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

• Professionally designed resumes, with VAMS logos

• Specifically designed demo videos (using footage provided by the singer)

• Advertisement in the VAMS Musical Spotlight newsletter and social media

• Monthly information regarding Young Artist Programs, competitions, auditions, etc.

• Opportunity to perform as part of VAMS' Virtual Online Recital Series

• Opportunity to perform at VAMS' annual concert at the National Opera Center in New York (social distancing restrictions pending)

• Interaction with VAMS staff and professional artists

• Recommendation letters from VAMS

• Ongoing advice regarding professional advancement and vocal health

• 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.  VAMS collects no commission on artist engagements.

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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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.

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.

KELLY
MOREL

Mezzo-soprano

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Originally from Los Angeles, mezzo-soprano KELLY MOREL has
now made her home in Kansas City, Missouri, where she performs regularly with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and throughout the Heartland region.
 

Compilation video:  https://youtu.be/vjPYRV2Vvt4

Personal website:  https://www.kellyleemorel.com/

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Credits include:  Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Aspen Music Festival; Opera NEO; Varna International Opera Academy; Topeka Symphony; Musica Sacra.

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Repertoire/roles include:  Duruflé/Requiem; Mahler/Symphony No. 2; Désirée Armfeldt/A Little Night Music/Marcellina/Le nozze di Figaro; Third Lady/Die Zauberflöte; Alisa/Lucia di Lammermoor; Mrs. Massey/The Shining (Moravec); Beethoven/Mass in C.

For more regarding the Emerging Artists Division, click on the video above for a message from
VAM Founder, Dr. James Greening-Valenzuela!

SCROLL DOWN TO MEET OUR
EMERGING ARTISTS!

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.

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.

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:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rXxxMlG_6g

Personal website:  https://www.alexandriacrichlow.com/

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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.

JENNIFER
PAULINO

Soprano

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A versatile and accomplished chamber and concert artist, soprano JENNIFER PAULINO has garnered praise and recognition as a significant interpreter of baroque and contemporary repertoire.

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Compilation video:  https://youtu.be/EumIhyCCjQA
Personal website:  http://jenniferpaulino.com/

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Credits include:  California Bach Society; San Francisco Choral Society; Seraphic Fire; San Francisco Bach Choir; Symphonic Chorale of Southwest Florida; Leiden Baroque Ensemble (Netherlands); Southwest Florida Symphony; San Francisco Festival of Contemporary Music.

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Repertoire/roles include:  Mendelssohn/Elijah; Psalm 42; Preben Antonsen/Songs; Bach/St. Matthew Passion; St. John Passion; Cantatas; Vivaldi/In furore iustissimae irae; Mozart/Requiem; Mass in C Minor; Coronation Mass; Poulenc/Gloria; Haydn/Lord Nelson Mass; Vaughan Williams/Dona Nobis Pacem; Stacy Garrop/Terra Nostra; Jocelyn Hagen/Ashes of Roses; Lansing McLoskey/Sudden Music.

JAMILLE
LEA

Soprano

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Soprano JAMILLE LEA excels in the genres of opera, oratorio, musical theatre, and as a solo recitalist.

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Compilation video:  https://youtu.be/rZuAlUZtgVA

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Credits include:  El Paso Opera; Gilbert & Sullivan Company of El Paso; Sun City Musical Theater Co.; Franco American Vocal Academy; Paso del Norte Philharmonia; Opera UTEP; UTEP Dinner Theater; UNT Summer Opera.

Repertoire/roles include:  Second Lady, Papagena/Die Zauberflöte; Clorinda/La Cenerentola; Haydn/Missa Sancti Nicolai, Lord Nelson Mass; Oberto/Alcina; Patience/Patience; Mabel/The Pirates of Penzance; Angelina/Trial By Jury; Cosette/Les Miserables.

ERIN
HANNON

Soprano

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Soprano ERIN HANNON has distinguished herself as a musician with great versatility, passion, and insight. 

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Compilation video:  Coming soon

Personal website:  https://www.erinhannon.com/

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Credits include:  Virginia Opera; Mobile Opera; International Performing Arts Institute; Cantabile Project; Royal Irish Orchestra; Tidewater Opera Project.

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Repertoire/roles include:  Violetta/La Traviata; Magda/La Rondine; Handel/Suor Angelica/Meg/Little Women; Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni; Countess/Le nozze di Figaro; Handel/Messiah; Haydn/Lord Nelson Mass.

CASEY
KUNMANN

Soprano

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A versatile artist, soprano CASEY KUNMANN is equally at home singing oratorio, chamber music, art song, and musical theatre repertoire ranging from renaissance to contemporary music.

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Compilation video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPdVRx8iG84&ab_channel=vocalartistsmgmt

Personal website:  https://www.caseykunmann.com/

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Credits include:  Palm Beach Opera; Miami Music Festival; Masterworks Chorus of Palm Beaches; Aspen Music Festival; Seraphic Fire PCI; Master Chorale of South Florida; Song Fest.

Repertoire/roles include:  Gretel/Hansel and Gretel; Belinda/Dido and Aeneas; Frasquita/Carmen; Handel/Messiah; Bach/Magnificat, St. John Passion; Beethoven/Symphony No. 9.

EUN-AH
ROH

Soprano

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Soprano EUN-AH ROH specializes in lyric-coloratura repertoire and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

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Compilation video:  Coming soon
Personal website:  https://www.eunahroh.com/

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Credits include:  Bethesda Summer Music Festival; New York Lyric Opera; Pro Voce Washington; James Madison Opera; Amadeus Pro-Arte Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington; Baek-Ryeong Opera Company.

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Repertoire/roles include:  Queen of the Night/Die Zauberflöte; Violetta/La Traviata; Olympia/Les contes d'Hoffmann; Beethoven/Symphony No. 9; Händel/Messiah; Lucia/Lucia di Lammermoor; Susanna/Le nozze di Figaro.

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