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articulation” (Opernwelt) as she “hurls
fast notes like a Teresa Berganza or a
Frederica von Stade” (San Francisco
Chronicle). Ms. Mack was a finalist in
the 2013 BBC Cardiff Singer of the
World Competition.
In 2014 –2015, Ms. Mack returns
to San Francisco Opera as Rosmira
in Christopher Alden’s production of
Handel’s Partenope and Opera Theatre
of Saint Louis as Rosina in The Barber
of Seville. In the summer of 2015, she
debuts at the Saito Kinen Festival in
Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict under
Seiji Ozawa. She will also be heard
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony,
Washington Chorus in Beethoven’s
Missa solemnis and with the Sydney
Symphony in Canteloube’s Chants
d’Auvergne. Ms. Mack will make her
New York concert debut with the Collegiate Chorale as Joacim in Handel’s
Susanna at Town Hall.
Daniela Mack is making her BSO debut.
Ross Hauck
Tenor Ross Hauck
has been described by
The Seattle Times as
“almost superhuman
in musical effect.” He recently made
concert debuts with the Phoenix Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, Kansas
City Symphony, and the Chautaqua
festivals in Colorado and New York.
Mr. Hauck is a regular soloist with
Seattle Symphony, and has sung with
the National Symphony and Chicago
Symphony. A frequent performer of
sacred music, he has recorded Handel’s
Messiah with Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland
Baroque Orchestra). Mr. Hauck trained
at CCM (Cincinnati) with further
studies at Tanglewood, Aspen and
Wolf Trap. He lives with his wife and
four children in Washington State. Mr.
Hauck is professor of voice at Seattle
University, and is active in ministry
through the arts.
“The Lord your God is with you. He
will take great delight in you. He will
quiet you with His love. He will rejoice
over you with singing!” Zephaniah 3:17
Ross Hauck is making his BSO debut.
Sidney Outlaw
Sidney Outlaw was
the Grand Prize
winner of the Concurso Internacional
de Canto Montserrat Caballe in 2010 and
continues to delight audiences. A graduate
of the Merola Opera Program and former
member of the Gerdine Young Artist
Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, this rising American baritone recently
finished his first operatic recording for
Naxos Records, recording in its entirety
Darius Milhaud’s Oresteia of Aeschylus
singing the role of Apollo.
Sidney Outlaw joins the roster
of the Metropolitan Opera in the
2014 –2015 season covering the role
of Mamoud in The Death of Klinghoffer. Mr. Outlaw also will be heard
in recital with Howard Watkins at
Carnegie Hall in their Neighborhood
Recital Series. With Kent Tritle and
the Oratorio Society of New York,
he will sing Haydn’s Creation and
Handel’s Messiah, both at Carnegie.
In the summer of 2015, Mr. Outlaw
makes his Spoleto Festival debut as
Jake in Porgy and Bess.
Sidney Outlaw is making his BSO debut.
Concert Artists of Baltimore
Edward Polochick, Artistic Director
Founded by Edward Polochick and now
in its 28th season, Concert Artists of
Baltimore (CAB) consists of a professional
chamber orchestra and professional chamber chorus. The full ensembles are featured
in The Maestro Series, with performances
this season at the Basilica of the Assumption, St. Pius Church and the Gordon
Center for Performing Arts. There is also
chamber music, The Mansion Series, at the
Engineers Club, Garrett-Jacobs Mansion.
The orchestra and chorus are frequently
hired for performances throughout the
region by other organizations, including
the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the
Lyric Opera Baltimore, Moscow Ballet, The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen,
Temple Oheb Shalom, Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions, McDaniel College,
St. Louis Church, the Holocaust Museum
in Washington, D.C., The Visionary Arts
Museum, Elizabethtown College and
Catholic Charities.
When larger forces are needed, such
as when the singers of Concert Artists
perform Messiah with the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra each year, the
chorus expands to the Concert Artists
Symphonic Chorale.
The Concert Artists of Baltimore
last performed with the BSO in
December 2013, performing Messiah
with Edward Polochick conducting
from the harpsichord.
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of Baltimore
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