麻豆传媒

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Department of Music
Preparatory Department
1301 S. Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Soprano Laurie Domingue Lester has sung opera, concert work, and recitals throughout Europe and the United States performing such operatic roles as Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Pamina in Die Zauberfl枚te, Anne Trulove in The Rake鈥檚 Progress, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring, Morgana in Alcina, and Charleston Singer in Opera Theatre of St. Louis鈥� world premiere of Loss of Eden.

She has performed as soprano soloist in many of the standard repertory concert works such as Handel鈥檚 Messiah, Mozart鈥檚 Requiem, Bach鈥檚 B-Minor Mass, Haydn鈥檚 Lord Nelson Mass and Mahler鈥檚 Symphony No. 2, amongst others. Dr. Lester has been recognized in numerous singing competitions including the First Place prize and Audience Choice award at the International Meistersinger Competition in Graz, Austria, First Place in the Texoma Singer of the Year Competition, Second Place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award National Finals, Second Place in the Orpheus Vocal Competition, Second Place in the Mobile Opera Competition, and three time Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

Mark Aliapoulios, baritone, made his concert debut at the age of 25 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Seiji Ozawa. Since then he has performed as soloist with numerous organizations around the world including the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Vermont Symphony, the Shinsei Nippon Symphony (Japan), the Symphonic Orchestra of Belgrade Radio/Television (Yugoslavia), the Handel and Haydn Society, the Mark Morris Dance Company, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Longwood Symphony, as well as the Opera Company of Boston, the Boston Lyric Opera, Palm Beach Opera, the Miami Bach Society and the Florida Philharmonic Chorus. As a soloist, he has sung under the batons of leading international conductors Leonard Slatkin, Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Mazur, Eric Leinsdorf, Lucas Foss, Sarah Caldwell, Jonathan McPhee, Jaime Laredo and Robert Shaw. In the traditional opera repertoire, he has sung leading roles in Madama Butterfly, Der Freish眉tz, La Boh猫me, Don Giovanni, Dialogues des Carm茅lites, Der Fledermaus, and Werther. Mark is both a professor of voice and Associate Dean for the PBA College of the Arts.

Marilyn Mims debuted during the 1987-88 season as leading lady with the New York City Opera in La Traviata, at Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York in Meyerbeer鈥檚 Robert le Diable, and with the Metropolitan Opera in Die Fledermaus. During the next seven seasons she sang seven major roles at the Metropolitan Opera (Violetta, Fiordiligi, Konstanze, Gilda, Lucia, Rosalinde, and Donna Anna) including two live Saturday afternoon broadcasts as Violetta and Fiordiligi, with James Levine conducting. Her performance of Ortlinde in Levine鈥檚 recording of Wagner鈥檚 Die Walk眉re earned her a 鈥淕rammy鈥� Award. Her career as a professional operatic soprano included appearances with major opera companies and orchestras spanning five continents including major appearances with San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Grand Theatre of Geneva, Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires, Canadian Opera, and the New Israeli Opera. At Palm Beach Atlantic she teaches voice and is producing director of the Opera Workshop program.
Sonia Santiago Performing artist and veteran educator Sonia Santiago is a distinguished music educator and voice instructor and has one of the most sought-after private voice studios in South Florida. As an accomplished voice instructor, she emphasizes vocal freedom through healthy vocal technique in all styles and genres. Sonia has thrilled audiences worldwide with her rich lyric mezzo-soprano voice. She is an artist that is as much at home on the operatic stage as in the concert hall. Mrs. Santiago currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at 麻豆传媒 in West Palm Beach, Florida in addition to maintaining a select private voice studio. Her work at the university includes overseeing all vocal ensembles and teaching applied voice. Her acclaimed choirs are active throughout the school year and play an important role in outreach and recruitment for the university.

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