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A native of the Midwest, Karen Hall is a versatile singer whose performance experience ranges from the opera and musical theatre stage to intimate cabaret performances and chamber music recitals. Ms. Hall has been the soprano soloist for such works as Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, the Fauré Requiem, the Rutter Requiem, and most recently in highly acclaimed performances of the Verdi Requiem with the Napa Valley Symphony. She has held leading roles in such operas as Die Zauberflöte, Das Rheingold, Così fan tutte, The Tales of Hoffmann, Albert Herring, and Die Fledermaus. Renowned for her work as a singing actor, Ms. Hall has held leading roles in musical theatre productions of Jane Eyre, Lady in the Dark, As Thousands Cheer, Pal Joey, Sunday in the Park with George, Company, Sweeney Todd, and West Side Story to name a few. A strong supporter of contemporary classical music, Ms. Hall has premiered new works across the United States, including new works written for her voice by composers Matt Doran and Robert Steel. Ms. Hall received her theatrical and musical training from Northwestern University and the University of Texas at Austin, where she was engaged by the Austin Lyric Opera’s Young Artist Program for two years. Her principal teachers include Kathleen Kaun, Martha Deatherage, and Sylvia Anderson, and she has performed for such eminent artists as Marilyn Horne, Licia Albanese, Mattiwilda Dobbs and Warren Jones. Ms. Hall performs regularly with The Mirage Ensemble, a soprano, clarinet and piano trio, and is a founding director of Accendi Performances, a presenting and service organization for the independent artists of the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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Lauded for his "sweet, singing tone...and technical wizardry..." (S.F. Classical Voice), clarinetist Robert Bailis has appeared with orchestras and in chamber recitals across the U.S., Canada, Asia, and the U.K. He joined the Napa Valley Symphony in 1999 and also performs with the symphony orchestras of Stockton, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and Monterey, as well as the Sacramento Philharmonic. A proponent of contemporary music, he has premiered many new works, including pieces by Luciano Berio, Martin Bresnik, and Jack Perla. An emerging leader of major arts organizations in his native northern California, Mr. Bailis is the president of Accendi Performances, a not-for-profit presenting/service organization for independent musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2003 he became the artistic director of San Francisco’s historic ODC Theater. Previously he held posts at the Perry Mansfield School for Performing Arts in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts in Richmond, California; as well as the San Francisco Community Music Center. Mr. Bailis received his early training from San Francisco Symphony clarinetist Don Carroll. He went on to earn degrees from Northwestern University School of Music, where he was a student of Russell Dagon, and the Yale School of Music, where he studied with David Shifrin. The recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, Mr. Bailis was recently nominated for an Isadora Duncan Award, honoring his performances in service to dance for the Composers’ and Choreographers’ Consortium at the West Wave Dance Festival. Highlights of the 2004-2005 season include recitals in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and at Cambridge University. |
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Hadley McCarroll piano, appears regularly throughout the San Francisco Bay Area as a solo and collaborative pianist, opera coach, clinician, teacher, concert producer, and arts leader. Hailed for her "...lively and exhilarating..." pianism, (San Francisco Classical Voice) in addition to her work with the Mirage Ensemble, she performs music in other diverse styles with many ensembles, including many world premieres, with the Berkeley New Music Project, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra; Sounding the Margins, a festival of the music of Pauline Oliveros; and the sfSoundGroup, a twenty-first century new music ensemble. Ms. McCarroll is in demand as a free-lance vocal coach and accompanist; she has collaborated with many local artists and companies, including: San Francisco Opera and Opera Center, Opera San Jose, North Bay Opera, Berkeley Opera, and B.A.S.O.T.I., the Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute- a nationally recognized young artist training program, where she has held the position of staff coach/pianist since joining the organization in the summer of 2000. A dedicated pedagogue, Ms. McCarroll is the president of the East Bay Chapter of The California Association of Professional Music Teachers, and serves on the faculty of the San Francisco Community Music Center, as well as directing her own piano studio in Oakland. She is frequently sought out as a clinician and adjudicator, and has taught musicianship classes for the San Francisco Choral Society and other local ensembles. Ms. McCarroll recently founded the Oakland Chamber Ensemble, a group celebrating the rich musical talent in the Oakland area. She also is a founding director of Accendi Performances, a Bay Area service and arts organization based in Oakland. |