| From left to right; Larry Glenn, Sara Bardill, Kenneth Cox, Catherine Sailer |
Performance Opportunities
Performance opportunities are available in many areas, including the
Lamont Opera Theatre, the Lamont Chorale,
Women's Ensemble, and Lamont musicals. Voice majors also perform junior
and senior recitals in addition to voice performance class.
Faculty
Kenneth Cox, has sung for the past twenty years as a leading basso with many of the international opera houses of the world, including Paris, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, Seattle, San Diego, Washington, Philadelphia, Dallas, Amsterdam, Brussels, and the Opera San Carlo in Napoli. Some of his portrayals have been that of Baron Ochs, Sarastro, Osmin, Hunding, Mephistopheles, Arkel, King Phillip, Banquo, Timur, Don Basilio, Raimondo, and Gremin. His New York appearances include two productions with the New York City Opera, and his debut at Carnegie Hall, with the Pittsburgh Symphony in Tristan und Isolde. Several years ago, he was invited to travel to Spoleto, Italy to sing the title role in The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi, a work dear to the heart of Gian Carlo Menotti, in celebration of his 85th birthday. Having sung a large number of the standard bass roles, Ken has also enjoyed participating in some contemporary productions, including the world premiers of Conquistador, and Salammbo, and recently, quite theatrical stagings of Billy Budd, and Of Mice and Men. He has also appeared with the symphony orchestras of Cleveland, Los Angeles, Vienna, Tokyo, Jerusalem, San Francisco, Atlanta, Baltimore, St. Louis, and the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York. His recordings include Mahler's Eighth Symphony, with the late Robert Shaw, Herodiade with the San Francisco Opera, and the Stein/Boulez Pelleas et Melisande, with the Welsh National Opera, available on video cassette and laser disc.
Larry Glenn, tenor, is a graduate of the Julliard School. Mr. Glenn has performed throughout the U.S. as a soloist with companies such as the New York City Opera Theatre, Atlanta Opera, New York Lyric Opera, Mobile Opera, and National Opera. He has sung leading roles in II Barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola, Faust, L'Elisir d'Amore, La Traviata, and many others. Mr. Glenn has been the featured soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra, as well as soloist with the Westchester Symphony Orchestra for the 80th birthday celebration of Aaron Copland. He also performed at the 1992 International Gubbio Festival in Italy, and the 1994 Opera Institute of Rome Festival, where he will return in 1996 to play Tamino in Die Zauberflöte. He recently appeared as a guest artist for the Oratorio Society of New York in performances of Handel's Messiah in Czechoslovakia with the Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra.
Sara Bardill, soprano, has been a featured artist throughout the Rocky Mountain region, Bardill has sung featured roles in Opera Colorado's production of Gianni Schicchi and Der Rosenkavalier. She has soloed in literature ranging from Bach's Mass in B Minor with the Boulder Philharmonic to Strauss' Four Last Songs with the Laramie Symphony Orchestra. Bardill holds a bachelor of music from St. Olaf College and a master of music in vocal performance from the University of Colorado. She has been an active teacher of voice for the past fifteen years.
Catherine Sailer, director of the Lamont Chorale and opera coach, was the winner of the 1999 American Choral Director's Association National Conducting Competition. Sailer received a bachelor of music in piano performance and master of music in piano performance and choral conducting from the Lamont School of Music. She holds an A.B.D. in conducting from Northwestern University with a minor in music theory. She has studied at the Conductor's Institute at South Carolina and in Salzburg, Austria, through the University of Miami. Influential teachers include Robert D. Penn, Mallory Thompson, Alice Rybak and John Buccheri.