This Saturday (26th November) a troupe of extremely talented singers will be coming to Cooma. This fantastic concert will be a mix of popular songs, treat
arias and duets from well-loved Classics, view
Operas and Musicals.

Concert Details:

• When: Saturday 26 November 2011 at 7.00 pm
• Where: St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, pilule
  Commissioner Street, Cooma
• Tickets: Adults $20, Concessions/Students $15, Students 10-18 years $10, Children under 10 years Free.
• Tickets available at Cooma School of Music or at the door.
• Bookings 6452 6067

The Programme:

1. Sound The Trumpet / Henry Purcel
2. Besame Mucho / Consuelo Velázquez
3. Nella Fantasia / Ennio Morricone
4. La Ci Darem / Don Giovanni by Mozart
5. Mon Coeur S’Ouvre á ta Voix / Samson et Dalilah by Camille Saint-Säens
6. Some Enchanted Evening / South Pacific by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
7. How Can Love Survive / The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
8. Hymne `a L’Amore / Marguerite Monnot
9. If I Loved You / Carousel by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
10. Send In The Clowns / A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim
11. Vienna, City of My Dreams / Rudolf Sieczynski
12. The Flower Duet / Lakmé by Leo Delibes
13. Soave Sia Il Vento / Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart
14. Musetta’s Waltz Song / La Boheme by Puccini
15. I Heard You Singing / Eric Coates
16. Edelweiss / The Sound of Music
17. Climb Ev’ry Mountain / The Sound of Music
18. Pastorello D’un Povero Armento / Handel
19. Barcarolle / Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach
20. Waltz of My Heart / The Dancing Years by Ivor Novello
21. We’ll Gather Lilacs / Perchance To Dream by Ivor Novello
22. Seguidilla / Carmen by Georges Bizet
23. Granada / Agustín Lara
24. You’ll Never Walk Alone / Carousel by Rodgers & Hammerstein

 

The Artists:

Shelley Hayton - Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto

Shelley HAYTON – Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto

Shelley made her musical debut in Gilbert and Sullivan. She has studied at the Elder, Melba and Sydney Conservatoria, and Victorian College of the Arts. She has performed with the State Opera of South Australia, the Victorian Opera and Opera Australia. Shelley has won a number of major competitions and performed as Soloist in Concerts and Oratorio, as well as principal roles with SOSA, Rockdale Opera and Opera Events. She understudied numerous roles in Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen in both 1998 and 2004 (SOSA).

Shelley fulfilled a lifelong wish, performing the role of Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music (2005), and the Third Lady in The Magic Flute (2006). She was also an ensemble member in the contemporary original cast recording of the musical Angels.

Shelley is the driving force behind this group. The “Divas” have been performing together since 2000.

Shelley teaches voice privately – to singers and speakers! She has recorded 2 CDs as well!

Lyndall Rees - Soprano

Lyndall REES – Soprano

One of the original members of Blue Mountains- based opera group, Opera Events (prev. Mountain Opera), Lyndall, originally a folksinger, became interested in opera and a love of the stage after performing her first role of Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro in 1987.

Since then she has sung many principal roles for this group including Violetta in La Traviata, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Elvira in Don Giovani, Musetta in La Boheme, Giulietta in Tales of Hoffman and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance.

She was thrilled to sing the role of Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro for a production held in the Cathedral Cave at Jenolan Caves, arguably the first full opera performed in a cave in the world.

Robert Horn - Baritone

Robert HORN – Baritone

Robert studied in Italy and England – also pursuing a career as a Shakespearean actor before returning to Australia in 1983. He has since combined a singing career with vocal instruction.

Robert performed regularly with ‘Opera Afloat’ on the Captain Cook Cruise Line, Sydney, and played the lead role in Amahl and the Night Visitors in Singapore (Dec 2000). He sang lead baritone in 2 ‘Verdi Spectaculars’, as well as the title role in Rigoletto at Alfredo’s Restaurant, Circular Quay, Sydney.

Robert enjoys both sides of the footlights, being an accomplished director for Opera Events (Blue Mountains) and a librettist for Galia, a brilliant Opera (Shelley)

Robert currently teaches voice privately in both Sydney & Blue Mountains.

Emily Courtright - Pianist

Emily COURTRIGHT – Pianist

Emily is a Graduate of the University of New York State, with a degree in Vocal and Instrumental Music Education and a major in Pipe Organ. She has accompanied singers and instrumentalists for many years in both the U.S.A. and Australia.

Emily has played a major role in the development of many, many singers and other musicians, and has spent hours of her time playing for charity, the elderly and tirelessly helping students learn roles – always cheerfully and with great encouragement.

Robert Shearer

Special Quest Artist – Robert Shearer – Tenor

Robert Shearer is an extremely gifted tenor, singing teacher and composer. He has since first starting music studies in1999 been passionately committed to his singing career and he has undergone extensive vocal training and music studies in some of Australia’s leading Tertiary music institutions .

Robert received a Bachelor of Music Degree (Performance) from Queensland Conservatorium of Music Griffith. He studied there with Adele Nesbit. Since then he has completed a Master of Music in Voice and Opera at ANU in Canberra under the tutelage of Stephen Bennett. He is currently a student of Helden Tenor Glenn Winslade.

Robert has performed extensively in opera and musical theatre.

Robert Shearer moved to Cooma about a year ago after completing his masters of music degree.