New York Times<\/em> as “superb,\u201d “luscious-toned,\u201d “extraordinarily precise and expressive,\u201d and “dramatically committed and not averse to risk.\u201d She is known for fearless performances and passionate interpretations of works new and old for the recital, concert, and operatic stage. Sharon has premiered the music of some of today’s leading composers and her repertoire spans periods and styles. A wide array of collaborations has seen her work in venues around the world, and she has appeared as a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, and as a guest artist of the American Academy in Rome.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Cuban-American soprano Adriana Vald\u00e9s<\/strong> was born in La Habana, Cuba, and began her musical studies as a violin player. At a young age she moved to Mexico where she attended the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. The Mexican press considered her \u201cyouthful and charming, possessing a vast register\u201d, \u201cA force of nature\u201d and \u201cVocally impeccable with an enviable comic vis.\u201d Adriana made her debut with Opera de Bellas Artes in M\u00e9xico in the role of Gretel in Humperdink\u2019s H\u00e4nsel und Gretel<\/em> under the baton of Niksa Bareza. She made her American debut in 2016 in the title role of Emilio Arrieta\u2019s Marina<\/em> with the Miami Lyric Opera.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
For pioneering New York City composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Kitty Brazelton<\/strong>, music is personal, and the personal is universal. Her latest recording project \u200bCOVID Choirs\u200b will feature works including \u201cStorm\u201d, a retranslation of Psalm 104 written after Hurricane Sandy. Brazelton confronts encroaching invisibility with \u200bThe Planes of Your Location\u200b<\/em>, a live concert experience featuring Isaura String Quartet, premiered days before the global shutdown. The Essential Prayers Project\u200b redefines the tradition of prayer, making powerful words of hurt and hope accessible to all, religion aside. \u201cBrainy, boisterous and quintessentially downtown\u201d wrote Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The highly innovative and conjured world of composer Jonathan Dawe<\/strong> joins Baroque imagery with a modernist mix, cast with dynamic dramatic flair. Commended for his “quirky, fascinating modernist variations on earlier styles” (Time Out<\/em>), his music involves the recasting of energies and sounds of the past into decisively new expressions, through compositional workings based upon fractal geometry. The Flowering Arts<\/em>, a bold fractured transformation of Marc-Antoine Charpentier\u2019s Les arts florissants, commissioned by the Boston Symphony, was hailed as a \u201cpowerful premiere\u201d (Boston Globe<\/em>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Christine Donkin<\/strong> is an award-winning composer whose music appeals to a broad range of listeners and performers. Described by critics as \u201cstunning\u201d, \u201cpoignant\u201d, and \u201castonishingly beautiful\u201d, her work is promoted by several publishers and is performed all over the continent and beyond.<\/p>\nChristine enjoys composing music for a wide range of performers. While her compositions have been programmed at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall and the Moscow Conservatory, they are also frequently played at concerts featuring music students, community orchestras, and church choirs.<\/p>\n
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