2010-2011 Seasons

Graduate Assistants

• Brad Baker, pianist – Henderson, Texas
• Ten Yeen Chong, pianist – Singapore
• Perry Davis Harper, tenor – Paragould, Arkansas
• Marcus Miller, baritone – Nashville, Tennessee
• Brad Lee, business manager – Birmingham, Alabama

Productions

• Real to Reel: Opera Goes to the Movies – November 5 and 7, 2010
• A Festival of American One-Act Operas – March 4-6, 2011
  Including the world premiere of Amir Zaheri’s The Raven’s Revenge (based on a play by Jefffery Elwell); and the Alabama premiere of Dan Shore’s The Beautiful Bridegroom, Barber’s A Hand of Bridge, and Kupferman’s In a Garden.
• One Night Only: An Evening of Our Broadway Favorites – April 5, 2011.

Visiting Artists/Instructors

• Dr. Kevin Chance – vocal coach
• Guy Fauchon – acting for singers
• Dr. Luvada Harrison – recitative coaching and master class; mock audition panelist
• Dr. Kristine Hurst-Wajschuk – Intro to Alexander; performance anxiety workshops
• David Grindle – Executive Director, US Institute for Theatre Technology
• Dr. Alan Hicks – stage directing seminars
• Wes Kenny – Conductor, Opera Fort Collins / Fort Collins Symphony – master class
• Dawn Wells Neely – acting
• Natassia Perrine – dance
• Matthew von Redlich – stage combat