My Repetoire
ROLES PERFORMED OR UNDERSTUDIED
|
Maria |
Porgy and Bess |
New Orleans Opera, Grand Rapids Opera, Washington National Opera, Tulsa Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago (understudy) |
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Ulrica (understudy |
Un Ballo in mascara |
Des Moines Opera |
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Addie (understudy |
Regina |
Des Moines Opera |
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Fricka |
Das Rheingold |
Des Moines Opera |
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Filippyevna |
Eugene Onegin
Russian |
Des Moines Opera |
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Kabanicha |
Kata
Kabanova English |
Des Moines Opera |
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Negro Woman |
Street Scene |
Lyric Opera of Chicago |
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Old Woman |
View from a Bridge, |
Lyric Opera of Chicago |
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Nurse |
Orpheus Descending, |
Lyric Opera of Chicago |
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Nurse (understudy |
Boris Godunov , |
Lyric Opera of Chicago |
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Schwertleite (understudy |
Die Walküre, |
Lyric Opera of Chicago |
OTHER ROLES STUDIED
|
Madelon |
Andrea Chenier |
Giordano |
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The Mother |
The Consul |
Menotti
|
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La Cieca |
La Gioconda |
Ponchielli |
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La Zia Principessa
|
Suor Angelica
|
Puccini |
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Gaea |
Daphne |
Strauss
|
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Azucena |
Il trovatore |
Verdi |
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Erda |
Das Rheingold
|
Wagner |
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Erda |
Siegfried |
Wagner |
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Waltraute |
Gotterdammerung
|
Wagner
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First Norn |
Gotterdammerung
|
Wagner
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RECENT ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES
|
Hale Smith “Four Spirituals” |
Chicago Sinfonietta, January 2010 |
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Beethoven’s 9th Symphony |
Chicago Sinfonietta, January 2010 |
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Gershwin's “Porgy and Bess” |
Los Angeles Philharmonic, July 2009 |
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“Beyond the Score” |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, March 2009 |
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Alexander Nevsky, (Tchaikovsky) |
Chicago Sinfonietta, November 2006 |
RECENT SOLO AND ORATORIO
|
Messiah |
St.Mark United Methodist
Church,
Chicago, IL, 2010 |
|
Recital |
Negro Spiritual Scholarship
Foundation, Orlando, FL, 2010 |
|
Choral Solo |
Lyric Opera of Chicago “Holy
and Ivy Concert, Chicago, 2008 |
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Messiah |
Monumental Baptist Church,
Chicago, IL, 2006 |
|
Recital |
Opera Memphis
Negro Spiritual Scholarship Foundation, 2006 |
|
Recital |
Fisk University Arts Festival,
Nashville, TN, 2006 |
|
Concert |
Yachats Music Festival,
Yachats, Oregon, 2003—2006 |
|
Recital |
Four Seasons Concerts
Series, San Francisco, 2006 |
COMPETITIONS AND OTHER HONORS INCLUDE
Altamura/Caruso International Voice Competition Study Grants
Finalist; National Opera Association
(Third Place); Classical Singer Magazine (Third Place,
Emerging Artists); New York Oratorio Society, Semi Finalist;
Metropolitan Opera Auditions - Regional Finalist (Chicago);
Metropolitan Opera Auditions - Regional Finalist (Memphis)
Audio Samples
American Spirtuals
Negro Spiritual Scholarship
Foundation
World Premier Gala Recital
Orlando, Florida
City
Called Heaven
arr. Hall Johnson
Real Audio
Crucifixion
arr. John Payne
Real Audio
Full Resume and
Other Media and Materials
Can be downloaded
from the
Contact Page.