Full Program - George Mason University School of Music

I Don Giovanni Act I
Friday, december 2 Saturday, december 3
Don Giovanni Andrew Smith Andrew Smith
Zerlina Mia Rojas Nadja Bienek
Donna Anna Caren Warfield Ayana Reed
Donna Elvira Kasey Wilson Briona Jackson
Don Ottavio Andre Coleman Andre Coleman
II Die Zauberflöte
Pamina Ayana Reed Mia Rojas
Papageno Devandas James A.J. Soutter
III Così fan tutte
Don Alfonso Andrew Smith Andrew Smith
Fiordiligi Megan Wood Kasey Wilson
Dorabella Stephanie Edewaard Stephanie Edewaard
Ferrando Andre Coleman Andre Coleman
Guglielmo Devandas James Devandas James
IV Le Nozze di Figaro
aria, Porgi amor
Countess Carolyn Greiner Carolyn Greiner
aria, Non so piu cosa son
PrOGram
Cherubino Stephanie Edewaard Stephanie Edewaard
duet
Susanna Rebecca Rozmajzl Carolyn Greiner
Marcellina Caren Warfield Megan Wood

V La Clemanza di Tito
Friday, december 2 Saturday, december 3
Servilia Ayana Reed Rebecca Rozmajzl
Annio Stephanie Edewaard Stephanie Edewaard
VI Don Giovanni
aria, Deh vieni alla finestra
Don Giovanni Andrew Smith Andrew Smith
Epilog
Leporello Andrew Smith Andrew Smith
Donna Elvira Megan Wood Carolyn Greiner
Donna Anna Kasey Wilson Briona Jackson
Don Ottavio Andre Coleman Andre Coleman
Zerlina Ayana Reed Elisa Kim
Masetto Devandas James Devandas James

MEEt thE DIRECtORS
A renowned American tenor, John Aler is one of the most acclaimed and admired singers
on the international stage. A consummate artist, he has been a frequent performer
with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland and Philadelphia
Orchestras, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Boston, Chicago
and San Francisco. He has sung in Europe with the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig
Gewandhaus, Orchestre Nationale de France, and the BBC Symphony, among many
others, appearing with the world’s most respected conductors, including James Conlon,
Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Kurt Masur, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Simon Rattle,
Michael Tilson Thomas, Herbert Blomstedt, and Leonard Slatkin, to name a few. He has
performed at the major opera houses of the world, including the Royal Opera Covent
Garden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Salzburg, Hamburg, Geneva, Madrid,
and Brussels, as well as the New York City Opera, the Washington Opera, and Santa Fe.
He is a regular performer at the major American summer festivals, including Ravinia,
Aspen, Chautauqua, Newport, and Grant Park.
Mr. Aler has an extensive concert repertoire and is featured on three Grammy
Award-winning recordings: in the role of Jupiter in an all-star recording of Handel’s
Semele with John Nelson and the English chamber Orchestra for DGG, which won
“Best Opera Recording;” Bartok’s Cantata Profana with Pierre Boulez and the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, also on DGG, which won “Best Classical Album;” and the Berlioz
Requiem with the Atlanta Symphony on Telarc, which won for “Best Vocal Soloist.”
A native of Baltimore, John Aler is an alumnus of the Catholic University in
Washington, DC and the Juilliard School.
Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano and music educator, PAtriciA Miller, is a
graduate of Boston University, the New England Conservatory, and as a Fulbright
Scholar, received her Artists’ Diploma in Performance from the Accademia di Santa
cecilia in Rome. Ms. Miller has also completed advanced vocal studies at the International
Schubert Institute in Baden-bei-Wein, Austria and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
Ms. Miller has appeared with leading opera companies and orchestras, and in concert
and recitals, throughout Europe, North and South America, Canada, Australia, Russia
and Japan. Highlights from her extensive performance career include concert performances
at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center and the title role of
Carmen with the New York City Opera. Miller is also a highly respected Voice teacher
and master class clinician. She has served as professor on the faculties of the University
of Missouri, Oberlin Conservatory and George Mason University. She is the recipeint
of numerous awards, including the Soujourner Truth Award from African-American
Studies and Women’s Studies at George Mason University, Who’s Who among American
Teachers, the Teacher of the year Award from the Northern Virginia Opera Guild
(2010) and the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Lambda Sigma Honor Society
(2011). Miller has been a guest artist teacher at conservatories, universities and international
music festivals in Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France and Korea. She has
been invited to Leipzig, Germany and Beijing, China as a visiting guest professor in
2012. Professor Miller was awarded the title of “University Professor” by the Board of
Visitors, the highest rank given to faculty members at George Mason University.
MAureen codelkA, Opera Stage Director, is a former Associate Professor in the B.T.
Rome School of Music at the Catholic University of America and founder and former director
of the Music Theatre program. She also served as director of the CUA Singers and
musical director/conductor of most musicals presented at the University and many of

the opera productions as well. For many years, Ms. Codelka was also assistant director
and conductor of both the University Chorus and Concert Choir’s performances, including
handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Honegger’s King David, Rutter’s
Gloria, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Mahler’s Second and Eighth Symphonies, Elgar’s
The Dream of Gerontius, Britten’s St. Nicholas (EWtN-tV), Rachmaninoff’s Bells (in Russian),
Kodaly’s Missa Brevis, Durufle’s Requiem and many others (choral preparation).
In addition, she has been chorus director and off-stage conductor for the Summer
Opera Theatre Company in D.C. She prepared the school’s A Cappella Choir for
performances and recordings of Naughty Marietta and Rose Marie for the Smithsonian
Institution and has directed several student groups on Department of Defense overseas
tours of Europe, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. As a director, she has staged A
Little Night Music, The Barber of Seville, Madama Butterfly, Trouble in Tahiti, The Old Maid
and The Thief, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica and others. She is currently an Adjunct Professor
and Opera Director in George Mason University’s School of Music, and music
director/conductor at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia and Baltimore.
thoMAs reilly is an active vocal coach/pianist in the Washington area. Locally, his
operatic career has included working as an Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master
with the Washington Opera, Washington Concert Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and Summer
Opera Theater. He served as the principal coach/pianist for the opera program at
the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, North Carolina for several summers. In Caracas,
Venezuela, he served on the faculty of the Caracas Opera Center as a vocal coach and
chorus master and was a member of the musical staffs of both the Opera Metropolitana
and the Opera de Caracas.
On the recital stage, he has partnered countless singers in venues such as the
Kennedy Center, the Phillips Gallery of Art, the Toronto Center for the Arts, the Clinton
Presidential Library, the National Gallery of Art, and the White House. He is a former
faculty member of the Rome School of Music at the Catholic University of America,
and has served on the faculty and as the director of the vocal program at the Amalfi
Coast Music Festival.
Jihae Lim (accompanist), a student of Dr. Linda Apple Monson, is currently pursuing
an artist certificate in Piano Performance and serving as an accompanist for the vocal
department at George Mason University. She also graduated with her Bachelor’s and
Master’s degrees in Music from George Mason University in 2007 and 2009. A native
of Seoul, Korea, Lim is the grateful recipient of a Friends of Music Scholarship award.
She was the winner of the 2007 GMU Concerto Competition and performed as a soloist
with the GMU Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Anthony Maiello.
In December 2010, Lim performed Piano Concerto No. 13, K. 415 by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart with the Mason Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Dennis
Layendecker. Lim was chosen to perform in piano master classes presented by Awadagin
Pratt, Leon Bates, Jeffrey Siegel, and Ruskin Cooper. In addition, she has been
chosen to perform as solo pianist in the GMU All-Steinway School Dedication Concert,
Mason’s Jean Carrington Cook Piano Scholarship Recitals, and GMU Honors Recitals.
She has also been selected to perform as solo pianist for the Fairfax Spotlight on the
Arts Scholarship Concerts at Old Town Hall. In addition, she served as pianist for various
theater productions, including Scrooge and Gypsy at the Little Theatre of Alexandria
and Mason’s theater production of James Joyce’s The Dead. Lim serves as pianist for
the Korean Blissful Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Virginia, and she previously served
as the accompanist for the youth choirs at Springfield United Methodist Church. Lim
maintains a private piano studio and she also teaches for the Potomac Arts Academy.

Artistic Director: John Aler
PRODUCTION TEAM
Opera Director: Patricia Miller
Stage Director: Maureen “Reenie” Codelka
Accompanist: Jihae Lim
Lighting Design: tim Chew
Stage Manager: Stephanie Boscovitch
Assistant Stage Manager: Baron Pugh
Costume Design: Laurel Dunayer
Set Production: Daniel Hobson
Crew Members: Brian Jeffrey Loveland and Katie Di Nardo
We’re Singing Your Song
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to our Vocal Studies Program
by donating to the George Mason University
Foundation ~ Vocal Studies/Opera.
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or via email at fom@gmu.edu
or visit us online at music.gmu.edu

Opera Angels
The School of Music Vocal Studies Division would like
to extend heartfelt appreciation to our Opera Angels,
who have helped make our annual opera productions
and special vocal programs possible:
Anonymous
Dr. and Mrs. James T. Bennett
Randolph and Lucy Church
Mr. & Mrs. Don and Tota Conwell
Pat and Pat Carroll
John and Joyce DeVoll
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Driggers
Mr. Donald de Laski
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duggan
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ellis
Dr. Elizabeth Chong and Dr. Jean Pilon
Mr. and Mrs. John Fuller
Mr. Jonathan Goldman and Ms. Susan Aitel
Art and Linda hamerschlag
Alice and Fred Heyer
Ms. Johnetta Hume
Barbara Jacksier and Everett Chasen
Ruth Jacksier
harriet Kaplan
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kelly
Ms. Helen May
John C. Pearson
Mr. & Mrs. Milton and Carolyn Peterson
The Peterson Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Portland
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Scheer
Dr. Peter Sterns and Ms. Donna Kidd
Louise and Vann Van Diepen
Mrs. Thelma Weiner
Joan R. White
Celia Wong Walsh
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warakomsky
The Mason Opera Orchestra scholarship fund
is made possible by a grant from
The McCarthy Family Foundation,
Debra & Kevin McCarthy, founders.

UPCOMING MASON MUSIC EVENTS
Vision Series:
Dr. LinDa appLe Monson on Music + Math
Monday, December 5 at 7 p.m. in concert hall
Graduate Conductors’ Concert with the Wind Symphony
tuesday, December 6 at 8 p.m. in concert hall
$15 adults, $10 students/seniors
Jazz Combos Concert
thursday, December 8 at 8 p.m. in de Laski 3001
American Festival Pops Orchestra
hoLiDay pops
Fri | Dec 9 | 8 pm | Concert Hall
$23, $38, $46
Mason Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs
hanDeL’s Messiah sing-aLong
Sun | Dec 11 | 7 pm | Concert Hall
$10 adults, $5 students/seniors
Spring 2012
Mason Opera: h.M.s. pinafore
april 13 and 14 at 8 p.m.
harris theatre
$20 adu., $15 sen./stu.
Admission is courtesy of the School of Music unless noted otherwise
More Info: music.gmu.edu or 703-993-1380
Tickets: cfa.gmu.edu or 703-993-8888
George Mason University School of Music
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