November 19, 2012
UCF Opera director, Thomas Potter, will practice what he preaches when he sings the title role in Puccini’s comic opera, GIANNI SCHICCHI with the Florida Opera Theatre – December 8 and 9, 2012. Joining Professor Potter on stage will be several UCF voice students (both current and recent graduates). Potter says “It is a special honor to be able to perform…
October 24, 2012
Ayako Yonetani recently performed as a special soloist with the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra on October 14 at the Bob Carr Auditorium. The music director for the evening was Andrew Lane. Pieces played included works from Verdi, Saint-Saens, Rimsky-Korsakov, and more. Yonetani is also scheduled to play for a special event commemorating the Emperor of…
September 10, 2012
Laszlo Marosi will travel to Cordoba, Argentina to conduct the “Symphonic Winds of the Teatro Libertador” in two evening concerts, September 23 and 28, in Cordoba’s main concert hall. The international program also will include the Argentinian premiere of “Homenaje a Paco Campillo” by Vicente Moncho and the world premiere of “Concierto para Arpa y…
June 19, 2012
UCF Opera director Thomas Potter travels to Germany to teach at Music Theater Bavaria this summer to teach voice, German diction, the International Phonetic Alphabet, and to assist in the directing of several opera scenes. Additionally, Professor Potter will be singing a 90 minute guest artist recital in the Blaue Quelle Performance Hall in Erl, Austria, home of the Tiroler Festival…
May 23, 2012
Laszlo Marosi, Ph.D. will travel to Mexico to direct the Orquestra Sinfonica de la Universidad de Guanajuato in a June 1st concert of works by Erkel, Liszt, Berlioz, Beethoven and Brahms. This fully professional ensemble, while affiliated with Guanajuato University, is the city’s pre-eminent orchestra.
April 2, 2012
Ayako Yonetani will perform with the Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo as they present their first American tour. As a part of a celebration for the Japan-U.S. Cherry Blossom Centennial, the group will play at the Verizon Hall in Philadelphia on April 27, National Gallery in Washington, Harvard University’s Sander’s Theater in Boston on May 1, and…
March 27, 2012
Ayako Yonetani recently performed in Panama at an event commemorating the one-year anniversary of Japan’s Tsunami/Earthquake. Yonetani played the famous Bach Chaconne from Solo Partita No. 2. The Japanese Embassy hosted the event on March 9, 2011 at the Museo del Canal. Guests included the Vice President of Panama, the Cultural/Science Minister of Panama, and…
March 20, 2012
As you take the steps down into the belly of Tanqueray’s, an underground bar in Downtown Orlando, you come across a smoky jazz haven adorned with Christmas lights and a wall of mirrors that makes the cramped venue appear twice as big. Cast in a shroud of blue and red lighting, the Absinthe Trio, a…
February 23, 2012
Voice faculty Thomas Potter will sing the role of the Old Doctor in Samuel Barber’s dramatic opera VANESSA with Sarasota Opera. With a libretto written by Gian Carlo Menotti, the performances [March 10, 13, 15, 18, 21, and 24] will be sung in English with English supertitles. Tickets for the performances are available by visiting…
February 10, 2012
Internationally renowned flutists Deirdre Manning and Nora Lee García-Velázquez are collaborating on two unique workshops. This summer, they are offering weeklong experiences in the foothills of the French Pyrenees and in the quaint lobstering village of Winter Harbor. Participants will spend a week of intensive study with classically trained flutists including McArdle-Manning and García in…