EMERGING ARTISTS DIVISION

Vocal Artists Management (VAM) announces auditions for its new, exciting Emerging Artists Division!

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.

What we offer: as a member of VAM's Emerging Artists Division, each singer is under the umbrella of Vocal Artists Management, and provided with the following:

Visibility on the VAM website
Professionally designed resumes, with VAM logos
Specifically designed demo videos (using footage provided by the singer)
Advertisement in the VAM Musical Spotlight newsletter and social media
Monthly information regarding Young Artist Programs, competitions, auditions, etc.
Interaction with VAM staff and professional artists
Recommendation letters from VAM
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 VAM 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

Deadline: There is no deadline to apply.

.LISA
BRYCE

Soprano

Native New Yorker LISA BRYCE is a

classical singer, performing operatic roles
and concerts internationally.

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-1HTZCd6PI

Personal website: https://lisabryce.webs.com/

Credits include: Tri-Cities Opera; Delaware Valley Opera;
Shaker Mountain Festival; Opera Oggi NY; Amici Opera;
Regina Opera; Plovdiv State Opera;
Trilogy: An Opera Company.

Repertoire/roles include: Micäela/Carmen; Treemonisha; Countess/Le nozze di Figaro; Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni; Fiordiligi/Così fan tutte; Mimi/La bohème; Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly; Suor Angelica; Amelia/Un ballo in maschera;

Wellgunde/Das Rheingold; Dubois/The Seven Last Words of Christ; Fauré/Requiem.

NATALIE
GRANGER

Soprano

Colorado native NATALIE GRANGER is a

soprano, performing in concerts, opera and as a symphonic/oratorio soloist.

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77JynZClr84

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

Credits include: La Musica Lirica; Opera Classica Europa;
Soloist, Greeley Chorale; George Mason University; University of Northern Colorado.

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

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.

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et_kynIsr0I

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

Credits include: New York Opera Theater; International Masters Academy of Opera; Saitama City Opera; Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques; Respiro Opera Program; Classic Lyric Arts Italy.

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

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.

Compilation video: Coming soon

Personal website: http://www.cantadria.com/

Credits include: Miami Lyric Opera; City Choir, Louisville;
Orfeón Santiago; Vocal Divas Ensemble, Cuba.

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

YUNJI SHIM, soprano, is a Doctoral of Musical

Arts candidate at the University of Illinois in vocal performance and winner of the 2017 Krannert Center Debut Artist Competition.

Compilation video: Coming soon

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.

Repertoire/roles include: Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly; Mahler/Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Donna Anna/Don Giovanni; Verdi/Requiem; Ottavia/L'incoronazione di Poppea/Florinda/Rodrigo; Schumann/Faust.

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.

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-JLvyI1HI

Personal website: http://andrewegbuchiem.com/index.html

Credits include: Carnegie Hall; Minuetto Music Festival; Amherst Early Music Festival; Vertical Player Repertory, Brooklyn School of Music.

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.

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIBnjZHviYE

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.

SHELLEY
COOPER

Soprano

SHELLEY COOPER is a soprano/
actress/director/choreographer specializing in opera and musical theatre.

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vAvUq429Uk

Personal website: https://www.shelley-cooper.com/

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.

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

Soprano KATHERINE BUZARD has
performeda wide range of repertoire in the US and abroad.

Compilation video: Coming soon

Personal website:
https://katherinebuzardsoprano.weebly.com/

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.

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.

ELENA
NEGRUTA

Soprano

Moldovan soprano ELENA NEGRUTA performs opera, oratorio and in concert.

Compilation video: Coming soon

Credits include: Illinois Opera Theatre; Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana; La Nuova Aurora Opera; Opera Venezuela.

Repertoire/roles include: Britten/A Ceremony of Carols; Händel/Messiah; Mozart/Mass in C Minor; Vivaldi/Gloria; Cleopatra/Giulio Cesare.

EMERGING ARTISTS DIVISION

Soprano

Native New Yorker LISA BRYCE is a

classical singer, performing operatic roles and concerts internationally.

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-1HTZCd6PI

Personal website: https://lisabryce.webs.com/

Credits include: Tri-Cities Opera; Delaware Valley Opera; Shaker Mountain Festival; Opera Oggi NY; Amici Opera; Regina Opera; Plovdiv State Opera; Trilogy: An Opera Company.

​

Repertoire/roles include: Micäela/Carmen; Treemonisha; Countess/Le nozze di Figaro; Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni; Fiordiligi/Così fan tutte; Mimi/La bohème; Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly; Suor Angelica; Amelia/Un ballo in maschera;

Wellgunde/Das Rheingold; Dubois/The Seven Last Words of Christ; Fauré/Requiem.

​

Soprano

Colorado native NATALIE GRANGER is a

soprano, performing in concerts, opera and as a symphonic/oratorio soloist.

​

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77JynZClr84

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

​

Credits include: La Musica Lirica; Opera Classica Europa; Soloist, Greeley Chorale; George Mason University; University of Northern Colorado.

​

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

​

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.

​

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et_kynIsr0I

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

​

Credits include: New York Opera Theater; International Masters Academy of Opera; Saitama City Opera; Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques; Respiro Opera Program; Classic Lyric Arts Italy.

​

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

​

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.

​

Compilation video: Coming soon

Personal website: http://www.cantadria.com/

​

Credits include: Miami Lyric Opera; City Choir, Louisville; Orfeón Santiago; Vocal Divas Ensemble, Cuba.

​

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

​

YUNJI SHIM, soprano, is a Doctoral of Musical

Arts candidate at the University of Illinois in vocal performance and winner of the 2017 Krannert Center Debut Artist Competition.

​

Compilation video: Coming soon

​

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.

​

Repertoire/roles include: Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly; Mahler/Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Donna Anna/Don Giovanni; Verdi/Requiem; Ottavia/L'incoronazione di Poppea/Florinda/Rodrigo; Schumann/Faust.

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Countertenor

A native of Nigeria, countertenor ANDREW EGBUCHIEM currently resides in Brooklyn, NY and excels in opera, oratorio, early music and concert/recital.

​

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-JLvyI1HI

Personal website: http://andrewegbuchiem.com/index.html

​

Credits include: Carnegie Hall; Minuetto Music Festival; Amherst Early Music Festival; Vertical Player Repertory, Brooklyn School of Music.

​

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.

Tenor

American tenor STEVEN MURRAY is a classical

singer, specializing in opera, oratorio and concerts.

​

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIBnjZHviYE

​

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.

​

SHELLEY COOPER

Soprano

​

SHELLEY COOPER is a soprano/ actress/director/choreographer specializing in opera and musical theatre.

​

Compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vAvUq429Uk

Personal website: https://www.shelley-cooper.com/

​

classical singer, performing operatic roles
and concerts internationally.

Credits include: Tri-Cities Opera; Delaware Valley Opera;
Shaker Mountain Festival; Opera Oggi NY; Amici Opera;
Regina Opera; Plovdiv State Opera;
Trilogy: An Opera Company.

Credits include: La Musica Lirica; Opera Classica Europa;
Soloist, Greeley Chorale; George Mason University; University of Northern Colorado.

NANAKO
KATO

ADRIANA
RUIZ

Credits include: Miami Lyric Opera; City Choir, Louisville;
Orfeón Santiago; Vocal Divas Ensemble, Cuba.

YUNJI
SHIM

SCROLL DOWN TO MEET OUR
EMERGING ARTISTS!

A native of Nigeria, countertenor ANDREW
EGBUCHIEM currently resides in Brooklyn, NY
and excels in opera, oratorio, early music and concert/recital.

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.

SHELLEY
COOPER

SHELLEY COOPER is a soprano/
actress/director/choreographer specializing in opera and musical theatre.

KATHERINE
BUZARD

Soprano KATHERINE BUZARD has
performeda wide range of repertoire in the US and abroad.

Personal website:
https://katherinebuzardsoprano.weebly.com/

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.

ELENA
NEGRUTA