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in September 2008 - "La Scala to Broadway"
Kitty Karn
Kitty Karn
began her career as a professional singer at age 16, singing
solos at church services and weddings in her hometown
of Albert Lea, Minnesota. Know for her effervescence,
warmth and versatility, Kitty is at home singing Opera,
Oratorio, Musical Theater, Jazz and Choral music.
Kitty holds a Bachelor of Music degree
in Vocal Performance from Concordia College, Moorhead,
MN and a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from
The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston,
Texas, where she performed locally with Opera in the Heights,
Theatre Under the Stars, Alley Theatre, Stages Repertory
Theater, Theater LaB, Main Street Theater, Masquerade
Theatre and The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston.
She has worked with Houston Grand Opera in several capacities
including the HGO Chorus, Opera-to-Go, STARS and Opera
New World.
Together with Soprano Julia Kay Laskowski,
Kitty has produced, written and performed two childrenÕs
shows for Young Audiences of Houston-The Wonderful Women
in Opera and Up with Opera. Their most recent collaboration
is titled Sold Separately, a hilarious adult comedy that
combines glorious singing with clever video production.
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Coming November 2008 - "A
Grand Duo"
Marcia Henry-Liebenow & Brian Dollinger
Marcia
Henry-Liebenow
Brian Dollinger
Violin
Double Bass
Marcia Henry Liebenow
is Concertmaster of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and
teaches violin, viola, and chamber music at Bradley University.
She leads an active career as a soloist and chamber musician
across the United States and abroad. Her performances
have been broadcast in Europe and the United States, including
National Public Radio's Performance Today. In October
2007 her CD of the Grieg Violin Sonatas with pianist Antonio
Pompa-Baldi was released by Centaur Records.
In 2006, the ArtsPartners
of Illinois honored Marcia for her creative contributions
to the community. In 2003, the Illinois American String
Teachers Association with NSOA honored Marcia with the
"Outstanding Studio Teacher" award. Three times
the Bradley Parents’ Association has selected her
as a finalist for the Award of Excellence. Her students
regularly win concerto competitions, awards, and scholarships,
and go on to earn their advanced degrees in performance.
In addition to her studio teaching, she developed and
coordinates the string chamber music program at Bradley
University. She also works closely with the string sections
of the Bradley Symphony Orchestra, the Central Illinois
Youth Symphony, and oversees her college students in their
teaching of younger students. For
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Brian Dollinger
Double Bass
Brian Dollinger is the
Music Director and Conductor of the Muscatine Symphony
Orchestra. He is also the new Music Director and Conductor
for the Clinton Symphony Orchestra and continues into
his third academic year as Instructor of Double Bass
and Conductor of the Bradley Symphony Orchestra at Bradley
Unversity in Peoria, Illinois. Other posts he has recently
held were as the Assistant Conductor of the Muncie Symphony
Orchestra and Ball State University Symphony Orchestra,
and Music Director of the East Central Indiana youth
Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted the Northwest Indiana
Symphony Orchestra, the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra
(IN), the Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra (IL), and the
Muncie Symphony Orchestra.
As a double bassist,
Mr. Dollinger has been a featured soloist with several
symphony orchestras. Mr. Dollinger has performed with
a wide variety of symphony orchestras across the United
States. For More Information
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Coming in
April 2009 - "The Classical Clown & Chaplin at the
Symphony"
Dan Kamin
Musical
Mime
Dan Kamin
performs worldwide for theatres, colleges and symphony
orchestras. On film, he created the physical comedy sequences
for Chaplin and Benny and Joon, and trained Robert Downey,
Jr. and Johnny Depp for their acclaimed starring performances.
He also created Martian movement for Tim Burton's Mars
Attacks! and played the wooden Indian come to life in
the cult classic Creepshow 2.
Despite these impressive credits, Dan's artistic beginnings
were humble. At age twelve he began his performing career
as a boy magician, "bravely struggling," as
he puts it, "to entertain hordes of unappreciative,
hyper-kinetic children." Attending Carnegie Mellon
University to study industrial design, Dan's hopes for
a normal life evaporated when he saw the eye-popping movement
illusions practiced by master mime Jewel Walker. He promptly
became the sorcerer's apprentice.
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