CCM Student Bios
Acting, Ballet, Musical Theatre, Opera, Orchestral Conducting and Voice
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Acting
Gabi Adams
Sophomore Acting student from Seattle, Washington
At CCM: Bessie in Dog House. Elsewhere: Floor 6, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, and A Murder to Solve (short films).
Galen Arnett
Senior Acting student from Winchester, Kentucky
At CCM: Talthybius in Trojan Women, Ralph in Blue Stockings, Howie Newsome in Our Town, Understudy in Frankenstein
Elsewhere: Graham and John in Next Stage 9 (Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative).
Becca Anderson
Junior Acting student from Washington, D.C.
At CCM: Lina/Kristine/Wife/1st Coal Heaver in A Dream Play, Janette in The Burials, Maddy in RSVP, Participant in K.I.D.S. Elsewhere: #00 in The Wolves at Mosaic Theatre Ensemble (Washington, D.C.).
Mallory Bolser
Sophomore Acting student from Richmond, Indiana
At CCM: Nils in Let the Right One In and Amelia in The Left Sock Club (Transmigration). Elsewhere: Circe in Circe (Short Film) with NEON Theatre (Massillon, OH).
Shaylee Bowman
Senior Acting student from Burlington, Kentucky
At CCM: Lampito in Lysistrata and Popillius in Julius Caesar. Elsewhere: Bella understudy in Gaslight at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
Staylie Brunner
Junior Acting student from Villa Hills, Kentucky
At CCM: Aunt Cherie in RSVP, Daughter understudy in A Dream Play, Athenian Chorus Leader 2/Trojan Chorus in Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Lillian in XMAS. Elsewhere: Marcy in Dog Sees God at CCM Lab Show (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Madi Burnett
Junior Acting student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
At CCM: Ensemble in A Dream Play, Officer in Frankenstein, Janne in Let The Right One In.
Nick Casey
Sophomore Acting student from Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Elsewhere: Dickon in The Secret Garden (NJYA) , vocalist in Sondheim on Sondheim , performer in Legally Blonde and Les Misérables with Pixie Dust Player.
Brandon Cook
Junior Acting student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Felix in Frankenstein, Greg in The Burials, CB in Dog Sees God (Lab). Elsewhere: Le Beau, Orlando/Silvius understudy in As You Like It with Richmond Shakespeare Festival (Richmond, Indiana).
Luke Danni
Senior Acting student from Naples, Florida
At CCM: Death in Everybody, Holmes in Blue Stockings, Billposter/Father/Lover in A Dream Play, Father McCarty in Our Town. Elsewhere: Yonkers in Gypsy with Theatrezone (Naples, Florida), Oscar Delancey in Newsies with Florida Repertory Theater (Fort Myers, Florida).
Shakoria Davis
Senior Acting student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Lady Stutfield in Lady Windermere's Fan, 48 Hour Film Festival. Elsewhere: Ophelia in Hamlet, Miranda in The Tempest, Lady Anne in Richard III, roles at the Hoosier Shakespeare Festival and Richmond Shakespeare.
Gavin Duffy
Junior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: William in Frankenstein, K.I.D.S (Transmigration), Beethoven in Dog Sees God (Lab). Elsewhere: Crutchie in Newsies with CAST NKY (Newport, Kentucky), Damien in Sally Salem and the Spooktacular Birthday Extravaganza with Cincy Fringe Festival.
Dinithi Fernando
Sophomore Acting student from Independence, Kentucky
At CCM: Supernumerary in Agrippina, BIPOC Theatre Lab: Classics in Color. Elsewhere: CLARA (short film)..
Nathan Flesh
Senior Acting student from South Bend, Indiana
At CCM: Lawn-Chair guy in Midsummer Night's Dream and Chaz in the Phoenix Project. Elsewhere: Calvin in Wrinkle in Time and Ralph in Lord of the Flies (South Bend Civic Theater).
Cyrus Fontenot
Junior Acting student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: Michael in A Shot Heard in the Dark, Kid No. 3 in the Phoenix Project.
Nico Graves
Sophomore Acting student from Miami, Florida
At CCM: #7 in The Wolves, Mittens in The Doghouse. Elsewhere: Camila/Jose in In the Heights with The Performance Project (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida), Deciet in Whatever Lurks Around the Corner, Mr. Sanders in Sanders School of Fear, Virgil in Fanders Fancast, Thomas in The Pain of Assignment.
Nikolas Gray
Sophomore Acting student from Odesa, Ukraine
At CCM: RSVP (Transmigration). Elsewhere: That Groovy Rotten Smell (short film), Old Friends (short film).
Dash Green
Sophomore Acting student from Chatham, New Jersey
At CCM: Torkel/Jimmy in Let the Right One In, Coconut Mall is Burning Down (Transmigration).
Katherine Harb
Sophomore Acting student from Ottowa, Canada
At CCM: Transmigration. Elsewhere: Little Women and Gruesome Playground Injuries.
Kiki Hellerman
Sophomore Acting student from Chicago, Illinois
Elsewhere: Titus Andronicus with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Theatre, When Beggars Die with Queen Mab’s Players and working as a venue technician with the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.
Chloé Hill
Senior Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Female Creature in Frankenstein, Rebecca in Our Town, Francine in Mom, Come Pick Me Up S@*T HOLY F#$K! Elsewhere: Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Liberty Exhibition Hall (Cincinnati, Ohio), Julie in John Lennon & Me with StageOne Family Theatre (Louisville, Kentucky), Portia in The Merchant of Venice with Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Globeplayers (Louisville, Kentucky).
Jordyn Hill
Sophomore Acting student from West Chester, Ohio
At CCM: Gracie in WAX Dolls (short film), Coconut Mall is Burning Down (Transmigration), Somebodies understudy in Everybody.
Joysoline Ivory Smith
Junior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Girl/Time in Everybody, Lucky Bee’s BnB (Transmigration), Poet understudy in A Dream Play.
Katie Kinman
Senior Acting student from Louisville, KY
At CCM: Minnie/Collins/Waiter/Swing in Blue Stockings, Cougar 3/Greek Chorus in Cincinnati Dionysia, Wilfred/King/Hilarion understudy in Giselle. Susannah in X-MAS, Tour Guide Assistant in Dummies (CCM Transmigration).
Nora Kovasckitz
Senior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Ensemble in Our Town, Billy and Prof. Radleigh in Blue Stockings, Dipsas in "Cincinnati Diyonisa," Lipstick in Trash: The Musical (The Phoenix Project)), Grandma in X-Mas (Transmigration), and Cast Member in Lucky Dee's BnB (Transmigration).
Evan Kupersmith
Junior Acting student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Understudy Cinesias in Lysistrata, Ewan in Frankenstein.
Erin Lynch
Junior Acting student from Westport, Connecticut
At CCM: Fisherwoman/Chorus in Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Trisha in Dog Sees God (Lab).
Carson Mehlbauer
Sophomore Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Transmigration 2023.
Debra Joan Najor
Junior Acting student from West Bloomfield, Michigan
Elsewhere: Wrote, produced, directed and acted in several locally awarded student films: "The Matriarch," "In a Blackout," "Capeesh," "Liminal," "Everything is Gonna be Okay," 'The Proposal" at the University of Michigan.
Bryce Nevison
Sophomore Acting student from Huron, Ohio
At CCM: Jonny in Let the Right One In, R.S.V.P (Transmigration). Elsewhere: Wax Dolls (Short Film), Swing Host in Snoopy's Dog Days of Summer/Party With Peanuts with Cedar Point's Live Entertainment (Sandusky, Ohio).
Lyd Noll (they/them)
Senior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: The Officer in A Dream Play, Chloe The Burials, Amanda in Quiet! The Kids are Talking (Transmigration), Kid/Fire in Coconut Mall is Burning Down (Transmigration). Elsewhere: Being in Modern Beings in Search of the Sole and Ashley Killjoy in Texas Annie: The Legend of the Moan Ranger with Cincinnati Fringe, Lucy in Daughter of War with Cincinnati Lab Theatre.
Yodeet Nymberg
Junior Acting student from Maineville, Ohio
At CCM: Ismania/Chorus in Lysistrata + Trojan Women. Elsewhere: Eve in Medusa in You at Cincinnati LAB Theater, Small Victories with WGC Productions (Podcast).
Jahmiya Quarles
Junior Acting student from Washington, D.C.
At CCM: Cincinnati Dionysia. Elsewhere: Understudy Helena in Midsummer Night's Dream at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Kendal Rayborn
Sophomore Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: BIPOC Theater Lab, 404: Play Not Found (Transmigration).
Cassandra Reeves (she/her)
Sophomore Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Mother/Blind Man in A Dream Play, Sunny in The Doghouse. Elsewhere: Susan in Sally Salem and the Spooktacular Birthday Extravaganza with The Cincy Fringe Festival (Cincinnati, Ohio), Wendla in Spring Awakening with The Cincinnati Actor's Studio (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Maya Joi Robinson
Junior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Emma Sanchez
Junior Acting student from San Antonio, Texas
At CCM: Myrrhine in Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Paige in Love and War, CB’s Sister in Dog Sees God, BIPOC LAB.
Amanda Sant
Sophomore Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing (Lab), Evil/Swing in Everybody, A Night at La Grand Fromage (Transmigration). Elsewhere: Queen Gertrude in Hamlet with the London Academy of Dramatic Arts (London, England), Curio in Twelfth Night with Kentucky Shakespeare Globe Players (Louisville, Kentucky).
Ben Sherman
Junior Acting student from Colleyville, Texas
At CCM: Lion in The Phoenix Project and Masked Man in the film project. Elsewhere: Race in Newsies at Lyric Stage in Dallas, Texas.
Sydni Charity Solomon
Senior Acting student from Gainesville, Florida
At CCM: Daughter in A Dream Play, Brianna in The Burials. Elsewhere: What the Constitution Means to Me with Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Dickless with Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Paulina Sunkara
Junior Acting student from Suwanee, Georgia
At CCM: Cougar/Greek Chorus in Lysistrata + The Trojan Women, Vanessica Kate-Elizabeth in Coconut Mall is Burning Down (Transmigration), Claire in All On the Table (CCM Radio Play), Rauntress McDauntress in 404: Play Not Found (Transmigration).
Wyatt Toloczko
Junior Acting student from Shelbyville, Kentucky
At CCM: Spartan Delegate in Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Transmigration. Elsewhere: Disney's Newsies at the Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky).
Hannah Toronto
Junior Acting student from McLean, Virginia
At CCM: #2 in The Wolves, Swing #3 in A Dream Play and Gretel/Servant in Frankenstein, Somebody in Everybody.
Lily Villaflor
Sophomore Acting student from Joliet, Illinois
At CCM: Transmigration (Coconut Mall is Burning Down).
Ballet
Hazel Alexander
Senior Ballet student from Killbuck, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in "its not the breathes you take…," Lead in "Jux d’pose," Soloist in Sleeping Beauty Prologue, Dance of the Cygets in Swan Lake, Demi Soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers," Raymonda, Wilis and Villager in Giselle, Piquita, "Falling Upwards," Choreographer of Galileo Galilei, Three-time choreographer in Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: Choreographer of Dear Odette at DanceCincinnati24, Dancer in short film "PAS DE DEUX," Choreographer of "The Selkie" at Dancing Under the Stars (Berlin, Ohio).
Hannah Altmiller
Sophomore Ballet student from Springfield, Oregon
At CCM: corps de ballet in Raymonda, Swan Lake Corps in Swan Lake Act 2, Soloist and corps member in "It's Not The Breaths We Take," and corps member in "Jux'd Posed." Elsewhere: Lady Winter and corps de statue in Adventures in Narnia at Dance Veritas (Eugene, Oregon), Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker at SLC Ballet (Salt Lake City, Utah), Dulcinea, Spanish woman and Bridesmaid in Don Quixote.
Elise Arcuri
Junior Ballet student from Santa Barbara, California
At CCM: Corps de ballet dancer in Swan Lake Act 2 set by Qi Jiang, "It Would Feel Like This" coreographed by Erin Decker, Corps de ballet dancer in Raymonda set by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabel Elfson, Corps be ballet dancer in "Waltz of the flowers" set by Rae Vrbancic, Villager in Giselle act 1 set by Qi Jiang, "The Ideal of Love" coregraphed by Hazel Alexander, "Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid" choregraphed by Gracie Zamiska.
Sarah Bartlett
Junior Ballet student from Baltimore, Maryland
At CCM: Corp de ballet in Giselle, Paquita, La Bayadère, Handel Concerto. Elsewhere: corp de ballet in L’amore, corp de ballet in Vampiri with Étoile Ballet Theatre (Piacenza, Italy).
Lexi Bastin
Freshman Ballet student from Greenwood, Indiana
At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take…,” “Consternation,” “Where the Heart Grows.” Elsewhere: Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker with Indianapolis Ballet (Indianapolis, Indiana).
Bryn Cintrón
Freshman Ballet student from Tallahassee, Florida
At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take…”, “Bare Myself”, “Consternations." Elsewhere: Corps in “Raymonda”, Snow Queen in “The Nutcracker”, “Waltz of the Flowers” Demi-soloist in “The Nutcracker.”
Erin Decker (they/them)
Junior Ballet student from Naples, Florida
At CCM: "Twilight Tango" by Thomas Bell, Royal Hunting Party and Willi Corps in Giselle restaged by Qi Jiang and Dierdre Carberry, Understudy in Galileo Galilei, "Waltz of the Flowers" by Rae Verbancic, "Still Waters" by Shauna Steele, Swan Lake Corps restaged by Qi Jiang, Soloist in "Juxtapose" by Ihaiah Miller, The Baker and Artist in An American in Paris by Peter Davidson. Elsewhere: Snow White in Snow White with Naples Ballet, Cinderella in Cinderella with Naples Ballet, The Temperament Fairy and Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty with Naples Ballet, Candy Cane and Soldier in The Nutcracker with Miami City Ballet, Dewdrop and Clara in The Nutcracker with Naples Ballet.
Carmen Doll
Junior Ballet student from Coldwater, Michigan
At CCM: Aurora Borealis by Keenan Pennington.
Maya Gordon
Freshman Ballet student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in La Esmerelda, “Complicated Grieving,” “The Hands that Hold Us Back”. Elsewhere: Princess Lemon in The Adventures of Cipollino at Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy, The Nutcracker at Milwaukee Ballet, Swanhilda’s Friends in Coppélia at Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy.
Taryn Grassbaugh
Sophomore Ballet student from Holmes County, Ohio
At CCM: Falling Upwards, The Ideal of Love, corps de ballet in Giselle, Waltz of the Flowers.
Sophia Gray
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and Paquita, “Who We Are,” “Mozart Mix,” “Pas de Poisson,” “In the Beginning,” “Home-made, Home-Made! (But aren’t we all?),” “Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid.” Elsewhere: Soloist in Paquita “Pas de Trois Variation 2,” Corps de Ballet and Swanhilda’s Friends & Wedding Suite in Coppélia, Tea & Spanish Doll in The Nutcracker with The Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadére with Philadelphia Ballet Summer Intensive (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
Soyars Green
Freshman Ballet student from Richmond, Virginia
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Esmeralda, Corps de Ballet in Jux d’pose, “The Condition of The Wild,” “Poetry in Motion.” Elsewhere: Snow and Flowers Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, Corps de Ballet in Serenade, and Parisian in An American in Paris as a Richmond Ballet Trainee (Richmond, Virginia).
Katie Griffith
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Willis Corps in Giselle, Demi-soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers", Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Tall Swan in Swan Lake, Dame in An American In Paris. Elsewhere: Clara and Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella with Dayton Ballet.
AJ Gross
Sophomore Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Thomas Bell's "Mozart Mix," Rothbart in Sleeping Beauty, Shauna Steele's original works titled "Still Waters" and "Who We Are," Ihiaih Miller's "Jux D'pose," Jiang Qi's "Van Gogh, Iris and the Starry Night" and An American in Paris as the waiter.
Chloe King
Sophomore Ballet student from Media, Pennsylvania
At CCM: The Ideal of Love by Hazel Alexander. Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Aurora at Kristina Pulcini Ballet Academy, multiple jazz and modern pieces at Center for Performing and Fine Arts.
Katherine Kraal
Freshman Ballet student from Holland, Michigan
Elsewhere: The Nutcracker with Grand Rapids Ballet (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Internship with Deos Contemporary Ballet (Grand Rapids, Michigan).
Celeste Lau
Junior Ballet student from Bay Area, California
At CCM: Dewdrop in Rachael Vrbancic’s Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, Big Swans in Jiang Qi’s Swan Lake Act II, and The End in the Beginning and Still Waters by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: lya Kozadayev’s The Nutcracker, August Bournonville’s Napoli and Gina Patterson’s Seven Deadly Sins at University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Shaelyn Kuipers
Junior Ballet student from Midland, North Carolina
At CCM: Who We Are, “Waltz of the Flowers.” Elsewhere: Maria, Snow Queen, Coffee Corps, Trepak Corps, Flowers Corps in The Nutcracker.
Emerson Lecrone
Senior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Principal in Raymonda staged by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabel Elefson, principal in "Waltz of the Flowers" original choreography by Rachael Vrbancic, Friend in Giselle act 1 staged by Qi Jiang, soloist in Paquita staged by Dierdre Carberry, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: Raymonda, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire, Sugarplum.
Campbell Lee
Freshman Ballet student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in La Esmeralda, Corps de Ballet in “Jux D’Pose,” "The Cost of This World," "How Deep is a Soul?", "Carmina Burnana," Mer Sister in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, Marzipan Soloist, and Flowers Demi Soloist in The Nutcracker at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre (Alpharetta, Georgia).
Kelsey Lewis
Sophomore Ballet student from Glenwood, Illinois
At CCM: Mozart Mix. Elsewhere: “Tailsman Variation,” “Coppelia Suite,” Corps in “Mazurka” and Corps in “Dance of the Hours” with Boston Ballet Professional Division at Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Natick, Massachusetts).
Jennifer Listerman
Junior Ballet student from Chicago, Illinois
At CCM: Les Sylphides, The Space Between, 24/7, Ramifications, Enigma Station.
Cynthia Lutz
Junior Ballet student from Wheaton, Illinois
At CCM: Falling Upwards, Ethereal Relations, The Unforgotten, corp de ballet in Giselle, “Waltz of the Flowers.”
Adrianna McCarter
Freshman Ballet student from Orem, Utah
At CCM: Corps de ballet in Jux d'pose, “Where the Heart Grows,” "The Hands That Hold Us Back", "Carmina Burana," Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in Coppelia and Oceans and Pearls with Kansas City Youth Ballet (Kansas City, Missouri).
Emilia Mieczykowski
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Myrtha in Giselle, Tall Swan Soloist in Swan Lake. Elsewhere: Corps in George Balanchine’s Serenade performed with Cincinnati Ballet Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio), soloist in Aladdin performed with Cincinnati Ballet II (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Grace Mitchell
Senior Ballet student from Darien, Connecticut
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Raymonda, La Bayadere and Les Sylphides, Soloist in “Mozart Mix,” Wilis & Villager in Giselle, demi-soloist in Paquita.
Morgan Montour
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Death and the Maiden choreographed by Qi Jiang, La Bayadere staged by Deirdre Carberry, Paquita soloist staged by Deirdre Carberry, Falling Upwards set to an award-winning composition by Aya Yoshida choreographed by Shauna Steele, dancer in Giselle, dancer in Student Choreographers' Showcase.
Eva Moore
Senior Ballet student from Richfield, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in Raymonda, Peasant Pas in Giselle, Excerpt of Paquita, In The Beginning, Falling Upwards, Handel Concerto, Kingdom of Shades, In Transit, Faux Pas. Elsewhere: The Nutcracker with Joffrey Ballet (Chicago, Illinois).
Regina Murphy
Junior Ballet student from South Bend, Indiana
At CCM: Temperament Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps Member in Swan Lake, “The End in the Beginning,” Dewdrop in Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, Little Dancer in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty.
Mia Neslanovic
Freshman Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Corp de Ballet in Esmeralda; "it’s not the breaths we take…;" "where the heart grows;" "Bare Myself" Elsewhere: Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty (Nutmeg Ballet); Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker (Academy of International Ballet).
Grace Ortega
Sophomore Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio
At CCM: Lise in An American in Paris, Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Demi-soloist in Waltz of the Flowers. Elsewhere: Second Movement in Western Symphony, Swanhilda's Friends in Coppelia
Keenan Pennington
Sophomore Ballet student from Little Elm, Texas
At CCM: Choreographer for Aurora Borealis (Student Choreographers’ Showcase 2021). Elsewhere: Pas de Quatre, Paquita, Coppelia, Swan Lake Pas de Trois, Elite Syncopations, Death and a Maiden (Jiang Qi), Shades of Green (Rae Dougherty), The Dream (Amanda Kenner).
Isabelle Pfleger
Freshman Ballet student from Cape Cod, Massachusetts
At CCM: “Hot Knife,” "Carmina Burana", Ship Captain and Courtier in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Sugarplum Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty (Cape Cod, Massachusetts)
Hannah Pruiett
Sophomore Ballet student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: The Ideal of Love by Hazel Alexander, Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid by Gracie Zamiska. Elsewhere: Company in Beauty and the Beast, The Nutcracker, La Bayadére (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School).
Sylvia Quinio
Freshman Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky
At CCM: Lise Understudy in An American in Paris, "It's Not the Breaths We Take," Little Mermaid, Choreographer of “The Hands That Hold Us Back” (Student Choreography Showcase). Elsewhere: The Nutcracker and Beauty and the Beast with Kentucky Ballet Theatre (Lexington, Kentucky), Lulie in Lulie the Iceberg with Dancers’ Studio (Lexington, Kentucky).
Isabella Ramsey
Freshman Ballet student from Toledo, Ohio
Elsewhere: Snow Princess, Dewdrop and Spanish in The Nutcracker with Toledo Ballet (Toledo, Ohio).
Iliana Rich
Junior Ballet student from Taylorsville, Kentucky
At CCM: "Pas" choreographed by Jiang Qi, Demi Soloist in An American in Paris, Soloist in "Jux d’pose" by Ihaiah Miller, Temperament Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Danse des Cygnes Allegro Moderato in Swan Lake, Soloist in Raymonda, "Mozart Mix" by Thomas Bell, Corps de Ballet in Giselle, "From The Beginning" by Jennie Creer-King, Corps de Ballet in Paquita, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele, "Beat as One" by Gracie Zamiska, "Forgive Me Father For (I) Have Sinned" by Hazel Beatrice, "Aurora Borealis" by Keenan Pennington.
Bethany Roup
Junior Ballet student from Crestwood, Kentucky
At CCM: Demi-soloist in Giselle, Soloist in Paquita, Soloist in Swan Lake Pas de Trois, Corps de ballet in Les Sylphides.
Miranda Sharer
Junior Ballet student from Lancaster, Ohio
At CCM: Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, "Mozart Mix," Corps de Ballet in Giselle, "Falling Upwards." Elsewhere: Performed in The Nutcracker at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio), Attended BalletMet Summer Intensive 2018, 2020, 2021.
Gemma Smith
Sophomore Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Home-made, home-made! (But aren’t we all?) by Sydney D’Orso, The Unforgotten by Mandi Weitz Elsewhere: Summer intensives at Cincinnati Bellet, Oregon Ballet, BalletMet.
Garrett H.T. Steagall
Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in Cornerstone choreographed by Shauna Steele, La Bayadère soloist staged by Deirdre Carberry, Napoli soloist staged by Tricia Sundbeck.
Sofia Stitz
Senior Ballet student from Dumont, New Jersey
At CCM: Odette in Swan Lake, soloist in Raymonda, Peasant Pas soloist in Giselle, soloist in Paquita, soloist in La Bayadere, “Kingdom of Shades,” “Still Waters,” “From the Beginning,” “Enigma Station,” and Handel Concerto.
Laykin Stoess
Junior Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: "Home-made, Home-made! (But aren't we all?" by Sydney D'Orso, Giselle staged by Qi Jiang, Soloist in Who We Are by Shauna Steele, It Would Feel Like This by Erin Decker, Beat As One by Gracie Zamiska, Swan Lake Act II staged by Qi Jiang, Juxdpose by Ihaiah Miller, Soloist in Carmina Burana by Shauna Steele, Little Mermaid.
Madelin Talbot
Senior Ballet student from Zanesville, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Dancer in Handel’s Concerto. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in Giselle, Corps de ballet in Walpurgisnacht (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19), Corps de ballet in Etudes (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19) at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio).
Isabella Thoroughman
Sophomore Ballet student from Williamstown, Kentucky
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Raymonda. Elsewhere: Esmeralda in Esmeralda (CCM Prep), Principal in La Bayadere(CCM Prep), Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake and Don Quixote (CCM Prep), Clara, Marzipan, and Flower Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadere, Corps de Ballets in Don Quixote with Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Magic Dress Party Girl and Clara Double in The Nutcracker with Cincinnati Ballet.
Ying Ying Tong
Sophomore Ballet student from Hong Kong, China
At CCM: Lead in In the Beginning, Peasant Pas de Trois in Giselle, Falling Upwards, Corps de Ballet in Paquita. Elsewhere: Odile in Swan Lake, Esmeralda in Esmeralda Excerpt, Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen in The Nutcracker (Interlochen, Michigan).
Anjali Vadlamudi
Freshman Ballet student from Ann Arbor, Michigan
At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take…,” and “Complicated Grieving.” Elsewhere: “Assemblage,” The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sleeping Beauty, Five Dancing Princesses, Coppélia, and Giselle with Ballet Chelsea (Chelsea, Michigan).
Maddie Weber
Junior Ballet student from Naperville, Illinois
At CCM: “Short Story Long,” Prologue of Sleeping Beauty, “Waltz of the Flowers,” Act Two of Swan Lake, “Esmeralda Suite,” “Vincent, Iris, and the Starry Night,” “it’s not the breaths you take…” Elsewhere: Cinderella in Cinderella with Chicago Festival Ballet (Naperville, Illinois).
Caitlyn Wehner
Sophomore Ballet student from Beavercreek, Ohio
At CCM: Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Understudy in “Still Waters,” Corps de ballet in Swan Lake and “Mozart Mix.”
Mandi Weitz
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Corps de ballet in Les Sylphides. Elsewhere: Various performances with the Dayton Ballet company including corps de ballet in Swan Lake.
Gracie Zamiska
Senior Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Canary Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Soloist in “In The Beginning/Who We Are,” Pas de Deux in “Mozart Mix,” Wili/Villager in Giselle, Demi-Soloist in Paquita, Corps Member in “Falling Upwards,” Corps Member in La Bayadere, Soloist in “Handel’s Concerto.” Elsewhere: Flower Corps in The Nutcracker with Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio), Soloist in Paquita Act and Ensemble Member in The Wizard of Oz with Performing Arts Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky).
Musical Theatre
Lucille Acuña
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Cerritos, California
Elsewhere: Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Long Beach's JewelBox non-profit organization (2019) and Eponine in Les Miserables at ABC Unified School District's production (2020).
Arden Allmon
Freshman Musical Theatre student from San Antonio, Texas
At CCM: Swing in Sweet Charity.
Joey Baciocco
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Folsom, California
At CCM: Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Mr. Wormwood in Roald Dahl's Matilda, Race in Disney's Newsies with El Dorado Musical Theater (El Dorado Hills, California).
Grace Baker
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Elsewhere: Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, Katherine Plumber in Newsies, Madame Baurel in An American in Paris, and Julie Jordan Standby in Carousel at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center (Midland, Pennsylvania).
Andy Bakun
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Beaverton, Oregon
At CCM: Swing in Something Rotten, Swing in Cinderella.
Ryan Behan
Junior Musical Theatre student from Portsmouth, New Hampshire
At CCM: Arpad in She Loves Me, Raccoon in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Ren McCormack in Footloose at Prescott Park Arts Festival (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), Mark Anthony in A Chorus Line at The Palace Theatre (Manchester, New Hampshire) and The Seacoast Repertory Theatre (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), Olaf in Frozen at The Ogunquit Playhouse (Ogunquit, Maine).
Essence Bell
Junior Musical Theatre student from Rockford, Illinois
Elsewhere: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown with Starlight Theatre (Rockford, Illinois).
Amanda Bishop
Senior Musical Theatre student from Butler, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Ensemble/understudy Charlotte in Cinderella, Delores in The Wild Party, Swing in Pippin. Elsewhere: Erma in Anything Goes at Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut).
Jett Blackorby
Junior Musical Theatre student from Jerseyville, Illinois
Elsewhere: Hooch in Kinky Boots with The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri); Ensemble in Matilda, Footloose, Jersey Boys, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway and the Muny 100 Gala with The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri).
Ranease Brown
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bridgeport, Connecticut
At CCM: Swing for Jazz Nutcracker and Something Rotten!. Elsewhere: Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Bombalurina in CATS with Music Theatre Wichita (Wichita, Kansas), Princess Acrimonia in Princess and Frog with The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio), Mimi in Rent with The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
Andrew Burke
Senior Musical Theatre student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: Nigel Bottom in Something Rotten!, Sonny Standby in Xanadu, Ensemble in Cinderella, Jazz Nutcracker, and 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Melchior in Spring Awakening (Houston, Texas), Davey in Newsies with Cincinnati Landmark Productions (Cincinnati, Ohio), Rolf in The Sound of Music at The Carnegie (Cincinnati, Ohio), and Ensemble credits at Theatre Under The Stars (Houston, Texas) and North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, Massachusetts).
Grace Capeless
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Teaneck, New Jersey
At CCM: Fandango Dancer/Charity u/s in Sweet Charity, Dancer in Nutcracker Suite, Swing in Something Rotten!, Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Duckling Donna in SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical (Gateway Playhouse). Broadway: Young Nala in The Lion King, Lavender in Matilda, Little Nancy in A Christmas Story (OBC), Kayla in Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Young Celise in Godspell. Film/TV: "Lost Girls" (Netflix), "Beaches" (Lifetime), "Landing Up" (Apple TV), "Frozen Fever" (Disney+), 67th Annual Tony Awards (CBS).
Dominic Carroll
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Lowell, Massachusetts
At CCM: Tower Power in Sweet Charity.
Benjamin Cheng
Senior Musical Theatre student from Memphis, Tennesse
At CCM: Oscar in Sweet Charity, Eamon in Once, Ensemble (u/s Leading Player) in Pippin, Ensemble (u/s Shakespeare) in Something Rotten!, Ensemble (u/s Topher) in Cinderella, Ensemble (u/s Daniel) in Once On This Island. Elsewhere: Elmer in Newsies with Theatre Memphis, Ensemble (Pied Piper) in Shrek with Theatre Memphis.
Brian Cheung
Junior Musical Theatre student from Suzhou, China
At CCM: Male Swing in She Loves Me, Otto in Spring Awakening. Elsewhere: Label•less at Playhouse in the Park (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Monique Churchill
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Stockton, California
At CCM: 30 years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Lauren in Kinky Boots and Ensemble/understudy Sarah Brown in Guys & Dolls at The Carnegie (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Jeffrey Cornelius (he/him)
Junior Musical Theatre student from Jackson, Mississippi
Elsewhere: Daniel in Once on this Island, Kristoff in Frozen, and Aladdin in Aladdin.
Matthew Danforth
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Demarest, New Jersey
Kristen Das
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from St. Charles, Illinois
At CCM: #14 in The Wolves with UC Mosaic Theatre Ensemble, choir in Our Town. Elsewhere: Woman #2 in Songs For A New World and Celia in As You Like It at Elgin Community College (Elgin, Illinois), Rona/Olive Mom in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Elgin Academy (Elgin, Illinois).
Ry Dever
Junior Musical Theatre student from Exeter, New Hampshire
At CCM: Tom Snout in Something Rotten, Footman in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Bruce Bogrotter in Matilda (Broadway National Tour), Enoch Snow Jr./Featured dancer in Carousel at Opera North (Lebanon, New Hampshire).
Josh Devine
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Palmetto, Florida
At CCM: Something Rotten!, Cinderella.
Ellie Eisele
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Kansas City, Kansas
Elsewhere: Alyssa Greene in The Prom, Belle in Beauty and the Beast at MTKC Pro (Kansas City, Kansas). Elsewhere: Roxie Hart in Chicago at Broadway Theatre Project (Tampa, Florida) Maureen in Rent, Demeter in Cats, and Hodel in Fiddler On The Roof at Starstruck Theatre (Stuart, Florida), Mimi in Guys and Dolls at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky) and Eponine in Les Misérables with StarBrite Productions (Tour).
Annalese Fusaro
Junior Musical Theatre student from Fredericksburg, Virginia
CCM: Swing in Duke Ellington's Jazz Nutcracker, Ensemble/understudy Ilona in She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Maggie Winslow in A Chorus Line at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Ensemble in RAGTIME in Concert with the Cincinnati POPS (Cincinnati, Ohio), Jo in Little Women, Eponine in Les Misérables, and Dragon in Shrek the Musical (CYT).
Nick Gundrum
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Ensemble in Something Rotten!, Swing in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Ensemble/White Teen in Memphis and Ensemble in The Sound of Music with The Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky), Billy Crocker in Anything Goes with Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut), New Rochelle Chorus in RAGTIME in Concert with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Jack Haroutunian
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Billerica, Massachusetts
Jonathan Hobbs
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Washington DC
Elsewhere: Chorus and soloist in The Creation Oratotio (Washington DC), Simplethings band (Washington DC), The Messiah Oratorio (Silver Spring, Maryland).
Jordyn Jones
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Washington, DC
At CCM: Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall Elsewhere: Fiona in Shrek The Musical with Vienna Youth Players (Vienna, Virginia), Ensemble in Rent with Middlesex Community Theatre, Annabeth in Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief with Vienna Youth Players (Vienna, Virginia)
Nate Jones
Senior Musical Theatre student from Tallahassee, Florida
At CCM: Robin/understudy Nostradamus in Something Rotten!, Phil in The Wild Party, Ensemble/understudy Jean-Michel in Cinderella, Swing in Sunday in the Park with George, and Swing in Spring Awakening.
Annika Jonker (she/her)
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Fairfield, Connecticut
At CCM: Rosie/Ensemble/understudy Ursula in Sweet Charity, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Quartet/Ensemble in Anything Goes at Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut), St. Jimmy in American Idiot at Broadway Method Academy (Fairfield, Connecticut).
Amelia Lamb (she/her)
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Rocky River, Ohio
Elsewhere: Ensemble in Ragtime in Concert with Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
JT Langlas
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
At CCM: Ensemble in Something Rotten, Ensemble in Cinderella, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Featured Ensemble in The 70's On Demand at Kings Island (Mason, Ohio), Ensemble/Swing in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr. at the Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, Ensemble in Ragtime in Concert with Cincinnati POPS, Bobby/understudy Emcee in Cabaret and Mercy Lewis/Giles Corey in The Crucible at Parallel 45 Theatre (Traverse City, Michigan).
Michael E. Lee Jr.
Junior Musical Theatre student from Saint Louis, Missouri
Elsewhere: Audrey 2 in Little Shop of Horrors at Carnegie Theater, Footloose at the Muny, Jesus in Godspell, Martin Vanderhof in You Can’t Take It With You, Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher.
Eliza Levy (she/her)
Senior Musical Theatre student from Stuart, Florida
At CCM: Nickie in Sweet Charity, Meg in Little Women, Ensemble/Choreographer/Queenie understudy in The Wild Party, Ensemble/Madame understudy in Cinderella, Ensemble/Fastrada understudy in Pippin, and Dancer/Dance Captain in Nutcracker Swing. Elsewhere: Roxie Hart in Chicago at Broadway Theatre Project (Tampa, Florida), Maureen in Rent, Demeter in Cats and Hodel in Fiddler On The Roof at Starstruck Theatre (Stuart, Florida), Mimi in Guys and Dolls at the Carnagie (Covington, Kentucky), Eponine in Les Misérables with StarBrite Touring Company.
Indya Lincicome
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Tallahassee, Florida
At CCM: 30 years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Swing in Something Rotten!.
Dan Klimko
Junior Musical Theatre student from Cranford, New Jersey
At CCM: Ensemble/Younger Brother understudy in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Ensemble/Kodaly understudy in She Loves Me, Ensemble/Sebastian understudy in Cinderella.
Kassi McMillan (she/her)
Senior Musical Theatre student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
At CCM: Melpomene in Xanadu, Anna/understudy Ilse in Spring Awakening, Honoria in Rocket Science, and Ensemble in Something Rotten! and 42nd Street. Elsewhere: Rusty in Footloose, Learn Your Lessons Well in Godspell, Lorraine Fleming in 42nd Street, and Ensemble in The Sound of Music at the Mac-Haydn Theatre (Chatham, New York), Gina in Henry Danger on Nickelodeon.
Carter Minor
Freshman Musical Theatre student from New Albany, Ohio
At CCM: Swing in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: TJ in Sister Act, Urchin (Ronette) in Little Shop of Horrors, Otto/Moritz Understudy in Spring Awakening and Jack in Into the Woods with Short North Stage (Columbus, Ohio), Grover in Percy Jackson the Lightening Thief with Sticking Place Productions (Columbus, Ohio).
Madison Mosley
Senior Musical Theatre student from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
At CCM: Thea in Spring Awakening, Nadine in The Wild Party, Featured Skater in Xanadu, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Little Red/Rapunzel in Into the Woods, Ensemble/Seasons of Love Soloist in Rent, and Maggie in George Remus, a New Musical at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Frieda in Carrie at Capital City Theater Conservatory (Middleton, Wisconsin).
Erin Morton
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Jackson, Mississippi
At CCM: Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors and Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical with New Stage Theatre (Jackson, Mississippi), Effie White in Dreamgirls with Stage DNA (Raymond, Mississippi).
Tomi Newman
Junior Musical Theatre student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Ensemble in She Loves Me, Swing in Cinderella, Swing in Spring Awakening. Elsewhere: Charlie Price in Kinky Boots and Harry the Horse in Guys & Dolls at The Carnegie (Cincinnati, Ohio), Ensemble in RAGTIME in Concert with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Peter Neureuther
Senior Musical Theatre student from Harrison, New York
At CCM: Prince Topher in Cinderella, Georg understudy in She Loves Me, Swing in Sunday In The Park In The Park With George, Andrej in Once. Elsewhere: Jack Kelly in Newsies at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre (Cincinnati)
Maddie Osment (she/they)
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Anaheim, California
At CCM: Freshmxn Showcase. Elsewhere: Ensemble in The Hunchback of Notre Dame at La Mirada Regional (La Mirada, California).
Anargha Pal
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Alpharetta, Georgia
At CCM: Understudy Vittorio Vidal in Sweet Charity, Singer in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty.
Gracie Parker
Senior Musical Theatre student from Las Vegas, Nevada
At CCM: The Girl in Once, Ensemble in Cinderella, Amalia standby in She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Fiona in Brigadoon and Ensemble in Legally Blonde at Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, Indiana), and Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls at the Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
Nicholas Pattarini
Junior Musical Theatre student from Alexandria, Virginia
At CCM: Younger Brother and Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty, Soldier #1 in Sunday in the Park with George, Standby for The Guy in Once. Elsewhere: Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd at Broadway Method Academy (Fairfield, Connecticut) Ensemble in Rent at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
Coty Perno
Junior Musical Theatre student from Rochester, New York
At CCM: Georg and Dance Captain in Spring Awakening, Jackie and Assistant Choreographer in The Wild Party, Ensemble/ u/s Minstrel in Something Rotten!, Player in Pippin, Ensemble/ Frug Trio/ Daddy Brubeck u/s in Sweet Charity, Dancer in Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite. Elsewhere: Angel/ Ensemble in Anything Goes at Broadway Method Academy (Black Rock Theatre)
Sean Polk II
Junior Musical Theatre student from Upper Marlboro, Mayrland
At CCM: Head Waiter/understudy Sipos in She Loves Me, Oscar/understudy Mr. Black in The Wild Party, Ernst in Spring Awakening, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Tom Collins in Rent at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Ensemble in RAGTIME in Concert with Cincinnati POPS (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Annalise Prentiss
Senior Musical Theater student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Marcy Park in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Associate Director for Little Women, Swing/Intimacy Captain for Spring Awakening, Ivanka/Ukelele in Once, Swing in Sunday in the Park with George, Swing in Spring Awakening, 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Ensemble in The Wizard of Oz at The Fulton Theatre (Lancaster, Pennsylvania).
Stanislav Przedlacki
Senior Musical Theater and French Studies student from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
At CCM: Vittorio Vidal in Sweet Charity, Jean-Michel in Cinderella, Maraczek in She Loves Me, Ensemble/understudy Charlemagne in Pippin.
Gabriel Raskind
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Bellevue, Washington
At CCM: Swing in Sweet Charity.
Jackson Reagin
Senior Musical Theatre student from Seattle, Washington
At CCM: Guy in Once, Brother Jerimiah in Something Rotten!, Lord Pinkleton in Cinderella, Ensemble/understudy Benji in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia), Harry Houdini in RAGTIME in Concert with Cincinnati POPS (Cincinnati, Ohio), Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Roger in RENT, and Cinderella's Prince/Wolf/Lucinda at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
Grace Marie Rusnica
Senior Musical Theatre student from Irwin, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Wendla in Spring Awakening, Ex-Girlfriend/understudy The Girl in Once, Ensemble in Something Rotten!, Swing in Sunday in the Park with George. Elsewhere: Minnie/Somewhere Soloist in West Side Story and Silly Girl in Beauty and the Beast at The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri), Katherine in Newsies at Cincinnati Landmark Productions (Cincinnati, Ohio), Ariel in The Little Mermaid at The Palace Theater (Greensburg, Pennsylvania). American Idol Golden Ticket Winner 2020.
Julia Schick (she/they)
Senior Musical Theatre student from Kennesaw, Georgia
At CCM: Rona Lisa Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Madeline True in The Wild Party, Martha in Spring Awakening, Ensemble in She Loves Me, Ensemble in Pippin. Elsewhere: Choreographer for Kinky Boots, Joanne in Rent, General Cartwright/Dance Captain in Guys & Dolls, Assistant Director for Into the Woods, and Associate Choreographer for Singin' in the Rain at The Carnegie Theater (Covington, Kentucky), Choreographer for The Prom at Firefly Theatrical (Acworth, Georgia).
Maya Sharma
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Delray Beach, Florida
Elsewhere: National High School Musical Theatre “Jimmy” Award finalist.
Makayla Shipe
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bryant, Arkansas
At CCM: Ensemble/understudy Marie in Cinderella, Swing/understudy Theo in Pippin, Swing in The Wild Party, and Assistant Director of Something Rotten! Elsewhere: Urleen in Footloose at Cincinnati Landmark Productions (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Sydney Short
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Wilmington, North Carolina
Elsewhere: Wendla in Spring Awakening, Jo in Little Women, Rizzo in Grease, and Rusty in Footloose at Opera House Theatre Company (Wilmington, North Carolina).
Griffin Simmons
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Albertville, Alabama
Elsewhere: Edward Tulane in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Jay in Disney’s Descendants: The Musical with The Lighthouse Theatre Company (Albertville, Alabama), Ryan in Disney’s High School Musical: On Stage! with The Whole Backstage Theatre (Guntersville, Alabama).
Declan Smith
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from West Hartford, Connecticut
At CCM: Melchior in Spring Awakening, Lord Clapham/Master of Justice in Something Rotten! Elsewhere: Ensemble in Bandstand at Playhouse on Park (West Hartford, Connecticut).
Spencer Stanley
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from East Lyme, Connecticut
At CCM: Ensemble in Once Elsewhere: Anthony in Sweeney Todd at Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut), Charlie understudy in Holiday Inn with Goodspeed Opera House (East Haddam, Connecticut) Soloist in Night Fever at 54 Below
Cynsere Stevens
Cynsere Stevens
Junior Musical Theatre student from Jeannette, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Theatre Owner in D'Illusion: The Houdini Musical (Filmed Workshop). Elsewhere: Amos in Chicago, Race in Newsies and ensemble in The Rocky Horror Show.
Jamal Stone
Junior Musical Theatre student from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Elsewhere: Theo in D’Illusion, Ren McCormick in Footloose, Jack Kelly in Newsies.
Franco Valerga (he/him)
Junior Musical Theatre student from Buenos Aires, Argentina
At CCM: Swing in Once, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Evan Hansen Alternate in Dear Evan Hansen (Teatro Metropolitan) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Soloist with The American Pops Orchestra at Lincoln Center.
Wayden Wagoner (she/they)
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Loogootee, Indiana
At CCM: Swing in Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Cut Dancer/Tina in A Chorus Line with Footlite Musicals (Indianapolis, Indiana), Rudolpho/Ensemble in Matilda with Actors Community Theater (Jasper, Indiana), Pippin in Pippin with Veale Creek Platers (Washington, Indiana).
Sam Yousuf (he/him)
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Mitch Mahoney in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Ensemble/Gator US in Memphis at The Lexington Theatre Company.
Opera
Manfred Anaya
First-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Los Angeles, California
Elsewhere: Galstone in La Traviata at Dayton Opera (Dayton, Ohio), Tchaplitsky (cover) in The Queen of Spades at Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa), Rose’s Fiancé in Awakenings and Scott Smith (cover) in Harvey Milk at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (Saint Louis, Missouri), Telamone in Ercol su’l Termodonte with Pacific Opera Project (Los Angeles, California).
Kendra Beasley
Second-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Madison, Georgia
At CCM: Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: The Ordering of Moses with The Louisville Orchestra, Jungle Book, Ensemble in Carmen at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at The New Orleans Opera.
Henry Benson (he/him)
Second-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Marinette, Wisconsin
At CCM: Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers, Fenton in Falstaff, Nemorino in the 2021 Italian Opera Gala. Elsewhere: 2023 Young Artist at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival, 2021 Artist in Residence with Dayton Opera, Tenor II in The Tibetan Book of the Dead at Eastman Opera Theatre.
Justin Burgess
Second-year Artist Diploma Opera student from South Lyon, Michigan
At CCM: Ormonte in Partenope, Actor in The Bartered Bride, Mercurio in La Callisto, Mr. Hatfield in Dinner at Eight, Chorus in La clemenza di Tito. Elsewhere: Chorus in Sweeney Todd, Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Zerbin in L'ile de Merlin (Wolf Trap Opera), Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Escamillo in Carmen (Opera in the Ozarks), Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Gregorio in Roméo et Juliette (University of Michigan Opera).
Caleb Glickman
First-year Artist Diploma Opera Coaching student from Los Angeles, California
At CCM: MM in Orchestral Conducting, Music Director of L’Amant Anonyme. Elsewhere: Assistant conductor at Pittsburgh Festival Opera.
Jie Fang Goh
First-year Artist Diploma Opera Coaching student from Melaka, Malaysia
At CCM: Music staff for Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Agrippina, and Fellow Travelers
Elsewhere: Rehearsal Pianist and Coach for Die Zauberflöte with Miami Music Festival (Miami, Florida), Music staff for Pluto and Mondo Novo with Vienna Summer Music Festival (Vienna, Austria), Assistant Music Director and Pianist-Coach for Die Zauberflöte with Music on Site, Inc. (Wichita, Kansas), Music staff for Godspell and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Baylor Department of Theater Arts (Waco, Texas), Rehearsal Pianist for Signor Deluso with Baylor Opera, Keyboardist for Mamma Mia! with Waco Civic Theater (Waco, Texas).
Saane Halaholo
Second-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Orinda, California
At CCM: Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Chorus in The Bartered Bride. Elsewhere: Annina in La traviata, Susannah cover and chorus in Susannah, Léontine cover and chorus in L’Amant Anonyme with Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, Virginia), Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Cunegonde in Candide, and Nina in Chérubin with Bob Cole Conservatory Opera Institute (Long Beach, California).
Christina Hazen
Second-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Loveland, Colorado
At CCM: Rosmira in Partenope, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with CCM Opera Bootcamp, Giove in Diana in Calisto. Norman Treigle Award Winner 2020. Elsewhere: Flora in La traviata with Dayton Opera, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel with Opera Steamboat, Sally in The Hours with Cincinnati Opera/Opera Fusion New works, Chorus in Carmen with Cincinnati Opera.
Georgia Jacobson
Second-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Duluth, Minnesota
At CCM: Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Endimione in La Calisto, Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos, Chorus in La Clemenza di Tito. Elsewhere: Mary Johnson (cover) in Fellow Travelers with Des Moines Metro Opera, Virginia Woolf in The Hours (workshop) with Opera Fusion: New Works/ Cincinnati Opera, Maman/La Tasse/La Libellule in L'Enfant et les sortilèges with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Upcoming: Orfeo (cover) in Orfeo ed Euridice with Kentucky Opera.
Chuanyuan Liu
Second-year Artist Diploma student from Changchun, China
At CCM: Ottone in Agrippina, Cardinal 1/Oracle 1 in Galileo Galilei. Elsewhere: Polinesso in Ariodante with Pittsburgh Opera, Orfeo cover/Amore in Orfeo & Erica with Victory Hall Opera (Charlottesville, Virginia), Song Liling cover in M. Butterfly蝴蝶君 with Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Man Under the Arch/Hotel Clerk in The Hours with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Priest/Medium in In a Grove with Pittsburgh Opera.
Alison Pogorelc
Second-year Artist Diploma in Opera Directing student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
At CCM: Director for L’Amant Anonyme. Elsewhere: Assistant stage director at the Metropolitan Opera (New York City), director for Ariane et Barbe-Bleue with West Edge Opera (Berkley, California). Recipient of the National Opera Association’s JoElyn Wakefield-Wright Stage Director Fellowship and OPERA America’s Robert L. B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize.
Felicity Tomkins
Second-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Te Puke, New Zealand
At CCM: Jeannette in L’amant Anonyme, Soprano soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. Elsewhere: DMMF Studio Artist with New Zealand Opera (Auckland, New Zealand), Giulietta in The Tales of Hoffmann at University of Waikato (New Zealand), Chorus and Countess Almaviva (cover) in Le Nozze di Figaro, Norina in Don Pasquale and Elle (cover) in La voix humaine with New Zealand Opera, Nedda (cover) in Pagliacci with Festival Opera (New Zealand).
Candace Williams
First-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Capitol Heights, Maryland
At CCM: Constance in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Lucy in Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at University of Kentucky Opera Theatre (Lexington, Kentucky), Lucinda and Cinderella/Rapunzel (cover) in Into the Woods with Distilled Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky), Norina in Don Pasquale (partial) at Oakwood University (Huntsville, Alabama).
Ryan Wolfe
First-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Arlington Heights, Illinois
At CCM: Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Cardinal 3/Priest/Father in Galileo Galilei, Kecal in The Bartered Bride, Giove in La Calisto. Elsewhere: Sen. Potter’s Asst./Bookseller/French Priest/etc. in Fellow Travelers, Narumov in Pikova Dama, Papageno cover in Die Zauberflöte (Des Moines Metro Opera), Le fauteuil/un chêne in L’enfant et les sortilèges at Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore at Chautauqua Institution.
Daria Zholnerova
Second-year Artist Diploma in Opera Directing student from Saint Petersburg, Russia
At CCM: Stage Director for Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: Stage Director for Two Remain (Out of Darkness) with Unlikely Opera House (Saint Petersburg, Russia).
Orchestral Conducting
Jacob Priddy
First-year Masters Orchestral Conducting student from Louisville, Kentucky
Elsewhere: The Office the Musical Parody (Off Broadway), Associate Music Director/Keys 1 for A Christmas Story (National Tour), Jersey Boys, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Kinky Boots, DISNEY's Newsies at Theatre by the Sea (Matunuck, Rhode Island), Jersey Boys ar Ogunquit Playhouse (Ogunquit, Maine), Vocal Director for Celebrity Cruise Lines and RWS Entertainment Group.
Casey Reed
Second-year Masters Orchestral Conducting student from Grayslake, Illinois
At CCM: Sweet Charity, Spelling Bee, 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty (Carnegie Hall), Cinderella, Something Rotten!, She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Miss Saigon at Broadway Theatre (New York New York), Half Time at Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey), Working at Berkshire Theatre Group (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at Young at Arts.
Voice
Natalia Adame
Senior Vocal Performance student from Novi, Michigan
At CCM: Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Cupid in Orpheus in the Underworld, Dritter Knabe in The Magic Flute with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Gertrude Stein (cover) and Anna Hope (cover) in The Mother of Us All, Shamana 3 in The House on Mango Street (premiere), Owl in The Cunning Little Vixen and Rose and Mrs. Medlock in The Secret Garden with the Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory (Chautauqua, New York), Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro and Mercédès (scenes) in Carmen at the International Opera Summer Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico).
Tori Adams
Second-year MM Voice student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
At CCM: Bianca in La Rondine. Elsewhere: Ritchie/Angelica in The Hours with Opera Fusion (Cincinnati), Despina in Così fan Tutte with Oberlin Opera Theater (Oberlin, OH), Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites with Oberlin Opera Theater, Miles in Turn of the Screw with Oberlin Opera Theater, Flora in Turn of the Screw with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (St. Paul, Minnesota), Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel with LAH-SOW Minneapolis workshop, Shepherd Boy in Tosca with Minnesota Opera.
Carlos Ahrens
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Orlando, Florida
At CCM: First Commissioner in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Rinuccio in Gianni Schiccci
Elsewhere: Tamino in Die Zauberflaüte with the Trentino Music Festival (Fiera, Italy), Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte, Mayor in Albert Herring, Old Man in L'enfant et les sortilèges and Apollo in Semele at Vanderbilt Opera Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee), Don Curzio in Le Nozze Di Figaro at Prague Summer Nights (Prague, Czechia )
Erin Alcorn (she/her)
Second-year DMA Voice student from Coppell, Texas
At CCM: Miss Lightfoot in Fellow Travelers, Soloist in Beethoven’s Mass in C for CCM Chorale and Orchestra, Soloist in Eric Whitacre’s Goodnight Moon for CCM Wind Symphony. Elsewhere: Musetta (cover) in La Boheme for Cincinnati Opera, Adina in The Elixir of Love, Francine in Monkey and Francine for Tri-Cities Opera, Adina in The Elixir of Love for The Dallas Opera Outreach, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro for Oberlin Opera Theater, Zerlina in Don Giovanni for UNT Opera, La Bergère in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortileges for Oberlin Opera.
Lauren Albano
Junior Vocal Performance student from New Orleans, Louisiana
At CCM: La Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites, Chorus in Orpheus in the Underworld. Elsewhere: Belinda in Dido and Aeneas and Laetitia in The Old Maid and The Thief with The New Orleans Center of Creative Arts, Helga in Friedl and Chorus in Carmen with New Orleans Opera.
Ahhyun Baek
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from South Korea
Elsewhere: Ida in Die Fledermaus, chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Korea National University of Arts (Seoul, South Korea), chorus in Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci with Korea Arts Group, chorus in L’Elisir d’Amore with Seocho Cultural Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).
Kaylyn Taylor
Second-year DMA Voice student from Las Vegas, Nevada
At CCM: Poppea in Agrippina, Gabriel in The Creation. Elsewhere: Poppea in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte with Utah State Opera (Logan, Utah), Maria/Liesl (cover) in The Sound of Music with Music Theatre West (Logan, Utah), Susanna/Barbarina (cover) in Le nozze di Figaro with Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre (Logan, Utah).
Rachael Bell
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Encinitas, California
At CCM: Lapák (Dog), Mrs. Páskova, and Songbird in The Cunning Little Vixen, Sœur Mathilde in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Fanny Price in Mansfield Park, Florence Pike in Albert Herring and Maman/L’Ecureuil in L’Enfant et les Sortileges with Vanderbilt Opera Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee), Piacere [cover] in Il trionfo del Tempo with Opera NEO (San Diego, California), Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea with Trentino Music Festival (Trentino, Italy), Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Utah Valley Opera Festival (Provo, Utah).
Malone Blaich
First-year Artist Diploma in Opera student from Kansas City, Missouri
At CCM: Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Chorus/Jenny/Reporter 1/Woman 1 in The Righteous (Opera Fusion: New Works). Elsewhere: Chorus in Lucia di Lammermoor and Madama Butterfly with Cincinnati Opera; Tatyana in Eugene Onegin (partial), Norma in Norma (partial), Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni (partial) with Heidelberg Summer Opera (Heidelberg, Germany); Cendrillon in Cendrillon and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Pepperdine University (Malibu, California).
Zachary Burnham
Junior Vocal Performance student from Detroit, Michigan
At CCM: Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi, Sailor in Dido and Aeneas, Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d’Arte, chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Doody in Grease at Riverbank Theatre (Marine City, Michigan).
Caitlin Chisham
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Wichita, Kansas
CCM: Policewoman and Judge in Orpheus in the Underworld.
Elsewhere: Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors with University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri), Marie in Le Fille du Regiment with Boston University Tanglewood Institute (Lennox, Massachusetts), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Brevard Music Institute (Brevard, North Carolina), Chorus in Pirates of Penzance with Opera Kansas (Wichita, Kansas).
Jaeyoon Choi
Second-year Master’s in Vocal Performance student from Seoul, South Korea
At CCM: Narciso in Agrippina, Sister Claire in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Chorus in La Bohème, Pirates of Penzance and Aida with Cincinnati Opera.
Jinpark Choi
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Seoul, South Korea
At CCM: Chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro and Colin in L’Amant Anonyme. Elsewhere: Tamino in Die Zauberflöte.
Andrew Cunningham
Senior Voice student from Cincinnati, Ohio studying with Daniel Weeks
At CCM: Featured Dancer in Die Fledermaus, Orfeo in L'Orfeo, Monostatos in The Magic Flute.
Lauryn Davis
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Chorus in Les Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Musetta in La Bohème with Atlanta Concert Opera (Atlanta,Georgia), Margaret in The Light in the Piazza with Kennesaw State Opera Theatre (Kennesaw, Georgia).
Torie Davis
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Spirit in Dido and Aeneas, Love Police in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera D’Arte. Elsewhere: Chorus in Carmen, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Macbeth and La Bohème with Toledo Opera, Grace Davis in Street Scene at Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio), Mystery in The Fairy Queen at the University of Toledo, Nursing Sister in Suor Angelica with Resonanz Opera (Mentor, Ohio).
Reed Demangone
Senior Vocal Performance student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld, Third Spirit in The Magic Flute, L'Eco in L'Orfeo with Opera d’Arte.
Corbin DeSpain
Second-year Voice student from Lubbock, Texas
At CCM: Gobin in La Rondine, Galileo in Galileo Galilei. Elsewhere: Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with Texas Tech Univeristy, Camille in The Merry Widow with Texas Tech University, Member of The Union (Breath Collective) in Cincinnati with Trevor Kroeger, Tenor Soloist with The Lubbock Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra of Colorado, Chorus of the Big Bend, San Antonio Chamber Choir and Red Shift Choir in Baton Rouge Louisiana.
Sam Dhobhany
Third-year Vocal Performance student from Brooklyn, New York
At CCM: 1st Officer in Les Dialogues des Carmelites, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Plutone in L’Orfeo.
Victoria Ellington
First-year DMA Voice student from Washington D.C. studying with Elliot Madore
At CCM: Esmeralda in The Bartered Bride, L’Eternità in La Calisto. Elsewhere: Rachel in Harriet Tubman with Cleveland Opera Theater (Cleveland, Ohio), La Feé in Cendrillon with Oberlin Opera Theater, Mammy/Janet in Dessa Rose with Oberlin Theater, Lady in Blue in For Colored Girls with Oberlin Theater (Oberlin, Ohio), first prize winner in the George Shirley Vocal Competition.
Lucy Evans
First-year Artist Diploma in Opera student from Bellingham, Washington
At CCM: Agrippina in Agrippina, Madame in Bulrusher (Opera Fusion: New Works), Uta Hagen in Robeson (Opera Fusion: New Works). Elsewhere: Rosina (cover) in The Barber of Seville and Marie de Medici in Galileo Galilei with Opera Theatre of St Louis (St Louis, Missouri); Maddalena in Rigoletto with Holy City Lyric Arts and Opera (Charleston, South Carolina); La Messaggera and La Ninfa in L'Orfeo, Agent 1 in M. Butterfly (World Premiere) and Kitchen Girl (cover) in Rusalka with Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Alto Soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Albany Symphony (Albany, New York).
Madison Finke
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Norfolk, Virginia
At CCM: Forester's wife in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: L'enfant in L’enfant et les Sortileges and Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus with Hartt Opera (Hartford, Connecticut), Mrs. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Connecticut Lyric Opera (Hartford, Connecticut), Chorus in Le nozze di Figaro with Virginia Opera (Norfolk, Virginia).
Jie Fang Goh
First-year Artist Diploma Opera Coaching student from Melaka, Malaysia
At CCM: Music staff for Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Agrippina, and Fellow Travelers
Elsewhere: Rehearsal Pianist and Coach for Die Zauberflöte with Miami Music Festival (Miami, Florida), Music staff for Pluto and Mondo Novo with Vienna Summer Music Festival (Vienna, Austria), Assistant Music Director and Pianist-Coach for Die Zauberflöte with Music on Site, Inc. (Wichita, Kansas), Music staff for Godspell and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Baylor Department of Theater Arts (Waco, Texas), Rehearsal Pianist for Signor Deluso with Baylor Opera, Keyboardist for Mamma Mia! with Waco Civic Theater (Waco, Texas).
Junyue Gong
Second-year Master’s in Vocal Performance student from Chengdu, China
At CCM: Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Flower 3 in La hija de Rappaccini, Sister Gertrude in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Nicolette cover in The Love for Three Oranges and Chorus in Carmen with Des Moines Metro Opera (Des Moines, Iowa).
Reed Gnepper
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Pásek/Komár in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: L'amante in Amelia al ballo and Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Juilliard School. Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden at The Chautauqua Institute (Chautauqua, New York). Choruses for Lucia di Lammermoor and Il barbiere di Siviglia with Cincinnati Opera.
Gretha Fergus
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Wallingford, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Pinellino in Gianni Schicci and Greek Chorus in Dido and Aeneas.
Emily Garcia (she/her)
Second-year Master's Vocal Performance student from Tucson, Arizona
At CCM: Mary Johnson in Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: Beatriz Rappaccini in the University of Arizona's production of La Hija de Rappaccini, Le bergère / La chouette in the University of Arizona's production of L'enfant et les Sortilège, Mère Marie (Understudy) in the University of Arizona's production of Dialogue of the Carmelites.
Alex Gushrowski
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from La Porte, Indiana
Elsewhere: Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld, Le Dayon de Faculté in Cendrillon, Albert in Albert Herring, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Younger Jim Thompson in Glory Denied, Ernesto (cover) in Don Pasqualewith Ball State Opera Theater (Muncie, Indiana).
Grace Graham
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Des Moines, Iowa
At CCM: Chocholka in The Cunning Little Vixen, Soeur Alice in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Countess in The Marriage of Figaro (concert) and Despina in Così fan tutte with Drake University Opera Theatre (Des Moines, Iowa).
Andrew Hallam
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Detroit, Michigan
At CCM: Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen, Mr. Baron in Lincoln in the Bardo (Opera Fusion: New Works). Elsewhere: Dr. Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore and Grandpa Moss in The Tender Land with Opera in the Ozarks (Eureka Springs, Arkansas), Leporello in Don Giovanni with Vienna Summer Music Festival (Vienna, Austria), Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with University of Michigan Opera Theatre (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Tanya Harris
Second-year Masters Vocal Performance student from Salinas, California
At CCM: Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Jeanette in L’amant Anonyme, Chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Yvette in La Rondine. Elsewhere: Chorus in Porgy and Bess with Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa).
Salleigh Harvey
Second-year Master’s in Vocal Performance student from Fountain Inn, South Carolina
At CCM: Ensemble in The Highlands (Opera Fusion: New Works), Cricket/Owl in The Cunning Little Vixen, Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, Ottone in Agrippina, Madame de Croissy in Dialogues des Carmélites.
Elsewhere: Ensemble in Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Old Baroness (cover) in Vanessa with Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, South Carolina), Commendatore in Don Giovanni and Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods with Furman Lyric Theatre (Greenville, South Carolina).
Jarrett Hazelton
Sophomore Voice student from Waterford, Michigan studying with Daniel Weeks
At CCM: Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld, Armored Man 1 in The Magic Flute.
Ryan Henry
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from McAllen, Texas
At CCM: Chorus in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Tommy McIntyre in Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro at Georgia State University, Falstaff in Falstaff at Festival of International Opera Italia (Urbania, Italy).
Hyein Hong
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Seoul, South Korea
At CCM: Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Chorus in Aida with Cincinnati Opera, Violetta in La Traviata, Musetta in La Bohème, Pamina and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte at the Korea National University of Arts (Soeul, South Korea).
Sydney Horan
Freshman Vocal Performance and Music Education student from West Palm Beach, Florida
Elsewhere: Palm Beach Opera Studio Artist alum.
Maren Hrivnak
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Madison, Mississippi
At CCM: Pepik and Young Vixen in The Cunning Little Vixen, Lucy in Fellow Travelers, Sister Felicity in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Soloist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Soloist in Haydn's Missa brevis in F Major. Elsewhere: Juno in The Fairy Queen with Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College (Queens, New York), Madame Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor and Chorus in Noye’s Fludde with St. Olaf College Lyric Theater (Northfield, Minnesota), Stacey in The Bachelor with IES Milan Opera Theater (Milan, Italy), Chorus in Carmen and L’elisir d’amore with Opera Mississippi (Jackson, Mississippi).
Patrick Kelly
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Woodbridge, Virginia
At CCM: Thierry in Les Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Chorus in Cendrillon, Lord Tolloller in Iolanthewith Eastman Opera Theater (Rochester, New York).
Tess Klibanoff
First-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Rochester, New York
At CCM: Agrippina in Agrippina, Mère Marie in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Dorothée in L'Amant Anonyme, Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Carmen in Carmen (CCM Bootcamp), Djamileh in Djamileh (CCM Bootcamp), Suzy in La Rondine. Elsewhere: Chorus in La Bohème, chorus in Aida, chorus in Pirates of Penzance at Cincinnati Opera (Cincinnati, Ohio), Turnspit in Rusalka with Luke Housner Summer Opera (virtual), Zerlina in Don Giovanni with New York Lyric Opera (New York, New York).
Nicholas Kelliher
Second-Year DMA Voice student from Baldwin, New York
At CCM: Arsace in Partenope, Third Spirit in Die Zauberflöte, Endimione in La Calisto. Elsewhere: Mysterious Interviewer in Robeson/Moscow, Man Under the Arch in The Hours, and Orpheus Double in Eurydice with Cincinnati Opera Fusion: New Works, Oberon (cover) in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Des Moines Metro Opera, The Spirit in Dido and Aeneas with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Christina Kerstan
Second-year DMA Voice student from Newport, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Chorus in Die Zauberflöte, Miss Wingrave in Owen Wingrave. Elsewhere: Ginevra in Ariodante and Salud (cover) in La vida breve at Cincinnati Chamber Opera, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at Susquehanna University, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Johanna Meier Opera Theater Institute, Opera Outreach for ROK Cincy and Cincinnati Opera.
Joshua Klein
Junior Vocal Performance student from Flower Mound, Texas
At CCM: Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte and Caronte in L’Orfeo with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni with the Vienna Summer Music Festival (Vienna, Austria), Masetto in Don Giovanni with the Berlin Opera Academy (Berlin, Germany).
Olivia Knutsen
Second-year Master’s in Vocal Performance from Brooklyn, New York
At CCM: Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Sister Anne of the Cross in Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Monica in The Medium and Spirit 1 in Orfeo with Northwestern Opera Theater (Evanston, Illinois), Gretel in Hansel und Gretel and Laetitia in The Old Maid and The Thief with Northwestern Opera Project (Evanston, Illinois), La Sagesse in Armide with Miami Music Festival (Miami, Florida).
Rachel Kobernick
First-year Artist Diploma in Opera student from West Chester, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Léontine in L'Amant Anonyme, Yvette in La Rondine. Elsewhere: Nella in Gianni Schicchi, Pamina in The Magic Flute and The Shepherd in Tosca with Opera on the James (Lynchburg, Virginia), Chorus in Fidelio with Queen City Opera (Cincinnati), Chorus in Aida and La Boheme with Cincinnati Opera.
Haksung Lee
First-year DMA Voice student from South Korea.
At CCM: Valcour in L'amant Anonyme, Prunier in La Rondine, Fenton in Falstaff, Priest in The Magic Flute (Canceled due to Covid-19), Spring Gala Concert 2021, Fall Gala Concert 2020, Chorus in The Bartered Bride. Elsewhere: Alcindoro, Benoît in La Bohme (Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, South Korea), Adam in Die Schöpfung (Korea National University of Arts), Chorus in Tosca (Korea National Opera).
Henry Lunn
Senior Voice student from Lake Forest, Illinois studying with Kenneth Shaw
At CCM: Featured in every undergraduate opera at CCM since 2018. Elsewhere: Professional roles at Lyric Opera of Chicago and Chicago Opera Theater.
Lukas Maceroni
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Royal Oak, Michigan
Elsewhere: Michigan School Vocal Music Association Solo and Ensemble Outstanding Soloist (2022), MSVMA All State Honors Choir (2022)
Hayley Maloney
Second-Year MM Voice student from Clifford, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Sagredo/Marie/Eos in Galieo Galilei, Laura Gates in Tale for a Deaf Ear by Mark Bucci, Florence Pike in Albert Herring. Elsewhere: Miss Hayes in Susannah with Wolf Trap Opera, Ensemble in Blind Injustice with Cincinnati Opera, Susanna/Berta in The Barber of Seville with ROK Cincy, Lia in L’Enfant Prodigue with Clifton Opera Project.
Emma Marhefka
First-year Artist Diploma student from Allentown, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Mary Johnson in Fellow Travelers, Chorus in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Frasquita in Carmen with Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa), Younger Alyce in Glory Denied with Knoxville Opera (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Opera Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia).
Natalie Mastali
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Orlando, Florida
Elsewhere: Merit Winner for YoungArts, Washington National Opera Institute alum.
Ariana Maubach
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Toronto, Canada
At CCM: Dorothée in L'Amant Anonyme. Elsewhere: Chorus in La bohème with Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, South Carolina), Filippyevna cover in Eugene Onegin at Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, California), Madame scenes in Bulrusher with Cincinnati Opera Fusion (Cincinnati, Ohio), Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia, Lucrezia in Lucrezia, The Abbess in Suor Angelica at the Glenn Gould School (Toronto, Canada).
John Mburu
First-year Artist Diploma student in Opera from Warwick, Virginia
At CCM: Parson in The Cunning Little Vixen, Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, Pallante in Agrippina, Paul Jr. in Robeson (Opera Fusion: New Works), Pope Urban VIII in Galileo Galilei, Logger in Bulrusher (Opera Fusion), Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Duke of Verona in Roméo et Juliette at the Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York) , Chorus in Aida with Cincinnati Opera, Prisoner 1 in Fidelio with Queen City Opera (Cincinnati), Bob The Old Maid and the Thief with the Lee University Opera Theatre (Cleveland, Tennessee).
Maya McGuire (she/her)
Junior Vocal Performance student
At CCM: Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Venus in Orpheus in the Underworld, chorus in The Magic Flute with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Papagena in Die Zauberflöte at Berlin Opera Academy (Berlin, Germany).
Aaron McKone
First-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Rock Hill, South Carolina
At CCM: Galileo in Galileo Galilei, Chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro, Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos. Elsewhere:Auctioneer/Taylor (cover) in Omar with the Spoleto Festival (Charleston, South Carolina), Orphée in Orphée et Euridice with Central Piedmont Opera Theatre (Charlotte, North Carolina), Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Laurie in Little Women and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Winthrop University Opera Theatre (Rock Hill, South Carolina).
Cora-Melin Mikat
Senior Vocal Performance student from Brighton, Michigan
At CCM: Erster Knabe in Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere: Fortuna, Pallade, and Damigella in L’incoronazione di Poppea with Chicago Summer Opera (Chicago, Illinois), Chorus in L’enfant et les sortilèges with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Cincinnati, Ohio), Queen of the Fairies in Iolanthe with Detroit Opera (Detroit, Michigan).
Heidi Miller
Second-year DMA Voice student from Akron, Ohio
At CCM: Cunegonde in Candide, Ginevra in Ariodante, Paula Jordan in Dinner at Eight, Little Stone in Eurydice, La Fée in Cendrillon. Elsewhere: Frasquita in Carmen at Central City Opera, Adina in L’elisir d’amore with Cincinnati Opera Outreach, Ms. Wordsworth in Albert Herring at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute at Opera NEO.
Natasha Naik
Second-year MM Voice student from Edmond, Oklahoma
At CCM: Mercédès in the Fall 2020 Opera Gala, Maria Maddelena/Scribe in Galileo Galilei. Elsewhere: Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Amelfa in The Golden Cockerel, Maman in L’enfant et les sortilèges at the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma), Mezzo-Soprano/Detective 3 in Murder at the Opera and Queen of the Fairies in Iolanthe with Cimarron Opera Company (Norman, Oklahoma).
Lea Nayak
Junior Vocal Performance student from San Francisco, California
At CCM: Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d'Arte, People's Chorus and Voix de femme en coulisse in Les Dialogues des Carmélites with CCM Graduate Opera, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with Opera d’Arte.
Erik Nordstrom
Second-year Artist Diploma student in Opera from Saint Paul, Minnesota
At CCM: Revírník in The Cunning Little Vixen, Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia, Hawkins Fuller in Fellow Travelers, Marquis de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Younger Galileo in Galileo Galilei, Ophémon in L’Amant Anonyme, Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: El Dancaïro in Carmen with Virginia Opera (Norfolk, Virginia), Samuel in Pirates of Penzance with Kentucky Opera (Louisville, Kentucky), Marullo in Rigoletto with Central City Opera (Central City, Colorado).
Samantha Pape
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Houston, Texas
Elsewhere: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Pirates of Penzance, Houston Grand Opera High School Voice Studio.
Su Hyeon Park
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Jeonju, South Korea
At CCM: Poppea in Agrippina, Chorus in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Chorus in Aïda with Cincinnati Opera, Chorus in La Bohème with Korea National Opera (Soeul, South Korea).
John Potvin
Second-year Vocal Performance student from Aiken, South Carolina
At CCM: Pallante in Agrippina, 2nd Commissioner in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Estonian Frank/Interrogator/Senator Joseph McCarthy in Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: Gloster Heming in The Mother of Us All with Chautauqua Opera (Chautauqua, New York), Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni and The Baker in Into the Woods with Furman Lyric Theater (Greenville, South Carolina).
Joseph O’Shea
Second-year MM Voice student from Mobile, Alabama
At CCM: The Doctor in Les Dialogues des Carmelites, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Cover of Escamillo in Carmen with Janiec Opera in Brevard, North Carolina. De Rocher Brother in Dead Man Walking at Pensacola Opera, Marquis D'Obigny in La Traviata at Mobile Opera, Ko-Ko in The Mikado and Cover of The Mikado in The Mikado at University of South Alabama, Dandini in La Cenerentola, cover of Elder McLean in Susannah, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore.
Clara Reeves
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Greenville, North Carolina
At CCM: Winnie in Two Corners (Opera Fusion: New Works), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Opera d'arte), Speranza in L'Orfeo (Opera d'arte), Chorus in Le nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Mimì (cover) in La bohème with Wolf Trap Opera (Fairfax County, Virginia), Morgana in Alcina with Chicago Summer Opera.
Atticus Rego
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey
At CCM: Claudio in Agrippina, Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro, John Styx in Orpheus in the Underworld (Opera d’Arte), Bass Chorus in Bullrusher with Opera Fusion: New Works. Elsewhere: Encouragement Award Winner in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (Kentucky District).
Jadyn Riggs
Junior Vocal Performance student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Ensemble in Orpheus in the Underworld, Ensemble in Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere: MUSE Cincinnati Women’s Choir (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Ashlyn Rock
Artist Diploma student from Sterling, Virginia
At CCM: Miss Lightfoot in Fellow Travelers; Sister Constance of St. Denis in Dialogues des Carmélites; Maria Celeste/Duchess Christina in Galileo Galilei. Elsewhere: Micaëla in Carmen with Bel Cantanti Opera (Rockville, Maryland); chorus in Aida with Cincinnati Opera; Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Emmie in Albert Herring, Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel, Celia in Iolanthe with Mason Opera (Fairfax, Virginia).
Will Ryan
Second-year Vocal Performance student from Nashville, Tennessee
At CCM: Officer in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee), Chorus in Mefistofele with Knoxville Opera. 2024 Metropolitan Opera Tennessee District Winner and Southeast Region Encouragement Winner.
Arieh Sacke
Second-year MM Voice student from Toronto, Canada
At CCM: Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos. Elsewhere: Icarus in The Art of Love with COSA Canada (virtual), Don Curzio with University of Toronto Opera (Toronto, Canada), British Warrior and Chorus with University of Toronto Schola Cantorum (Toronto), Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore with COSI Connection (Kingston, Peterborough, and Toronto, Canada), Prince Bougrelas in Ubu Roi with the Wild Geese Chamber Ensemble (Hamilton, Canada), Un notaio and Chorus in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera5 (Toronto).
Lily Scalisi
First-year Vocal Performance student from Alexandria, Louisiana
At CCM: Datel (Woodpecker) and Heuschreck (Grasshopper) in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: La Zia Principessa in Puccini's Suor Angelica at Opera Seme (Arezzo, Italy), Suor Zelatrice in Suor Angelica, Dorabella (cover) in Mozart's Così fan tutte, Second Witch in Dido and Aeneas and Nireno in Giulio Cesare at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Lousiana).
Sarah Scofield
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Paris, France
At CCM: Sœur Martha in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Die Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte and Messaggiera in L’Orfeo with CCM Opera d’Arte.
Grant Shields
Junior Vocal Performance student from Morrow, Ohio
At CCM: Gherardo and Rinuccio (cover) in Gianni Schicchi, Sailor and Chorus in Dido and Aeneas, Chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites, Mercury in Orpheus in the Underworld, Chorus in The Magic Flute with Opera d’Arte, Tenor Soloist in Nunez Garcia’s Requiem, Jephte in Historia di Jephté.
Morgan Small
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Highland Park, Illinois
At CCM: Rooster/Jay in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Cunegonde in Candide, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, The Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel, Milk Maid/Ensemble in La bohème with Northwestern University Opera Theatre (Evanston, Illinois), Oberto in Alcina with Saluzzo Opera Academy (Saluzzo, Italy).
Nia Spaulding
Junior Vocal Performance student from Berkley, California
At CCM: Zita in Gianni Schicchi, 2nd Witch in Dido and Aeneas, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld and Dritte Dame cover in Die Zauberflöte with Opera d’Arte, Citizen’s Chorus in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica with International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico), Second Woman in Dido and Aeneas with Voices of Music (San Francisco, California).
Laura Stanell
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Harleysville, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Ensemble in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Angel/Maiden in The Maid of Orleans with the Russian Opera Workshop at the Academy of Vocal Arts (Philadelphia), Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica with Bel Canto in Tuscany (Greve, Italy).
Cole Stephenson
Second-year MM Voice student from Des Moines, Iowa
At CCM: Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, Badger in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni at Savannah Voice Festival (Savannah, Georgia), Carl Olsen in Street Scene at Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa)
Diamond Sparks
First-year MM Voice student from Birmingham, Alabama
At CCM: Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Prince Charmant in Cendrillon with the University of South Alabama (Mobile, Alabama), Suzy cover in La Rondine, chorus member for La Rondine, L’elisir d’amore, Tosca, and Carmen with Mobile Opera (Mobile, Alabama), Marcelina in Le nozze di Figaro with Vienna Summer Festival (Vienna, Austria).
William Tanski
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Grantham, New Hampshire
At CCM: Schoolmaster in The Cunning Little Vixen, The Doodling Pennsylvanian in Lincoln in the Bardo (Opera Fusion: New Works). Elsewhere: Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte with Northwestern University Opera (Evanston, Illinois).
Holly Thomas
Second-year Master’s in Vocal Performance student form Nashville, Tennessee
At CCM: Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Sister St. Charles in Dialogues Des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Liesgen in Bach’s Coffee Cantata at Queen City Opera (Cincinnati, Ohio), Lisa cover in La Sonnambula at Teatro Nuovo (Montclair, New Jersey), Celia in Lucio Silla at Chicago Summer Opera (Chicago, Il), Rose in Ruddigore, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and Fanchette in Le Mariage aux Lanternes at the University of Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee).
Holly Thiemann
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Nashville, Tennessee
Elsewhere: Rose in Ruddigore (University of Michigan), Celia in Lucio Silla with Chicago Summer Opera, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Fanchette in Le Mariage aux Lanternes (online), Lisa (cover) in La Sonambula and chorus in La Maometto Secondo with Teatro Nuovo (New York, New York).
Tristan Tournaud
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Nashville, Tennessee
At CCM: First Commissioner in Les Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with the Trentino Music Festival (Fiera di Primiero, Italy), Jupiter in Semele with Vanderbilt Opera Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee)
Gabrielle Turgeon
Second-year Vocal Performance student from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
At CCM: Vixen in The Cunning Little Vixen, 1st Tendril/Ensemble in Lincoln in the Bardo (Opera Fusion: New Works), Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Sister Sophia in The Sound of Music and Chorus in Falstaff with Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, Colorado), Iris in Semele with Toronto Lyric Opera Centre (Toronto, Canada).
Logan Wagner
Second-year Master’s student from Villa Hills, Kentucky
At CCM: Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers, L'Aumonier in Les Dialogues Des Carmelites, Don Basilio/Don Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro, Colin in L'Amant Anonyme, Orfeo in L’Orfeo with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Jumper (Cover) in The Falling and the Rising at Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa), Padre in The Man of La Mancha and Monostatos in The Magic Flute at Utah Festival Opera (Logan, Utah).
Jiayin Wang
First-year Masters Vocal Performance student from Beijing, China
Emilio Vasquez
Junior Vocal Performance student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: 2nd armored man in Die Zauberflöte, Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld, People's chorus in Dialogues of the Carmelites.
Alea Vernon
Junior Voice student from Cheshire, Connecticut studying with Elliot Madore
At CCM: Eurydice in Orpheus in The Underworld, Königin der Nacht in The Magic Flute. Elsewhere: Chorus in Aida with Cincinnati Opera, chorus in La Bohème with Cincinnati Opera, Adele in Die Fledermaus with Berlin Opera Academy.
Leah Yackanech
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Rockville, Maryland
At CCM: Ensemble in Dido and Aeneas and Guccio in Gianni Schicchi with Opera d’Arte.