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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
CAROL MASTRODOMENICO
(Tufts University, Longy School of Music at Bard College, Tanglewood Fellow,
Classical Singer Convention Lecturer)
ZENAIDA DES AUBRIS
(International Cultural Events, Hangzhou Grand Theater, Palau de les Arts, Neue Stimmen Competition,
Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Classical Singer Convention Lecturer, Estonian Academy of Music & Theater, Trentino Music Festival, Lotte Lehmann Academy)
KATHLEEN PARKER
Red Tape Translation, Founder & Owner
(Opera Cologne, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Theater Nordhausen,
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater)
Full Voice Coaching & Consulting
ANNIE GILL
(Opera Camerata, Landon Symphonette, Baltimore Musicales, Annapolis Shakespeare Company, Shenandoah Valley Music Festival)
CHRISTINA HAGER
Ovations Digital
CAROL MASTRODOMENICO
(Tufts University, Longy School of Music at Bard College, Tanglewood Fellow,
Classical Singer Convention Lecturer)
ZENAIDA DES AUBRIS
(International Cultural Events, Hangzhou Grand Theater, Palau de les Arts, Neue Stimmen Competition,
Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Classical Singer Convention Lecturer, Estonian Academy of Music & Theater, Trentino Music Festival, Lotte Lehmann Academy)
KATHLEEN PARKER
Red Tape Translation, Founder & Owner
(Opera Cologne, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Theater Nordhausen,
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater)
JULIE WYMA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ANASTASIA INNISS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
ANASTASIA INNISS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
You’ve honed your singing technique, stagecraft, and repertoire, and are embarking on or in the middle of an opera career.
But there’s so much more to a singing career than that!
Today’s singer must also be business manager, marketing manager, social media editor, web developer, audition coach, project manager, scheduler, press contact, and often agent and public relations team.
How??
We’ve assembled a dream team of industry leaders whose expertise spans all aspects of the business of singing. In this program, you will learn about:
Take control of your career and maximize your potential!
But there’s so much more to a singing career than that!
Today’s singer must also be business manager, marketing manager, social media editor, web developer, audition coach, project manager, scheduler, press contact, and often agent and public relations team.
How??
We’ve assembled a dream team of industry leaders whose expertise spans all aspects of the business of singing. In this program, you will learn about:
- how to set up social media branding & strategy
- how to put together a business plan
- what leadership is and how to apply it to your career
- what are best practices and techniques for online auditions & recordings
- what is the optimal technical set-up and gear for online auditions, teaching, recording, etc. (for any budget!)
- how to plan a career strategy and put it into action
- how to practice and maintain mental health while exercising mental toughness
- how to put together a financial plan for your career from today through retirement
- ...and much, much more!
Take control of your career and maximize your potential!
SESSIONS
6 LIVE, ENGAGING & INTERACTIVE presentation and Q & A sessions with each clinician:
TAXES & FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR SINGERS
with
Kathleen Parker
SOCIAL MEDIA BRANDING & STRATEGY
with
Christina Hager
ONLINE VIDEO/INTERVIEW/AUDITION TECHNIQUE
with
Annie Gill
MANAGING YOUR CAREER FROM THE DETAILS TO THE BIG PICTURE
with
Zenaida des Aubris
STRATEGIES FOR MENTAL TOUGHNESS: OWNING YOUR PERFORMANCE
with
Carol Mastrodomenico
PERSONAL BRANDING - BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP PLAN
with
Andrea Nwoke
TAXES & FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR SINGERS
with
Kathleen Parker
SOCIAL MEDIA BRANDING & STRATEGY
with
Christina Hager
ONLINE VIDEO/INTERVIEW/AUDITION TECHNIQUE
with
Annie Gill
MANAGING YOUR CAREER FROM THE DETAILS TO THE BIG PICTURE
with
Zenaida des Aubris
STRATEGIES FOR MENTAL TOUGHNESS: OWNING YOUR PERFORMANCE
with
Carol Mastrodomenico
PERSONAL BRANDING - BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP PLAN
with
Andrea Nwoke
TUITION
€300.00
- videos of all sessions
- materials and resources by all faculty members
REGISTRATION
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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/
KATHLEEN PARKER
Praised as “an ideal Wagner soprano” (The Straits Times), Kathleen Parker thrilled international audiences with her portrayals of Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer (Victoria Theatre, Singapore) and Elisabeth in Tannhäuser at the Seoul Arts Center. The Yonhap News lauded her “bell-like high notes” and “rich, expressive voice,” and the Thüringer Allgemeine touted her performance as “powerfully acted and sung.”
Kathleen has enjoyed a varied career as a guest singer with a special interest in Wagner roles. She has performed as a soloist at Opera Cologne, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Theater Nordhausen, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater. Senta, Elisabeth, Woglinde, Helmwige, Ellen Orford, Vitellia, Elettra and elle (La Voix Humaine) feature among the roles she has performed in theatres internationally. Notable awards include the Wolfgang Wagner Prize and the Audience Prize at the International Singing Competition for Wagner Voices in 2015 in Karlsruhe, Germany and the Opera Foundation of Australia’s German-Australian Opera Grant in Sydney.
In addition to her work on stage, Kathleen is the managing director of Red Tape Translation UG, a Berlin-based company dedicated to helping English-speaking expats navigate through German bureaucracy. Kathleen started the company in 2012 and now has a team of 15 interpreters, translators, coaches and administrative staff behind her. Red Tape Translation has now assisted thousands of musicians, artists and freelance creatives with registering, working, starting a business, getting married and obtaining visas and work permits in Germany.
Born in Canada and raised in Australia, Kathleen studied at the University of Queensland, graduating with a Bachelor of Music with Honours I in 2003. She then received a full scholarship to train at the Australian Opera Studio, graduating in 2008 with the Dux Prize.
Praised as “an ideal Wagner soprano” (The Straits Times), Kathleen Parker thrilled international audiences with her portrayals of Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer (Victoria Theatre, Singapore) and Elisabeth in Tannhäuser at the Seoul Arts Center. The Yonhap News lauded her “bell-like high notes” and “rich, expressive voice,” and the Thüringer Allgemeine touted her performance as “powerfully acted and sung.”
Kathleen has enjoyed a varied career as a guest singer with a special interest in Wagner roles. She has performed as a soloist at Opera Cologne, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Theater Nordhausen, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater. Senta, Elisabeth, Woglinde, Helmwige, Ellen Orford, Vitellia, Elettra and elle (La Voix Humaine) feature among the roles she has performed in theatres internationally. Notable awards include the Wolfgang Wagner Prize and the Audience Prize at the International Singing Competition for Wagner Voices in 2015 in Karlsruhe, Germany and the Opera Foundation of Australia’s German-Australian Opera Grant in Sydney.
In addition to her work on stage, Kathleen is the managing director of Red Tape Translation UG, a Berlin-based company dedicated to helping English-speaking expats navigate through German bureaucracy. Kathleen started the company in 2012 and now has a team of 15 interpreters, translators, coaches and administrative staff behind her. Red Tape Translation has now assisted thousands of musicians, artists and freelance creatives with registering, working, starting a business, getting married and obtaining visas and work permits in Germany.
Born in Canada and raised in Australia, Kathleen studied at the University of Queensland, graduating with a Bachelor of Music with Honours I in 2003. She then received a full scholarship to train at the Australian Opera Studio, graduating in 2008 with the Dux Prize.
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.
CAROL MASTRODOMENICO
Carol Mastrodomenico maintains an active schedule as a guest soloist with choruses, orchestras and other ensembles. She excels in the interpretation of oratorio, and has appeared recently in Poulenc’s Gloria, Beethoven’s Mass in C and Ninth Symphony, Brahms’ Requiem, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem, Mahler’s Second Symphony, Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42, Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Fauré’s Requiem.
Ms. Mastrodomenico is an accomplished recitalist, and has recently performed programs ranging from premieres of contemporary music to cabaret programs involving interaction with the audience. She recently toured England with her production of John Morrison’s Jane Austin’s History of England singing the role of Emce. She premiered John McDonald’s Put this in your Pipe and Speech Made by Music with the Essex Chamber Players, and premiered Ellen Bender’s Five Emily Dickinson Songs during New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Festival. Other noted composers she has worked with include Robert DiDomenica and David Leisner. Ms. Mastrodomenico has a great love for Spanish Repertoire, and enjoys programing Spanish and particularly Argentinian songs to introduce the repertoire to her recital audiences.
A champion of vocal chamber music, she has worked with noted musicians premiering new works at contemporary festivals sponsored by BMOP and composer groups at Tufts University and Longy School of Music of Bard College. She has been invited to perform at the Tanglewood Music Center, Jordan Hall, Faneuil Hall, the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, the Boston Vocal Artists Series, the 1794 Meeting House concert Series in New Salem, and the Music at Noon Concert Series at the Swedenborg Chapel.
Ms. Mastrodomenico is the stage director of both the Tufts University Opera Ensemble and the Longy School of Music of Bard College’s Opera Theater at Longy. Recent productions she has directed include Le Nozze di Figaro, Der Zwerg, L’amico Fritz, Gianni Schicchi, Three Sisters who are not Sisters, Three Penny Opera, Dido and Aeneas, Old Maid and the Thief, Amelia Goes to the Ball, Riders to the Sea, Gallantry, The Telephone and Doctor Miracle. Ms. Mastrodomenico is a passionate advocate for newly composed works. With the Tufts Opera Ensemble, she commissioned and directed the world premieres of Knave of Hearts by Vartan Aghababian in 2013 and No Onions, nor Garlic by Thomas Stumpf in 2014. With the Longy Opera Workshop, she commissioned and directed the world premiere of Jane Austen’s History of England by John Morrison in 2014. It is her hope to commission a new opera work every year.
Ms. Mastrodomenico is just as passionate about vocal pedagogy and teaching voice. She has participated in panel discussions by the Boston NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Chapter on the different elements of "Teaching Men to Sing", and was invited by the Western Massachusetts NATS chapter to give a solo presentation on Teaching Men. Her master classes at the Classical Singer Convention, Regional NATS workshops and area Colleges are widely attended. At her invitation, renowned pedagogue Ken Bozeman spoke in the Boston area about the Pedagogical Applications of Vocal Acoustics for teaching voice. She developed and annually taught a vocal curriculum for string performers at the Heifetz International Summer Institute in Staunton, Virginia, US.
Ms. Mastrodomenico’s students can be heard singing throughout the United States, Europe, and South America. They have been accepted into graduate and undergraduate programs at Julliard, Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Texas at Austin, University of North Texas, Cleveland Institute of Music, University of Miami, Frost School of Music, Michigan State University, University of Maryland at College Park, Ithaca College, Guild Hall and The Royal Academy of Music in London. Her singers regularly attend young artist programs at Houston Grand Opera Outreach Program, Central City, Berlin Song Festival, Edinburgh Music Festival and Halifax Opera Festival.
Ms. Mastrodomenico received her Master of Music degrees in Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy at New England Conservatory of Music. She is on the voice faculties of Longy School of Music of Bard College and Tufts University.
Carol Mastrodomenico maintains an active schedule as a guest soloist with choruses, orchestras and other ensembles. She excels in the interpretation of oratorio, and has appeared recently in Poulenc’s Gloria, Beethoven’s Mass in C and Ninth Symphony, Brahms’ Requiem, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem, Mahler’s Second Symphony, Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42, Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Fauré’s Requiem.
Ms. Mastrodomenico is an accomplished recitalist, and has recently performed programs ranging from premieres of contemporary music to cabaret programs involving interaction with the audience. She recently toured England with her production of John Morrison’s Jane Austin’s History of England singing the role of Emce. She premiered John McDonald’s Put this in your Pipe and Speech Made by Music with the Essex Chamber Players, and premiered Ellen Bender’s Five Emily Dickinson Songs during New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Festival. Other noted composers she has worked with include Robert DiDomenica and David Leisner. Ms. Mastrodomenico has a great love for Spanish Repertoire, and enjoys programing Spanish and particularly Argentinian songs to introduce the repertoire to her recital audiences.
A champion of vocal chamber music, she has worked with noted musicians premiering new works at contemporary festivals sponsored by BMOP and composer groups at Tufts University and Longy School of Music of Bard College. She has been invited to perform at the Tanglewood Music Center, Jordan Hall, Faneuil Hall, the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, the Boston Vocal Artists Series, the 1794 Meeting House concert Series in New Salem, and the Music at Noon Concert Series at the Swedenborg Chapel.
Ms. Mastrodomenico is the stage director of both the Tufts University Opera Ensemble and the Longy School of Music of Bard College’s Opera Theater at Longy. Recent productions she has directed include Le Nozze di Figaro, Der Zwerg, L’amico Fritz, Gianni Schicchi, Three Sisters who are not Sisters, Three Penny Opera, Dido and Aeneas, Old Maid and the Thief, Amelia Goes to the Ball, Riders to the Sea, Gallantry, The Telephone and Doctor Miracle. Ms. Mastrodomenico is a passionate advocate for newly composed works. With the Tufts Opera Ensemble, she commissioned and directed the world premieres of Knave of Hearts by Vartan Aghababian in 2013 and No Onions, nor Garlic by Thomas Stumpf in 2014. With the Longy Opera Workshop, she commissioned and directed the world premiere of Jane Austen’s History of England by John Morrison in 2014. It is her hope to commission a new opera work every year.
Ms. Mastrodomenico is just as passionate about vocal pedagogy and teaching voice. She has participated in panel discussions by the Boston NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Chapter on the different elements of "Teaching Men to Sing", and was invited by the Western Massachusetts NATS chapter to give a solo presentation on Teaching Men. Her master classes at the Classical Singer Convention, Regional NATS workshops and area Colleges are widely attended. At her invitation, renowned pedagogue Ken Bozeman spoke in the Boston area about the Pedagogical Applications of Vocal Acoustics for teaching voice. She developed and annually taught a vocal curriculum for string performers at the Heifetz International Summer Institute in Staunton, Virginia, US.
Ms. Mastrodomenico’s students can be heard singing throughout the United States, Europe, and South America. They have been accepted into graduate and undergraduate programs at Julliard, Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Texas at Austin, University of North Texas, Cleveland Institute of Music, University of Miami, Frost School of Music, Michigan State University, University of Maryland at College Park, Ithaca College, Guild Hall and The Royal Academy of Music in London. Her singers regularly attend young artist programs at Houston Grand Opera Outreach Program, Central City, Berlin Song Festival, Edinburgh Music Festival and Halifax Opera Festival.
Ms. Mastrodomenico received her Master of Music degrees in Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy at New England Conservatory of Music. She is on the voice faculties of Longy School of Music of Bard College and Tufts University.
ZENAIDA DES AUBRIS
Zenaida des Aubris has more than 30 years of professional experience in the field of opera and classical music administration and production. Her involvement covers most aspects of
the behind the scenes work required to stage an opera or concert.
She worked closely with the legendary general directors Kurt Herbert Adler at the San Francisco Opera and with Ardis Krainik at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and later with Helga Schimdt at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Spain, in casting and artistic administration. In addition, Ms. des Aubris was the personal manager of two classical music superstars - stage director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and conductor Lorin Maazel. In 1991, Ms. des Aubris was granted the official German agency license necessary at the time to run her own agency for opera singers, based in Munich, Germany. Her involvement with China started with an orchestral tour in 1996 followed by taking on the work as general project director of Turandot in the Forbidden City conducted by Zubin Mehta and directed by the film director Zhang Yimou, which culminated in nine performances of this grand opera with over 45,000 visitors within the Forbidden City in Beijing, televised to over 50 countries. This led to her being named the first general director of the Hangzhou Grand Theater in China. She also ran the Rachlin and Friends Festival in Dubrovnik, Croatia until 2012.
As a result of this multi-faceted professional career - working in the theater, as an agent, producer and marketer, Zenaida des Aubris has developed a program about the business aspects of a singing career in order to help young singers get started on their professional path. It covers all aspects of personal branding and marketing, best practices for working with agents and theaters as well as developing individual career strategies. In her capacity as coach, she has worked with singers at the “Neue Stimmen” competition; the Ryan Center at Lyric Opera in Chicago; the Music Academy in Tallinn, Estonia, the Lotte Lehmann Academy, and other institutions. Currently, Zenaida des Aubris works with singers all over the world online via her website www.operacareercoach.com
Zenaida des Aubris has more than 30 years of professional experience in the field of opera and classical music administration and production. Her involvement covers most aspects of
the behind the scenes work required to stage an opera or concert.
She worked closely with the legendary general directors Kurt Herbert Adler at the San Francisco Opera and with Ardis Krainik at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and later with Helga Schimdt at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Spain, in casting and artistic administration. In addition, Ms. des Aubris was the personal manager of two classical music superstars - stage director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and conductor Lorin Maazel. In 1991, Ms. des Aubris was granted the official German agency license necessary at the time to run her own agency for opera singers, based in Munich, Germany. Her involvement with China started with an orchestral tour in 1996 followed by taking on the work as general project director of Turandot in the Forbidden City conducted by Zubin Mehta and directed by the film director Zhang Yimou, which culminated in nine performances of this grand opera with over 45,000 visitors within the Forbidden City in Beijing, televised to over 50 countries. This led to her being named the first general director of the Hangzhou Grand Theater in China. She also ran the Rachlin and Friends Festival in Dubrovnik, Croatia until 2012.
As a result of this multi-faceted professional career - working in the theater, as an agent, producer and marketer, Zenaida des Aubris has developed a program about the business aspects of a singing career in order to help young singers get started on their professional path. It covers all aspects of personal branding and marketing, best practices for working with agents and theaters as well as developing individual career strategies. In her capacity as coach, she has worked with singers at the “Neue Stimmen” competition; the Ryan Center at Lyric Opera in Chicago; the Music Academy in Tallinn, Estonia, the Lotte Lehmann Academy, and other institutions. Currently, Zenaida des Aubris works with singers all over the world online via her website www.operacareercoach.com
