Karen Amlaw, soprano

Olga Rogach, piano

Alumni Club of Worcester

Salisbury Singers

Eric Schwartz, piano

St. Francis Episcopal Church

Opera Worcester

Sudbury Memorial Congregational Church

Master Singers of Worcester (Area Premiere)

Seventh Day Adventist Church

(Solo offerings w/ instrumental ensemble)

Wesley United Methodist Church

Master Singers of Worcester / WPI Orchestra

Seventh Day Adventist Church w/ instrumental ensemble

St. Francis Episcopal Church

Christ Church, Fitchburg, MA, 2004

Master Singers of Worcester/Lois Toeppner: organ

Master Singers of Worcester/Olga Rogach: piano

Wesley United Methodist Church

United Congregational Church

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Roles Performed:

Amelia

Desdemona

Cho-Cho-San

Nedda

Madame Pompous

Mariane

Mother Gerald

Ensemble

Agathe

Euridice

Second Lady

Elettra

Mother Marie

Fiordiligi

Donna Elvira

Elisetta

Fiordiligi

Countess Almaviva

Ensemble

Opera

Concert / Oratorio

Vocal Recital: Mozart to Puccini & More

Quadrivium Benefit Concert

Guest Artist

Messiah, Handel - Part One

Soprano Soloist

Et incarnatus est, Mozart

Special holiday music service

featuring O Divine Redeemer (Gonoud), Laudamus Te (Mozart, c minor Mass)

Guest Soloist

Arias & Holiday Music

Featured Artist

Elijah, Mendelssohn

Member of Solo Octet;

Soprano Section Leader

Requiem, Eleanor Daley

Principal Soprano Role - cover;

Member of Double Quartet

Holiday Oratorio:

Messiah, Exsultate jubilate

Guest Soloist

Festival of Lessons and Carols

Guest Soloist

Choral Fantasy, Beethoven

Mezzo-Soprano Soloist

Messiah, Handel - Part One

both Mezzo and Soprano Soloist

Messiah, Handel (selections)

Boar’s Head Festival (Holiday carols)

Soprano Soloist

Music at the Meeting House

Gloria, Vivaldi/Holiday carols

Missa brevis in C, Mozart

Soprano Soloist

Guest soloist

Soprano Soloist/Section Leader

Crittenden Opera Studio

New England Conservatory School of Continuing Education Opera Studio

Master Class w/ Lin Schuller - American Choral Directors Association Vocal Workshop

Minor in Music (principal instr.: violin) - University of Rochester/Eastman School of Music

Education / Training:

Peter Elvins Vocal Competition

Semi-Finalist, 2007

Destined to Sing

Feature article by Richard Duckett (Worcester Telegram, Sunday, July 16, 2006)

Crittenden Opera Studio

Scholarship Recipient, 2005

NEC School of Continuing Education Scholarship Recipient, 2005 & 2006

Wesley United Methodist Church

Music Scholarship Recipient, 1986 & 1987

Awards / Recognition

Un ballo in maschera (scenes)

Otello (scenes)

Madama Butterfly (scenes)

Pagliacci (scenes)

Too Many Sopranos (scenes)

Tartuffe (scenes)

Dialogues of the Carmelites

The Marriage of Figaro

Der Freischütz (scenes)

Orfeo ed Euridice (scenes)

The Magic Flute (scenes)

Idomeneo (scenes)

Dialogues of the Carmelites (scenes)

Così fan tutte (scenes)

Don Giovanni (scenes)

Il matrimonio segreto (scenes)

Così fan tutte (scenes)

Le nozze di Figaro (scenes)

The Elixir of Love

Crittenden Opera Studio

Boston Opera Collaborative

Worcester Opera Works

Crittenden Opera Studio

New England Conservatory SCE

Crittenden Opera Studio

New England Conservatory SCE

Lowell Opera Company

Boston, MA

Worcester, MA

Boston, MA

Lowell, MA

2010

2009

2007

2006

2005

Worcester, MA

Holden, MA

Newport, RI

Holden, MA

Worcester, MA

Sudbury, MA

Worcester, MA

Worcester, MA,

Worcester, MA

Holden, MA,

Fitchburg, MA

Worcester, MA,

West Boylston, MA

Worcester, MA

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2006

2004

2003

2004 - 2007

2004 - 2008

2004

2006

Other Appearances:

First Unitarian Church Organ Dedication Concert Series (Brian Jones: organ/Anita Sulski: violin)

Joined Maria Ferrante, as one of four sopranos in choral version of Symphonic Choral No. 3, Karg-Elert

Music Alive Concert Series - Guest artist selected to join Wesley Festival Singers in Requiem, Duruflé

Boston, MA

Northborough, MA

Rochester, NY

2005, 2006, 2009, 2010

2005, 2006

2005

1991

Teachers

Maria Ferrante

Maria Spacagna

Karen Lykes

Coaches

Sondra Kelly

Eric Mazonson

Brian Moll

Bradley Pennington

Olga Rogach

Directors

Marc Astafan

Richard Crittenden Elizabeth Vrenios

Daniel Wyneken

Janice Giampa

Marjorie Ness

William Ness

William Sherwood

Scott Lamlein

LeRoy Hanson

Julia O'Toole

Meredith Wynne

Adriana Hardy

Kathleen Scott

Libor Dudas

Eric Schwartz

Conductors

Michael Strauss

Michelle Graveline

Dr. Gerald Mack

Malcolm Halliday

Robert Eaton

Lucia Clemente-Falco

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Featured Artist

(partial roles)

Various

Lauretta

Suor Angelica (cover)

Magda, Amelia,

Fiordiligi, Pamina,

Hanna Galwari

Countess Almaviva,

Cho-cho San

Various

Summer Concert Series

Opera Gala

Italian Opera Night!

Fall Benefit

Italian Cabaret

Something for Everyone:

A Tragedy / A Comedy Tonight!

Worcester Opera Works

Calliope Inc.

Mass Theatrica

Opera Worcester

Lowell Opera Company

Worcester, MA

Boston, MA

Lynn, MA

Worcester, MA

Lowell, MA

2010

2010

2009

2008

2006

2005

2006

Karen Amlaw

soprano

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