VOICE
SHERMA ANDREWS – VOICE
B.M., Berklee College of Music. Studied with Greg Badolato, Donny Nolan, Richard Evans. Teaching credentials include Berlee College of Music and private vocal instruction. Pop, Rock and Jazz vocalist with concert appearances throughout the U.S., South America and Europe, as well as in her native Trinidad. Vocal credits include touring with Enrique Iglesias and Britney Spears; working with Donna Summer, Branford Marsalis, Ricky Minor, Barry Eastmond, Dave "Jam" Hall and Kevin Antunes; opening for Michael Feinstein at Bergen PAC; appearances on The American Music Awards, Billboard Radio Music Awards, Jay Leno, The Today Show and David Letterman; performances at numerous jazz festivals; and performing/recording for television commercials and industrials. Publishing and songwriting credits include compositions heard on popular television shows The Sopranos, All My Children, Ed, The Young and the Restless and Resurrection Blvd. Soon to be released pop/rock/county CD, Guilty, includes original compositions Insane, Guilty, and The Rain.
HANNE LADEFOGED-DOLLASE – VOICE
Masters of Vocal Pedagogy and Musicology, University of Copenhagen;
Post-graduate studies in Vocal, Dance and Acting Performance, Western Washington
University. Additional studies at the Advanced Vocal Institute for the French
Vocal Repertoire (Paris), Modern Baroque Opera Company (Vancouver), and
OperaWorks! (Los Angeles). Former member of the Seattle Opera Assn.'s Young
Artist Outreach Program. Studied with Marianne Weltmann and William Eddy;
currently studying with Mary Stucky of the Cincinnati Conservatory.
Mezzo-contralto, with training as an opera, oratorio and recital singer in
Europe and the United States. Winner of several prestigious scholarships and
grants to pursue post-graduate studies in vocal performance at Western
Washington University upon completion of master's thesis on "Tension in Vocal
Performance and How to Overcome It." Taught privately and at music schools for
over 15 years, specializing in a combination of Bel Canto technique and more
contemporary performance techniques to bring out the voice. Has performed in
avant-garde and baroque opera, in addition to performances of standard opera
repertoire. Appeared with numerous groups in the Pacific Northwest including
Seattle Opera, Tacoma Opera, Orchestra Seattle and Northwest Chamber Orchestra.
Performed extensively throughout North America, promoting Scandinavian music
culture in song recital and lectures. Currently collaborating with various
groups in the New York metropolitan area including the Oratorio Society of New
Jersey, the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, Opera Amadeo and the Ars Musica Chorale,
as well as with famed pianist, Ron Levy..
JOHN WARD– PIANO, ORGAN, VOICE, COMPOSITION
Ph.D., M.M., Catholic University of America; B.M. Eastman School of Music. Additional studies at the Manhattan School of Music, George Mason University, Westminster Choir College. Piano studies with Eugene List, Arthur Balsam, William Masselos, Bela Nagy; organ with Gerald Wheeler; voice with Leslie Luxemburg, Rosemary Houghton, Ann Mills, Marcia Gronewold-Sly. Music Director, First Presbyterian Church of Hackensack; faculty member in piano and voice, Main Street Music Studio; Singer, The Leon Berger Chorale. Former faculty, Governor's Magnet School for the Arts (VA) and Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Private teacher of piano, voice, music theory, musicianship, and composition. A freelance performer and composer, John has been involved in 250 concert performances as pianist, conductor, organist, singer, or promoter, and in over 100 theatrical productions from children's theater to professional companies, as music director, composer or actor. Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music - Piano, Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music – Organ and Singing, and Fellow of the American Guild of Organists.
MARK FITZGERALD WILSON – VOICE
M.M., University of Houston. B.M.E., Simpson College. Studied with W.
Stephen Smith, Inci Bashar, Robert Larsen and Kostis Protopapas. First place
winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council-Iowa District and the Heinz
Refuss Singing Actor Awards; third place winner of the Anna Marie Saritelli-Di
Panni Bel Canto Vocal Scholarship. Former Middle School and High School music
teacher specializing in Vocal Music in various schools throughout Iowa and
Texas, teaching classes and choirs of up to 150 students. As a private
instructor, trained vocal students in Musical Theater, Classical Music, Rock 'n
Roll and Gospel. Highly acclaimed by OperaOnline for his performance as Tonio in
I Pagliacci, Mark Wilson is a Baritone with extensive professional
credits in oratorio, opera, gospel, church music and musical theater. Opera and
Musical Theater roles include performances with Bayerische-Zwei-Groschen-Oper
(Germany), Belleayre Music Festival, Bronx Opera, Cape Cod Opera, Commonwealth
Opera, Delaware Valley Opera, Global Harmony Productions, Opera Memphis, Orlando
Opera, Portland Opera Repertory Theater, Seaside Music Theater and Tulsa Opera.
Soloist with numerous orchestras and chorales nationwide, including local
performances with the Oratorio Society of NJ and the NJ Master Chorale.
KATHRYN ZETTO – VOICE, ACTING
B.M. and M.M., New England Conservatory of Music; Phi Kappa Lambda, National
Honorary Music Society; Julliard Preparatory School. Studied Voice with Margaret
Hoswell, Re Koster, Clarice Carson and John Mace; Voice and Vocal Coaching with
Joan Dornemann, John Moriarity, Winifred Cecil, and William Hicks; Acting with
David LeGrant, Ian Strasfogel, Adelaide Biship; Dance/Movement with Loyd
Williamson (Williamson Technique/Modern), Socrates Birsky (Ballet). Currently
teaching at various music programs in the NY/NJ metro area, as well as
maintaining private teaching studio. Member of AEA, AGMA and AFTRA. Winner Opera
Renaissance Guild Auditions and Young Artist Concert Auditions, nominated as
"Performing Artist" for County Executive Arts Award. Mezzo-soprano with
experience performing professionally in opera, concerts and rectials, musical
theater and television, both nationally and abroad. Recitals in New York City,
Boston, New Jersey, Rockland County, Charlotte N.C.; Kassel, Bad Dribur,
Germany; Montreux, Lausanne, Switzerland. Professional credits include numerous
performances in the tri-state area with the Manhattan Opera Theatre, Verismo
Opera Company, Queens Opera, Opera Studio, Light Opera of Manhattan, Ars Viva,
Nyack Lyric Opera, Music Theatre of Long Island, and Richmond Theatre; as well
as with American Landmark Festivals Concerts, Chautauqua Opera Assn., NEC Opera
Theatre, Jandora Intl. Opera Festival (TV special, Belgium), Chrispus Attuck
(road tour with The American Stage Festival and world premier in NYC),
The Sound of Music (southern USA tour), The Messiah (Children's
Miracle Network Telethon). Television credits include All My Children and
One Life to Live.
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