2024-2025 SCHEDULE
Illuminating IDEA in Afrikaans Art Song Literature
Lecture-Recital with Drs. Christian Bester (baritone) & Vivian Hamilton (piano)
National NATS Conference, Knoxville, TN
June 29, 2024
Featured Soloist, Opera Highlights
KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra
June 13, 2024
Durban, South Africa
Featured Soloist, Opera Highlights
Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
June 6, 2024
Johannesburg, South Africa
Five Millay Songs for Soprano and Band
South Carolina Governors School of the Arts and Humanities Wind Ensemble
March 12, 2024
Greenville, SC
2023-2024 SCHEDULE
Bach Wedding Cantata, BWV 202 - Soprano Soloist &
Vivaldi Gloria - Soprano II Soloist with Brazos Valley Symphony
November 5, 2023
Rudder Tower
College Station, TX
Guest Soloist in Recital
Jubilee Baptist Church
October 15, 2023
Greenville, SC
Featured Soloist in “Olympic Feats of Opera” with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, September 30, 2023, at 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 1, 2023, at 3:00 PM
Gunter Theater
Greenville, SC
Recital: Afrikaans Art Songs About Spring for the Lyric and Lyric-Coloratura Soprano
First South Africa NATS Chapter Conference, July 19-21, 2023
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, (near Cape Town) South Africa
Virtual Presentation on Studying at Furman University with Dr. Randy Umstead (The Gordon and Sarah Herring Chair; Professor of Music, Furman University)
Harmony Summer Vocal Institute, May 25, 2023
Online and in Bangalore, India
Virtual Presentation: Afrikaans Art Song Literature: An Introduction with Dr. Christian Bester (Assistant Professor of Voice, Oklahoma State University)
Harmony Summer Vocal Institute, May 24, 2023
Online and in Bangalore, India
Afrikaans Art Song Literature Guest Lecture Recital with Christian Bester (Baritone) and Daniel Horn (Piano)
April 18, 2023
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
Afrikaans Art Song Literature Guest Lecture, Recital, and Masterclass with Christian Bester (Baritone) and Jonathan Gmeinder (Piano)
April 17, 2023
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Afrikaans Art Song Literature Faculty and Guest Lecture Recital with Christian Bester (Baritone), Ryan Prijic (Violin), Stephen Pierce (Piano)
March 20, 2023
Furman University
Greenville, SC
Faculty Chamber Recital with Vivian Hamilton (Piano)
January 20, 2023
Furman University
Greenville, SC
2019-2020 SCHEDULE
Featured Recital with Randy Umstead (Tenor) and Sharon Lavery (Piano)
for the Texas Music Teachers Association
June 13, 2020
Hyatt Regency
Houston, TX - Canceled due to Covid 19
The Songs of Jules Bledsoe in Recital
March 22, 2020
Waco, TX - Postponed due to Covid 19
Opera Recital with Christian Bester (Baritone) and Sharon Lavery (Piano)
February 5, 2019
Eastfield Community College
Mesquite, TX
Opera Recital with Christian Bester (Baritone) and Sharon Lavery (Piano)
October 15, 2019
Texas Wesleyan University
Dallas Fort-Worth, TX
Opera Recital with Christian Bester (Baritone) and Sharon Lavery (Piano) for the 1st TEXOMA NOA Convention
September 20, 2019
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
Opera Recital with Christian Bester (Baritone) and Sharon Lavery (Piano)
September 10, 2019
McLennan Community College
Waco, TX
2018-2019 SCHEDULE
Premier of “Ubuntu: We are one family” by Mary Alice Rich
June 9, 2019
Voces Intimae Recital Series
Dallas, TX
Mozart Requiem, Soprano Soloist with the Central Texas Choral Society
April 16, 2019
Waco, TX
Carmina Burana, Soprano Soloist
April 11 & 13, 2019
St. Philip’s Community College
San Antonio, TX
Opera Recital with Edgar Sierra (tenor)
McLennan Community College
Waco, TX
Guest Artist - Foote Foundation Benefit Concert
February 2019
Christ the King Catholic Church
Dallas, TX
2017-2018 SCHEDULE
Afrikaans Art Song Presentation
with Christian Bester, DMA (Baritone)
Stephen Pierce, DMA (Piano)
|une 25, 2018
2018 NATIONAL NATS CONFERENCE J
Las Vegas, NV
Guest Soloist
Bruce Foote Memorial Scholarship Foundation Benefit
February 25, 2018
Christ the King Catholic Church (Preston)
Dallas, TX
Afrikaans Art Song Recital
with Stephen Pierce, DMA (Piano)
February 13, 2018
University of Southern California
Thornton School of Music
Los Angeles, CA
Afrikaans Art Song Recital
with Stephen Pierce, DMA (Piano)
January 29, 2018
McLennan Community College
Waco, TX
Guest Soloist, Holiday Concert
December 8, 2017
Waco Symphony Orchestra
Waco, TX
"The Works of Mary Alice Rich:
Songs and Operatic Duets for Soprano & Baritone"
November 9, 2017
2017 TEXOMA NATS REGIONAL CONFERENCE:
ARTIST SERIES
Commerce, TX
"The Works of Mary Alice Rich:
Songs and Operatic Duets for Soprano & Baritone"
October 22, 2017
McLennan Community College
Waco, TX
"Seaport Cities - Then and Now"
October 25, 2017
Brazos Forum
Waco, TX
http://brazosforum.org
Soprano I Soloist, Vivaldi, Gloria
May 16, 2017
Killeen, TX
"Songs and Operatic Duets for Soprano and Baritone by Mary Alice Rich"
April 23, 2017
Voces Intimae Recital Series
Dallas, TX
Velmyra, Wading Home Excerpts
March 4, 2017
Music by Women Festival
Columbus, MS
Guest Soloist
Bruce Foote Memorial Scholarship Foundation Benefit
February 26, 2017
Christ the King Catholic Church
Dallas, TX
2015-2016 SCHEDULE
Soprano Soloist, Handel Messiah
December 11, 2016
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Dallas, TX
Curtis Streetman and the Oracle Ensemble"
Samuel Pepys: Music, Muses, and Musings of a
Restoration Diarist"
September 30, 2016
Baylor University
Waco, TX
Soprano Soloist, Mendelssohn Elijah
September 18, 2016
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Dallas, TX
Adina, L'Elisir d'amore (Role Debut)
August 2-7, 2016
Gauteng Opera - New Production
Johannesburg, South Africa
http://www.gautengopera.org
Taos Opera Institute Festival's Cantos de Taos Quartet
July 2, 2016-June 11, 2016
Soprano: Bronwen Forbay
Alto: Candace Carpenter
Tenor: Eric Barry
Bass: Andrew Craig Brown
http://www.taosoi.org/#!cantos-de-taos/c5bd
Soprano Soloist, Bob Chilcott: St. John Passion
March 25, 2016
Austin Avenue United Methodist Church
Waco, TX
Soprano Soloist
March 14, 2016
Brahms Liebeslieder & Neue Liebeslieder Walzer
Lonestar Classical Voices Quartet:
Soprano: Bronwen Forbay
Mezzo-Soprano: Jamie Van Eyck
Tenor: Randy Umstead
Bariton: Christian Bester
Piano: Kaju Lee & Paul Sanchez
Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA
Guest Soloist
Bruce Foote Memorial Scholarship Foundation Benefit
February 28, 2016
Christ the King Catholic Church on Preston Road
Dallas, TX
Finalist, National Opera Association Voice Competition - January 8-9, 2016
Indianapolis, IN
Velmyra, Wading Home*
Dallas City Performance Hall
September 15, 2015 &
New Orleans, Loyola University
September 13 & 14, 2015
*WORLD PREMIER
Soprano Soloist - June 7-July 6, 2015
Brahms Liebeslieder, Neue Liebeslieder
& German Operetta Excerpts
Lonestar Classical Voices Quartet
National Tour of South Africa:
University of Stellenbosch
FynArts Festival, Bouchard Finlayson Winery, Hermanus
Northwards Recital Series, Johannesburg
University of South Africa (UNISA) Recital Series, Pretoria
Friends of Music Society, Durban
Grahamstown National Arts Festival
Soprano Soloist, Bach Cantata 209
Baroque 2000 Orchestra, Evelien Ballantine-Hagen (Flute)
June 29, 2015
Marianhill Monastery
Durban, South Africa
Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Excerpts)
June 10, 2015
KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Playhouse Opera Theatre
Durban, South Africa
Violetta, La Traviata
June 6, 2015
Gauteng Opera
Johannesburg, South Africa
Soprano Soloist Brahms Liebeslieder & Neue Liebeslieder Walzer
March 2015
Lonestar Classical Voices Quartet
Texas Tour:
St. Luke's Episcopal Church Recital Series, Dallas, TX
East Dallas Christian Church Recital Series, East Dallas, TX
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
Baylor University, Waco, TX
Velmyra, Wading Home* - April 2015
Dallas City Performance Hall Dallas, TX