Laura Loge (March 2010)
Soprano Laura Loge can be heard this spring singing Musetta with Rimrock Opera, Guadalena and Ninetta in
La Perichole as part of the Hans Wolf Operetta Series in Seattle, Lucy in
The Telephone with NOISE, Nanetta and Alice in scenes from
Falstaff
for the Seattle Opera Guild Previews, songs for soprano and orchestra
by Edvard Grieg with the Eastside Symphony, and in recitals featuring
chamber music by Stenhammar, Hovland, Mozart and Buxtehude.
Recent opera roles include La Fée, Suor Genovieffa, Ginger (
The Night Harry Stopped Smoking with Rimrock Opera), Rosalinda, the Second Lady, Musetta, Goddess Diana (
Iphegenie en Aulide) and Miss Silverpeal. She has been heard on the concert stage performing
Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5 with eight cellos at the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival, and as the soprano soloist in Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony, Faure's
Requiem, Schumann's
Mass and
Requiem, Händel's
Messiah, and Verdi's
Requiem.
Her vast recital repertoire includes Copland, Barber, Mozart, R.
Strauss, Bellini, Grieg, Laitman, and many others. She has presented
recitals of Scandinavian art song across the northern United States, in
Norway and on the radio broadcast, "Live By George."
Laura is a
district winner of the 2005 Metropolitan Opera National Council
Auditions, a finalist in the 2008 Ladies Musical Club of Seattle
Competition and a semi-finalist in the 2009 Grieg Festival Competition.
She received her Masters Degree from New England Conservatory as a
student of Edward Zambara, has studied bel canto in Italy with Signora
Rosanna Lippi and studied Scandinavian Art Song in Norway. Laura
currently resides in Seattle and studies with Jane Eaglen.
Natalya Ageyeva (March 2010)
Natalya Ageyeva has dazzled audiences throughout the United States and internationally, including Italy, Austria, and Israel, as well as on tour in her native Russia. Her performances have also been broadcast several times locally on KING-FM and televised in Moscow and Chicago. She has appeared at a broad range of venues, from the Governor's Mansion in Olympia to the Rachmaninoff Hall in Moscow. Her pianism prompted one reviewer to write "Immediately apparent was a tremendous technique at the command of a sharp musical intelligence and fingers of steel. For more information, visit
http://www.natalyapiano.com/.
Lisa Hedley (March 2010)
Lisa Hedley teaches private flute lessons and currently plays with the Eastside Symphony, the Pontiac Bay Symphony Orchestra, and the Elle Flute Trio. She has studied flute with Cheryl Fogg in Seattle and with He Shengqi at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Lisa and her husband, Mike, reside in the Woodinville area.
Carolyn Tanksley (March 2010)
began playing harp at age eight, under the tutelage of Frances Gilman Miller, with whom she continued her studies at St. Olaf College. Ms. Tanksley played with many orchestral, ensemble, and choral groups as a youth and won various harp competitions at the state and national level. Locally, Ms. Tanksley has studied with Pamela Vokolek, Harp Professor at the U of W School of Music. Ms. Tanksley rounds out her days skiing, biking, and as the Asst. Tennis coach for Woodinville High School. Carolyn and her husband, Michael, who plays violin, are members of the Eastside Symphony and reside in the Woodinville area with their two sons.
Alice Leung (June 2010)
Alice Leung is sixteen years old, and has been studying violin for eight years with Art Tsaturian. She is a student at the University of Washington through acceptance at the UW Academy Honors Program, allowing her to skip the junior and senior year of high school and directly attend the University. The summer of 2007, she made a violin recording for the soundtrack of a documentary about World War II called "Ladies Who Lunch." Two years ago, she won the awards for Most Outstanding Freshman Girl and Most Inspirational within her high school orchestra at Newport High School, and the following year she won the Most Outstanding Sophomore Girl Award. February of 2009, she was chosen by audition to be concertmistress of the WMEA All-State Orchestra
She has attended ten years of Chinese School and has earned many trophies for translation, calligraphy, and poetry recital in inter-school competitions. She has also danced Jazz and Hip-Hop for five years and participated in dance performances.
Peter King (June 2010)
Peter King is very happy to be a part of this concert. He attended Washington State University. He has been previously seen onstage at Carco Theater in
The Rainmaker playing Starbuck. He would like to thank Alexei for this opportunity. He would also like to thank VJ, and his family.