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Christopher Holloway is an energetic, vibrant performer who “…acts with waltzlike precision…and is able to sing and act with equal agility.” A much sought after performer, Mr. Holloway has taken the opera stage with distinguished companies including Houston Grand Opera, Opera Tampa, Orlando Opera, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Opera Naples, Amarillo Opera, Lyric Opera of Los Angeles, Orange County Opera, Opera in the Heights, New Century Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, Brevard Music Center, and Operafestival di Roma. His extensive repertoire of operatic roles includes Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Mercutio in Romeo et Juliette, Marcello and Schaunard in La Bohéme, Sharpless in
Madama Butterfly, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, the title
role in Don Giovanni, Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore, Falke/Frank in Die Fledermaus, Pish-Tush in
The Mikado, Morales/Dancairo/Escamillo in Carmen, Lord Ruthven in Der Vampyr, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Lescaut in Manon, Dandini in La Cenerentola, Silvio in I Pagliacci, Elder McLean in
Susannah, Marullo in Rigoletto, Maximilian in Bernstein’s Candide, Wagner in Faust, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, and Angelotti and Sciarrone in Tosca. Among additional credits, Mr. Holloway has appeared as a Juror in the world premiere of Tod Machover’s Resurrection with Houston Grand Opera, Vicar Gedge in Albert Herring, Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Ben in The Telephone, Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief, L’Armonier in Les Dialogues des Carmelites, Tom/John in Mollicone’s Face on the Barroom Floor, and the Doctor in Douglas Moore’s Gallantry.
Always a stand-out, Mr. Holloway has been proclaimed as a baritone who “[demonstrated] burnished tones with excellent diction,” and an “audience favorite, [who] stole the show…”. Also an active musical theatre performer, Adjunct Voice Faculty Member at the University of South Florida, concert artist, and recitalist, Mr. Holloway’s other leading roles have included Curly in Oklahoma, Tommy in Brigadoon, Richard Henry Lee in 1776, Emile deBecque in South Pacific, Jigger in Carousel, The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, Riff in West Side Story, and
Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof.
His repertoire of concert material ranges from the early works of Bach and Handel to the more contemporary works of Vaughan Williams, Mahler, and Benjamin Britten.
In recent competition, Mr. Holloway was named as an advanced division finalist in the Palm Beach Opera Competition, a finalist in the Los Angeles District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a winner of the Pasadena Opera Guild Competition, a two-time finalist in the Heinz Rehfuss Singer/Actor Awards, a semi-finalist in the prestigious Zachary awards, and the encouragement award recipient from the Palm Springs Opera Guild.
American tenor Joel Burcham has firmly established himself as a young professional in the world of opera and classical music. He is known for his dominant stage presence as demonstrated through sensitive acting and “effortless command of his voice.” further described by Chris Shull of the Wichita Eagle as a tenor voice of “clarion tone and operatic power.” “Burcham’s soft voice,” declared Jim Edwards of the Chicago Tribune, “was lyrical and smooth as silk but when he opened up his voice, beautiful loud steely notes poured forth.” This versatile tenor voice has appropriately enabled Mr. Burcham to command leading roles with several of North America’s top companies.
Operatic highlights include performances of La Traviata, Rigoletto, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Bohéme, Faust, Carmen and I Pagliacci with opera companies to include: Utah Opera, Madison Opera, Opera Omaha, Knoxville Opera, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Opera Fort Collins, South Texas Lyric Opera and Music By The Lake Festival. Mr. Burcham made his professional operatic debut with his portrayal of Lindoro in L’Italiana in Algeri with the Central City Opera.
Also a distinguished oratorio and concert soloist, Joel Burcham has performed with the Colorado International Mahler Festival, Madison Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Utah Symphony, South Bend Symphony, Cheyenne Symphony and the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria in works to include: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Missa Solemnis, Mozart’s Reqiuem, Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation and Britten’s War Requiem and Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
Born and raised in Nashville, Illinois, Dr. Burcham received the Bachelor of Arts in Music from the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Summa Cum Laude, the Master of Arts in Voice Performance from the University of Arkansas and the Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Soprano, Kristin Moye, earned her Associate of the Arts from Truett-McConnell College and transferred to Mercer University where she completed her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance. After completion of her undergraduate degree, she received her Masters of Music in Vocal Performance. Her roles included Laetitia from Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief, Belinda from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Papagena from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Nella from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Bellezza from Cavalli’s L’Egisto, Cinderella from Sondheim’s Into the Woods and many more.
She has sung in Master classes with Metropolitan Opera Baritone Sherrill Milnes, Metropolitan Opera Soprano Leah Partridge, and Florida State University Opera Coach Tim Hoekman. Ms. Moye competed in the Miss Georgia America pageants from 2002-2006, and won several pageant titles and awards for her vocal talents. In 2004, she was a top ten finalist and was successful in the Miss America scholarship program. In 2008, she studied voice and Italian in Florence, Italy for the summer associate with the Da Vinci School and Bel-Canto Institute of Manhattan. She studied voice privately with Ms. Eva Hess-Thaysen, of the Royal School in Copenhagen, Denmark. She also received private coachings from Mr. Roger Malouf, Music Director of the opera workshop of Mannes College of Music Extension Division and on the production staff of the New York City Opera. She was also privately coached by Ms. Joana Pons, who is an Assistant Conductor with the Teatro Municipal de Menorca, Spain. She was a finalist for The Classical Singer magazine competition and was chosen to go to New York to represent the University of Georgia. While preparing for this audition, she studied with Professor Frederic Burchinal, head of the opera program for the University of Georgia, and current Metropolitan Opera Singer. She sang with the Augusta Opera Association, as Sister Osmina, in Puccini’s Suor Angelica. She was artistically directed under Soprano Kay Paschal Freeman and the nationally recognized teacher, director, and singer Carroll Freeman Classical Singer magazine’s 2010 Stage Director of the Year. In June of 2011, she was chosen to be a part of a new implemented opera studio summer program with Georgia State University. She was chosen to sing in a master class with Tyson Deaton, freelance piano and vocal coach for numerous operas all over the United States and Europe. In April of 2012, she performed with the Americolor Opera Association as Juliette La Roche and Ms. Antoinette Mallet in La Roche. She was also engaged for The Druid City Opera Workshop in May 2012 and was chosen to be a Berkshire Scholar that following July for The Berkshire Choral Festival. In January 2013, she sang the role of Serafina in Donizetti’s Il campanello di notte. In February 2013, she worked with Capital City Opera, covering the lead role of Winnie, for the world premiere of The Secret Agent. In May 2013, she sang the role of Laetitia with the Triangle Opera Studios in Raleigh, NC, and that following summer, she performed the role of Madame Goldentrill in The Impresario with the Franco-American Vocal Academy in Austria. January 2014, she sang Adina from The Elixir of Love and the following March, The Beggar Woman from Sweeney Todd. The following summer, she performed Pamina from The Magic Flute with the Blooming Voce Summer Opera Workshop. Once again, she was chosen as a Berkshire Scholar in July of the following year. She was contracted spring 2015, to sing in Suor Angelica, with the Savannah Voice Festival and then to sing Adele, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She won the Pro-Mozart Scholarship of Atlanta 2015, and then traveled to Germany to perform with the International Opera Academy, where she studied with Yamina Maamar. After her work in Germany, she traveled to Austria and worked with faculty of the Mozarteum, namely Helene Schneiderman and Wolfgang Brendel, and Wolfgang Holzmair. She studied Lied, German 1 for two separate sessions and was tutored in Italian and German separately during her stay. After her summer in Europe, she sang back-up to Harry Connick Jr. with the East Tennessee Symphony. December 2015, she sang a part of the Messiah with a portion of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Summer 2016 found her in Seattle, where she sang Queen of the Night with the German Vocal Art Institute. Most recently, she is contracted to perform in Billy Goats Gruff and Hansel and Gretel with Capitol City Opera’s Outreach Program.
Kelly Stultz is a full-voiced contralto with a dark vocal color, generous but scalable vocal size, and facility with coloratura that makes her equally comfortable singing Baroque alto repertoire as well as more dramatic works that call for a Romantic-sized orchestra. A musician to her toes (she is the daughter of a bass-baritone and a pianist), she has sung comprimaria roles in such operas as Rigoletto (Countess Ceprano), Madama Butterfly (Kate Pinkerton), and l’Elisir d’Amore (Giannetta) and leading roles in scenes from such operas as The Medium (Madame Flora) and Carmen (title role). She has relished getting back to the full scenic and musical commitment opera requires as Lady Davenaut in Der Vampyr.
Kelly also loves to bring her dramatic artistry to concert performance; she has traveled the world as a soloist with the Glenn Draper Singers and has soloed in such works as Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Coronation Mass. In recent seasons she has been a featured soloist with the Chattanooga Bach Choir and Orchestra in Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major and also in Mendelssohn’s Elijah (unforgettable as Jezebel in Act II). Kelly was a featured soloist in classic oratorio arias by Handel and Dvorâk in the presentation God Bless the Altos: Sacred Music Composed for Mezzo-soprano and Contralto Voices in Signal Mountain, TN, and sang opera arias from Un Ballo un Maschera, La Favorita, and Samson et Dalila for “Hops & Opera,” Chattanooga’s long-running seasonal opera concert event. Most recently, she was a soloist in Hear Ye, Israel: Classical Vocal Music in the Jewish Tradition for Mizpah Congregration in music by Handel and Copland last month.
A graduate of Bryan College and Bob Jones University, Kelly is the Director of Music & Arts at Chattanooga’s First Presbyterian Church and is a member and Associate Conductor of the Voice of Reason Women’s Ensemble.
Mezzo-soprano Sara Crigger has been praised for her warmth of tone and “flawless comedic timing.” A few of her operatic credits include Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Fanny in La Cambiale di Matrimonio, and L’écureuil in L’Enfant et les Sortileges. Ms. Crigger has appeared as a soloist with the Nashville Collegiate Orchestra as well as the Austin Peay Symphony Orchestra as winner of the Concerto and Aria Competition. Sara was a winner at the 2016 Mid-South NATS Competition. Her upcoming engagements include appearances as the mezzo soloist in Women of Valor as well as Dorabella in Mozart’s much loved Così fan tutte.
A lover of contemporary music, Sara has made a concerted effort to work with living composers on a regular basis. She has been fortunate to premiere works such as Rachel Devore Fogarty’s “As the rain hides the stars” and Karl Henning’s “Nicodemus brings myrrh and aloes for the burial of the Christ.”
Sara received her Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and completed her Master of Music in Vocal Performance at Austin Peay State University. She has also attended the Crittendon Opera workshop and has appeared as an Apprentice Artist with Miami Summer Music Festival. A musician who crosses styles freely, Sara has performed at CMA Fest and the BMI Awards as well as appearing as a soloist for Ravel’s Shéhérazade and numerous recitals.
Rachel Shannon is a Memphis native that is currently studying Theatre and Vocal Performance at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Her most recent credits include Laurey in Oklahoma!, Myra Arundel in Hay Fever and Eva Peron in EVITA. She is an active member of Alpha Psi Omega and Sigma Alpha Iota. A huge thanks to Laura for this opportunity, and my family and friends for the constant stream of support and love.
Marianna Allen is excited to be singing with Scenic City Opera again. She previously sang in the company’s production of Abduction from the Seraglio. A Chattanooga native, Marianna is a veteran of both opera and musical theater. Favorite roles have included Merry in The Mighty Casey, Edith in Pirates of Penzance, Lily in The Secret Garden, and Trina in Falsettos. Marianna holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Lawrence University and a Master of Arts in Arts Administration from Florida State University, and she is a 2010 graduate of the Professional Actor Training Program at Chattanooga State Community College. She studies voice with David Pennebaker.
Randy Bright, bass-baritone, is the Choral Director at Rhea County High School and Music Minister at First Baptist Church of Dayton. Randy received his Bachelor of Science in Vocal Music Education from Bryan College where he performed in various leading opera roles, including Frank Maurrant in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, Guglielmo in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and the Modern Major General in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. He has also performed the baritone solos in Handel’s The Messiah on various occasions. In May 2016, Randy also received his Masters in Music from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Choral Conducting. Randy currently resides in Dayton, TN.
A native of Chattanooga, TN, James holds a master’s degree in vocal performance from Washington University, in St. Louis. After receiving his degree, he joined their faculty to teach applied voice. While in St. Louis, he sang with the St. Louis Symphony for seven years as a principal singer. With that ensemble, he covered solos in Haydn’s The Seasons, Mozart’s Requiem, Berlioz’s Requiem, and Britten’s War Requiem. His solo debut with the St. Louis Symphony was singing in the sextet for the Berlioz Huit Scènes de Faust and as the 1st Prisoner in Beethoven’s Fidelio. In the fall of 2008, James returned to Memphis to begin doctoral studies at the University of Memphis. While there, he joined the music faculty, teaching applied voice at his alma mater, Rhodes College. Even with teaching and pursuing another degree, James continued performing. He sang with the Rhodes MasterSingers and the Memphis Symphony in Schubert’s Mass in G, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Israel in Egypt, and Bach’s B minor Mass. He has also appeared with the Memphis Masterworks Chorale singing tenor solos in Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor. In opera, James has performed roles in Tartuffe, The Crucible, Die Zauberflöte, Le nozze di Figaro, Lucia di Lammermoor, Falstaff, Eugene Onegin, Tosca, Carmen, Albert Herring, Handel’s Partenope, Hänsel und Gretel, and Die Lustige Witwe. In 2012, James made his Opera Memphis debut, singing the role of Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus. Mr. Harr also served as vocal coach and director for the Jr. and Sr. Opera Conservatories with Opera Memphis. James recently moved back to Chattanooga where he is a member of the music faculty at McCallie School, assisting with the men’s vocal ensembles and teaching voice lessons. Upcoming engagements for James include singing with the Chattanooga Symphony (tenor solos in Handel’s Messiah) and the Chattanooga Bach Choir (tenor solos in Mozart’s C Minor Mass). James and his wife Sarah (organist at First Baptist Church) have a two-year old son named Oliver.
Trevor is a graduate of UTC. Musical productions include South Pacific, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Crazy for You, Guys & Dolls, Hair, Sweeney Todd, I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, and Young Frankenstein. Mr. Miles is also a trumpet player.
Benjamin Brooks is a senior studying Vocal Performance at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and is under the tutelage of Professor Perry Ward. Brooks is the president-elect of the Chamber Singers, after serving a year as the vice president for the choir, in addition to participating in the Chattanooga Singers chorus, and the Men’s Chorus. He is an active member of the Opera Workshop at UTC, and has performed in a production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute as Monostatos, and has performed scenes from Simon and Norman’s The Secret Garden, Brown’s The Last Five Years, and Bizet’s Carmen. Ben has also worked with the Chattanooga Theatre Center for a production of Stein and Bock’s Fiddler on the Roof as Sasha. He is grateful for a supportive ensemble and team for his first professional production with Scenic City Opera.
Matthew Glidden, age 14, was born in Chattanooga and is in eighth grade at The Center for Creative Arts (CCA). He started acting and singing in the second grade, and he was actively involved in the St. Peter’s Episcopal School’s theater productions. His roles included Augustus in Willy Wonka JR., Winthrop in The Music Man JR., Sebastian in The Little Mermaid JR., and Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof JR. He has also appeared in Closed Door Entertainment’s productions of both Les Miserables and Shrek the Musical. Matthew’s first opera was with Scenic City Opera’s production of The Abduction from the Seraglio. He also has participated in the musicals at his school, CCA, appearing last year as Billy in Anything Goes JR and more recently as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka Jr. Matthew loves reading, paddle-boarding, playing airsoft, and playing videogames. Matthew is excited and honored to be in his second Scenic City Opera production.
Greg Glover is thrilled to be making his debut with Scenic City Opera. A stage and screen vet, his musical credits include: Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye), Les Misérables (Javert), Company (Harry), and Miss Annie Award-winning stints in Children of Eden (Adam/Noah) and Into the Woods (Mysterious Man) at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. With the Signal Mountain Playhouse, he lead The Music Man (Harold Hill) and Brigadoon (Tommy). With Closed Door Entertainment he added Chicago (Billy Flynn) and The Sound of Music (Capt. Von Trapp). He has
twice strode the board in Beauty and the Beast (Beast/Gaston) and 1776 (Dickinson/Sherman) and even took on
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Jasper) in Cleveland. Dramatic credits include: Frankenstein the Post-modern Prometheus (Creature), The Crucible (Proctor), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine), and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Harding). Greg sings with the big band Sweet Georgia Sound and he’s the voice of the University of Tennessee Pride of the Southland Marching Band on football Saturdays. In real life, he’s a newsman at WRCB, but his passion has always been with the Arts.
Tim Hinck is a concert pianist, composer, and a former Fullbright Scholar to the Netherlands. His musical compositions and multimedia performances have been presented regionally across the Southeast and abroad in Spain and the Netherlands. Exploration and discovery are the fundamental elements of Hinck’s performances. His passion for wine and the culinary world combine with his discipline as an athlete and rock climber to inspire his multi-sensory performance experiences in unexpected places. Whether conducting an orchestra of electronic instruments in an abandoned warehouse, or performing Beethoven on a grassy field, Hinck brings clarity to the tumultuous, human experience. Hinck is a musical coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, frequent music director at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre, and a teacher at St Peter’s School and the McCallie School. His recent commissions have included multimedia works and original compositions for CreateHere, the Chattanooga Public Library, EPB’s GigTank Demo Day, and the River Rocks Festival in Chattanooga. Hinck’s latest opera Eve Apart premiered in Pittsburgh, PA in 2015.
Before moving back to Chattanooga 3.5 years ago, Ms. Sage had made a name for herself as a specialist in lesser-known operas as the Founder and Executive Director of the Lyric Opera of Los Angeles (LOLA). She has sung in, as well as produced, numerous operas for LOLA, including Der Vampyr (as Malwina and producer) by Marschner, Cendrillon (alternating performances as Cendrillon and La Fee, and as producer) by Pauline Viardot, Goyescas (producer) by Enrique Granados, Manon Lescaut (as Manon, and as producer) by D.F.E. Auber, Un Giorno di Regno (producer) by Verdi, Die Feen (producer), and others. Die Feen was as part of Ring Festival LA in association with the Los Angeles Opera, and took place at the historic Pasadena Playhouse. She has also been an active participant in the concert / oratorio circuit. Ms. Sage has performed the soprano solos in pieces such as the Lord Nelson Mass by Haydn, and Bach’s Mass in B Minor under the direction of Alexander Ruggieri at 1st Congregational Church of Los Angeles; as well as numerous other solos at the Los Angeles Bach Festival, with the Los Angeles Camerata, and various churches and festivals around the country, including The Messiah, Faure’s Requiem, the Brahms Requiem, Bach’s St. John’s Passion, Elijah by Mendelssohn, the Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio, and many others.
Laura has been a sought after church soloist and section leader, having held positions at Oneonta Congregational Church in downtown Los Angeles, First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, and St. John’s Episcopal Church, and as a sub at many other churches.
In addition to being a singer, Laura is also a professional violinist, performing often at the Chattanooga Theatre Center, Chatt State, and as a sub with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera. Ms. Sage is mom to 2 high-schoolers who live in Los Angeles, 4 cats (Purrceus Q. Cat, Lucifur, Clawed Debussy, and Abbey Normal), and 2 dogs (Ophelia & Lebowski). She is a freelancer doing website development/design and graphic design. You can see her portfolio at http://www.thepixelpixie.com.
Joseph McGuire is a recent graduate from the University of Memphis where he majored in theatre with a concentration in performance. He is a director, actor, playwright, performance artist, and theatre technician. His previous lighting design credits include The Whale, Unlocking the Air, and multiple dance recitals all at the University of Memphis. He is excited to be working with such an innovative company as Scenic City Opera that is doing amazing work for the modern opera.
Terry Sanford is well-known in the Chattanooga music community as a pianist, singer, conductor, and teacher. Terry has a Bachelor’s in Music Education and a Master’s in Music Theory from the University of Montevallo. He spent over 20 years as a music educator specializing in high school choral music and serving at several schools in the Chattanooga area including Tyner and Hixson High Schools. After leaving formal teaching Terry took a position as an administrative assistant at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga and is currently the budget manager for the College of Arts and Sciences at UTC. Terry is on staff at Brainerd Methodist Church as pianist and bass section leader. He is also the musical director for Closed Door Entertainment, a community musical theater company, where he has directed and performed as principal keyboard in productions of Les Miserables, Titanic the Musical, Shrek the Musical, Children of Eden, Next to Normal, The Last Five Years, and most recently West Side Story. Terry has performed as a singer and baritone soloists with Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Chorus (and was also rehearsal pianist), Chattanooga Choral Arts, and Voce Virili. Terry continues his profession as a teacher in both rehearsals he conducts, and in his private voice studio. Terry considers one of his greatest honors as working with Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck, for whom he transcribed most of Dave’s choral music for publication. Terry’s high school choir appeared with Dave at the piano in a concert of Brubeck choral music at the 2000 Music Educator’s National Conference in 2000 – the only time Dave Brubeck ever accompanied a high school choir. “The scariest experience I ever had was sharing a piano bench with Dave – I was playing the accompaniment to his setting of Alleluia from Dave’s Mass and Dave was supposed to play the jazz break. When it was finished I literally had to put my hands over his and take over on the next beat while he slid off the bench and I slid on. I was terrified I was going to push him off the bench onto the floor.” Terry says his greatest credit is when Dave told him “you never have to worry about having a job. You could be a bar pianist at any bar in the world.” This statement goes on all Terry’s resumes! Terry is also proud to have worked with Roland Carter in transcribing arrangements for publication by Mar-Vel publishing. He is honored to have prepared the chorus for this performance of Der Vampyr and hopes to work with Scenic City Opera again soon. “Toi, toi, toi” to the cast and crew!