Blending the classical music
genre with contemporary American styles, the duo has created programs that
transcend traditional musical boundaries as they take the listener on a musical
trek through classical, baroque, jazz, folk and gospel styles.
With extensive conservatory
training and a broad range of performing experience on the recital stage, the
opera stage and with symphony orchestras, the two musicians display
incomparable virtuosity. Their
musical finesse and charisma give their performances an exuberance rarely seen
on the classical stage, and their rapport with their listeners allows them to
establish an immediate connection to their audiences.
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Bio:
Steven Snow
Tenor
Steven Snow recently sang Don Carlo
with Amici Opera, where he had previously sung the
roles of Turiddu in Cavalleria
Rusticana and Edgardo in
Lucia di Lammermoor. This
past spring he sang First Jew and covered the role of Herod in the Opera
Cleveland Production of Salome. This coming December he will be touring with
pianist Rosetta Bacon in a series of Advent Concerts titled A
Promise of Light, featuring music from their CD, “Behold
that Star!” Other recent performances include Max in Der Freischütz with the
Little Opera Company of New Jersey,
Alfred in Die Fledermaus with the Maine Grand Opera
and tenor solos in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Hunterdon Symphony . Steven performed the roles of Eisenstein and
Alfredo Fettucine in Opera New York’s
off-Broadway production of Tales from the Manhattan Woods, Cavaradossi
in OperaDelaware's production of Tosca as well as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Rodolfo in La Bohéme
with the Lyric Opera of San Antonio. In earlier seasons, he performed the roles
of Luigi in Il Tabarro with the Des Moines Metro
Opera , Edgardo in Lucia di
Lammermoor with the Gold Coast Opera and Don Jose in
Carmen with the Natchez Opera Festival. Steven also appeared at Carnegie Hall
singing Mozart's Requiem and Vesperae solennes de confessore (K.339).
Steven toured the
U.S. & Canada as Juan Peròn in Evita and as
Giuseppe in David Bell's Phantom. He has performed numerous roles at Candlewood
Playhouse, Light Opera of Manhattan, and the New York Gilbert and Sullivan
Players. Steven participated as an International Artist with the Israel Vocal
Arts Institute in Tel Aviv. His other appearances include the role of George
Ferguson in Living Audio Repertory Company's series of dramas set in northern
Québec and the WHYY-TV12 special South Philly Italian Style. He has also
been seen singing the National Anthem for the Somerset Patriots, Philadelphia
Flyers and Trenton Thunder.
Steven graduated
from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia,
where he appeared with the AVA Opera Theatre in such roles as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte,
Mayor Upfold in Albert Herring, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, and Bacchus in Ariadne
auf Naxos. He is a career development award
recipient from the Recording Industries Music Performance Trust Fund.
For more info on
Steven Snow’s career, please visit his web page: www.stevensnow.com
Rosetta Senkus
Bacon
Pianist Rosetta Senkus Bacon has performed
extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia with concerts at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, DC,
Taipei County
Cultural Center
in Taiwan, St. Moritz Cultural
Center in Switzerland,
and Kaunus Philharmonic Hall in Lithuania. A frequent guest at international
festivals, Rosetta has served on faculties and performed at “The
International Summer Chamber Music Festival” in Taiwan and “The International School of
Performing Arts” in Bucks County,
PA where she accompanied Master
Classes of Metropolitan Opera stars Sherrill Milnes and Gilda Cruz-Roma. She concertized with Metropolitan Opera
soprano Judith Raskin and the internationally acclaimed Lithuanian clarinetist
Algirdas Budrys. In a lighter
vein she was one of the duo-pianists in “Side By Side By Sondheim”
starring Arlene Francis and Hermione Gingold. She is the founding member of the
chamber ensemble “Brass Roots Trio” and tours the US and UK with them. Her recordings include 'Liederabend'
with Judith Raskin, a collection of classical piano solos 'Piano Works', 'Behold that
Star!' with tenor Steven Snow, and 'Reflections of Peace' and
‘Con Brio!’ with Brass Roots Trio. A native of West
Virginia, Rosetta graduated from West
Virginia University
and received a Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York. She was the
recipient of the 'Young Artist Award' at West Virginia University
and 'Outstanding Musician Award' from the West Virginia Arts & Humanities
Commission.
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