Harriet Fraser

Voice Part: Soprano

Seasons with the Chorale: this is my first season

Hometown: Norwich, England

Previous Chorale solos: no!

Education Medical degree at University College London, worked as a family doctor in central London looking after deprived and immigrant communities. Meanwhile studied for postgraduate singing degree at Trinity College London, with Ian Partridge.

Performs regularly with: Los Angeles Master Chorale

Opera performances: Most recently Drolla in Die Feen by Wagner, with Lyric Opera Los Angeles; have also performed at the Aldeburgh Festival in the UK, Bregenz Festival in Austria and with various Baroque opera companies in the UK

Has appeared as a guest artist with: International Festival Chorus in Beijing (Handel’s Messiah), The Three Choirs Festival, Cheltenham International Festival of Contemporary Music (2 world premiere song cycles)

As a soloist: extensively across the UK in all the major choral works, and in contemporary oratorio works; recital work at numerous British Festivals and in London at the Purcell Room, South Bank Centre

Musical theatre credits include: Maria in West Side Story, Bloomsbury Theatre, London

Film/Television credits include: Percy Jackson: The Lightening Thief, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Battle Los Angeles

Awards and Honors: Paul Simm Prize for Contemporary Music

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Leslie Inman

Voice Part: Mezzo Soprano

Seasons with the Chorale: 15

Hometown: Balboa Beach/Temple City

Previous Chorale solos: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Handel’s Messiah; Haydn’s Theresienmesse, Creation, and Paukenmesse; Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer, Bach’s B Minor Mass

Education: Chapman University, University of Southern California

Opera performances: Carmen with the Palisades Symphony, Opera Pacific (Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Otello, La Bohème, I Pagliacci, Die Fledermaus), Opera Pacific Outreach Program, Dame Quickly from Falstaff (Festa Italiana at the Irvine Bowl), Southland Opera

As a soloist: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Opera California, Pasadena Pops Orchestra, Palisades Symphony

Recordings: Muhly: A Good Understanding, Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, Christmas, Argento: Te Deum and Glass-Salonen with the Los Angeles Master Chorale; Mahler 3rd Symphony with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Cristal: Glass Music through the Ages and A Merry Little Christmas with Linda Ronstadt; These Are Special Times with Céline Dion

Musical theatre credits include: Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Anita in West Side Story, Mdme Ernestine von Liebedich in Little Mary Sunshine

Awards and Honors: Los Angeles Artist of the Future, Miriam Oppenheim Scholarship (USC), Orange County Opera Guild

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James Callon

Voice part: Tenor

Seasons with Chorale: 3

Hometown: Lakewood, CA

Education: Bachelor of Music Degree from UC Irvine

Previous Chorale solos: Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along, Winter 2008; Mozart's Requiem, Fall 2009

Opera performances: Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi for Intimate Opera; Tamino in Die Zauberflöte for BIOLA University; Gastone in La Traviata for Tulsa Opera

Has appeared as a guest artist with: LA Opera Education and Community Programs, UC Irvine Orchestra, Inland Valley Symphony Orchestra, Cypress College Orchestra, BIOLA University Orchestra, Golden West College Orchestra and Tulsa Opera

As a soloist: Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s Magnificat, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Has toured with: LA Opera Education and Community Programs (Spring 2008), Orange County Opera (Fall 2003 – Spring 2009) and Tulsa Opera Education and Community Programs (Fall 2010)

Awards and Honors: NATS Vocal Competition, Apprentice Division, 1st Place, 2004; NATS Vocal Competition, Career Division, 2nd Place, 2008

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Abdiel Gonzalez

Voice Part: Bass

Seasons with Chorale: 2

Hometown: Riverside, California

Previous Chorale solos: Handel’s Messiah, Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Maestro Dinner, Copland’s The Boatman’s Dance

Education: BA in Music from La Sierra University

Opera Performances: include Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Shrike in Miss Lonelyhearts, Mercutio in Roméo et Julliette, Pandolfe in Cendrillon, Athanaël in Thaïs, Morales in Carmen, Guglielmo in Così fan Tutte, King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, Ko-Ko in The Mikado, Slook in La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Gasparro in Rita

As a soloist: Orff ’s Carmina Burana, Faure’s Requiem, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with the Debut Orchestra

Has toured with: Opera A La Carte and Orange County Opera

Musical theatre credits include: Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof, Levi and the Butler in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Awards and Honors: 1st Place in the San Diego District Metropolitan National Council Auditions; 1st Place in the Opera 100 Competition; Vocal Fellow at the Music Academy of the West, Summer 2008

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Tamara Bevard

Voice part: Soprano

Seasons with Chorale: 4

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Previous Chorale solos: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Nico Muhly’s Bright Mass with Canons, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Handel’s Messiah

Previous engagements: 8 seasons as a professional singer with the Chicago Symphony Chorus

Opera roles: Micaëla/Frasquita in Carmen, Sylviane in The Merry Widow, La Contessa di Ceprano in Rigoletto, First Sprite in Die Zauberflöte

Recent solo appearances: Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Junge Kammerphilharmonie Freiburg in Stanford Memorial Church and Honolulu with the Honolulu Symphony Chorus; Vaughan William’s Sea Symphony with the Santa Barbara Chorale Society and Orchestra; Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel with Jacaranda; Haydn’s Theresienmesse in Rome and Florence with Nova Amadeus Orchestra and in Munich with the Seuddeutsche Kammer Philharmonie; Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae solennes de Confessore with the Praga Sinfonietta Orchestra in Prague, Vienna, and Budapest; Fauré’s Requiem with the Santa Barbara Symphony and Illinois Chamber Symphony

Guest artist with: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Santa Barbara Symphony, Opera Santa Barbara, Pacific Repertory Opera, Illinois Chamber Symphony

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Janelle DeStefano

Voice part: Mezzo-Soprano

Seasons with Chorale: First Season

Hometown: San Diego, CA

Education: Working on a DMA at USC Thornton School of Music, Master of Music Westminster Choir College

Opera performances: Romeo in I Capuletti e i Montecchi and the title role in Britten’s The Rape of Lucreti; will appear as Dido in Dido and Aeneas with the Bach Collegium San Diego in June 2011

Has appeared as a guest artist with: The Inland Valley Symphony, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, Bach Collegium San Diego, early music group El Mundo

As a soloist: Bach’s Magnificat, Vivaldi’s Magnificat, Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Mozart’s Requiem, Bach B-minor Mass, Szymanowsky’s Stabat Mater, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; will perform in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Spring 2011

Has toured with: The San Diego Opera Ensemble

Film/Television credits include: portrayal of the gypsy, Maria, in La Alegria de la Huerta at the Jarvis Zarzuela Festival (available on DVD)-was hailed as the "pick of the Chueca" by Zarzuela.net

Awards and Honors: winner Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, San Diego District; the National Association of Teachers of Singing; the Musical Merit Foundation

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Brandon Hynum

Voice Part: Tenor

Seasons with the Chorale: First.

Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA.

Education: B.A. in Music with a minor in Chemistry from Washington Adventist University. Currently pursuing MM in vocal performance at USC.

Performs regularly with: Choir of St. Jame’s Episcopal Church.

Opera performances: Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring as “Mayor Upfold.”, Richard Wagner’s Das Liebesverbot as an opera chorus member, Belfiore and Corinna duet from Gioachino Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims, Ensemble Scene XX from Il viaggio a Reims, by Gioachino Rossini (as “Conte di Libenskof”)

As a soloist: John Rutter

Recordings: Hymns, Psalms And Spiritual Songs, Vol. 1 Recorded Fall 2006 in Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church, Silver Spring, MD

Requiem by James T. Bingham Recorded April 2007 in Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church, Silver Spring, MD

A capella recording of various music by Byrd, Poulenc, Duruflé, Howells, Purcell, and others. Recorded December 2005-March 2007 in Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church, Silver Spring, MD & St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.

Recording of American folksongs: including an arrangement of “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair,” for tenor solo, chorus, & piano accompaniment. Recorded April 2009 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Has toured with: The New England Youth Ensemble & the Columbia Collegiate Chorale

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Melvir Ausente

Voice part: Baritone

Seasons with Chorale: 2

Hometown: Bacolod City, Philippines

Education: BM in Choral Conducting; Diploma in Creative Performance in Music and the Arts

Performs Regularly with: Los Angeles Master Chorale, St. James' Choir, Vocalese, Harana Men’s Chorus and Sole Voce

Opera Performances: Il Trovatore with El Paso Opera

As a soloist: Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs with the El Paso Chorale; Dubois’ The Seven Last Words of Christ with the White Memorial Church Choir; Meredith Monk’s Night with the Los Angeles Master Chorale

Recordings: Acclamation and Iyo Kailan Pa Man with the Philippine Madrigal Singers; WYC 2008 Collection with the World Youth Choir, A Good Understanding, works by Nico Muhly with the Los Angeles Master Chorale

Has toured with: Philippine Madrigal Singers and World Youth Choir

Awards and Honors: Grand Prize Winner, European Gran Prix for Choral Singing 2007 with the Philippine Madrigal Singers

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