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August 2015

 

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Dear Friends,

 

We are gearing up for another fantastic audition season!  Applications will be available this month on our website for the October 17th auditions.  We look forward to seeing you in a few months, in the meantime, perhaps you could catch one of our singers in a performance!

 

Sincerely,

 

Kathy Pyeatt, Tanya Kruse Ruck & Colleen Brooks
Co-Directors

Jonathan Dauermann (Auditionee 2014)  

 

Jonathan Dauermann recently made his debut with the Castleton Festival, appearing as Frere John in Romeo et Juliette, the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's Our Town, and part of a special concert with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. This month, Jonathan will be returning to New York's dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, making his role debuts as Bartolo and Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro.


 

For further information, please visit: www.jonathandauermann.com 

Holly Flack (District Winner 2012, Florentine Opera Recital Winner)
 

 

Holly is currently a young artist with Ohio Light Opera in Wooster, Ohio. She performs as Maggie Anderson in Brigadoon by Lerner and Loewe, Gabrielle in Cole Porter's Can Can, Mae in Gershwin's Oh, Kay!, and Babette in Lehar's Friederike

 

Kathy Pyeatt (District Winner 1996, Region 2nd Place 1997) 
 


Kathy returns to the Peninsula Music Festival for Donna Elivra in Don Giovanni on August 15th at 7:30 PM.

For more information visit:

Mary Elizabeth Williams (National Semi-Finalist in 2001)

          

Ms. Williams makes her American debut as Abigaille in Nabucco with Seatlle Opera (www.seattleopera.org). Performances August 8, 15, 19, and 22. 

 

Visit Mary Elizabeth's website: www.maryelizabethwilliams.com

for more information about her future singing engagements.


 

 ICC Courtyard Series
 

This month District Co-Directors, and past District Winners, Tanya Kruse Ruck and Colleen Brooks, will be joined by Tim Rebers and Todd Fortier for an evening a song at CafĂ© La Scala in the Italian Community Center.

 

Wednesday, August 12th at 6:30 PM
 

http://www.iccmilwaukee.com/courtyard-music-series.html

 

 

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