{"id":4223,"date":"2015-05-28T21:34:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T21:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somainfo.org\/?page_id=4223"},"modified":"2016-06-16T20:17:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T20:17:42","slug":"our-2015-semi-finalists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/?page_id=4223","title":{"rendered":"Our 2015 Semi-Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We took great pride as we prepared to begin our semi-final rounds in Houston, Texas.\u00a0 Last year as we celebrated our tenth Lois Alba Aria Competition, we welcomed 36 wonderful singers to this weekend event, who competed for the largest total of prize monies we had prepared to award.\u00a0\u00a0 We began the auditions on Saturday morning of June 6th at the University of St Thomas&#8217;s Cullen Hall around 10 am.\u00a0 We welcomed friends and family to quietly attend the semi&#8217;s.\u00a0 For those of you who did not attend, we have included some videos below of that exciting and wonderful day filled with singing!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Here are a few of our semi-finalists on Saturday, June 6th, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IGKe_WQ5Rt8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Baritone, <strong>Blas Canedo<\/strong> with <em>Votres Toast!<\/em> from CARMEN by Bizet<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNq5vzbRoD0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Courtney Miller<\/strong>, Mezzo-soprano sings <em>The Composer&#8217;s Aria<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">from ARIADNE AUF NAXOS by Strauss<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4fKiZMVa-CQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Tenor, <strong>Jon Janacek<\/strong> sings <em>t<span style=\"color: #000080;\">he Preislied<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">from DIE MEISTERSINGER\u00a0 by Wagner<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OyVx3zzOZNg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Soprano, <strong>Megan Gryga<\/strong> sings <em>L&#8217;annee en vain chasse l&#8217;annee<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">from L&#8217;ENFANT PRODIGUE by Debussy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J8do8QMKbbk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Mezzo-soprano, <strong>Shelbi Herndon<\/strong> sings\u00a0<em>Ma coeur s&#8217;ouvre a ta voix<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">from\u00a0SAMSON ET DALILA by Saint-Saens<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YwSDWZGIf70\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Colleen Daly<\/strong>, Soprano, sings <em>Robert, toi que j&#8217;aime<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">from ROBERT LE DIABLE\u00a0 by Meyerbeer<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All of these HD Videos were recorded by Richard Kummins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/th-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4525\" title=\"Butterfly Nectar\" src=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/th-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Semi-finalists<\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Gwendolyn D. Alfred &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Haegon Kim &#8230; Tenor &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jennifer Pisarcik &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Valley Mills, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Shelbi Herndon &#8230; Mezzo-soprano &#8230; Longview, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Katherine Smith &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Uram Park &#8230; Baritone &#8230; Carrollton, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Agostina Migoni &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Plano, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jubal Joslyn &#8230; Tenor &#8230; Austin, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Megan E. Gryga &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Farah Padamsee &#8230; Mezzo-soprano &#8230; Lewisville, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Esther Maureen Kelly &#8230; Soprano &#8230;Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Allen Stowe &#8230; Tenor &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Julia Engel &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Nan Qin &#8230; Bass-baritone &#8230; Allen, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Julia Fox &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Brooke Larimer &#8230; Mezzo-soprano &#8230; Brooklyn, New York<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Sarah A. Bannon &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Zuly Inirio &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Baton Rouge, Louisiana<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Savannah Bisset &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Port Chester, New York<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hanna Youn &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Denton, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Keun Won Park &#8230; Tenor &#8230; San Marcos, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Kaitlyn Stobbe &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Waco, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Blas Canedo &#8230; Baritone &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Janelle Kirton &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Baldwin, New York<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Christine Phares &#8230; Mezzo-soprano &#8230; Corinth, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Rebecca Wilson &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Urbana, Illinois<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Kimberly Giordano &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Kirkland, Washington<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jon Janacek &#8230; Tenor &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Bille Bruley &#8230; Tenor &#8230; Bloomington, Indiana<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Cesar Torruella &#8230; Baritone &#8230; Houston, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Rebecca Conviser &#8230; Soprano &#8230; New York City, New York<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Esteban Cordero &#8230; Tenor &#8230; Manati, Puerto Rico<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Gillian Watson &#8230; Soprano &#8230; Austin, Texas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Courtney Miller &#8230; Mezzo-soprano &#8230; Boston, Massachusetts<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Albert Niedel &#8230; Baritone &#8230; Gaithersburg, Maryland<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Colleen Daly &#8230; Columbia, Maryland<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/th-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Lily &amp; Butterflies\" src=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/th-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a title=\"Our 2015 Finalists\" href=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/?page_id=4237\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Meet Our Finalists!<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We took great pride as we prepared to begin our semi-final rounds in Houston, Texas.\u00a0 Last year as we celebrated our tenth Lois Alba Aria Competition, we welcomed 36 wonderful singers to this weekend event, who competed for the largest total of prize monies we had prepared to award.\u00a0\u00a0 We began the auditions on Saturday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4061,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4223","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4223"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4227,"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4223\/revisions\/4227"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}