Joy Henderson is a native of Spring, Texas. Her love for music began at an early age when she began to participate in the church youth choir. After getting involved in many other fine arts, such as dance and painting, she finally decided to settle on music when reaching middle school. Since age 11, Joy studie…

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 (Am…

Soprano Katherine Jones was recently recognized by the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions as an Encouragement Award recipient in 2020. She received her master’s degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Houston (2020). Katherine has over 6 years of experience teaching stude…

Chikondi was introduced to 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 church. From church-choirs, to …

Meghan Krish is a mezzo-soprano currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree in vocal performance under the instruction of Melanie Sonnenberg at the University of Houston’s Moore’s school of music. She is also a member of the world-renowned choral ensemble concert chorale under the direction of Betsy Cook W…

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 fan tu…

Amia Langer, soprano, is a current Masters of Music Voice Performance and Pedagogy major at the Moores School of Music, studying with Melanie Sonnenberg. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in 2021, graduating summa cum laude. Rec…

Jullianne Lee is Vocalist and Pianist and has recently graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance at Houston Baptist University. She started playing piano since the age of three and began performing at the age of five. Her youth can be summarized as musical growth by immersing herself in music.
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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 (T…

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 Pa…