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).
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).
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).
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)..
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.”
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).
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).
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.
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)
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).
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.
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).
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).
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.
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).
Gabriel Raskind
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Bellevue, Washington
At CCM: Swing in Sweet Charity.
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
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).
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).
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).
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.
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).
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).
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.
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.
Voice
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.
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).
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).
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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).
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.
Sydney Horan
Freshman Vocal Performance and Music Education student from West Palm Beach, Florida
Elsewhere: Palm Beach Opera Studio Artist alum.
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).
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)
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).
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).
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.
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).
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).
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 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).
Jiayin Wang
First-year Masters Vocal Performance student from Beijing, China
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.