Honor and Family , a new 15 minute musical, written by Collin Martin (’10) with Thirza Defoe and Nolan Doran, was featured in this year’s West Village Musical Theatre Festival. This musical explores the meaning of honoring your family and honoring your country. This year, the West Village Musical Theatre Festival, now Off-Broadway, featured
The Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO), led by Daniel Alfred Wachs, assistant professor of music and music director and conductor of the Chapman University Chamber Orchestra, has been named a winner of the American Prize. The American Prize, founded in 2009, is an annual competition providing regional, national and international recognition for the
MicroFest, “the world’s leading concert series devoted to the glorious universe of non-standard tunings”, was brought to Chapman University’s Conservatory of Music by assistant professor of music Nick Terry, who has worked with the founder John Schneider since 2003. Since 1997, MicroFest has grown to a festival of eight separate events this year at Southern
Get your whimsy fix this weekend with Opera Chapman as it presents Mozart’s fantastical fairy tale fantasy, The Magic Flute , which opens Friday, April 27, with a 7:30 p.m. performance at Memorial Hall. Mozart’s final opera has enchanted audiences for more than 220 years with its journey through strange lands full of
If you see a blur of musicians dashing by, it just might be the Chapman Chamber Orchestra. The Chapman University group, under the direction of Daniel Alfred Wachs, assistant professor and director of instrumental studies, has had an especially busy semester. Most recently the orchestra performed at the Orange County Museum of Art as part
A recent LA Opera performance at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles that included Chapman University Conservatory of Music alumni in key solo roles earned stellar reviews. A reviewer for LA Opus praised all the soloists for “their considerable individual talents” and “exceptionally beautiful voices.” Alumni who performed in The
Carol Neblett , Artist-in-Residence at the Conservatory of Music, will be playing the role of Heidi Schiller in Follies, The Kennedy Center’s critically acclaimed Broadway production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical, which will be transferring to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from May 3 through June 9, 2012. When
The Chapman University Dance Touring Ensemble, directed by assistant professor of dance Alicia Okouchi-Guy, consists of an elite group of 14 dance majors who rehearsed throughout the fall semester for an interterm tour of numerous high schools in Southern California as well as throughout the San Francisco and San Jose area and Las Vegas. This
Internationally renowned operatic soprano Carol Neblett has been appointed Artist-in-Residence in the Conservatory of Music by Chapman University Chancellor Daniele Struppa. The College of Performing Arts is delighted that Ms. Neblett’s tenure with the institution has been recognized in this official capacity. Ms. Neblett will coach opera students, helping them to develop in their
On Saturday, October 20, 2011, Chapman University Conservatory of Music graduates Ben Bliss and Ashley Faatoalia were finalists in the Western Region Finals of the Metropolitan Opera. Of the 12 finalists, Ben and Ashley placed in the top five contenders! Benjamin Bliss ’09, a student of Professor Patrick Goeser while at Chapman, is an artist