Soprano

Recipient of the

The Mary Barker Evans Audience Choice Award

Natalie Cummings

A Houston District winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions for two consecutive years, Soprano Natalie Cummings advanced to the 2014 Semi-Final Round in New York City where she had the pleasure of singing on the Metropolitan Opera Stage. Ms. Cummings has also been awarded Second Place in the Mid-Texas Symphony Vocal Competition, and was named a finalist in the Bel Canto Scholarship Foundation competition, and a Semi-Finalist in the Dallas Opera Guild Competition.

Ms. Cummings graduated with honors from Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois with a Bachelor’s of Music in Vocal Performance and a minor in Political Science. After finishing her Bachelor’s degree, Ms. Cummings returned to her home state to complete her Master’s of Music in Opera Performance at the University of Texas at Austin where studied with David Small and Rose Taylor. She currently resides in Austin, Texas and studies voice with Barbara Paver.

www.NatalieCummingsSoprano.com

Sunday, June 1st, 2014

 The Jewel Song

(O Dieu! que de Bijoux…Ah! Je ris de me voir Si belle en Ce miroir)

from FAUST by Gounod

No Word from Tom

from THE RAKE’S PROGRESS by Stravinsky

Natalie Cummings

3rd Audience Choice Award : Robyn Marie Lamp