Side by Side by Sondheim
Synopsis of the Show:
https://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_s/side_by_side.htm
https://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_s/side_by_side.htm
The Singers
Sopranos
Anne Collin, soprano, holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Manhattanville College and a graduate degree in Music Education from Boston University. An elementary general music teacher in Greenwich Public Schools, she is an active performer in several community theater groups. Past favorite roles include “Maria” in The Sound of Music (Castle Craig Players), “Young Little Edie” in Grey Gardens (Newington Mainstage), and “Lily” in The Secret Garden (Rocky Hill Community Theater). When not in the classroom or onstage, Anne can occasionally be found in the pit, having music directed Godspell for Phoenix Theater in New Britain, and Cinderella, Jr. and A Christmas Carol for New Britain Youth Theater. She thanks her wonderful family and friends for their love and support.
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Louise Fauteux, soprano, enjoys a diversified career in the arts devoted to education and performance. Highlights of her career include a solo role in Peer Gynt with the New York Philharmonic and a tour of Venice with DiCapo Opera, and leading opera roles in The Magic Flute, Hansel and Gretel, and Dido and Aeneas. 2022 marks her debut at Carnegie Hall with Handel’s Messiah. Locally she is often featured with Con Brio, Alchemy, the Worcester Chorus, and the New Haven Chorale. Ms. Fauteux received her master’s degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College. She is a resident artist for the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford and music instructor for the Connecticut Technical High Schools. She welcomes visitors to her website: www.louisefauteux.com |
Stacey S. Grimaldi, soprano, enjoys her work as Choir Director at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Orange, cantor at funerals and weddings throughout Connecticut, Vocal Section Leader with the Hartford Chorale, and as a member of the professional High Holy Days choir at Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford. A CONCORA member since 1992, she was the soprano in CONCORA-to-Go from 1999-2020. She was a principal chorister with Connecticut Opera for many years and has also appeared on stage with Artful Living Productions, Ivoryton Playhouse, and Blue Fire Stage Company. Ms. Grimaldi holds a Bachelor of Arts in French language and translation from Oberlin College. When not singing or conducting, she applies her love of language as a freelance medical blogger for Blue Orchid Marketing.
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Altos
Salli-Jo Borden, mezzo-soprano, has performed with CONCORA, Hartford Stage Company, Producing Guild, Park Road Playhouse, Opera Theater of the Hamptons, Connecticut Concert Opera, Voce, Hartford Chorale as a section leader, and New York Vocal Artists. A native New Yorker and a yoga teacher, she has a master’s degree in music education from New York University. She has sung in master classes with Julianne Baird, Joan Dorneman, Nancy Milnes, Tim Stella, Alan Held, and John Bucchino. She can be heard on the CD collection “Archangel Voices” and the Voce CD, “Sure on This Shining Night.”
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Katie Hart, mezzo-soprano, has sung with CONCORA since 2013 and is delighted to be back for another season. Katie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance from the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College and has studied with Dr. Robert Natter and Steven Scheschareg. In addition to CONCORA, Katie has performed as a soloist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Chorale, and the Greater Middletown Chorale. When not singing, Katie can be found in the garden or in the kitchen making a wonderful mess with her young daughter. |
Linda Helmke, mezzo-soprano, is passionate about choral music. She holds BS and MS degrees in Vocal/General Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She served as choral director at high schools in Illinois and New Jersey, and currently teaches at the CREC Academy of Science and Innovation in New Britain, CT. She has performed with the Park Forest Singers, IL; Cantabile, NJ; and the Pro Arte Festival Chorus, CT. Mrs. Helmke has also performed as soloist for community oratorio productions and church cantatas. She looks forward to another wonderful musical season with CONCORA!
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Pamela Frigo Johnson, mezzo-soprano , is originally from Wisconsin where her first singing experience was as a member of her family’s nine-voice choir singing sacred classical music for Catholic Masses. Pam received her Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Lawrence University’s Conservatory of Music. She has been a featured soloist with the Hartford Symphony, the Manchester Symphony and Chorus, the Farmington Valley Symphony, the Middletown Chorale and the Battell Orchestra. She sings alto in the professional quartet of Mishkan Israel in Hamden and is a member of Voce. |
Tenor
Mark Mummert, tenor, is Cantor at Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA and Assistant Director/Accompanist for the Worcester Chorus. He serves on the voice faculty at Hanover Conservatory. He was the 2015 Distinguished Visiting Cantor at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and Director of Worship at Houston’s Christ the King Lutheran Church, the home of Bach Society Houston (2008-2015). He was the Seminary Musician at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (1990-2008). Mark is a composer of the first musical setting of Holy Communion in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006). As a professional singer, he has performed for the Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival, Worcester Chorus, Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, the Bach Choir Houston, Houston Chamber Choir, CONCORA, and St. John’s Schola Cantorum. He studies voice with Jane Shivick.
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Basses |
Ken Downes, baritone, is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, where he studied bassoon, saxophone, and voice. He has performed in the Montage Chamber Singers, Cantillare, The Cantata Singers and with a general business band. When not singing, he is office manager for his wife’s legal practice and part-time Hospice Chaplain. Ken resides in the village of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. |
Ish Gupta, bass-baritone, is a freelance musician and theatre director based out of New Haven. He is excited to be back with CONCORA this season. A proud UConn Husky and a Newtown native, he enjoys cooking, learning about the stock market, and cat-sitting for his neighbors. He performs stand-up and writes satire if you are into that kind of thing. |
Edward Tyler, baritone, a native of Auburn, New York, received his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Connecticut, and his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Crane School of Music. He recently retired from Manchester High School after teaching Choral Music, Theory, and Theatre for thirty-three years. Ed is the Artistic Director of The Master Singers of Worcester, a community choir based in both Worcester and Manchester. He is a clinician, adjudicator, and a published composer with over seventy works and two music textbooks to his name. In 2019, Ed was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Connecticut chapter of the American Choral Directors' Association. He can now be found in the kitchen or on the golf course.
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