American soprano Ann Toomey is a 2016 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions national semifinalist and a 2019 Richard F. Gold Career Grant Recipient. In early 2020, She made her European debut to critical acclaim as the title role in Suor Angelica at the Berlin Philharmonie, under the baton of Kirill Petrenko. In the 2021-2022 season, … Read more
Mr. Rothenberg’s appearances are sponsored by Paul A. Sturgul Pianist, conductor, and music director Adam Rothenberg is a versatile collaborative artist who has performed throughout North America and Europe in a wide array of projects, including chamber music, orchestral concerts, opera, and musical theatre. He was the Associate Music Director of the Broadway revivals of … Read more
Mary Burns expresses her love of northern woodlands and waters in her weavings and writings. An award-winning weaver, her work resides in private homes across the United States. Mary creates weavings, feltings and eco-printed work that reflect the hues and patterns of the natural world. Her jacquard loom, a TC-2 named Bridget Mariah, allows her … Read more
Kaley Ann Voorhees was most recently seen finishing her run as the youngest Christine ever in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. While studying musical theatre at Point Park University, Kaley was handpicked by Hal Prince to play the iconic role when she was just 20 years old. She was also in the original … Read more
Emma Stratton made her Broadway debut in legendary director and producer Hal Prince’s Prince of Broadway in 2017. She also led the national tours of Bullets Over Broadway as Helen Sinclair, “an actress to watch,” (Los Angeles Times), and Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, “pitch perfect and highly nuanced” (Broadway World). Regionally Ms. Stratton was … Read more
Philip Stoddard, native of Phoenix, Arizona, is an award-winning, multi-dimensional artist and thrilled to return to the Upper Peninsula for the inaugural season of the Emberlight Festival. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Arts and an MFA in Acting from Juilliard, with the distinction of being the only artist in school history to attend … Read more
Mr. Pometta’s appearances are sponsored by Lorry and Jerry Kempf Colton Pometta is an NYC-based director. His original work has been seen in nine different time zones, on three continents. International directing credits include the first Spanish adaptation of Ordinary Days in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the French premieres of Ordinary Days, Island Song and Fifth … Read more
Pianist and coach John Arida has been praised as “an ardent accompanist… catching fire in the accompaniments and in the solo piece” by The Washington Post. His relationships with some of classical music’s most esteemed performers, including Julia Bullock, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Isabel Leonard, Megan Marino, Nicholas Phan, Ailyn Perez, and Sir James Galway, have … Read more
