FASO's 10th Year Anniversary 2018 Program Book

FEATURED ARTISTS
FASO@10: A Decade of Music, Harmony and Community
Deedee Magno Hall
FASO@10: A Decade of Music, Harmony and Community
Deedee Magno Hall is currently the voice of Pearl on Cartoon Network’s Emmy nominated Steven Universe.
She recently played “Diana” in Next to Normal with the East West Players and won the Ovation Award for
Leading Actress in a Musical. Her other credits include: the Broadway and US National Tour of If/Then, Kim
from Miss Saigon in its Broadway, 2nd US National Tour, and Asian Tour, Nessarose from Wicked in its 1st
US National Tour), and Mrs. Walker from The Who’s Tommy with the East West Players. Film and TV credits
include: a member of the original cast of Disney Channel’s New Mickey Mouse Club, Third Watch,
Dellaventura, Rear Window, Face, and Sister Act 2. Deedee’s recordings include: an original member of the
Hollywood Records’ pop group, The Party and as a co-founder of the mommy singing group, Mama Bares.
Deedee gives many thanks to God for a loving and supportive family and for the opportunity to do what she
loves. She can be found on Twitter, @DeedeeMagnoHall & @Mama_Bares, and on Instagram,
@deedeemagnohallofficial.
Cliffton Hall
Cliffton Hall recently played Dan in the East West Players’ production of Next to Normal, which won the LA
Ovation’s award for Best Musical. His other roles on Broadway/Equity National Tours include: Chris in Miss
Saigon, Marius in Les Misérables, and Fiyero in the 1st National Tour and San Francisco productions of
Wicked. He toured with the Broadway production of If/Then starring Idina Menzel and played Chris opposite
his wife, Deedee Magno Hall, in an international tour of Miss Saigon. Cliffton’s regional credits include: Tony in
Master Class, Grease’s Danny, Will from Oklahoma, Flower Drum Song’s Ta, and Prince Harry at the Kirk
Douglas Theatre in Lythgoe’s Panto Princesses and Pirates Live. He thanks his family for their love and
support and of course the One Up Above, especially for the three wonderful blessings in his life, Kaeden,
Brycen, and Deedee! Cliffton can be found on Twitter, @ClifftonHall, and on Instagram, @seahaul.
Maria Cristina “Kit” Navarro
Maria Cristina “Kit” Navarro has given recitals, orchestral appearances and opera performances in
Switzerland, the United States, the Philippines and Austria. She has performed with the Biel, Basel and Baden
Theaters in Switzerland, San Diego Opera, Los Angeles Opera, El Paso Opera, Long Beach Opera and
Opera Pacific. Notable roles include the Queen of the Night, Olympia, Adina, Nerina, Najade and Pedro, the
Matchmaker in LA Opera’s commissioned work On Gold Mountain by Nathan Wang, Jasmin in the Filipino
opera Karim at Jasmin by Dr. Ramon Geluz, Sisa in Felipe de Leon’s opera Noli Me Tangere and Maria Clara
in Ryan Cayabyab’s Noli Me Tangere the Musicale. Kit has sung in the music recordings of the films Click and
Lady in the Water with the LA Master Chorale, John Alexander Singers’ American Voices and Jake Heggie’s
Choral Opera Radio Hour. She has been a part of Andrea Bocelli’s Christmas concerts in California, the West
Coast tour of Lord of the Rings with the Munich Symphony Orchestra and back-up vocals for Reba McEntire
at the Hollywood Bowl. As soprano soloist for Pacific Chorale in its tours of Spain, Paris, Budapest and
Vienna, she also sang with the group at Carnegie Hall in New York in celebration of Phillip Glass’ 80th
birthday. t received her bachelor’s degree in Voice at the University of the Philippines and her diploma in
Music Theater Studies at the Biel Conservatory in Switzerland. A first prize winner in the National Music
Competition for Young Artists, she was a recipient of the Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund study grant and a first
prize winner in the Elvira Luthi Wegmann Vocal Competition in Switzerland. She was presented the
Excellence in Music Award by FASO for her artistic achievements and community contributions. Amid her
busy schedule, Kit also finds joy being a staff singer for Christ Cathedral, a vocal teacher/coach for Northwood
High School and her private studio in Irvine, California.
Presents
JOAN CANO
Prize-winning soprano JOAN CANO has conquered the Dr. Marjorie Peatee Art Song Competition (Bowling
Green State University, Ohio), the NATS Buckeye Chapter Competition (Ohio), the National Music
Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA) and the Corfu International Music Festival in Greece. She has had
featured roles in “Dialogue of the Carmelites”, The Magic Flute”, “Carmen”, “La Canterina”, and “Karim at
Jasmin”. Joan has been invited as a guest soloist by conductor Lim Yau in Singapore, to perform in Respighi’s
“Laud to Nativity” and “A Christmas Carol” at the nation’s famous Esplanade. Joan made her debut
performance with FASO in 2009 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
Joan’s twelve years of vocal training culminated with a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the
Bowling Green State University in Ohio in 2007. Her music roots are from the University of Santo Tomas
where she first earned her bachelor’s degree, and where she was a chorister and soloist with the acclaimed
University of Santo Tomas Singers with whom she toured internationally.
Program and artist subject to change