In 2008 we are moving to the historic Salem College campus in Winston Salem, NC. Salem College is the oldest educational institution for women in the US, and we are excited about their excellent, newly renovated facilities and beautiful campus. Since the 2007 workshop was such a success, we have decided to expand the 2008 workshop to two weeks, May 31 to June 14, 2008, and present a fully staged opera (Le Nozze di Figaro) as well as opera scenes and an aria evening. We will also expand the classes offered and have Master Classes with both Nancy Stokes Milnes and Barbara DeMaio Caprilli.
In 2007 the Board of Directors decided to move ASOP to North Carolina, due to rising costs in New York that made it impossible to keep the workshop affordable for young singers. Our first workshop here was held at Greensboro College, Greensboro, North Carolina from June 24-July 1, 2007 and, although only a week long, featured classes and individual instruction dealing with all aspects of opera performance, such as audition skills, make-up techniques, when to consider management, what to look for in a head-shot, and techniques for role preparation. The workshop culminated in an aria recital and a presentation of staged opera scenes which were chosen to highlight the gifts of the individual singers involved.
During the first 10 years of ASOP's existence in New York, ASOP's Summer Workshop Program in New York bridged the gap for young opera singers between graduation from university and a professional career. This unique program was designed to fit the scheduling needs of excellent American singers had day jobs, and could not afford the high cost of education in summer programs that operate overseas.
The seven-week New York Summer Workshop included lectures and master classes as well as a weekend intensive rehearsal period, and culminated with a fully staged and costumed opera and a concert of opera scenes presented in a high quality public auditorium in midtown Manhattan. Singers also participated in an Art Song Concert.
The program, whether in New York or North Carolina, features an extremely supportive environment, and utilizes a wide range of methods to educate the whole singer, not just certain aspects of a singer's career. Classes concentrate on performance skills, artistic values, vocal and operatic history as well as professional and ethical standards.
In order to provide the kind of highly individualized training and personal attention that is necessary to nurture artistic growth, enrollment for our workshop in North Carolina is limited to approximately 25 singers.
ASOP Alumni
Nicole Aiossa, soprano
Helen Allen, soprano
Cynthia Aldea-Venegas, soprano
Rory Angelicola, tenor
Carol Atmore, soprano
Victoria Atwater, soprano
Julie Baron, mezzo
Amy Beebe, soprano
Karen Ann Biddle, soprano
Cara Elise Bonasorte, soprano
Oscar Bonfil, tenor
Laurel Boyd, soprano
Rose Ann Bowen, soprano
Shannon Bowman, soprano
Jessica Danielle Boyd, soprano
Alex Britton, baritone
Deborah Butterworth, soprano
Matthew Caines, tenor
Jan Clairmont, tenor
Tyler Clark, tenor
Aidan Connoly, baritone
Jonathan Cornell, tenor
Thomas Courtright, tenor
Sarah Crispo, soprano
Christine Cullen, soprano
Andrew Cummings, bass
Rebecca Cummings, soprano
Russell Cusick, baritone
Lisa Daehlin, soprano
Shevon Daley, soprano
Bryan Glen Davis, bass
Natorshau Davis, soprano
Rebecca DeFelice, soprano
Ilana Delaney, mezzo
Michael Delaney, tenor
Shonda Devine, soprano
Anne Agresta Dugan, soprano
Sherrita Duran, soprano
Elizabeth DuRoy, soprano
Anne Marie Dupre, soprano
Elizabeth Eiel, soprano
Heidi Engel, soprano
Marissa Ann Famiglietti, soprano
Phyllis Farmer, soprano
Bernita Faust, mezzo
Robert Frankenberry, tenor
Lucy Finkel, soprano
Adrienne Gandolfi, mezzo
Amy Gandolfi, mezzo
Amanda Gardner, mezzo
Wendy Garfield, soprano
Melissa Gerstein, mezzo
Thomas Goldstein, bass
Lydia Hall, soprano
Julie Aubin Heller, soprano
Marilyn Hemenway-Downs, soprano
Pablo Henares, tenor
Kristina Henry, soprano
Rebekkah Hilgraves, soprano
Elizabeth Honer, soprano
Amanda Horton, soprano
Emily Howard, mezzo
Chinghsuan Lily Hsieh,soprano
Alizon Hull, soprano
David Jasper, tenor
Linda Jill Jones, mezzo
Cornelia Jones Post, mezzo
Diane Kalinowski, soprano
Saidue D. Karmo, bass
Mallika Keister, soprano
Fiona Kely, soprano
Shin Hye Kim, soprano
Susan Kirkland, soprano
Erin Kishpaugh, mezzo
Felix Koronek, baritone
Susan Korhonen, soprano
Anne M. Kraley, soprano
Emily Lapisardi, soprano
Minda Larsen, mezzo
Calvin Lee, tenor
Chia-Wei Lee, baritone
Suzanne Levine, mezzo
Tabitha Liggett, soprano
Beverly Love, soprano
Tina Lovejoy, soprano
Margaret Lupo, soprano
Alexandre Levitsky, baritone
Sergio Maclean, tenor
Allison Maguire, soprano
Diego Matamoros, baritone
Katherine Matschiner, soprano
Melissa Maurer, soprano
Cristina McFadden, mezzo
Jason McKinney, tenor
Mary McElwee Mendenhall, soprano
Denise Mihalik, mezzo
Judith Miller, soprano
Stephanie Monsour, mezzo
Gina Marie Vikari Moore, soprano
Pamela Moore, soprano
Marilyn Moore-Brown, soprano
Coke Morgan, tenor
Elizabeth Moulton, mezzo
Nicole Murad, soprano
Danielle Musick, soprano
Alissa Nagy, mezzo
Nicole Nappi, soprano
Jennifer Nasser, soprano
Gina Paglia, mezzo
Hector Palacio, tenor
Michele Palmer, soprano
Sara Pardo, soprano
Thomas Paster, tenor
David Lessner Perper, tenor
Robert Perry, baritone
Elizabeth Perryman, soprano
Erika Person, mezzo
C. Lindsey Polling, mezzo
Lauren Porsch, mezzo
Leonarda Priore, mezzo
Robert Prowse, baritone
Frederick Redd, baritone
Eric Richards, tenor
Nili Riemer, soprano
Michael Roberts, tenor
Amy Marie Rood, soprano
Dominique Rosoff, Bass
Jocelyn Rubin, mezzo
Justin Ryan, baritone
John Seabury, baritone
Mary Beth Sederburg, mezzo
Anna Sharma, soprano
DeAndre E.L. Simmons, bass baritone
Bethany Jo Smith, soprano
Kara Snyder, soprano
Jamila Sockwell, soprano
Amelia Stagno, soprano
Annamaria Stefanelli, soprano
Jenny Lynn Stewart, soprano
Suzanne Stone, soprano
Marianni Suri, soprano
Todd Swavey, tenor
Michael Szczesniak, tenor
Cecelia Tepping, soprano
Megan Townsend, soprano
Emily Tulloch, soprano
Paul Turner, tenor
Sandra Van Cleve, contralto
Jennifer Vanella, soprano
Andrew Walsh, baritone
Lesley Watson, mezzo
Andrew Westney, bass
Mary Anne Whitesides, mezzo
Pamela Williams, soprano
Michelle Winslow, mezzo
Chie-Mei Jamie Wu, soprano
Johanna Young, soprano
Caty Zona, soprano