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Performance Dates: June 25th
Young Artist Showcase
June 27th
Featuring: Les Contes d'Hoffman - Offenbach
Artistic Director & Conductor: Beverly Coulter
Location: Continuo Arts Conservatory of Music
36 Chatham Road, Summit NJ
Previous Festival Winners reflect on the Minuetto experience...
"Last year I had the good fortune of being selected a winner of the Milton Cross Award and given a scholarship to the Minuetto Young Artist Program. This one week intensive left me feeling more accomplished, polished and much more comfortable in marketing, business, and networking. I especially benefited from the business management and the audition/aria master classes with accredited professionals in the field."
Heather Bobeck, Milton Cross Award Winner
"Being selected for the Emerging Artist Award was not just an accomplishment but a starting point. The week spent at the Minuetto Music Festival not only challenged me, but also motivated and supported me to become a stronger musician and artist. I left better for it. The classes and staff you have the opportunity to work under and the colleagues you meet will forever serve your journey as a musician. I would highly recommend this program."
Dena Marie Andrews, Emerging Artist Winner
"Minuetto is great for emerging singers in the area. (and even as far as Canada in the past.) The week keeps you on your toes in not only how quickly it can go but in how much you can accomplish professionally and personally as a singing artist. You leave making lasting networking connections amongst contemporaries and coaches as well as leave your Jersey audiences satisfied with refined and brillant, yet accessible and entertaining repertoire"
Brian Alvarado, Emerging Artist Winner
"I am fortunate that I had the privilege and honor of being a recipient of the Milton Cross Award and singing with the Minuetto Music Festival. The faculty was comprised of professionals and educators who mentored participants, while always remembering that support and encouragement are vital to the psyche of a singer. The musical opportunities and classes prepared the singers and teachers to make their own personal journeys into successful musical lives. Personally, this incredible opportunity gave me the tools to pursue singing professionally while teaching in higher education. I've since been hired as a professor of voice at two thriving universities, and I am certain many of the skills obtained during the festival contributed to my success. I am thankful for this life changing experience."
Lauren Athey-Janka, Milton Cross Award Winner
“I have been involved with Minuetto's Milton Cross Competition for three years, and in 2014 was awarded the Milton Cross Award. Each year I have gained so much in the way of business knowledge, confidence and contacts. As a Milton Cross Award Winner, I was able to book a fantastic performing opportunity for next year through the networking I was able to do at the Concerts. The week I spent in New Jersey this year was such a fulfilling enriching experience. Dr. Wicke demands excellence. She and the staff offer such a wealth of knowledge and help which is MOST welcomed on my crazy journey through this business.”
Jami Leonard, Rising Star Award Winner
“The Minuetto Music Festival’s Milton Cross Young Artist Program is a wonderful week of learning, bonding and collaborating. It was more than I ever imagined it would be. The classes were wonderful, and the faculty’s willingness to get down to the ‘Nitty Gritty’ was beyond helpful. I walked away smarter and with the knowledge that there are many options on this journey. I am doing all that is in my power to become a full-time performer...I thought! The faculty really challenged me to push harder for what I want, to be unafraid to network and get myself out there. I gained more than a cash prize could offer!”
Olanna Goudeau, Rising Star Award Winner, America’s Got Talent Contestant
By far the greatest assest of the Minuetto Music Festival were the two masterclasses on the business of music. Most programs only mention in passing this essential aspect of the music world. These masterclasses were the most indepth, hands on and truly informative sessions I've been a part of. Everything from how to network to the importance of a professional image to how to design a business card were discussed. I left those sessions with the tools and knowledge that I need to succeed.
Craig Sanphy, Rising Star Award Winner
Named for the famous 'voice of the Metropolitan Opera' Milton Cross, the Young Artist Series is designed to expose and promote outstanding young artists from around the world. Click Here for Milton Cross Bio
Date: February 12
Location: Central Presbyterian Church
46 S. Park Street
Montclair, NJ
Performance Time: 4:00 p.m.
Dates: June 25 - July 1
Location: Continuo Arts Conservatory of Music
36 Chatham Road, Summit NJ
Daily Festival Schedule:
Master Classes, Coachings, Rehearsals: TBD
Performances:
June 22: 7:30 p.m.
Young Artist Showcase-A Red Carpet Event
Buffet, Open Bar
Tickets Required
Grand Summit Hotel
July 1: 7:30 p.m.
Festival Finale Concert
"The Merry Widow"
Featuring:
Minuetto Young Artist Winners
Chorus & Orchestra
Meet the Artists Post-Concert Reception:
Featured Performer:
Click Here for Sharon Byrne's Minuetto Festival Young Artist Performance
Sharon Byrne has been the mezzo-soprano soloist and alto section leader at Calvary Episcopal Church in Summit, NJ for sixteen seasons. She has actively participated in Calvary’s concert series over the years. Her many oratorio performances as a soloist with Calvary and with several local concert series include Brahms' Alto Rhapsody, as well as Handel's Messiah, Bach's Magnificat, Bach's Mass in B-Minor, Bach's St. John Passion, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Mozart's Requiem, and Verdi's Requiem.
Sharon has completed her graduate studies at Shenandoah Conservatory where she earned her Master of Music Education degree. While studying for her undergraduate degree at Westminster Choir College, she sang with the Westminster Symphonic Choir in performance of Britten's War Requiem, Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au Boucher and Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem (recorded with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Kurt Masur). Sharon can be heard on two other recordings (Singing for Pleasure and Westminster Choir at Spoleto Festival, U.S.A.) and she toured Europe and the Far East with the critically acclaimed Westminster Choir and under the direction of Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt.
She has performed in the opera choruses of Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, Verdi's Falstaff and Janáček's The Excursions of Brouček to the Moon and to the Fifteenth Century at the Spoleto Festival, U.S.A. Her solo musical theatre roles include Katisha in Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta Mikado and Mrs. Ott in Floyd’s opera Susannah. Sharon also enjoyed her seven years singing with the award winning young professional group The Antioch Choral Ensemble and can be heard on their first album Winter Songs.
Sharon is currently studying voice with Dr. Christopher Arneson of Westminster Choir College and coaches with Ms. Pamela Gilmore of Rutgers University.
Featured Performer:
Click Here for Erica Papillion-Posey's Minuetto Young Artist Performance
“....Purely exciting and rich! ....great delivery of text....” ~Arte & Musica Magazine
“....Gorgeous, powerful voice!....” ~Dr. Juliana Bishop-Hoch, Loveland Opera Theatre
March 2012, mezzo soprano, Erica Papillion-Posey launched the first program in a three recital series entitled: An Evening of Classical Treasures. “….incredibly beautiful, engaging and warm….” were but some of the terms used by ~Dr. Arthur Jones, Founder & Chair Emeritus of The Spirituals Project, to describe her preparation and interpretation of the text.
Reared in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Ms. Papillion-Posey is an impressive singing actress with an emerging national and international resume. On the opera stage or in recital— she is not to be missed. Her memorable 2010 performance with the Tusica Opera Festival inspired a return invitation for the 2011 season as the 3rd lady in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and praised performances in Tarquinia, Civita di Bagnoregio, Castilione, Capranica and Ronciglione, Italy of the Pergolesi sacred beauty, Stabat Mater at the direction of Timothy Leon. Additionally, in 2011, she sang the role of Bizet’s Carmen and Annina from Verdi’s La Traviata in Bari, Italy. July, 2010, Ms. Papillion-Posey made her international debut as the Darth Vader of female operatic characters, La zia Principessa from Puccini’s Suor Angelica at the Tuscia Opera Festival, under the baton of maestro Stefano Vignati in Viterbo and Rome, Italy. In March 2010, she premiered the role of Lucretia in Britten’s Rape of Lucretia. In December 2009, Ms. Papillion-Posey was the featured alto soloist in Faith Lutheran’s production of Handel’s Messiah. In April 2008, she secured the title role of the alluring seductress Carmen with the Lamont School of Music at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO. Ms. Papillion-Posey’s early career roles include: her 2007 debut of Princess Akara, from Cherise Leiter and Leanna Kirchoff’s world premier of The Lady or the Tiger, an adaptation of the beloved short story by Franck Stockton; her 2006 -few fries short of a happy meal- rendering of Madam Flora, “Baba” from Giancarlo Menotti’s The Medium, and Mozart’s man-swapping sister, Dorabella.
Ms. Papillion-Posey is most at home in 19th century, Romantic literature with celebrated composers Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Camille Saint-Saens and Gaetano Donizetti. Her operatic specialty roles include: Carmen (Carmen), Dalila (Samson et Dalila), Amneris (Aida), Azucena (Il Trovatore), Suzuki (Madam Butterfly) Charlotte (Werther) and Adalgisa (Norma) and Dorabella (Così fan tutte) with concert repertoire including: Messiah, Verdi Requiem, Alto Rhapsody, Mahler Symphony No. 2 & No. 8, Cinco Canciones Negras, Beethoven's Symphony No.9 and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.
Ms. Papillion-Posey has been selected for masterclass appointments and coaching sessions with: distinguished opera and art song bass-baritone Simon Estes of the University of Iowa; character mezzo, Judith Christin; accomplished tenor, Donald Kaasch and Michael Capasso, founder and general director of DiCapo Opera. Summer 2012 she will be working and coaching with renowned mezzo soprano, Grace Bumbry at the Bumbry Vocal and Opera Academy, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany.
Among her scholarly pursuits, Ms. Papillion-Posey holds a Master of Music degree and Advanced Certificate in vocal performance (both with honors and distinction) from the University of Denver, Lamont School of Music, a Bachelor of Music in voice from Metropolitan State College of Denver and a Diploma in Business Management from Platt Business and Technical College. She has been the recipient of many music awards and grants such as the: International Lyric Academy of Rome e Viterbo Award, AMICI of Denver Scholarship, Dante Alighieri Music Scholarship Competition, Jeff Bradley Music Scholarship Fund, E. Stoddard Young Endowment Scholarship, Stratton Faulhaber Scholarship, Coulter Norbloom Scholarship Grant and Joseph Docksey Career Development Fund Award and the 2005 first and 2006 second place, opera division winner of the Vocal Arts Competition of Colorado, to name a few. In 2010, Ms. Papillion-Posey, along with friends and fellow vocalist, Christie Connolley and Melissa Wimbish founded, directed and wrote extensively for www.Operagasm.com, a substantive, cutting-edge e-magazine focusing on current events, news, reviews, interviews, fashion and editorial contributions regarding opera and classical music.
Ms. Papillion-Posey currently serves as Director of Artistic Programs and liaison to Boettcher Boys and Girls Club of Aurora for Grand Design Inc., a cultural and performing arts group. She is also a member of the Italian Institute of Denver, L’Alliance Française de Denver, The Lamont Society and Friends of Music at Metro.
Featured Performer:
Click Here for Craig Sanphy's Minuetto Young Artist Performance
Craig Sanphy, a native of Concord, NH, is immensely enjoying a gap year before he begins his auditions for grad schools in the fall. In the past year alone he has appeared with multiple companies, including the Delaware Valley Opera Company (Don Ottavio understudy in Don Giovanni), Princeton Music Festival (Chorus in Francesca di Ramini), Opera MODO (Elder Hayes in Susannah) and the Westminster Opera Theatre (Chorus in Cosi Fan Tutte). He currently resides in Princeton where he studies voice with Dr. Sharon Sweet.
Featured Performer:
Click Here for Shannon Hunt's Minuetto Young Artist Performance
Shannon Elizabeth Hunt has performed many operas and musical theater roles including “Barbarina”(Le nozze di Figaro), “Belinda” (Dido and Aeneas), “Suor Genovieffa” (Suor Angelica), “Despina” (Così fan tutte), “Liza Dulin” (A.F.R.A.I.D.), “Célie” (Signor Deluso), “Alexandria” (Regina) and “Sharon Graham” (Master Class). She has performed as a soloist in oratorios and cantatas including Haydn’s Missa Brevis No.7, Fauré’s Requiem, Schubert’s Mass in G, Resphigi’s Lauda per la Natività, Poulenc’s Gloria, Duboise’s Seven Last Words of Christ, Mozart’s Exsultate, Jubilate, Hoiby’s Hymn of the Nativity, Handel’s Messiah and Bach Cantatas 58, 147, 150 and 197.
In addition to singing, Ms. Hunt enjoys playing the piano, violin and composing. She has won many awards and scholarships for vocal performance and composition from such institutions and organizations as Westminster Choir College, Classical Productions, Music Teachers National Association, Mobile Opera Guild, National Association of Teachers of Singing and Birmingham-Southern College.
Ms. Hunt has performed with Brooklyn Repertory Opera, The Herbert Mark Newman Theater, M4JP and Birmingham Opera Works. She currently performs with Opera Oggi NY and Follow the Drinking Gourd and is a section leader at Westfield Presbyterian Church in NJ.
Featured Performer:
Click Here for Hope Osborn's Minuetto Young Artist Performance
Featured Performer:
Click here for Jenne Carey's Minuetto Young Artist Performance
Featured Performer:
Click here for Stanley Wilson's Minuetto Young Artist Performance
Most of today’s outstanding artists started young; Stanley Wilson is no exception. His first solo performance was at age six, singing “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” at a Christmas party, which kindled his interest in music leading him to pursue a life long study of singing and performance. He received his Master of Music from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts in Opera Performance and continues to learn by keeping up his studies in New York City with Anthony Laciura as well as William Hicks of the Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Wilson has amassed an extensive list of oratorio and opera credits which include presentations of Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Schubert Mass in B-flat as well as Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte, Basilio and Don Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro, Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors, and Bardolfo in Falstaff and Gastone in La Traviata and Lorenzo in I Capuleti e I Montecchi. As a recital soloist, Mr. Wilson has performed with pianist Malcolm Halliday the works of Elgar, Bridge, Quilter, Vaughan Williams, Schumann and many others. Mr. Wilson teaches voice privately from his home in Worcester, Massachusetts. His philosophy of singing is: “Whether one is singing classical, musical theatre, jazz, pop or rock, a sound technique must come first. From there, a singer can begin to develop the ability to communicate with the listener and to explore what music is truly about.”
Featured Performer:
Click here for Sara Noble's Minuetto Young Artist Performance
Featured Performer:
Michelle Repella is an active choral and opera singer in the greater Tri-State area. Her love for these two genres in particular are what propelled her to attend Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ for voice and music education studies. While at Westminster, she studied under Faith Esham privately, and while a member of the prestigious Symphonic choir, sang under the batons of Maestros Joseph Flummerfelt, Neeme Jarvi, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Ms. Repella also sang on the national tour of A Royal Christmas, starring Andrea Bocelli and Denyce Graves. Ms. Repella also held post in the professional choir of St. Bartholomew's Church, NYC, and was fortunate enough to do several recordings and many concerts while there. She also is a member of Anam Cara, based out of Philadelphia, PA, which has recorded three albums under the GIA label, focused in premiering new choral works. Ms. Repella continues to study and sing operatically, most recently having sung La Zia Principessa in Puccini's Suor Angelica with Trinity Opera, NYC. In 2009, Ms. Repella was accepted into the Intermezzo's Elardo Young Artist Program, which was held in Bruges, Belgium. For a month, she studied with Marishka Wierzbicki and Patricia McCaffrey, and coached under J. David Jackson, Andrew Wise, and John Lidal. She sang in the European Premiere of Marc Adamo's opera "Little Women" as Cecelia March. The premiere was held in Bruges' Stadsschouwburg theater in the heart of the city. Ms. Repella has also sung chorus for the Princeton festival for several seasons, as well as New Jersey Opera Theater and Regina Opera. Ms. Repella continues to study and love the field, and works hard to maintain a good balance between her love of choirs and solo work.
Featured Performer:
A native Hoosier, Jami was honored to attend Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, completing her Bachelor of Music in 2009 and Master of Music in 2011 as a student of Patricia Wise. Favorite roles with IU Opera include originating the role of Marguerite Gashet in Bernard Rands’ World Premiere of “Vincent”, Maria (West Side Story) and Clara Johnson (The Light in the Piazza). Workshop Performances under the tutelage of Silvia McNair include Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro)and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte); under Carol Vaness, Blanche (Diologues des Carmelites) and Manon (Manon).
As an undergraduate, Jami won the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale competition (2008). She originated the role of Juliet in Dr. Don Freund’s (IU Composition Dept. Head) “Romeo and Juliet: A Musical Drama” at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. Subsequently, she sang the role of Jenny in Kurt Weil’s “Down in the Valley” at the Waldron Arts Center.
Jami continued on to complete her masters degree as a Merit Scholarship winner. During her graduate work, she attended the Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute in San Francisco where she performed the role of Giunone in “La Calisto”, along with scene performances as Meg (Falstaff), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice) and Manon (Manon). While in San Francisco, Jami was honored to participate in a Master Class given by Patricia Racette.
This Spring, Jami has had the privilege to work for the Center for Contemporary Opera(CCO) in New York City, singing in the Atelier Premiere of Eric Salzman’s “Big Jim and the Small Time Investors”. She also traveled with the company to Avignon Opera Theater as the company’s manager for their production of “The Secret Agent”. This Fall, Jami looks forward continuing her work as Company Manager for CCO’s production of “A Death in the Family” to be performed in NYC and Szegad, Hungary.
Featured Performer:
Laura Ann Heckmann debuted with the Northern Westchester Symphony in 2009. With degrees in both music and business, she has worked as the soprano soloist and section leader for the Presbyterian Church of New Rochelle. Her performing credits include Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Siebel in Faust with rave reviews for the Hudson Lyric Opera. She also has appeared as Lady Ella in Patience with Einstein Symphony Orchestra and a young artist with Connecticut Lyric Opera. Summer performing engagements include the Plaintiff in Trial By Jury with Connecticut Gilbert and Sullivan Society and Cinderella in Into the Woods with Theater West.
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Time: 7:30 p.m.
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A native of Dallas, Texas, Beverly Coulter holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Miami. Her recent operatic performances include the role of Elvira in Bellini’s I Puritani, the title role in Arrieta’s opera Marina, Norina in Don Pasquale, Gilda in Rigoletto, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Musetta in La Bohème, Violetta in La Traviata, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Pamina in The Magic Flute, and Lia in Debussy’s L’Enfant Prodigue. Dr. Coulter has appeared in concert in Italy, Canada, South America, England, Poland, Mexico, Greece, and the Czech Republic. She performed in Carnegie Hall as soprano soloist with MidAmerica Productions. Her South Florida appearances have included performances with the New World Symphony, Treasure Coast Opera Society, Miami Lyric Opera, Riuniti Opera, Coral Gables Symphony and Opera, Círculo Lírico de la Opera, and the Civic Chorale of Greater Miami.
In addition to maintaining an active schedule as a singer, professor, conductor, director, published author, and clinician in the area of vocal music and opera, Dr. Coulter is a winner of numerous awards and competitions in the area of solo piano. She has recently conducted Don Pasquale, L’Elisir D’Amore, La Rondine, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, and The Barber of Seville. Her directing credits encompass a history of numerous opera, operetta, and musical theatre productions. She is the Artistic Director and founder of the Riuniti Opera, which was officially inaugurated in 2000 as an organization designed to help young singers bridge the gap between student and professional by being afforded performance opportunities in which they work alongside established professionals in the opera field. She launched the Riuniti Summer Educational Opera Series with the Alhambra Orchestra, and has presented The Magic Flute, Die Fledermaus, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Impresario during recent seasons.
As a staunch advocate of new music, Dr. Coulter has performed in premieres of many new works in the United States and abroad. These include works of Stephen James Edwards, Philip Glass, her husband Fred Coulter, and Canadian composer Imant Raminsch. She recently she appeared as soprano soloist in the world premiere of Edwards’s Requiem For My Mother, presented by the Continuo Arts Foundation as part of the Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra in Rome, Italy. She performed the role of Mica in the South Florida premiere of Carly Simon’s opera Romulus Hunt. Dr. Coulter is Director of Music Ministry at Central Presbyterian Church in Miami, Florida. She is Auditions Chairperson of the South Florida Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and is an active collaborator with the Miami Lyric Opera and the Alhambra Orchestra. Dr. Coulter is Director of Opera and Professor of Music at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida.
Hailed as a ‘true maestro’ conductor Candace Wicke made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2002. As a champion of new music, Dr. Wicke has premiered new works in many of her Carnegie Hall appearances including the World Premiere of Imant Raminsh’s Symphony of Psalms, Gary Fry’s Sing A Song With Me, and Stephen Edward’s A Carol Fantasy, Requiem for my Mother, Revelation, Missa Brevis and the New York Premiere of the Ave Maria Mass. Featured in the nationwide PBS broadcast of the Requiem for my Mother documentary, the recording of this work conducted by Wicke is currently on Bill Board’s top ten chart.
Sharing the stage with the likes of the Vienna Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach, and Helmuth Rilling, Wicke appeared on the prestigious Festival Internazionale pro Musica e Arte Sacre Series in 2008, made history in 2014 by conducting the first concert featuring an US ensemble inside the Sistine Chapel and in 2015 served as Chorus Master for the world premiere of Disney’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” at the Paper Mill Playhouse.
Other major conducting appearances include “Christmas Time in the City” and the Lee Kjelson Memorial “Sounds of Music Series” in Carnegie Hall and two seasons of the Festival Internazionale Di Arte Per Giovani Musicisti in Rome, Assisi and Prague. Dr. Wicke returned to the International Festival Pro Musica E Arte Sacra in 2016, sharing the series with the Vienna Philharmonic, Zubin Metha and other international artists of note.
Wicke’s international experience also includes conducting the United States representative Wind Ensemble at the Taipei Presidential Inauguration, the Continuo Arts Symphonic Chorus at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the City of Prague Philharmonic, in Prague and the Waratah Girls Choir in Australia. Ensembles under her baton have received National and International acclaim performing with Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra, the Turksoy Orchestra in Lincoln Center and the Music Center at Strathmore, the Global International Women’s Summit, Musica Mundi International, Legatus International, and the Miami Civic Associations Young Artist Debut. She is a popular guest conductor, adjudicator and master class clinician across the United States.
Dr. Wicke is the Founder, President, and Executive Director for the Continuo Arts Foundation where she conducts the Continuo Arts Intergenerational Choral Ensembles, is Co-Artistic Director of The Minuetto Music Festival and Manager of the Continuo Arts Conservatory of Music. Dr. Wicke is a graduate of the University of Miami and Evangel University, majoring in vocal and instrumental performance, music education, and conducting. She is the recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Alumni of the Year for Evangel University, New Jersey’s 2016 Women of Excellence in Arts & Humanities Award Winner and has received a 2016 Congressional recognition for dedication and excellence in Arts & Humanities.
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