Mezzo-soprano/alto Laura Williams is passionate about performing and…
“An elegant, mellifluous and expressive baritone” (New York Times),…
American mezzo-soprano Laura C. Atkinson is an active performer in…
Jessica Garthe, soprano, currently is a full-time music teacher at…
Tenor Bryon Grohman has received international recognition for his…
A “superb vocal soloist” (The Washington Post), tenor Steven Soph…
Jason Steigerwalt is an American baritone with an active career in…
A full-time singer and music teacher, Emily Shusdock directs the…
Christopher Gilliam is director of choral activities at Davidson…
MaryRuth Lown, soprano, holds degrees from Winthrop University…
Praised for his “real musicality and finely executed coloratura,”…
A versatile performer and scholar, baritone David Rugger specializes…
Jay Carter has gained recognition as one of the nation’s finest…
Margaret Carpenter Haigh is a versatile artist, with repertoire…
Originally from the Charlotte area, tenor Robert Jones has a varied…
Mezzo-soprano and voice pedagogue Elizabeth Eschen recently returned…
David Kurtenbach, tenor, described as having a voice “lined with…
A Charlotte native, Michael H. Trammell is a highly sought after tenor…
Edmund Milly brings “perfect diction” (Los Angeles Times) and…
Luc Kleiner has shaped a pluralistic musical identity in Los Angeles,…
A specialist in the oratorio repertoire, tenor Gene Stenger’s solo…
Recognized by The Boston Globe as “a name to keep an eye on”, soprano…
With her “vivid, deeply satisfying sound” and “rich, smooth mezzo…
American mezzo-soprano Laura C. Atkinson is an active performer in both the United States and in Germany. She has debuted with various orchestras in both countries, including the Nashville Symphony, the New Haven Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, the Kammersymphonie Berlin, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and the Braunschweig Staatsorchester. Highlights of this season included several debuts, including Dvorak’s Requiem at the Konzerthaus Berlin, Messiah with the Portland Oratorio Chorale of Maine, and Handel Duets at the Steglitz Early Music Festival.
The season also includes a return to the Bach Choir of Bethlehem for a performance of Bach’s Cantata 97, Messiah with Opera On Tap Berlin, and a new production of Winterreise at the Delphi Theater in Berlin. Additional highlights include debuts as Mary in Der Fliegende Holländer, and as Bradamante in Alcina. Ms. Atkinson received her Master's degree from the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University, where she studied with James R. Taylor and Simon Carrington. She completed additional studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Leipzig, Germany.
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