February 8 & 14, 7:30pm, February 16, 3pm
Freedom Ride* (Dan Shore)
Chicago Opera Theater, Music Staff
Conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya
Directed by Tazewell Thompson
The Studebaker Theater
Chicago, IL
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*World premiere
February 7, 7pm
Recital with Ember Miller and Lisa Canning, clarinet
PianoForte Studios
Chicago, IL
March 7, 7pm
Autism Advocacy Series Chicago Premiere
Presented by Lynx Project
The Autism Advocacy Series amplifies the voices of youth who have autism and are primarily nonverbal through the commission and creation of new art song. They communicate by spelling out their thoughts on a letterboard in a process known as the Rapid Prompting Method.
Writers: Emily Friend (age 10), Aarush Srivastava (age 15), Darren Stella (age 19), and Nina Szabo (age 10)
Composers: Rossa Crean, Meg Huskin, and Benjamin Krause
Performers: Olivia Skaff (soprano), Emma Smart (mezzo-soprano), Nick Ward (baritone), and Christina Giuca (piano)
Anderson Chapel, North Park University
Chicago, IL
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March 9-22
Artist Residency with Opera Theater of St. Louis
April 19, 3pm
The Transformation of Jane Doe* (Stacy Garrop)
Chicago Opera Theater, Music Staff
Conducted by Josh Quinn
Directed by Joachim Schamberger
Shirley Welsh Ryan Opera Theater, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
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*World premiere
April 24, 7:30pm & April 26, 2pm
Dialogues des Carmélites (Poulenc)
North Park University, Rehearsal Pianist
Conducted by James Setapen
Directed by George Cederquist
The Athenaeum Theatre
Chicago, IL
Tickets and Info
June 28 – July 26
Artist Faculty – Piano and Collaborative Piano
Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival
Valparaiso, IN
