EMERGING ARTISTS DIVISION
Vocal Artists Management Services (VAMS) announces auditions for its new, exciting Emerging Artists Division!
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Eligibility: open to college/university/conservatory and emerging professional classical singers looking to "bridge the gap" between undergraduate vocal studies and professional marketability. There are no restrictions, regarding country or nationality.
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What we offer: as a member of VAMS' Emerging Artists Division, each singer is under the umbrella of Vocal Artists Management Services, and provided with the following:
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Visibility on the VAMS website
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Professionally designed resumes, with VAMS logos
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Specifically designed demo videos (using footage provided by the singer)
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Advertisement in the VAMS Musical Spotlight newsletter and social media
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Monthly information regarding Young Artist Programs, competitions, auditions, etc.
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Opportunity to perform as part of VAMS' Virtual Online Recital Series
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Opportunity to perform at VAMS' annual concert at the National Opera Center in New York (social distancing restrictions pending)
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Interaction with VAMS staff and professional artists
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Recommendation letters from VAMS
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Ongoing advice regarding professional advancement and vocal health
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Dynamic, international online community of singers, offering support and encouragement to you, as a creative singing artist
Fees: membership in the VAMS Emerging Artists Division is for one year. The cost is $49.99 per month, with a discount of one month free offered to those paying for a year (12 months) in advance.
To audition: send headshot, resume and links to video/audio recordings to: vocalartistsmgmt@gmail.com
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Deadline: There is no deadline to apply.
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NATALIE
GRANGER
Soprano
Colorado native NATALIE GRANGER is a
soprano, performing in concerts, opera and as a symphonic/oratorio soloist.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77JynZClr84
Personal website: https://www.nataliegrangersoprano.com
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Credits include: La Musica Lirica; Opera Classica Europa;
Soloist, Greeley Chorale; George Mason University; University of Northern Colorado.
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Repertoire/roles include: Susanna/Le nozze di Figaro; Zerlina/Don Giovanni; Despina/Così fan tutte; Alexandra/Regina; Cis/Albert Herring; Mozart/Regina Coeli.
NANAKO
KATO
Mezzo-soprano
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Japanese mezzo-soprano NANAKO KATO has a career that includes opera, oratorio and concert work. She is currently a Professional Studies Diploma student at Mannes School of Music.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et_kynIsr0I
Personal website: https://www.nanakokato.com/
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Credits include: New York Opera Theater; International Masters Academy of Opera; Saitama City Opera; Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques; Respiro Opera Program; Classic Lyric Arts Italy.
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Repertoire/roles include: Marcellina/Le nozze di Figaro; Dorabella/Così fan tutte; L'enfant/L'enfant et les sortilèges; Beethoven/Symphony No. 9; Händel/Messiah; Vivaldi/Gloria.
ADRIANA
RUIZ
Soprano
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Now residing in California, Cuban soprano ADRIANA RUIZ not only specializes in Early Music, but also plays the harp and sings in a number of other genres.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksX7GiGAZs
Personal website: http://www.cantadria.com/
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Credits include: Miami Lyric Opera; City Choir, Louisville;
Orfeón Santiago; Vocal Divas Ensemble, Cuba.
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Repertoire/roles include: Venus/Venus and Adonis; Bach/Magnificat; Händel/Messiah; Strozzi/Che si puó fare; Caccini/Dolcissimo sospiro; Merula/Folle è ben che si crede; Stradella/San Giovanni Battista; Marin/Ojos pues me desdeñáis; Hidalgo/Ay, que me río de amor; Rameau/Platée.
YUNJI
SHIM
Soprano
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YUNJI SHIM is winner of the 2019 Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition and 2018 Women's voice fellow of the Luminarts Cultural Foundation in Chicago.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUxDWTokonU
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Credits include: Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall; St. James Cathedral, Chicago; St. Petersburg Opera, FL; Union League Club, Chicago; Krannert Center for the Arts; Tryon Festival Theatre; Toronto Summer Music Festival.
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Repertoire/roles include: Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly; Mahler/Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Donna Anna/Don Giovanni; Ottavia/L'incoronazione di Poppea; Florinda/Rodrigo; Verdi/Requiem; Mahler/Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.
For more regarding the Emerging Artists Division, click on the video above for a message from
VAM Founder, Dr. James Greening-Valenzuela!
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EMERGING ARTISTS!
.ANDREW
EGBUCHIEM
Countertenor
A native of Nigeria, countertenor ANDREW
EGBUCHIEM currently resides in Brooklyn, NY
and excels in opera, oratorio, early music and concert/recital.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-JLvyI1HI
Personal website: http://andrewegbuchiem.com/index.html
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Credits include: Carnegie Hall; Minuetto Music Festival; Amherst Early Music Festival; Vertical Player Repertory, Brooklyn School of Music.
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Repertoire/roles include: Orlofsky/Die Fledermaus; Sylphie/Echo et Narcisse; Arsamene/Serse; Sorceress/Dido and Aeneas; Charpentier/Te Deum; Bernstein/The Lark; Händel/Messiah; Vivaldi/Gloria.
.STEVEN
MURRAY
Tenor
American tenor STEVEN MURRAY is a classical
singer, specializing in opera, oratorio and concerts.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIBnjZHviYE
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Credits include: Opera Roanoke; Maryland Lyric Opera;
Sarasota Opera; Piedmont Symphony; Bethesda Summer
Music Festival; OperaFest NJ; Repertory Opera Theatre of Washington; Loudoun Lyric Opera.
Repertore/roles include: Don Jose/Carmen; Florestan/Fidelio; Peter Grimes; Sam/Susannah; Turiddu/Cavalleria rusticana; Idomeneo; Tito/La clemenza di Tito; Pinkerton/Madama Butterfly; Cavaradossi/Tosca; Luigi/Il tabarro; Samson/Samson et Dalila; Bacchus/Ariadne auf Naxos; Riccardo/Un ballo in maschera; Alvaro/La forza del destino; Don Carlo; Erik/Der fliegende Holländer; Lohengrin; Walther/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Beethoven/Symphony No. 9; Mendelssohn/Elijah; Mozart/Requiem; Verdi/Requiem.
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SHELLEY
COOPER
Soprano
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SHELLEY COOPER is a soprano/
actress/director/choreographer specializing in opera and musical theatre.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vAvUq429Uk
Personal website: https://www.shelley-cooper.com/
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Credits include: Varna State Opera House, Bulgaria; Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra; Monroe Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Summer Opera; Opera Quad Cities; Walt Disney World; Orlando Repertory Theatre; Bangkok International Orchestra; Universal Studios Orlando; Shawnee Summer Theatre.
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Repertoire/roles include: Berta/Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johanna/Sweeney Todd; Edith/The Pirates of Penzance; Cinderella/Into the Woods; Nellie Forbush/South Pacific; Armida/Rinaldo; Ariel/The Little Mermaid; Händel/Messiah.
KATHERINE
BUZARD
Soprano
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Soprano KATHERINE BUZARD has
performed a wide range of repertoire in the US and abroad.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4a2Tax_PrY
Personal website:
https://katherinebuzardsoprano.weebly.com/
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Credits include: Angels Vocal Art Opera Intensive; Princeton University Opera Theater; Amherst Early Music Festival; Chicago Cultural Center; Union League Club of Chicago; Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana.
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Repertoire/roles include: Angelica/Suor Angelica; Venus/Venus and Adonis; Händel/Messiah; Poppea/L'incoronazione di Poppea; Susannah/Susannah; Donna Anna/Don Giovanni; Meleagro/Atalanta; Brahms/Ein deutsches Requiem; Bach/Christmas Oratorio; Bach/Magnificat;
Mahler/Symphony No. 4.
CYNTHIA
HOLMAN
Soprano
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Currently based in Oxford, UK, American soprano CYNTHIA HOLMAN performs opera, oratorio and in concert.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZaxefE3kUs
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Credits include: Festival l'Europa; Bergen International Festival, Norway; Vox Organi Festival; Northwest Opera; Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana; Houston Chamber Orchestra; Ars Lyrica Houston; Austin Baroque Orchestra.
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Repertoire/roles include: Rameau/Cantate Saint-Louis; Händel/Esther; Giulietta/Les contes d'Hoffmann; Ilia/Idomeneo; Mozart/Exsultate, jubilate; Mozart/Missa brevis in G; Sorceress/Dido and Aeneas; Pergolesi/Stabat Mater.
ELENA
NEGRUTA
Soprano
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Moldovan soprano ELENA NEGRUTA performs opera, oratorio and in concert.
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Piangerò la sorte mia
(Giulio Cesare/Handel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk5tiRXw3Rk
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Credits include: Illinois Opera Theatre; Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana; La Nuova Aurora Opera; Opera Venezuela.
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Repertoire/roles include: Britten/A Ceremony of Carols; Händel/Messiah; Mozart/Mass in C Minor; Vivaldi/Gloria; Cleopatra/Giulio Cesare; Mother/Amahl and the Night Visitors; Cupidon/King Arthur; Lucy Brown/The Threepenny Opera.
CLAIRE
KUTTLER
Soprano
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American soprano CLAIRE KUTTLER is an active performer of opera, oratorio, and in concert.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxOOrUhwc7o
Personal website: http://www.clairekuttler.com/
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Credits include: Metropolitan Opera; Anchorage Opera; DCINY, Carnegie Hall; Opera Birmingham; Palm Beach Opera; Bel Cantanti Opera; Green Mountain Opera Festival; Handel Baroque Society; Central City Opera; New Rochelle Opera; Crested Butte Music Festival.
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Repertoire/roles include: Mimì/La bohème; Countess/Le nozze di Figaro; Brahms/Ein deutsches Requiem; Antonia/Les contes d'Hoffmann; Hanna Glawari/The Merry Widow; Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni; Micaëla/Carmen; Barber/Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
KAREN
ALBERT
Mezzo-soprano
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A resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, mezzo-soprano KAREN ALBERT performs opera, with an emphasis on oratorio and concert work.
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Habanera (Carmen/Bizet): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNAf7_xTv1w&feature=youtu.be
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Credits include: Pine Mountain Music Festival; Opera Grand Rapids; Grand Rapids Symphony; Alpena Symphony Orchestra; Soo Opera; Gaylord Community Orchestra.
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Repertoire/roles include: Mozart/Requiem; Elgar/Sea Pictures; Carmen; Katisha/The Mikado; Beethoven/Symphony No. 9; Händel/Utrecht Te Deum; Larsen/Raspberry Island Dreaming; Bach/Magnificat; Haydn/Mass in the Time of War.
MEGAN
STAPLETON
Soprano
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Soprano and Texas native MEGAN STAPLETON excels in early music, opera, oratorio, musical theater and contemporary music.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXwKKUmvdnw
Personal website: http://www.meganstapleton.com/
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Credits include: Houston Grand Opera; Charlottesville Opera; Galveston Symphony Orchestra; Houston Baroque; Boston Early Music Festival; Boston Metro Opera; Ars Lyrica; Texas Music Festival; G & S Society of Houston; Lumedia Musicworks.
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Repertoire/roles include: Nannetta/Falstaff; Princess Ida/Princess Ida; Handel/Messiah; Mozart/Exsultate, jubilate; Mabel/The Pirates of Penzance; Zerlina/Don Giovanni; Schubert/Mass in G; Aline/The Sorcerer.
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ALEXANDRIA
CRICHLOW
Soprano
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Soprano ALEXANDRIA CRICHLOW is rapidly making her mark in the genres of opera, oratorio, and as a concert recitalist.
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Compilation video: Coming soon
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Credits include: Philadelphia Orchestra; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Amalfi Coast Music Festival; Mannes Opera; Professional Performing Arts; Bouchaine Young Artist Series.
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Repertoire/roles include: Suor Angelica; Maria/Porgy and Bess; Handel/Messiah; Mozart/Mass in G; Madame Lidoine/Dialogues des Carmélites; Donna Anna/Don Giovanni; Liu/Turandot; Countess/Le nozze di Figaro; Bach/Magnificat; Verdi/Messa da Requiem.
CAROLYNE
DALMONTE
Soprano
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Praised for her lithe, elegant and sumptuous soprano, CAROLYNE DALMONTE is a versatile singer whose skills are equally at home in opera, oratorio, and art song.
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Compilation video: Coming soon
Personal website: https://carolynedalmonte.wordpress.com/
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Credits include: North Shore Music Festival; Cantanti Project; Opera NEO Music Festival; Aspen Opera Theatre; Bach Collegium San Diego.
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Repertoire/roles include: Handel/Messiah; Countess/Le nozze di Figaro; Mimì/La bohème; Brahms/Ein deutsches Requiem; Manon; Adina/L'elisir d'amore; Fauré/Requiem; Dorinda/Orlando; Haydn/Nelsonmesse.
KARA
TAFT
Soprano
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KARA TAFT, an emerging soprano hailing from Minnesota, is a versatile vocal artist whose performance expertise includes opera, operetta, and both classical and contemporary musical theatre.
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Compilation video: Coming soon
Personal website: https://www.karataft.com/
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Credits include: Lyric Theatre @ Illinois; Opera; Sinfonia da Camera; Artistry MN; LTI & Beth Morrison Projects; Lyric Arts Main Street Stage; Lakeshore Players; Burnsville Summer Theatre; Blue Water Theatre.
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Repertoire/roles include: Marguerite/Faust; Laetitia/The Old Maid and the Thief; Cousin Hebe/HMS Pinafore; Desirée/A Little Night Music; Witch/Into the Woods; Reno Sweeney/Anything Goes; Golde/Fiddler on the Roof; Fantine/Les Miserables.
RENO
WILSON
Baritone
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California native RENO WILSON is an up-and-coming young baritone with international credits, specializing in opera and concert performances.
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Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itQYB7WKOmY
Personal website: https://www.renowilsonbaritone.com/
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Credits include: Sarasota Opera Theater; Opera Exposed (San Diego Opera); Pacific Lyric Opera; Center Stage Opera; Opera NEO; Point Loma Choral Union; Seagle Music Colony; LA Opera Buffs.
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Repertoire/roles include: Dulcamara/L'elisir d'amore; Zuniga/Morales/Carmen; Alidoro/La Cenerentola; Lord Capulet/Romeo et Juliette; Ben/Regina; Pooh-Bah/The Mikado; Handel/Messiah; Mozart/Requiem.
