opera In The OzarksAdvertisers & Supporters


Hold onto your seats! We've just celebrated our Diamond

Anniversary year and we have lots of exciting things planned to go along with our regular

season's activities. Won't you consider getting on board and helping us make our 62nd

season our very best ever?

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN CONSIDER HELPING:

Consider becoming a member of our Vision Fund

Those in the Vision Fund are VISIONARIES committing gifts of $5,000 or more in

calendar years 2012, 2013, and 2014. Those funds will complete the archetural planning, continue our expanding visibility throughour the region and the country, and ensure that new and exciting things will continue to take

place for seasons to come.

Consider becoming a sponsor of Opera in the Ozarks.

Sponsorship packets are nearing completion right now - May we send you one for your

consideration?

Consider becoming a Partner in our Annual Fund.

Annual Fund Member's donations - at any level they choose - make them part of our

family of supporters. These gifts are used to insure that the quality of our artistic product remains high, that the existing physical plant

is maintainted, and that our educational mission is accomplished year after year. there is no requirement for multiple year membership in the Annual Fund, but of

course, we hope you'll return as a supporter every year, beginning from right now!

Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Pointwww.opera.org

For more information, contact Jim Swiggart at 479-253-8595 or by email at

[email protected]

CELEBRATING62 YEARS OF OPERA

AT THE POINT


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