2025 Faculty & Staff
Silla
Marinette Gomez, Stage Director
Barnaby Palmer, Conductor
Yihao Zhou, Pianist
Jordan Brooks, Assistant Conductor
Johanna Mergener, Assistant Stage Director
Gianna Gomez, Stage Manager
The Medium/Gianni Schicchi
Mark Ross Clark, Stage Director
Codrut Birsan, Conductor
Neil Mitchell, Pianist
Elle Sunmin Lee, Assistant Conductor
Ruobin Huang, Assistant Stage Director
Maddie Mathes, Stage Manager
Lakmé
Cathy Dunn, Stage Director
Adriano Spampanato, Conductor
Gyan Maria, Pianist
Tomas Garcia, Assistant Conductor
Brandon Shaw McKnight, Assistant Stage Director
Shanti Johnson, Choreographer
Cathy Liu, Stage Manager
Alcina, Handel
Cathy Dunn, Stage Director/Adriano Spampanato, Conductor/Gyan Maria, Pianist/Spencer Domer, Assistant Conductor
Ariadne auf Naxos, Strauss
Josh Miller, Stage Director/Marlon Daniel, Conductor/Leo Radosavljevic, Pianist/Johanna Mergener, Assistant Stage Director/Moyue Zhou, Assistant Conductor
Magic Flute, Mozart
Margaret Jumonville, Stage Director/Curtis Serafin, Conductor/Hannah Baker, Pianist/Klark Johnson, Assistant Stage Director/Diego Hernandez, Assistant Conductor/Maddie Mathes, Stage Manager
La Bohème, Puccini
Mark Ross, Stage Director/Codrut Birsan, Conductor/NaoNao Ge, Pianist/Jordan Wells, Assistant Stage Director/Jordan Brooks, Assistant Conductor/Ashley Xiao, Stage Manager
Staff
Alex Soare, General Director
Codrut Birsan, Artistic Director
David Kronenberg, Company Manager
Nina Sun, Assistant Artistic Administrator
Reine Saint Amour, Marketing Admin
Sol Lehman, Production Manager
Mads Reardon, Costume Manager
Natalia Figueroa, Costume Design Intern
Aliyah Isaacs, Costume Design Intern
Lucy Miller, Costume Design Intern
Rosie Sawrey, Costume Design Intern
Laura Wei, Costume Design Intern
Thea Anderson-Head, Costume Design Intern
Micah Cabello, Costume Design Intern
Tukii Tucker, Costume Design Intern
Rongrong Li, Administrative Intern
Logan Venable, Social Media and Administrative Intern
Silla
Marinette Gomez, Stage Director
Barnaby Palmer, Conductor
Yihao Zhou, Pianist
Jordan Brooks, Assistant Conductor
Johanna Mergener, Assistant Stage Director
Gianna Gomez, Stage Manager
The Medium/Gianni Schicchi
Mark Ross Clark, Stage Director
Codrut Birsan, Conductor
Neil Mitchell, Pianist
Elle Sunmin Lee, Assistant Conductor
Ruobin Huang, Assistant Stage Director
Maddie Mathes, Stage Manager
Lakmé
Cathy Dunn, Stage Director
Adriano Spampanato, Conductor
Gyan Maria, Pianist
Tomas Garcia, Assistant Conductor
Brandon Shaw McKnight, Assistant Stage Director
Shanti Johnson, Choreographer
Cathy Liu, Stage Manager
Faculty
Alexandra LoBianco, Voice Teacher
Allan Glassman, Voice Teacher
Elizabth Byrne, Voice Teacher
Norman Reinhardt, Voice Teacher
Soula Parassidis, Voice Teacher
Viktoria Vizin, Voice Teacher
Jeff Mattsey, Voice Teacher
Chaeeun Lee, Coach
Sarah Jenks, Coach
Riccardo Atanasio, Coach
Alyce Johnson, Flute Teacher
Anne Bach, Oboe Teacher
Wagner Campos, Clarinet Teacher
Keith Buncke, Bassoon Teacher
David Griffin, Horn Teacher
Rebecca Oliverio, Trumpet Teacher
Mark Fisher, Trombone Teacher
Liba Shacht, Violin Teacher
Helen Callus, Viola Teacher
Eric Kutz, Cello Teacher
Michael Hovnanian, Bass Teacher