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ANDREA NWOKE
Full Voice Coaching & Consulting
ANNIE GILL
(Opera Camerata, Landon Symphonette, Baltimore Musicales, Annapolis Shakespeare Company, Shenandoah Valley Music Festival)
CHRISTINA HAGER
Ovations Digital
JULIE WYMA
Opera Programs Berlin, Co-Founder & Executive Director
(Berlin Wagner Gruppe, Irrational Entertainment, Voci Inglesi, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera North, Dicapo Opera, Opera By Request, Choriner Opernsommer, Berliner Philharmonie, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Opera Classica Europa, Brandenburgisches Konzertorchester Eberswalde)
ANASTASIA INNISS
Opera Programs Berlin, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
(Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin Wagner Gruppe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Central Florida Lyric Opera, New London Opera Players, Brandenburgisches Konzertorchester Eberswalde)
Full Voice Coaching & Consulting
ANNIE GILL
(Opera Camerata, Landon Symphonette, Baltimore Musicales, Annapolis Shakespeare Company, Shenandoah Valley Music Festival)
CHRISTINA HAGER
Ovations Digital
JULIE WYMA
Opera Programs Berlin, Co-Founder & Executive Director
(Berlin Wagner Gruppe, Irrational Entertainment, Voci Inglesi, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera North, Dicapo Opera, Opera By Request, Choriner Opernsommer, Berliner Philharmonie, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Opera Classica Europa, Brandenburgisches Konzertorchester Eberswalde)
ANASTASIA INNISS
Opera Programs Berlin, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
(Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin Wagner Gruppe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Central Florida Lyric Opera, New London Opera Players, Brandenburgisches Konzertorchester Eberswalde)
JULIE WYMA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ANASTASIA INNISS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
ANASTASIA INNISS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Being a professional opera singer is so much more than singing beautifully and acting convincingly on stage!
Singers very often also need to be their own
Singers very often also need to be their own
- manager
- media director
- agent
- web and graphic designer
- business developer
- marketing department
- PR agent
Look no further!
For this program we have gathered experts in the fields of
With their guidance, you won’t need to worry about not knowing what kind of business plan is right for you, wonder what social media engagement will be effective, or whether your online branding and presentation is on point and authentic.
- personal branding
- business planning
- online and video presentation
- recording equipment & set-up
- social media strategy
- website branding
With their guidance, you won’t need to worry about not knowing what kind of business plan is right for you, wonder what social media engagement will be effective, or whether your online branding and presentation is on point and authentic.
We’ve got you covered!
- SAMPLE APPLICATION MATERIALS for the German market
- SAMPLE APPLICATION MATERIALS for the North American market
- Recording & online audition EQUIPMENT GUIDE
- ENGAGING videos with each clinician:
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PERSONAL BRANDING - SOCIAL MEDIA & STRATEGY
with Christina Hager PERSONAL BRANDING - BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP PLAN with Andrea Nwoke PERSONAL BRANDING - ONLINE VIDEO/AUDITION TECHNIQUES & EQUIPMENT SET-UP with Annie Gill Double Session: PERSONAL BRANDING - AUDITION MATERIALS & ARIA PACKAGE and THE ABCs OF WEBSITE & ONLINE PRESENCE with Julie Wyma & Anastasia Inniss |
FACULTY
ANDREA NWOKE
Nigerian-American Executive & Leadership Coach, Andrea Nwoke, leverages her diverse experience in demanding roles from corporate boardrooms to professional opera stages to support executives and rising leaders in developing their authentic leadership style, building confidence, and achieving powerful results by leading from their Full Voice.
Andrea offers a dynamic and personable coaching style highly effective at enhancing self- awareness, increasing emotional intelligence, and developing admirable leadership styles. Her work includes training individuals to communicate and lead within various corporate cultures and geographies inclusive of Fortune 500 executives. Her experience in career management consulting brings a knowledgeable approach to working with professionals in career and role transition. She has experience working within a broad range of industries and across multiple levels and functions within an organization. An accomplished classical singer, Andrea's devotion to language, nuance, and precision translated beautifully to her 12+ years in the corporate world where she was an indispensable presence in the C-suites of multiple global companies. She empowers clients to find their Full Voice with intention, to grow with definitive action, and to celebrate every accomplishment. Using competency-based best practices, she supports teams and individuals to overcome momentum blockers, take charge of their professional development, and skillfully manage difficult situations. Honoring her artistic passions, Andrea serves on the Advisory Board of Directors for the Seagle Festival. She is a frequent guest speaker, moderator, facilitator, and panelist for various arts organizations and DEI initiatives. Our services include one-on-one coaching, group and team coaching and off-sites, workshops, retreats, and speaking engagements.
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CPCC (Certified Co-Active Coach) | Quantum Endeavors Licensed Coach | Positive Intelligence Coach InPowered Leadership Licensed Coach | Member: International Coaching Federation Bachelor of Music, University of The Arts | Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
https://www.fullvoiceconsulting.com/
Nigerian-American Executive & Leadership Coach, Andrea Nwoke, leverages her diverse experience in demanding roles from corporate boardrooms to professional opera stages to support executives and rising leaders in developing their authentic leadership style, building confidence, and achieving powerful results by leading from their Full Voice.
Andrea offers a dynamic and personable coaching style highly effective at enhancing self- awareness, increasing emotional intelligence, and developing admirable leadership styles. Her work includes training individuals to communicate and lead within various corporate cultures and geographies inclusive of Fortune 500 executives. Her experience in career management consulting brings a knowledgeable approach to working with professionals in career and role transition. She has experience working within a broad range of industries and across multiple levels and functions within an organization. An accomplished classical singer, Andrea's devotion to language, nuance, and precision translated beautifully to her 12+ years in the corporate world where she was an indispensable presence in the C-suites of multiple global companies. She empowers clients to find their Full Voice with intention, to grow with definitive action, and to celebrate every accomplishment. Using competency-based best practices, she supports teams and individuals to overcome momentum blockers, take charge of their professional development, and skillfully manage difficult situations. Honoring her artistic passions, Andrea serves on the Advisory Board of Directors for the Seagle Festival. She is a frequent guest speaker, moderator, facilitator, and panelist for various arts organizations and DEI initiatives. Our services include one-on-one coaching, group and team coaching and off-sites, workshops, retreats, and speaking engagements.
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CPCC (Certified Co-Active Coach) | Quantum Endeavors Licensed Coach | Positive Intelligence Coach InPowered Leadership Licensed Coach | Member: International Coaching Federation Bachelor of Music, University of The Arts | Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
https://www.fullvoiceconsulting.com/
ANNIE GILL
Soprano Annie Gill is a professional singer, actress, and voice over actor who continues to gain recognition as a distinctive and versatile artist.
Particularly excelling in the repertoire of Mozart and Puccini in her classical career, Ms. Gill has been commended for "a glorious voice - opulent from top to bottom,” and “astounding technical vocal ability, solid song interpretation and stage presence.”
Most recently, Ms. Gill appeared as the Soprano Soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Landon Symphonette, in a solo holiday cabaret with pianist Andrew Stewart at the Engineer’s Club in Baltimore, and as a narrator and soloist in a virtual multi-media production of The Little Match Girl with Bel Cantanti Opera. Other virtual performances in 2020 include a role debut as La Zelatrice in a filmed production of Suor Angelica with The Art Factory; and as a Soprano Soloist in virtual performances with the Baltimore Musicales and Annapolis Shakespeare Company.
Earlier in the 2019-2020 season, Ms. Gill performed the role of Musetta in La Bohème with Opera Camerata of Washington, appeared as the Soprano Soloist in Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ from the Cross with the Maryland Choral Society, and performed a reprise of the recital “Písně Lásky a Naděje” – “Songs of Love and Hope” with pianist Andrew Stewart for the Women’s Club of Roland Park. In concert, she appeared as Soprano Soloist in the Verdi Defiant Requiem (Defiant Requiem Foundation/Indiana University of Pennsylvania Chorale/Penn State Altoona), and as Soprano Soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Landon Symphonette. Other concert performances during the 2019 season included “An American Musical Journey: From Art Song to Musical Theater” – an All-American recital, “In Moonlight and Dreaming” with the Baltimore Musicales, and Soprano Soloist in the chamber music concert Tona Brown and Friends: An Afternoon of Schumann, Schubert, and Song.
Recent opera and theater performances include the roles of The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors with The New Moon Theater, Fräulein Schneider in Cabaret with the Annapolis Shakespeare Company (company debut), Serpina in La Serva Padrona with Loudoun Lyric Opera, and premieres of three leading roles in The Lives Left Behind with The Silver Finch Arts Collective as part of the 2018 Washington, DC Capitol Fringe Festival. Other recent concert appearances include Soprano Soloist in composer Keith Kramer’s Jasmine at the College Music Society (Mid-Atlantic Conference) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Soprano Soloist for the Baltimore Composers’ Forum 25th Anniversary Concert and Fall 2018 Concert; a CD release concert for composer Garth Baxter’s album Ask the Moon; Soprano Soloist for the Opera NOVA Gala, and recital performances with the Baltimore Musicales concert series.
Earlier in the 2017-2018 season, Ms. Gill performed the role of The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Opera AACC and the Maryland Concert Society, and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with Opera Camerata of Washington at the Ambassador of the United Kingdom’s Residence in Washington, DC. Also in 2017, Ms. Gill made her debut with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra as the Soprano Soloist in their concert – “PSO in Tinseltown” – at the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival. In March of 2017, Ms. Gill performed a recital of Czech and Slovak art songs and arias, “Písně Lásky a Naděje” – “Songs of Love and Hope” - in Baltimore, MD. Ms. Gill recorded the music of composers Keith Kramer (Jasmine) and Garth Baxter (album debut - Ask the Moon), performing Two Last Songs and April Twilight, which the composer wrote for her.
In 2016, Ms. Gill sang the roles of Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Camerata of Washington, and Serpina (Serpinia) in The In Series’ production of La Serva Padrona, receiving enthusiastic reviews for handling “the rollercoaster range from high to low of Pergolesi’s score with aplomb.” Ms. Gill made her debut with the Cathedral Choral Society as a Soprano Soloist in the Fantastic Beethoven concert under the baton of esteemed conductor J. Reilly Lewis. Also in 2016, Ms. Gill performed as the soprano soloist in the Baltimore Composers’ Forum concert, where she premiered works by composers Anna Rubin, Keith Kramer, Janice Macaulay, Garth Baxter, and Harriet Katz.
During the 2015-2016 season, Ms. Gill added the roles of Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly and Marzelline in Beethoven’s Fidelio to her extensive list of operatic repertoire, and returned for her fourth production of Don Giovanni to perform the role of Donna Anna (Opera AACC). In recital, Ms. Gill performed the world premiere of composer Garth Baxter’s song cycle Three Poems from Edna St. Vincent Millay.
In the 2014-2015 season, Ms. Gill sang the roles of Micaëla in Carmen with Opera Camerata of Washington (Gregory Buchalter of the Metropolitan Opera conducting), Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte with Opera NOVA, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Opera Camerata of Washington, and covered renowned soprano Asako Tamura in the title role of Cio-Cio San. As Mimì/Pamina/Despina in The In Series production of Fatal Song, Ms. Gill received excellent reviews for her “nuanced performance” and “bell-clear rendition” of arias by Puccini and Mozart.
With over thirty roles from opera, operetta, and musical theater in her repertoire, Ms. Gill continues to garner acclaim for her commanding interpretations, detailed characterizations, and dramatic performances. Other past roles include the title roles in Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Massenet’s Manon, Nedda (I Pagliacci), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Mimì and Musetta (La Bohème), The Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors), La Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) with companies including The Singers’ Theatre of Washington, Baltimore Opera Theatre, Aurora Opera Theatre, and Opera in the Ozarks.
Ms. Gill is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 Alpha Corinne Mayfield Award in Opera Performance from the National Federation of Music Clubs. A First Prize Winner in the 2013 Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition, Ms. Gill made her Carnegie Hall debut in the competition Winners’ Recital on January 27th, 2013. Also in 2013, Ms. Gill won 3rd Prize in the National Federation of Music Clubs Biennial Young Artist Awards, and 3rd Prize in the Russell C. Wonderlic Voice Competition. In 2012, Ms. Gill was the Grand Prize Winner in the 2012 Singer Recital Competition for the Art Song Festival of Toledo, OH and performed a full solo recital program for the first evening of the festival. Ms. Gill has also received awards from the Orpheus Vocal Competition (Puccini Award), Coeur d’Alene Symphony Young Artist Competition, Kentucky Opera Idol Competition (Grand Prize Winner), and the Opera New Hampshire Competition, and has been a Finalist in the ACPC Marcella Kochańska Sembrich Vocal Competition, Howard County Arts Council Rising Star Competition, Hawaii Public Radio Art Song Competition, MetroWest Opera Competition, and the Rochester Oratorio Society Classical Idol Competition.
Together with pianist Andrew Stewart, Ms. Gill will debut in a recorded album for the Orpheus Classical label - “Písně Lásky a Naděje – Songs of Love and Hope” which features the selections from their acclaimed recital of Czech and Slovak music.
In addition to her classical singing career, Ms. Gill acts in commercials and television, notably appearing as the “Opera Singer” in the Season 2 Finale of House of Cards. Past credits include principal roles in industrial films for Pepperdine University, Simmons College, and the American Nurses Association. Commercial credits include principal roles in ads for Visit Frederickburg, Arlington Transportation Partners, Long Roofing, MASN, and Walden University. Highlights from print work include UMBC Global Campus, Walden University, and the Maryland Department of Transportation. Commended for a voice that is warm, inviting, and knowledgeable, Ms. Gill’s voice over talents have appeared in commercials for the Maryland Food Bank, Easton Plaza Shopping Center (Talbot County), and educational online program introductions for Chesapeake College. Currently, Ms. Gill’s voice serves as the after-hours operator for the Winner Automotive Group in Wilmington, Delaware.
A teacher of voice and piano for over fourteen years, Ms. Gill is also a sought-after presenter and educator. She created several unique presentations, including “From the Stage to the Office: Vocal Health for the Professional”, and “On-Camera Techniques for Musicians”, the later of which she presented over thirty times throughout the past year.
For more information and links to social media pages, you may visit her artist website at www.AnnieGill.com.
Soprano Annie Gill is a professional singer, actress, and voice over actor who continues to gain recognition as a distinctive and versatile artist.
Particularly excelling in the repertoire of Mozart and Puccini in her classical career, Ms. Gill has been commended for "a glorious voice - opulent from top to bottom,” and “astounding technical vocal ability, solid song interpretation and stage presence.”
Most recently, Ms. Gill appeared as the Soprano Soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Landon Symphonette, in a solo holiday cabaret with pianist Andrew Stewart at the Engineer’s Club in Baltimore, and as a narrator and soloist in a virtual multi-media production of The Little Match Girl with Bel Cantanti Opera. Other virtual performances in 2020 include a role debut as La Zelatrice in a filmed production of Suor Angelica with The Art Factory; and as a Soprano Soloist in virtual performances with the Baltimore Musicales and Annapolis Shakespeare Company.
Earlier in the 2019-2020 season, Ms. Gill performed the role of Musetta in La Bohème with Opera Camerata of Washington, appeared as the Soprano Soloist in Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ from the Cross with the Maryland Choral Society, and performed a reprise of the recital “Písně Lásky a Naděje” – “Songs of Love and Hope” with pianist Andrew Stewart for the Women’s Club of Roland Park. In concert, she appeared as Soprano Soloist in the Verdi Defiant Requiem (Defiant Requiem Foundation/Indiana University of Pennsylvania Chorale/Penn State Altoona), and as Soprano Soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Landon Symphonette. Other concert performances during the 2019 season included “An American Musical Journey: From Art Song to Musical Theater” – an All-American recital, “In Moonlight and Dreaming” with the Baltimore Musicales, and Soprano Soloist in the chamber music concert Tona Brown and Friends: An Afternoon of Schumann, Schubert, and Song.
Recent opera and theater performances include the roles of The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors with The New Moon Theater, Fräulein Schneider in Cabaret with the Annapolis Shakespeare Company (company debut), Serpina in La Serva Padrona with Loudoun Lyric Opera, and premieres of three leading roles in The Lives Left Behind with The Silver Finch Arts Collective as part of the 2018 Washington, DC Capitol Fringe Festival. Other recent concert appearances include Soprano Soloist in composer Keith Kramer’s Jasmine at the College Music Society (Mid-Atlantic Conference) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Soprano Soloist for the Baltimore Composers’ Forum 25th Anniversary Concert and Fall 2018 Concert; a CD release concert for composer Garth Baxter’s album Ask the Moon; Soprano Soloist for the Opera NOVA Gala, and recital performances with the Baltimore Musicales concert series.
Earlier in the 2017-2018 season, Ms. Gill performed the role of The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Opera AACC and the Maryland Concert Society, and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with Opera Camerata of Washington at the Ambassador of the United Kingdom’s Residence in Washington, DC. Also in 2017, Ms. Gill made her debut with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra as the Soprano Soloist in their concert – “PSO in Tinseltown” – at the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival. In March of 2017, Ms. Gill performed a recital of Czech and Slovak art songs and arias, “Písně Lásky a Naděje” – “Songs of Love and Hope” - in Baltimore, MD. Ms. Gill recorded the music of composers Keith Kramer (Jasmine) and Garth Baxter (album debut - Ask the Moon), performing Two Last Songs and April Twilight, which the composer wrote for her.
In 2016, Ms. Gill sang the roles of Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Camerata of Washington, and Serpina (Serpinia) in The In Series’ production of La Serva Padrona, receiving enthusiastic reviews for handling “the rollercoaster range from high to low of Pergolesi’s score with aplomb.” Ms. Gill made her debut with the Cathedral Choral Society as a Soprano Soloist in the Fantastic Beethoven concert under the baton of esteemed conductor J. Reilly Lewis. Also in 2016, Ms. Gill performed as the soprano soloist in the Baltimore Composers’ Forum concert, where she premiered works by composers Anna Rubin, Keith Kramer, Janice Macaulay, Garth Baxter, and Harriet Katz.
During the 2015-2016 season, Ms. Gill added the roles of Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly and Marzelline in Beethoven’s Fidelio to her extensive list of operatic repertoire, and returned for her fourth production of Don Giovanni to perform the role of Donna Anna (Opera AACC). In recital, Ms. Gill performed the world premiere of composer Garth Baxter’s song cycle Three Poems from Edna St. Vincent Millay.
In the 2014-2015 season, Ms. Gill sang the roles of Micaëla in Carmen with Opera Camerata of Washington (Gregory Buchalter of the Metropolitan Opera conducting), Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte with Opera NOVA, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Opera Camerata of Washington, and covered renowned soprano Asako Tamura in the title role of Cio-Cio San. As Mimì/Pamina/Despina in The In Series production of Fatal Song, Ms. Gill received excellent reviews for her “nuanced performance” and “bell-clear rendition” of arias by Puccini and Mozart.
With over thirty roles from opera, operetta, and musical theater in her repertoire, Ms. Gill continues to garner acclaim for her commanding interpretations, detailed characterizations, and dramatic performances. Other past roles include the title roles in Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Massenet’s Manon, Nedda (I Pagliacci), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Mimì and Musetta (La Bohème), The Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors), La Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) with companies including The Singers’ Theatre of Washington, Baltimore Opera Theatre, Aurora Opera Theatre, and Opera in the Ozarks.
Ms. Gill is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 Alpha Corinne Mayfield Award in Opera Performance from the National Federation of Music Clubs. A First Prize Winner in the 2013 Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition, Ms. Gill made her Carnegie Hall debut in the competition Winners’ Recital on January 27th, 2013. Also in 2013, Ms. Gill won 3rd Prize in the National Federation of Music Clubs Biennial Young Artist Awards, and 3rd Prize in the Russell C. Wonderlic Voice Competition. In 2012, Ms. Gill was the Grand Prize Winner in the 2012 Singer Recital Competition for the Art Song Festival of Toledo, OH and performed a full solo recital program for the first evening of the festival. Ms. Gill has also received awards from the Orpheus Vocal Competition (Puccini Award), Coeur d’Alene Symphony Young Artist Competition, Kentucky Opera Idol Competition (Grand Prize Winner), and the Opera New Hampshire Competition, and has been a Finalist in the ACPC Marcella Kochańska Sembrich Vocal Competition, Howard County Arts Council Rising Star Competition, Hawaii Public Radio Art Song Competition, MetroWest Opera Competition, and the Rochester Oratorio Society Classical Idol Competition.
Together with pianist Andrew Stewart, Ms. Gill will debut in a recorded album for the Orpheus Classical label - “Písně Lásky a Naděje – Songs of Love and Hope” which features the selections from their acclaimed recital of Czech and Slovak music.
In addition to her classical singing career, Ms. Gill acts in commercials and television, notably appearing as the “Opera Singer” in the Season 2 Finale of House of Cards. Past credits include principal roles in industrial films for Pepperdine University, Simmons College, and the American Nurses Association. Commercial credits include principal roles in ads for Visit Frederickburg, Arlington Transportation Partners, Long Roofing, MASN, and Walden University. Highlights from print work include UMBC Global Campus, Walden University, and the Maryland Department of Transportation. Commended for a voice that is warm, inviting, and knowledgeable, Ms. Gill’s voice over talents have appeared in commercials for the Maryland Food Bank, Easton Plaza Shopping Center (Talbot County), and educational online program introductions for Chesapeake College. Currently, Ms. Gill’s voice serves as the after-hours operator for the Winner Automotive Group in Wilmington, Delaware.
A teacher of voice and piano for over fourteen years, Ms. Gill is also a sought-after presenter and educator. She created several unique presentations, including “From the Stage to the Office: Vocal Health for the Professional”, and “On-Camera Techniques for Musicians”, the later of which she presented over thirty times throughout the past year.
For more information and links to social media pages, you may visit her artist website at www.AnnieGill.com.
CHRISTINA HAGER
Christina Hager is the President and Founder of Ovations Digital, a social media & digital marketing consultancy, as well as a member of the 2021 Forbes Communication Council, and a published writer for Forbes.com. Her insights and ideas regarding social media marketing have appeared in Inc.com, People Maven Magazine, National Jewelry, Social Media Today, and numerous podcasts, and she is a highly sought after executive speaker on social media and digital tactics and strategy. With a long-standing reputation as a master communicator due to her former career as a professional opera singer, Ms. Christina Hager has leveraged her innate gift for messaging and storytelling into becoming an adroit digital marketing strategist, helping companies enhance their market position through digital and social media communication.
She holds consultant positions with numerous businesses and individual projects in the B2B and B2C industries, including health and wellness, executive and change advisory, beauty, skincare, construction, SaSS, business consulting and career services, e-commerce, restaurants, luxury goods, not-for-profits, and the performing arts.
Ms. Hager also assists corporate leaders and entrepreneurs, from small-business owners to Fortune 500 executives, and excels at developing thought leadership credentials for her clients through her ability to promote their insights in top industry outlets like Forbes, Inc.com, U.S. News and World Report, Business.com, and Thrive Global.
Ms. Hager is a proud champion of the arts, as well as an active board member and volunteer. After spending 10 years in NYC as a professional opera singer, she is happy to call Kansas City home.
Christina Hager is the President and Founder of Ovations Digital, a social media & digital marketing consultancy, as well as a member of the 2021 Forbes Communication Council, and a published writer for Forbes.com. Her insights and ideas regarding social media marketing have appeared in Inc.com, People Maven Magazine, National Jewelry, Social Media Today, and numerous podcasts, and she is a highly sought after executive speaker on social media and digital tactics and strategy. With a long-standing reputation as a master communicator due to her former career as a professional opera singer, Ms. Christina Hager has leveraged her innate gift for messaging and storytelling into becoming an adroit digital marketing strategist, helping companies enhance their market position through digital and social media communication.
She holds consultant positions with numerous businesses and individual projects in the B2B and B2C industries, including health and wellness, executive and change advisory, beauty, skincare, construction, SaSS, business consulting and career services, e-commerce, restaurants, luxury goods, not-for-profits, and the performing arts.
Ms. Hager also assists corporate leaders and entrepreneurs, from small-business owners to Fortune 500 executives, and excels at developing thought leadership credentials for her clients through her ability to promote their insights in top industry outlets like Forbes, Inc.com, U.S. News and World Report, Business.com, and Thrive Global.
Ms. Hager is a proud champion of the arts, as well as an active board member and volunteer. After spending 10 years in NYC as a professional opera singer, she is happy to call Kansas City home.
JULIE WYMA
Julie Wyma has been described as a Renaissance Woman of opera, having worked in both Europe and the United States as a singer, director, stage manager, wig/makeup artist, costume designer, producer, and educator.
Julie has produced and directed operas including Wagner’s Lohengrin, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre (Berlin Wagner Gruppe), Wagner’s complete Ring Cycle (Opera By Request, semi-staged) Massenet’s Werther (Irrational Entertainment), Händel’s Semele (Midwest Early Opera Works), Jonathan Stinson’s The Three Bears and Ryan Oldham’s The Emperor’s Madness (University of Missouri-Kansas City), as well as Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years (Voci Inglesi) and numerous opera scenes programs. She has assistant directed Albert Herring and Giulio Cesare at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, La Traviata at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Carmen at Opera North, and she assistant stage managed La Rondine at Indiana University. She has directed opera scenes at Opera North and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In 2019 she produced a staged performance of The AIDS Quilt Songbook: Berlin Edition in Berlin, Germany, which included two new song commissions. In January 2022 she will direct a production of Strauss's Elektra in Berlin (Berlin Elektra Projekt).
As a costume designer Julie worked for Dicapo Opera Theatre in New York for the 2011-2012 Season, which included Tosca, The Consul, Iolanta, The Most Happy Fella, La Cenerentola, Beauty and the Beast, and La Traviata. She also designed costumes for Opera On Tap Berlin’s production of Les contes d’Hoffmann in 2016 and for Literally Alive’s production of A Christmas Carol in New York in 2012. As a student she worked as a costume assistant/stitcher for the University of Arizona on Le nozze di Figaro and The Merry Wives of Windsor, and for Indiana University on Die Zauberflöte, The Nutcracker, and La Rondine. She has worked as a Wig and Makeup Assistant for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, in operas including Giulio Cesare, La Bohème, and John Brown, at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in productions including La Bohème, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and The Man of La Mancha, and for a national tour of Hairspray. As a young artist, she was a set construction assistant at Opera in the Ozarks in 2004.
As an educator, Julie’s passion lies in helping singers make the transition from student to professional, and in guiding talented people to the places where they are needed. She has served as a vocal coach, preparing singers for auditions and talent competitions, as well as an audition panelist and advisor. With organizations such as Opera Programs Berlin, Dramatic Voices Program Berlin, Irrational Entertainment, Midwest Early Opera Works, Voci Inglesi, Berlin Wagner Gruppe and Berliner Opernverein, she has facilitated performance opportunities for singers seeking additional stage experience and the chance to hone their craft in a supportive, professional environment.
As a professional operatic soprano she has performed more than 25 roles, including die Königin der Nacht and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Rosina in I barbiere di Siviglia, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Gilda in Rigoletto, Marie in Die verkaufte Braut, Musetta in La Bohème, Sophie in Werther, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, the Waldvogel in Siegfried, and Norina in Don Pasquale. Of her Norina, the Kansas City Metropolis said: “soprano Julie Wyma sparkled with a self-confident air and a strong, beautiful voice.”
An active concert performer and recitalist, her recent appearances include concerts at the US Consul General in Düsseldorf and the Residence of the US Ambassador to Germany in Berlin; a song recital at the University of Pittsburg at Greensburg; Lovers’ Quarrels, a concert of operatic duets and arias in Concord, New Hampshire and Niemegk, Germany; Three Tenors and a Soprano concerts in Cornish and New London, New Hampshire; and Viva Divas!, a concert of operatic arias, duets, and trios in Cornish, New Hampshire, Phoenix, Arizona and Berlin, Germany.
Julie Wyma has been described as a Renaissance Woman of opera, having worked in both Europe and the United States as a singer, director, stage manager, wig/makeup artist, costume designer, producer, and educator.
Julie has produced and directed operas including Wagner’s Lohengrin, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre (Berlin Wagner Gruppe), Wagner’s complete Ring Cycle (Opera By Request, semi-staged) Massenet’s Werther (Irrational Entertainment), Händel’s Semele (Midwest Early Opera Works), Jonathan Stinson’s The Three Bears and Ryan Oldham’s The Emperor’s Madness (University of Missouri-Kansas City), as well as Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years (Voci Inglesi) and numerous opera scenes programs. She has assistant directed Albert Herring and Giulio Cesare at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, La Traviata at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Carmen at Opera North, and she assistant stage managed La Rondine at Indiana University. She has directed opera scenes at Opera North and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In 2019 she produced a staged performance of The AIDS Quilt Songbook: Berlin Edition in Berlin, Germany, which included two new song commissions. In January 2022 she will direct a production of Strauss's Elektra in Berlin (Berlin Elektra Projekt).
As a costume designer Julie worked for Dicapo Opera Theatre in New York for the 2011-2012 Season, which included Tosca, The Consul, Iolanta, The Most Happy Fella, La Cenerentola, Beauty and the Beast, and La Traviata. She also designed costumes for Opera On Tap Berlin’s production of Les contes d’Hoffmann in 2016 and for Literally Alive’s production of A Christmas Carol in New York in 2012. As a student she worked as a costume assistant/stitcher for the University of Arizona on Le nozze di Figaro and The Merry Wives of Windsor, and for Indiana University on Die Zauberflöte, The Nutcracker, and La Rondine. She has worked as a Wig and Makeup Assistant for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, in operas including Giulio Cesare, La Bohème, and John Brown, at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in productions including La Bohème, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and The Man of La Mancha, and for a national tour of Hairspray. As a young artist, she was a set construction assistant at Opera in the Ozarks in 2004.
As an educator, Julie’s passion lies in helping singers make the transition from student to professional, and in guiding talented people to the places where they are needed. She has served as a vocal coach, preparing singers for auditions and talent competitions, as well as an audition panelist and advisor. With organizations such as Opera Programs Berlin, Dramatic Voices Program Berlin, Irrational Entertainment, Midwest Early Opera Works, Voci Inglesi, Berlin Wagner Gruppe and Berliner Opernverein, she has facilitated performance opportunities for singers seeking additional stage experience and the chance to hone their craft in a supportive, professional environment.
As a professional operatic soprano she has performed more than 25 roles, including die Königin der Nacht and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Rosina in I barbiere di Siviglia, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Gilda in Rigoletto, Marie in Die verkaufte Braut, Musetta in La Bohème, Sophie in Werther, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, the Waldvogel in Siegfried, and Norina in Don Pasquale. Of her Norina, the Kansas City Metropolis said: “soprano Julie Wyma sparkled with a self-confident air and a strong, beautiful voice.”
An active concert performer and recitalist, her recent appearances include concerts at the US Consul General in Düsseldorf and the Residence of the US Ambassador to Germany in Berlin; a song recital at the University of Pittsburg at Greensburg; Lovers’ Quarrels, a concert of operatic duets and arias in Concord, New Hampshire and Niemegk, Germany; Three Tenors and a Soprano concerts in Cornish and New London, New Hampshire; and Viva Divas!, a concert of operatic arias, duets, and trios in Cornish, New Hampshire, Phoenix, Arizona and Berlin, Germany.
ANASTASIA INNISS
Ms. Inniss commenced her vocal training in Bulgaria and continued it at the Longy School of Music at Bard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) as a recipient of the Janet Irving Scholarship for Vocal Studies. She was a member of the Central Florida Lyric Opera Young Artists Program and was later invited to return as a main stage Resident Artist with the company.
Opera roles include: Woglinde in Das Rheingold (Berliner Wagner Gruppe); Elsa in Lohengrin (Berliner Wagner Gruppe); Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Violetta in La Traviata (Central Florida Lyric Opera; New London Opera Players, Fine Arts Chorale & Orchestra) Governess in Turn of the Screw (Opera Seria), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Opera Seria, Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Nedda in Pagliacci (Central Florida Lyric Opera), Micaëla and Frasquita in Carmen, under the directorship of late legendary soprano Licia Albanese (Central Florida Lyric Opera); Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro (Central Florida Lyric Opera), Serpina in La serva padrona (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, concertante).
Ms. Inniss is a champion of new music. She has premiered works by prominent American and British composers such as Vartan Aghababian, Michael Djupstrom, Victoria Ellis, Heather Gilligan and Eric Sawyer; some of these works were written and dedicated to her. In addition to numerous song cycles and solo concert works with orchestra, she also created the role of Anna von Mildenburg in the new theater piece Geboren Alma Schindler (Berliner Opern Verein); the role of Member of the Chamber in the premiere performance of Eric Sawyer's Our American Cousin (Composers in Red Sneakers); and the title role in the world premiere of Victoria Ellis' opera Darling (One of Us Foundation).
Solo concert engagements include J.S. Bach Jauchzet Gott in alles Landen (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal), Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (Old North Concert Series), Magnificat in D (Fine Arts Chorale), Missa brevis in A (Fine Arts Chorale); Mozart's Requiem (Fine Arts Chorale), Missa Brevis in F (Sommerville Choir), Exultate Jubilate (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal), Vesperae solennes de confessore (Somerville Choir); Händel's Messiah (College Park Players), L'Allego, il Pensieroso, ed il Moderato (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal); Pergolesi Stabat mater (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal); Schubert Mass in G (Highnam Choir and Orchestra); Dubois Seven Last Words of Christ (College Park Players); Vivaldi Gloria (Old North Concert Series); Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem (Tufts University Orchestra, cover); Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream (Longy Chamber Orchestra); Berg Sieben frühe Lieder (Kirchberg Chamber Music Festival); Mahler Rückert-Lieder (Berlin Song Festival); Strauss Vier letzte Lieder (Berlin Song Festival, Kirchberg Chamber Music Festival, Walbrook Music Trust, Galerieforum am Meer); Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasilieras No.5 (Kirchberg Chamber Music Festival) among others.
As a concert artist, Ms. Inniss has also given numerous concert and solo recitals in the United States and in Europe.
Ms. Inniss is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Opera Programs Berlin and Dramatic Voices Program Berlin. Previously, she was the Artistic Director of the Berlin Song Festival and an Artistic Consultant for The Opera Stage (now folded into Classical Singer Magazine). She has worked as an educator in higher education as well as in leadership positions in the arts for the last 15 years, both in the United States and in Europe.
Her directing credits include: Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years and scenes from the operatic and musical theatre repertoire. She has served as a casting director and producer for Wagner's Das Rheingold, Wagner's Lohengrin, Strauss' Elektra, Wagner's Die Walküre and Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years. She also designed costumes for Purcell's Dido & Aeneas and Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years.
Ms. Inniss is a leader in the classical music industry. She has co-produced and hosted roundtable panel discussions on patterns of discrimination in the classical music industry - Singing While Black In Germany, Race in Opera and Ageism in Opera. In addition, she has spear-headed, co-designed, co-produced and hosted Trans*Voices - a series of masterclasses for transgender and non-binary artists. She often does charity work raising money for such organisations as Save the Children, Berliner Aids-Hilfe, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler CoronaCare, Black Lives Matter, Chineke! Foundation, Artist Relief Tree.
She currently resides in Berlin, Germany and Lanzarote, Canary Island with her fiancé. In her free time, she enjoys long swims, cooking without recipes, spontaneous travel and pretty much anything to do with the ocean.
Ms. Inniss commenced her vocal training in Bulgaria and continued it at the Longy School of Music at Bard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) as a recipient of the Janet Irving Scholarship for Vocal Studies. She was a member of the Central Florida Lyric Opera Young Artists Program and was later invited to return as a main stage Resident Artist with the company.
Opera roles include: Woglinde in Das Rheingold (Berliner Wagner Gruppe); Elsa in Lohengrin (Berliner Wagner Gruppe); Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Violetta in La Traviata (Central Florida Lyric Opera; New London Opera Players, Fine Arts Chorale & Orchestra) Governess in Turn of the Screw (Opera Seria), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Opera Seria, Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Nedda in Pagliacci (Central Florida Lyric Opera), Micaëla and Frasquita in Carmen, under the directorship of late legendary soprano Licia Albanese (Central Florida Lyric Opera); Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro (Central Florida Lyric Opera), Serpina in La serva padrona (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, concertante).
Ms. Inniss is a champion of new music. She has premiered works by prominent American and British composers such as Vartan Aghababian, Michael Djupstrom, Victoria Ellis, Heather Gilligan and Eric Sawyer; some of these works were written and dedicated to her. In addition to numerous song cycles and solo concert works with orchestra, she also created the role of Anna von Mildenburg in the new theater piece Geboren Alma Schindler (Berliner Opern Verein); the role of Member of the Chamber in the premiere performance of Eric Sawyer's Our American Cousin (Composers in Red Sneakers); and the title role in the world premiere of Victoria Ellis' opera Darling (One of Us Foundation).
Solo concert engagements include J.S. Bach Jauchzet Gott in alles Landen (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal), Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (Old North Concert Series), Magnificat in D (Fine Arts Chorale), Missa brevis in A (Fine Arts Chorale); Mozart's Requiem (Fine Arts Chorale), Missa Brevis in F (Sommerville Choir), Exultate Jubilate (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal), Vesperae solennes de confessore (Somerville Choir); Händel's Messiah (College Park Players), L'Allego, il Pensieroso, ed il Moderato (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal); Pergolesi Stabat mater (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal); Schubert Mass in G (Highnam Choir and Orchestra); Dubois Seven Last Words of Christ (College Park Players); Vivaldi Gloria (Old North Concert Series); Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem (Tufts University Orchestra, cover); Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream (Longy Chamber Orchestra); Berg Sieben frühe Lieder (Kirchberg Chamber Music Festival); Mahler Rückert-Lieder (Berlin Song Festival); Strauss Vier letzte Lieder (Berlin Song Festival, Kirchberg Chamber Music Festival, Walbrook Music Trust, Galerieforum am Meer); Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasilieras No.5 (Kirchberg Chamber Music Festival) among others.
As a concert artist, Ms. Inniss has also given numerous concert and solo recitals in the United States and in Europe.
Ms. Inniss is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Opera Programs Berlin and Dramatic Voices Program Berlin. Previously, she was the Artistic Director of the Berlin Song Festival and an Artistic Consultant for The Opera Stage (now folded into Classical Singer Magazine). She has worked as an educator in higher education as well as in leadership positions in the arts for the last 15 years, both in the United States and in Europe.
Her directing credits include: Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years and scenes from the operatic and musical theatre repertoire. She has served as a casting director and producer for Wagner's Das Rheingold, Wagner's Lohengrin, Strauss' Elektra, Wagner's Die Walküre and Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years. She also designed costumes for Purcell's Dido & Aeneas and Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years.
Ms. Inniss is a leader in the classical music industry. She has co-produced and hosted roundtable panel discussions on patterns of discrimination in the classical music industry - Singing While Black In Germany, Race in Opera and Ageism in Opera. In addition, she has spear-headed, co-designed, co-produced and hosted Trans*Voices - a series of masterclasses for transgender and non-binary artists. She often does charity work raising money for such organisations as Save the Children, Berliner Aids-Hilfe, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler CoronaCare, Black Lives Matter, Chineke! Foundation, Artist Relief Tree.
She currently resides in Berlin, Germany and Lanzarote, Canary Island with her fiancé. In her free time, she enjoys long swims, cooking without recipes, spontaneous travel and pretty much anything to do with the ocean.
