Faculty & Performing Artists Conductors Desmond Siu Conductor Northern Arizona University Gregory Buchalter Conductor The Metropolitan Opera Trey Davis Conductor Louisiana State University Charles Evans Conductor Long Bay Symphony Kent Hatteberg Conductor University of Louisville Jeremy Mims Conductor Winthrop University Sara Morey Conductor Grand Strand Voices Youth Choir Michael Short Conductor Orange Community Master Chorale Justin Smith Conductor Queens University of Charlotte Bryce Thompson Conductor Columbia International University Eliezer Yanson Conductor Jacksonville State University Stage Directors Corinne Hayes Stage Directors University of Maryland LUCA BARACCHINI Stage Director Kathryn Frady Stage Director, Bizet Marble City Opera Darren Lawson Stage Director Dale Morehouse Music Administrator & Stage Director University Missouri-Kansas City Sam Mungo Stage Director Northern Arizona University Alessandro Pasini Stage Director Voice Faculty David Crawford Voice Faculty Metropolitan Opera Janet Hopkins Voice Faculty University of South Carolina Jeffrey Jones Voice Faculty Coastal Carolina University Margaret Lattimore Voice Faculty The Metropolitan Opera Serena Hill-LaRoche Voice Faculty University of South Carolina Caitlin Mohr Voice Faculty Rollins College Amy Shoremount-Obra Voice Faculty Metropolitan Opera Leonid Shoshyn Voice Faculty Odessa National Opera Megan Stapleton Voice Faculty Bob Jones University Carol Wilson Voice Faculty University of North Texas Opera Coaches Leonardo Angelini Opera Coach Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Cristina Battistella Opera Coach Zenoviia-Anna Danchak Opera Coach Jolene Flory Opera Coach Lynn Kompass Opera Coach University of South Carolina Alex LeFevre Opera Coach Coastal Carolina University Maria Nikitin Opera Coach Conservatory Santa Cecilia Anne Pengilly Opera Coach UNC - Greensboro Andrew Pham Opera Coach Opera Tampa, Opera Orlando Natalia Rivera Opera Coach University of Missouri-Kansas City Jamila Hla Shwe Opera Coach Czech National Opera Theatre Lorenzo Tomasini Opera Coach Matteo Dal Toso Opera Coach Conservatorio "A. Pedrollo", Vicenza, Italy Instrumental Faculty Erin Althoff Violin Long Bay Symphony Levon Ambartsumian Violin The University of Georgia Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva Violin University of Georgia Evie Chen Violin University of Tennessee Susan Dunn Violin Soothing Reflections Michael Emery Violin Skidmore College Roumena Georgieva Violin Augusta Symphony Orchestra Sheng-Ching Hsu Violin California State University - Long Beach K. Brandon Ironside Violin bob Jones University Ji Hyun Kim Violin Albion College Stephanie Meyers Violin University of Texas - El Paso Caroline Nordlund Violin Samford University Costanza Zappala Violin Hilary Gamble Viola Jacksonville Symphony Lauren Hodges Viola University of Florida Rachel Loseke Viola Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Cully Salehi Viola Palmetto Chamber Orchestra Michael Weaver Viola North Greenville University Tamar Ben-Pazi Cello Long Bay Symphony Michele Chiapperino Cello Santa Cecilia Conservatory Joshua D. Colbert Cello St. Michael's Catholic Church Kellen Degnan Cello Toledo Symphony Orchestra Francesca Favit Cello Chad Hammer Cello Long Bay Symphony Johnny Mok Cellist Saint Anselm College Samuel Nordlund Cello Samford University André Laurent O'Neil Cello Schenectady Symphony Orchestra Seth Russell Cello Greenville Symphony Orchestra Richard Thomas Cello Presbyterian College Ian Narlock Bass El Paso Symphony Orchestra Matthew Waid Double Bass Hendersonville Symphony Trey Bradshaw Flute Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Judy Grant Flute Boston College Vanessa Mulvey Flute New England Conservatory Joy Zalkind Flute El Paso Symphony Orchestra Pedro Diaz Oboe and English Horn The Metropolitan Opera Daniel Ellis Oboe SC Philharmonic & Aiken Symphony Jessica Haislip Oboe Mississippi State University Richard Kravchak Oboe College of Southern Nevada Holly Patterson Oboe and English Horn El Paso Symphony Orchestra Nikolay Blagov Clarinet Orlando Philharmonic Joe Eller Clarinet University of South Carolina Rodolfo La Banca Clarinet Frosinone's Conservatory, Italy Joelle La Rue-Gardner Clarinet Long Bay Symphony Vanguel Tangarov Clarinet Austin Opera Patrick Herring Bassoon SC Philharmonic Cara Luffey Bassoon El Paso Symphony Stephanie Whitson Bassoon University of Wisconsin-Madison Alexander Freund Trumpet Georgia State University Connor Holland Trumpet Amo Brass Quintet Billy Hunter Trumpet The Metropolitan Opera Nancy Taylor Trumpet El Paso Symphony Orchestra Abby Temple Trumpet University of Kentucky Kimberly Beasley Horn Lincoln Symphony Orchestra W. Harold Oliver Horn Lincoln Symphony Orchestra Raya Panova Horn Colorado Symphony Kolio Plachkov Horn Colorado Symphony Steve Skillman Horn Opera Wilmington Orchestra Judy Thompson French Horn James Martin Trombone The American Pops Orchestra David Seder Trombone Asbury University Mark Whitfield Trombone North Carolina State University Colleen Blagov Flute Orlando Philharmonic Rita Dunn Harp Soothing Reflections John Wickey Harp Greenville Symphony Yuting Chen Pianist University of South Carolina Jessica Eaton PIanist Lister-Sink Method Certified Instructor Catherine Garner Pianist East Carolina University Andrew Sheffield Pianist Presbyterian College and Newberry College Anna Stoytcheva Pianist American Chamber Players, NYC Ekatrina Tangarova PIanist University of Texas at Austin Wes Strasser Percussion/Timpani Fine Arts Center Greenville Alessia D'Alanno Percussionist Alexander Technique Laury Christie Alexander Technique USC School of Music Abigail Albaugh Martinez Alexander Technique Coastal Carolina University