Faculty & Performing Artists Gregory Buchalter Music Director and Conductor The Metropolitan Opera Bryce Thompson Choir Master Columbia International University Michael Short Choir Master Orange Community Master Chorale Darren Lawson Stage Director Bob Jones University Sam Mungo Stage Director Northern Arizona University Alessandro Pasini Stage Director LUCA BARACCHINI Stage Director Amy Shoremount-Obra Voice Faculty Metropolitan Opera Renée Tatum Voice Faculty The Metropolitan Opera Margaret Lattimore Voice Faculty The Metropolitan Opera Janet Hopkins Voice Faculty University of South Carolina Megan Stapleton Soprano Bob Jones University Leonid Shoshyn Voice Faculty and Soloist Odessa National Opera David Crawford Voice faculty Metropolitan Opera Jamila Hla Shwe Opera Coach Czech National Opera Theatre Lynn Kompass Vocal Coach University of South Carolina Jolene Flory Opera coach and diction University of South Carolina Cristina Battistella Opera Coach Alex LeFevre Broadway Director and Opera Coach Coastal Carolina University Andrew Sheffield Pianist Presbyterian College and Newberry College Leonardo Angelini Opera Coach Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Maria Nikitin Opera Coach Conservatory Santa Cecilia Matteo Dal Toso Opera Coach Conservatorio "A. Pedrollo", Vicenza, Italy Lorenzo Tomasini Opera Coach Zenoviia-Anna Danchak Piano Coach Michael Emery Violin Skidmore College Levon Ambartsumian Violin The University of Georgia Sheng-Ching Hsu Violin California State University - Long Beach K. Brandon Ironside Violin bob Jones University Ji Hyun Kim Violin Albion College Costanza Zappala Violin Susan Dunn Violin Soothing Reflections Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva Violin University of Georgia Michael Weaver Viola North Greenville University Francesca Favit Cello Michele Chiapperino Cello Santa Cecilia Conservatory Johnny Mok Cellist Saint Anselm College Richard Thomas Cello Presbyterian College Matthew Waid Double Bass Hendersonville Symphony Judy Grant Flute Boston College Joe Eller Clarinet University of South Carolina Rodolfo La Banca Clarinet Frosinone's Conservatory, Italy Stephanie Whitson Bassoon University of Wisconsin-Madison Judy Thompson French Horn Alexander Freund Trumpet Georgia State University Mark Whitfield Trombone North Carolina State University Holly Patterson Oboe and English Horn El Paso Symphony Orchestra Jessica Haislip Oboe Mississippi State University Rita Dunn Harp Soothing Reflections Wes Strasser Percussion/Timpani Fine Arts Center Greenville Alessia D'Alanno Percussionist
