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Ithaca CollegeDigital Commons @ ICAll Concert & Recital Programs Concert & Recital Programs11-21-2013Concert: Opera Workshop Presents Speed DatingTonight!Ithaca College Opera WorkshopFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programsPart of the Music CommonsThis Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Concert & Recital Programs at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted forinclusion in All Concert & Recital Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC.Recommended CitationIthaca College Opera Workshop, "Concert: Opera Workshop Presents Speed Dating Tonight!" (2013). All Concert & Recital Programs.1466.http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs/1466Opera Workshop Presents:Speed Dating Tonight!an opera in one actWords and Music by Michael ChingConceived by Dean AnthonyHockett Family Recital HallThursday November 21st, 20138:15 pmProgramOpening Brett Pond, Michelle Cosentino,Annie Barrett, Joseph Kaz andEnsembleRealtor Kate ClemonsLives at Home Torrance GricksOrigamist Daniela SchmiedlechnerPat the Bassoonist Nathan HaltiwangerDancer Mollie HamiltonTriathlon Ann Rachel OzolsCat Lover Eric FlyteHanging Out Kendra DomotorChecklist Penelope-Myles VossFamous Family Taylor EikeCar Man Jeremy PletterI've Always Liked This Bar Fred DiengottTalkative Girl Lyndsey BoyerCombat Photographer Michael RoddySteampunk Girl Sam KwanCampaign Consultant Hillary RobbinsLurker Eliodoro Castillo and Joseph KazEx-Duet Jeremy Pletter, Lyndsey BoyerHostage Michael RoddyLeaving Kim Hawley and Michelle CosentinoOrder Up! Annie Barrett and Brett PondI'm Feeling Pretty Awkward Joshua VandersliceMy Lover Died Emmalouise St. AmandFragile Heart / Waiting For TooLongShelley Attadgie and Joseph FritzCrush Apples With Me Mel DanekeLiar Exposed Michael RoddyFinale: Dilemma of the Daters Dave Klodowski, Kendra Domotorand EnsemblePersonnelDirector Brian DeMarisAssistant Director Michelle CosentinoVocal Coach Blaise BryskiPianist Randi RudolphSpecial Thanks Steve TenEyck, JosephBromfeld, MichelleCosentino, IC Voice Faculty,Special Events and Guest ArtistCommittee, Cass Barbour,Christy Agnese, AnnBaltz, Trevor MaynardAbout the ComposerMichael Ching is a composer, conductor, songwriter and artsadministrator. His new opera, Speed Dating Tonight! received itspremiere this summer at the Janiec Opera of the Brevard MusicCenter. In addition to Ithaca, in 2013-14, it will play at Amarillo Opera,Southern Utah University, University of Central Florida, andPittsburgh's Microscopic Opera. A composer of nearly a dozen one actand full length operas, his A Midsummer Night's Dream, opera acappella (2011), was premiered by Opera Memphis, Playhouse on theSquare, with two a cappella groups, Deltacappella and Riva. Anoriginal cast recording of Dream is forthcoming. Michael's mostfrequently performed opera has been Buoso's Ghost, which wasdeveloped at Chautauqua Opera and premiered by Pittsburgh OperaCenter at Duquesne and Opera Memphis. A sequel to Puccini’s GianniSchicchi, Buoso has also played at Amarillo Opera, Bayview MusicFestival, Chicago Opera Theater, Indianapolis Opera, Opera NewJersey, Carnegie Mellon University, and  Opera Saratoga. Later thisseason Buoso's Ghost will play at the University of NorthCarolina-Chapel Hill.From 1992-2010 Michael was Artistic Director of Opera Memphis andalso General Director. He has been guest conductor at Hawaii Opera,Nashville Opera, Opera New Jersey, Shreveport Opera, AmarilloOpera, and Fargo Moorhead Opera. He is currently Music Director ofNickel City Opera, the opera company in the greater Buffalo area. Hehas served as panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, Meetthe Composer and state arts agencies in Florida, South Carolina, andMassachusetts. He is chair of the Douglas Moore Fund. Michael is a graduate of Duke University where he studied withRobert Ward. He was also a student of Carlisle Floyd at the HoustonOpera Studio.

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