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Operation Opera Faculty

Faculty

Directors

Shuying Li

Artistic Director

Assistant Prof. of Music in Composition & Theory, California State University, Sacramento

Scott Perkins

Composition Director

Associate Professor of Music, Head of Music Theory & Composition, California State University, Sacramento

Robin Fisher

Vocal Director

Professor of Music in Voice, California State University, Sacramento

Christina Adams

Managing Director

Instructor of Violin & Viola, University of South Florida

Mi-Eun Kim

Collaborative Piano Director

Lecturer in Piano, Chamber Music and Collaborative Piano at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Joshua Anderson

Director of Programming

Assistant Prof. of Clarinet, University of Nevada at Reno

Conductors

Glen Adsit

Conductor

Professor/Director of Bands, Director of Instrumental Studies, The Hartt School

Edward Cumming

Conductor

Primrose Fuller Associate Professor of Orchestral Activities

Ryan Murray

Conductor

Director of Symphony Orchestra & Opera at California State University, Sacramento | Principal Pops Conductor at Modesto Symphony

Production Team

Jeremy Johnson

Dramaturg

Dramaturg and Associate Director of New Works, Houston Grand Opera

Jonathan Khuner

Advisor for New Operas

Music Director, West Edge Opera

Gia Battista

Acting coach/Stage Director

Artistic Director of Davis Shakespeare Festival; Musical Theatre Faculty, California State University, Sacramento

Vocalists

Robin Fisher

Vocal Director & Artist-Faculty

Professor of Voice - Sacramento State University, California

Hidenori Inoue

Artist-in-Residence

Bass-baritone

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Julie Miller

Voice Faculty, California State University, Sacramento

Mezzo-Soprano

Winnie Nieh

Artist-in-Residence

Soprano

Omari Tau

Professor of Voice, Cosumnes River College

Baritone

Stacey Fraser

Voice

Professor of Music at California State University San Bernardino

Composers

Shuying Li

Artistic Director; Composer

Assistant Prof. of Composition & Theory, Gonzaga University

Stephen Blumberg

Composer

Professor of Music in Composition and Music Theory, Director of the School of Music, California State University, Sacramento

Scott Perkins

Composition Director

Associate Professor of Music, Head of Music Theory & Composition, California State University, Sacramento

Pamela Madsen

Composer

Professor of Music in Composition and Music Theory, California State University, Fullerton

Collaborative Pianists

Mi-Eun Kim

Mi-Eun Kim

Collaborative Piano Director

Lecturer in Piano, Chamber Music and Collaborative Piano at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Shinae Kim

Shinae Kim

Collaborative Piano

Richard Cionco

Richard Cionco

Collaborative Piano

Professor of Piano at California State University, Sacramento

John Cozza

John Cozza

Collaborative Piano

Staff Accompanist at CSUS, Music Director at St. Michael's Episcopal Church

Instrumentalists

Cathie Apple

Flute

Instructor of Flute, California State University, Sacramento

Timothy Stanley

Cello

Citywater & Sinfonia Spirituosa

Joshua Anderson

Clarinet

Assistant Prof. of Clarinet, University of Nevada at Reno

Colin McCall

Percussion

Christina Adams

Violin/Viola, Managing Director

Instructor of Violin & Viola, University of South Florida

Guest Lecturers

Kurt Erickson

Kurt Erickson

Guest Lecturer

Professor of Composition, Cosumnes River College

Heidi Moss Erickson

Heidi Moss Erickson

Guest Lecturer

Professor of Physiology and Voice, San Fransisco Conservatory

Julian Crouch

Julian Crouch

Guest Lecturer

Independent director, designer, librettist, and illustrator

Mary Evelyn Hangley

Mary Evelyn Hangley

Guest Lecturer

Soprano

Pablo Ortiz

Pablo Ortiz

Guest Lecturer

Professor of Composition, University of California, Davis

Administration Team

Anastasia C. Sullivan

Anastasia C. Sullivan

Administrative Assistant

Bachelors of Music Theory/Composition, Violin California State University, Sacramento

Sophia	Silvers

Sophia Silvers

Administrative Executive

Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance California State University, Sacramento

Sofia del Pilar Roca Castro

Sofia del Pilar Roca Castro

Administrative Assistant

Bachelor of Music Education, Voice, California State University, Sacramento

Operationopera
June 1-12,2023


California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)

Four Corners Ensemble is excited to announce our third season of Operation Opera, a unique initiative that invites composers, vocalists, and pianists to Sacramento, and centers around the performance and workshopping of contemporary operas and art songs.

Performances will include premieres of art songs and semi-staged settings of selected operas in Sacramento State's Capistrano Hall, where vocal and piano participants will perform alongside members of the

Four Corners Ensemble

We are excited to offer programs for composers, vocalists, and collaborative pianists this season!

Click the links below to learn more about each program.

View the upcoming events by clicking the button below:

2023 Operation Opera Events!

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