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meet tHe Performers Dominick izzo, a native of upstate New York, is a sophomore music education student with a double concentration in piano and voice. He studies piano with Dr. Linda Monson and voice with Dr. Kathryn Hearden. He also has had the opportunity to study conducting techniques with Dr. Stan Engebretson and serves as an undergraduate conducting assistant for the GMU Chamber Singers. Dominick serves as a leader (elected member) of the Student Advisory Council for the School of Music. In addition, he is a member of the National Philharmonic Chorale and serves as an assistant choir director at the historic New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Dominick also teaches piano to thirteen private piano students. Dominick has performed in ensembles at the Strathmore and Kennedy Center. He also has had the opportunity to participate in ensemble performance in Austria, Italy, Iceland, and Germany. Gina mirenDa was born in Costa Rica. She attended Catholic University of America for two years where she performed as Pallade (Pallas Athena) and Damigella in Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” and participated in the chorus of Die Fledermaus by Strauss. She is very happy to be at Mason and participated in last Fall’s production of GMU opera. She was the soloist for John Rutter’s Gloria last Fall with the University Singers and recently performed as a soloist with the University Singers for the first movement of Haydn’s Mass in C. Sarah hauGhton is a sophomore at GMU pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree in cello performance. Sarah currently serves as principal cellist of both George Mason University Symphony Orchestra and the George Mason University Chamber Orchestra. She is a full-time cellist with the McLean Orchestra based out of McLean, Virginia and currently studies with Professor Marcio Botelho. criStian Perez is a graduate student at GMU, currently studying with Larry Snitzler, Rick Whitehead, and Glenn Smith. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Mason with a double concentration in Classical Guitar Performance and Jazz Studies, and a minor in Spanish. He is an active free-lance guitarist performing solo guitar and in multiple instrumental combinations such as his Dâle Project, which will perform at the 2011 Argentine Festival on May 28 th in Arlington, VA. 14
yan aShley nobleS is pursuing a Masters in Cello Performance at George Mason University. She received a Bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Mary Washington. While attending the University of Mary Washington (UMW) she was principal cellist in the University-Community Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra and also performed with then Mary Washington Symphony as a high school student for their Carnegie Hall performance in 2002. After graduating from UMW Ryan worked as the Executive Director of the Rappahannock Youth Symphony, private instructor, and performed with the Piedmont Symphony, Rappahannock POPS Orchestra and other ensembles in the greater Fredericksburg area before relocating to Fairfax to pursue an advanced degree in performance. Ryan currently studies cello with Marcio Botelho. kyra WaGStaff is currently a junior voice performance major at George Mason University studying under Dr. Kathryn Hearden. Originally from Baytown, TX, she was a part of the Humphrey School of Musical Theatre with Theatre Under the Stars in Houston from 2001-2007, having performed in the Mainstage productions of The Wizard of Oz and Singin’ in the Rain as well as been a featured cast member in the premier of The Stephen Schwartz Project. In addition to this, she also participated in Baytown Little Theatre’s production of Chicago, where she played Roxie Hart. While at GMU, Kyra has been involved in such opera productions as Gallantry (Poof Girl), Amahl and the Night Visitors, Suor Angelica (Suor Infermiera), and A Tribute to the Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber (soloist). Over the past 3 years, she has been actively involved with summer voice programs, including New York Opera Studio with Nico Castel where she portrayed Frasquita in “The Card Scene” from Bizet’s Carmen, Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposia with Enza Ferrari, and, most recently, the V.O.I.C.Experience in Tampa, Florida with Sherrill Milnes, David Friedman, and Susan Yankee. aliSa hirScher is a freshman piano performance major studying with Dr. Linda Monson. Alisa is from Woodbridge, Virginia and is in the Honors College at Mason. She has played piano since second grade and has been home schooled. She had the opportunity to perform as keyboardist with the GMU Chamber Orchestra and Opera in Amahl and the 15
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