Avant Garden
A most unique event held outside under the stars. Tara was one of the featured artists of the summer series.
"Les Trois Femmes"
at Northport Library
Les Trois Femmes performed across Long Island. Three women on flute, voice & piano bringing French music to life.
"The Gift of Song"
A mix of songs & arias from Juilliard Vocal Performance Class with Mark Moorman.
One of 9 singers, Tara performed:
Not a Day Goes by from "Marry Me a Little"
words & music by Stephen Sondheim
Youkali
words by Roger Fernay
music by Kurt Weill
Was du mir bist from Drei Lieder Op 22
words by Karl Kobald
music by Erich Korngold
"Bring on the Song!"
Art Song Recital featuring a premiere by Annette LeSiege, joined by Leetsa Messina & Julie Schumacher Detweiller.
PROGRAM:
Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse DEBUSSY
Pantomime
Claire de lune
Pierrot
Apparition
Drei Lieder Op 22 KORNGOLD
Was du mir bist...
Mit dir zu Schweigen
Welt ist stille Eingeschlafen
The Book of Hours LeSIEGE
As the Hours
I Live My Life
You Darkness from which I Come
Dir Hirt auf dem Felsen SCHUBERT
"This Isn't Your Mother's Opera"
Art Song, Opera Arias, Sacred Pieces and Musical Theater at Steinway & Sons in Melville, NY.
PROGRAM:
Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse
Pantomime
Claire de lune
Pierrot
Apparition
Quando m'en vó
Caro Nome
Ave Maria
Panis Angelicus
Gavotte
Adieu, notre petite table
The Girl in 14G
Lokales aus der Prignitz,
Thursday, August 27, 2009 p. 13
"Queen of the Night" featured article from Lokales aus der Prignitz Newspaper in Perleberg, Germany. Thursday, August 27, 2009 p. 13
Maerkische Allgemeine,
Monday, August 24, 2009
Tara was featured for Perleberg Newspaper for performing Adele in the Die Fledermaus trio by Johann Strauss.
The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti
Performing for two sold-out performances. Directed by Anthony Laciura (MET opera comedic tenor and SAG actor).
NJCU Graduation Ceremony
Performing for a crowd of over 9,000 people, Tara was chosen with the honor to perform at her 2010 Graduation under the baton of Nicolas Cerrato (conductor, educator and former percussionist on Broadway) at the New Jersey IZOD Center.
Candide by Leonard Bernstein
Tara as Cunegonde in Candide performing on Long Island's east end as part of the Music for Montauk series.
Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
Tara as Belinda in Dido and Aeneas. Performed with Baroque instrumentation and directed by Anthony Laciura.
Lotte Lehmann Akademie
Tara performed throughout Germany, studying with Karan Armstrong, Janet Williams, John Norris, Fred Berndt, Maria Husmann, Merlyn Quaife, Mary Mills, Kathryn Wright, Claudio Rizzi and Ann Rodiger.
New York Opera Studio
Tara singing Rosina in the humorous "zitti, zitti" trio from The Barber of Seville under the direction of Nico and Carol Castel.
Bel Canto Lecture Recital
In partial fulfillment of the MM program at New Jersey City University, Tara sang excerpts from La Sonnambula, I Puritani and I Capuleti e i Montecchi and lectured on her findings as well as interprative choices on the bel canto style.
Old Bethpage Singers- Bethpage, NY
In period costume, Tara sang in the Old Bethpage Choir to reinact the songs from the Civil War.
