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| Linda Allison, mezzo-soprano,
has sung extensively throughout the Washington area and the East Coast, as well as in Europe. Her appearances have included the Kennedy Center, Phillips Collection, Renwick Gallery, IN Series, Strathmore Hall, Washington Opera and the Holland Festival in Europe. She chairs the American University voice department and maintains her own voice studio in Washington, DC. |
| Doug Bowles, tenor,
is an accomplished singer, actor and musical director in opera and musical theatre, as well as the leader of his own 12 piece 1920s - 40s dance and swing band, The SingCo Rhythm Orchestra. He holds a Masters of Music degree from Catholic University and was the first recipient of the Italian American foundation's Pavarotti Scholarship. He teaches voice at American University and Montgomery College. |
| Gillian Cookson, piano,
was born in England and received her early musical training at the Walford School of Music, studying piano, violin and cello, and continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She received the L.R.A.M. degree and A.R.C.M. degree from the Royal College of Music. She presently pursues an active career as a vocal coach and accompanist in Washington, D.C. She is principal coach with the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia and is on the faculty of the Westminster Choir College's summer program, "Master Teachers of Voice." She has performed at the kennedy Center Concert Hall and Terrace Theatre, the National Gallery, Phillips Collection, Renwick Gallery and Corcoran Gallery. Ms. Cookson has worked with many distinguished singers and conductors, including Frederica von Stada, whom she has accompanied in New York City and Washington, DC. She made her European debut with Ms. Von Stade in recitals at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and at the Teatro Real in Madrid. |
| Ingrid Cowan, mezzo-soprano,
, is originally from North Carolina, has sung widely throughout the
USA and Europe, especially Germany, where she studied for three years.
She holds a Master of Music in Opera Performance from the NC School
of the Arts and is a recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council
Individual Artist Award. A versatile performer and actor, Cowan sings
regularly as soloist in song recital, oratorio and on the opera stage.
Her credits include the In Series, the Washington Savoyards, Opera
Theater of Northern Virginia, the Capitol Hill Choral, the Bach Consort,
the National Cathedral, Austrian and Indonesian Embassies, and the
annual Kennedy Center Messiah Sing-Along as alto soloist. She most
recently performed the role of Cheribino in the In-Series' acclaimed
production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. |
| Lewis Freeman, baritone,
has performed extensively in opera, musical theater, oratorio, concert
and recital. He has been a featured soloist with such groups as the
National Symphony Orchestra's Kennedy Center's Mozart Weekend, Opera
Theatre of Northern Virginia, IN Series, Arlington Symphony, Greenville
(SC) Symphony Orchestra, Washington Bach Consort, Cathedral Choral
Society, Williamsburg (VA) Symphonia, Washington Savoyards and Opera
International. His opera roles include Figaro and Dr. Bartolo in Rossini's
The Barber of Seville, Germont in La Traviata, Don
Alfonso in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, and title roles in John
Philip Sousa's El Capitan, Stephen Burton's Dr. Heidegger's
Experiment and Henry Molicone's Emperor Norton. Oratorio
roles include Jesus in Bach's Saint Matthew Passion and the
title role in Mendelssohn's Elijah. |
| Amanda Gosier, soprano,
received her Masters of Music in opera from the Curtis Institute of
Music and was a national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National
Council Auditions and the National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloists
competition. Recent engagements have included guest solo appearances
with the National Men's Chorus, New Dominion Chorale, French Embassy,
DC's Opera Bel Cantanti as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin and with
Annapolis Opera as the First Lady in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.
At the Songfest Program in Malibu, CA, she premiered a work written
for her by American composer John Harbison. |
| Ole Hass, tenor,
performs widely in opera, concert and recital in his native Germany
and throughout the Washington area. He has appeared in lead parts
at the Kennedy Center and Schlesinger Hall, with the In Series, Washington
Savoyards, Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, Maryland Opera Studio,
the Washington Bach Consort, New Dominion Chorale, Cantate Chamber
Singers and the University of Maryland Symphony and Chorus. He holds
a DMA in voice from the University of Maryland, College Park, and
contributes as editor to RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals
(1800-1950). For more information, see www.IngridAndOle.com. |
| Sarah Adams Hoover,
soprano, has appeared in recital, opera
and oratorio in New York, Washington, DC and throughout the United
States. She has been a guest soloist with the Saint Luke's Chamber
Orchestra, Amadeus Orchestra and Bach and Handel Chorale. Currently
a student in the DMA program at Peabody Conservatory, she also teaches
voice at Washington Cathedral. |
| George Peachey, piano, is active in the Washington metropolitan area as a vocal accompanist, chamber musician and soloist. He has performed at The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, The Phillips Collection, and The Corcoran Gallery of Art, among many other venues, and appears regularly on Jerome Barry's popular Embassy Series. He has been guest artist on the National Symphony Chamber Music Series, and has performed with the Stratford Chamber Players, led by violinist William Steck. In addition to performing, Mr. Peachey maintains a busy schedule of piano teaching and vocal coaching in his private studio. He received his musical training at the Catholic University of America where he studied with Thomas Mastroianni and Fernando Laires, and at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, Austria where he was a pupil of Michael Krist. |
703.527.4499song@vocalsoloists.org