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About Chikondi Kamvazaana
Chikondi was introduced to the music at age 5, starting piano lessons & singing in the choir. While he was in the 8th grade--his passion for music manifested itself even further. He then began to produce and create music of his own. Chikondi also profoundly grew love for music from...
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Naomi Brigell, mezzo-soprano, recently graduated with her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Houston Moores School of Music, where she continues to study with Melanie Sonnenberg. Operatic role highlights include Sesto (La clemenza di Tito), Nancy (Albert Herring), Rebecca Nurse (The Crucible), Zulma (L'Italiana in...
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Anna McClung's passion is for all things music and it's been that way since she started singing at age 7. Currently Anna studies Music at Houston Baptist University where she is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Music Education specializing in voice.
As a voice and piano teacher Anna has...
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Jasmine Franklin was born in Kalamazoo, MI and first started singing in the children's choir at church. In 6th grade she tried out for her first musical "Bugsy Malone" and landed the role of Fizzy; this was a life-altering experience and Jasmine has been passionate about performing ever since. She...
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Baritone Ivan Ley is both dedicated music educator and passionate performer. Getting his start in formal music training at age twelve, Ivan began his musical education with the clarinet. Adopting the bass clarinet as his primary instrument in the seventh grade, he took private lessons from clarinet teacher Paul Dods...
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Patty Holley is a Houston-based young artist establishing herself as a performer in a variety of classical and contemporary genres. As a recent graduate of the University of Houston (MM Performance), her most recent opera roles include Lady Billows (Albert Herring), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), and Amelia (Amelia al ballo)....
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Soprano Amanda Levy is a recent graduate of the University of Houston Moores School of Music, where she received her Masters Degree in Vocal Performance. While a student at the university, she had the opportunity to portray the roles of Juliette (Romeo et Juliette), Suzel (L'amico Fritz), Princess Ninetta...
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Up and coming soprano, Sarah Lysiak, is a consummate and dedicated musician and teacher. A recent Master's graduate of the University of Houston, she was incredibly active with productions through the Moores Opera House. In two years she performed five fully staged productions and was featured in roles such as...
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Mezzo-Soprano, Rachel Lamphier, graduated with her Master's in Music from The University of Texas at Austin under the direction of William Lewis in the Spring of 2018. Some of her featured roles with the Butler Opera Center include, The Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, covering Fiordiligi in Cosi...
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Fernando Grimaldo is a native Houstonian, growing up in 2nd Ward. He began his artistic education at the High School School for the Performing and Visual Arts where he studied musical theater. Once at Pepperdine University, he changed his major to Music where his career in Classical Voice started. While...
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Abbi Rodrigue is currently enrolled at Houston Baptist University as a Music Education major. Growing up, Abbi was surrounded by music and thus is extremely passionate when it comes to the importance of studying music at any and every age.
Throughout grade school, Abbi had 8 years of piano...
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Madison was born a musician and started singing at a very young age. Both of her parents were artists and musicians, and were constantly exposing her to music at church and from their favorite artists. Growing up, she would make up songs for her stuffed animals to sing and would...
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