Adult

Tenor MARK NARINS, can currently be heard as Luigi in Verismo opera's Il Tabarro (Puccini). Also with Verismo Opera he has sung Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) Turridu (Cavalleria Rusticana), Don Jose (Carmen), Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Riccardo (Ballo in Maschera), as Cassio (Otello) and Froh (Das Rheingold). Mr. Narins has also sung Canio with Robert Ashens, Prince Golitsin (Khovanschina) with Kent Nagano and Azael in Debussy's L'Enfant Prodigue with Geoffrey Gallegos. Mr. Narins is also a very active composer.

Chad Goodman maintains an active career as a trumpeter, conductor, and music educator. He has performed with esteemed music groups that include the Monterey Symphony, Symphony Napa Valley, Berkeley Symphony, the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and the Eastman Wind Ensemble. Chad holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music degree from San Francisco State University. While at Eastman, he was a recipient of the prestigious Howard Hanson Scholarship and, upon graduation, was awarded the Sidney Mear Trumpet Prize.

Elena Yakoubovsky, a lyric-spinto soprano, made her operatic debut in 2005 as Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. She has recently appeared as Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades at West Bay Opera, Annina in La Traviatta with Capitol Opera, as Mimi in La Boheme and as Micaela in Carmen with Danville Lyric Opera. She was the featured soprano soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass in C Major at St. Timothy's Concert Series in Danville, for whom she returned in a solo recital last November.

Molly is a proud member of NATS ( National Association of Teachers of Singing), and Bay Area NATS. Recent experience includes touring the Midwest with the Lira Ensemble and performing in their Christmas show. Recent training includes workshops at Roosevelt University (Dalcroze Eurythmics) and the DePaul University School of Music (Vocal Health Seminar with author of “The Voice Book”, Kate Devore and master teachers David Edelfelt and holistic voice teacher Louise Cloutier). NATS workshops include speaking voice for singers and commercial vocal styles with Lisa Popeil.

My name is Lauren Gatzka and I am a classically trained coloratura soprano. I have studied classical voice the last nine years and have also expanded my repertoire to include Broadway and pop styles. I have been teaching and coaching for the last five years and that all takes place in my student's homes. My primary teaching philosophy is to promote healthy singing for longevity in a singing career by use of the Alexander method of breathing. In my coaching, I work on phrasing, overall performance, connection with the audience and so forth.

Visit my website for student resources and more information: http://violariot.wordpress.com

An active member of the San Francisco musical community, Lewis performs locally with a variety of groups including San Francisco Academy Orchestra, Russian Chamber Orchestra, Classical Revolution, and Five Line Strings Quartet. Teaching engagements include masterclasses with the Academy Orchestra outreach quartet and at Myriad Music School in San Mateo.

Nicole Cooper is a San Francisco Bay Area based singer who has had the pleasure of performing with Opera Cultura, Lyric Theater of San Jose, Opera San Jose, Mission City Opera, Fremont Opera, the SongFest Young Artist program, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh Scotland. Nicole has also appeared as a soloist for local events and performed new works including the concert premiere of Dos Idilios written for her by Venezuelan composer Abi Romero Ramirez.

Lori Hennessy earned her reputation as a cello teacher in Cleveland, Ohio, a national epicenter of string playing and pedagogy. From 2012 to 2014 Ms. Hennessy served as the cello instructor for the Rainey Institute’s intensive El Sistema program, where she taught Suzuki-inspired group classes to various levels of aspiring cellists. Her string orchestra arrangements of songs from the Suzuki repertoire have been performed by the Rainey Institute’s El Sistema orchestra in venues across Cleveland, including the world-renowned Severance Hall. During this time Ms.