Soprano Aimée Theresa
Aimée is an actor, singer, and voice-over artist. She has performed in plays and musicals on both coasts and abroad, as well as films, tv shows, audiobooks, radio plays, commercials and video games including Spiderman 3, CSI Las Vegas, NBC’s short-lived Trauma, the Back to the Future video game (as Lorraine McFly), Nickelodeon’s Drake and Josh. Favorite stage roles include Anne in A Little Night Music, a singing angel in A Clockwork Orange, and Cinderella in Into the Woods. Aimée was a founding member of the Academy Repertory Company in Los Angeles from 2001-2005, workshopping new musicals for the Academy for New Musical Theatre, now New Musicals, Inc. – which inspired her to later co-found FOGG Theatre and FOGG Playhouse youth theatre in San Francisco. She held her first all-classical concert in Los Angeles, alongside 14 year-old piano prodigy, Nikita Sokolov, and made her European classical debut at a showcase for the 2007 Tyrolean Opera Program in Maurach, Austria. She was a featured soloist on national television in ABC’s “Christmas Eve from the Porziuncola”, and is represented by JE Talent in San Francisco. She holds a BA in Theatre Arts and Latin American Studies from Wesleyan University, CT. Recently she has been studying voice with the amazing Carrie Hennessey, teaching Spanish at Sierra Waldorf School, recording from her home voice-over studio, and giving concerts once again. The joy!
Mezzo-Soprano Natasha Divaris-Landry
Always on an adventure, singer Natasha Divaris-Landry indulges her musical wanderlust with an itinerary that is constantly challenging, varied, and fresh. She studied Classical voice while in high school joining the local University’s operas and in her early twenties studied jazz with a teacher from McGill university. Since early childhood, she has been in various choirs like Les Jeunes Chanteurs d’Acadie, Hillsborough girls choir and a gospel choir in Montreal. She sang in a folk/indie band, David Martel and the Acquaintances, that toured the US and Canada, opening for Adele in Toronto, with 3 recorded albums. The last couple of years, she has enjoyed leading worship for many workshops, churches and events. Diving back into the realm of classical and theater has been a great joy and she is looking forward to sharing it with you all. When she is not singing or playing the piano, she swing dances with her husband, facilitates lindy hop workshops and teaches sewing at the Sonora School of Sewing, and is most probably wearing a creation of her own today too!
Guest Baritone, Enoch Samraj
Bass Baritone, Enoch Samraj (guest artist) is a practicing doctor of physical therapy and hails from Pune, India. Enoch began singing with a city choir “The Poona Musicale”, which choir travelled across India performing oratorios and anthems. He is currently working towards a recital which includes pieces from Le nozze di Figaro, and Don Pasquale along with Lieder and French melodies under the direction of his vocal coach Dr. Joseph Wiggett, from Stanislaus State University. Enoch would like to thank Dr. Hollinger, Louise McPeters, Diane Day, Gail Johnson, and Mark Seiver.
Pianist Mark Seiver
Mark has been a fixture in Sonora’s musical scene since 1989 when he moved here from Southern California. Educated at UCLA he quickly became renowned for his versatility in many musical genres. He has served as musical director at Columbia Actors Repertory and Sierra Repertory Theater. He is now very proud to be the accompanist for the Columbia College Community chorus.
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