Opera in the Ozarks
at
Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony
Links on the Web
If you have any links you would like to contribute, or weak or broken links to report,
please email me at [email protected].
Alumni
Singers
Soprano:
Laura Bewig
Lori Briscoe (Scroll down to "The National Opera Company")
Diane M. Clark
Desir�e Earl
Kelly Gebhardt (scroll down to her name)
Camille Gifford
Karen Lauer (scroll down to her name)
Marquita Lister
Meredith Mizell (Scroll down to "5:00 pm")
Laura Pfortmiller
Patricia (Weshe) Rabaza
Carmen D�az Walker
- Del Mar College
- In alumni newsletter (requires word search)
Katy Wolfe Zahn
Mezzo-Soprano:
Cynthia Ballentine
Julie Bartholomew (scroll down to her name)
Holly Ruth Gale
Jane Jennings (scroll down to her name)
Victoria Kelp
Tenor:
Michael J. Cochran
Robert Fann
Nathan Grannar
Lance Hedlund (Scroll down to his name)
David B. Mannell
- Benefit concert for Emporia State University
William Mulligan
Todd Evan Wilander
Baritone:
Tony Garner (Died of cancer in 1998. Following are some testimonials)
- Garner's Legacy: A Passion For Teaching, Creating Music and
- Letter to the Editor in The Sou'wester Online of Rhodes College, Memphis, TN.
Brandon Gibson
Christopher Holloway
Weston Hurt
Carl King
Jeffrey McCollum
Terry Morris
- with Opera Maine
Bass:
Orchestra
Conductor:
Charles Bontrager
Steven M. Crawford
Walter Foster
Mark Graf
Frank Maximilian Hube Current Conductor
Douglas Martin
Strings:
Charles R. Bontrager, Violin (Concertmaster)
Wind:
Christopher Zello, Clarinet
Brass:
Timothy Thompson, Horn
Artistic Staff
Artistic Director:
Carroll Freeman Current Artistic Director (requires word search)
- Recording: HMS Gilbert & Sullivan
- Video: Don Giovanni
- Performance: Don Pasquale (requires word search)
- Director: The Barber of Seville
- Houston Grand Opera press release (requires word search)
- Director: The Crucible, at University of Tennessee
Isaac Van Grove, 1954-1979
Coach/Accompanist:
Natalya Knyashansky
Paul Transue (requires word search)
Stage Director:
Gary Grice University of Notre Dame
Jay Jackson
Vocal Coach:
Kay Paschal (Current) (requires word search)
- Performance: Tosca (requires word search)
- A student's perception
W. Stephen Smith (requires word search)
Piano:
Rick Andrews
Technical Staff
Sets:
James Ryan
Costumes:
Reba Kochersperger
Scholarships for Opera in the Ozarks
North Dakota Federation of Music Clubs (requires word search in page: "Inspiration Point")
Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc.
New Opera House
A glimpse of the design for the new Opera House and related facilites, designed by Frankfurt-Short-Bruza Associates, P.C., Oklahoma City
Other Performance Venues
Wine Dinner in July at the Cottage Inn Restaurant, Eureka Springs, AR -- one of my favorite restaurants.
Walton Arts Center , Fayetteville, Arkansas
- in educational partnership with Kennedy Center
Trustees, Patrons, Benefactors & Mentors
Dr. Meryl Mantione
Lee Meyer Scroll down to her name
Dr. Ed Nelson, DDS, and Vivian Menees-Nelson
Ponca City Federated Music Club (requires word search in page: "Inspiration")
Resources for Young Singers
Vocalist International
Summer Singing, a new online directory of summer singing festivals, institutes, and opera apprenticeship programs, an independent project Jessica Henderson
Press Releases & Listings in Directories
Arkansas Department of Tourism
infoplease.com
Summer Singing
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This page last updated 30 December 2001.
