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Julie Lyn Barber

Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Dance, Music, Theatre, Vocal

Dr. Barber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Western Kentucky University. She has received IAC grants to perform with the Hot Jazz Preservation Society in Indiana State Parks, and to write and produce a new musical, Indiana Squirrel Stampede and two new children’s plays, The Elves and the Shoemaker and The Frog Prince. She has written many stage adaptations of fairy tales in the British panto style, which have been produced locally at the Minnetrista Faeries Sprites and Lights Festival (Muncie, IN), Nettle Creek Players (Hagerstown, IN) and IndyFringe (Indianapolis, IN). Two of her plays have won inclusion in the juried festival, DivaFest of Indianapolis: the ten-minute fable, Tamlane, and the one-act musical parody, Madwomen’s Late Nite Cabaret. As a stage director, her experience ranges from opera to children’s theatre, directing outreach productions for the Bloomington Early Music Festival of Indiana, and the Marjorie Lawrence Opera Theatre in Carbondale, IL. Other directing credits include Working (American Heritage Theater Project, Portland, OR), Clue: The Musical (Farmland Dinner Theatre, Farmland, IN), and Guys and Dolls (Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY) She has served as music director and choreographer for many schools and theatre companies in Oregon (American Heritage Theater Project, Cathedral School, Valley Catholic High School) and Indiana (Taylor Theatre, Muncie Civic Theatre, Monroe Central High School, Farmland Dinner Theatre), recently music directing Guys and Dolls at the Round Barn Theatre in Nappanee, IN, and choreographing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Western Kentucky University. She is an AEA membership candidate, and has performed the role of “Berenice” in Cabaret Poe every October since 2009 with Q Artistry (Indianapolis, IN). She has played numerous roles in theatre and musical theatre productions in Canada and the United States, including Vancouver B.C.’s Theatre Under the Stars, Portland Oregon’s Northwest Classical Theatre Company, and Portland Center Stage. While in Portland, she co-founded the American Heritage Theater Project.

Anne Cleary

Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Vocal; Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Painting, Textiles, Works on paper

Anne Cleary is a native Hoosier living in the Indianapolis area. She grew up out in the Zionsville countryside. Her childhood spent roaming the fields, creek and woods inform her work to this day. Much of her abstract work is based upon nature, landscapes and the sky, often referring to the mysterious connection human beings have with the natural world. She studied art, English, and vocal music in her undergraduate years, going on to pursue graduate work in vocal performance (Opera). Music is an integral part of her life, and a certain musicality can be seen in some of her painter’s language- brushstrokes may sometimes conotate musical notation, layers of markings and glazes- perhaps a visual chord. She is currently working heavily in textiles- specifically painted and dyed silks and natural fibers for collage, wall hangings and fashion. She works out of her home studio in the top of a barn on the North side of Indianapolis, and is visited often by appointment. Website. www.anneclearydesigns.com, Instagram : @anne_cleary BA 1997 Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. Studio Art major 1997, 1998 Masters Studies in Opera Performance, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Ma 1998 Masters in Opera Performance studies, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Bloomington, Indiana

Devin Craig

Performing Arts: Music, Vocal

Lori Ecker

Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Music, Theatre, Vocal; Cabaret

LORI ECKER was most recently seen as Edith Harnham in After The Fair at Buck Creek Players in January & February of 2019. During 2018, she was seen as Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir (Myers Dinner Theatre and Indy Fringe Theatre) and Francesca in The Bridges of Madison County (Footlite Musicals). Other favorite musical roles include Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Footlite Musicals), Laurey in Oklahoma! (Monomoy Theatre – Chatham, MA), Yutka in The Golem of Havana (Phoenix Theatre) and Fosca in Passion (Theatre on the Square). Favorite non-musical roles include Becca in Rabbit Hole (Theatre Non Nobis), Mrs. Manningham in Angel Street (Monomoy Theatre – Chatham, MA) and Lizzie in The Rainmaker (Warren Performing Arts Center). She has also worked with the Indianapolis Opera and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and received her MFA in acting from Ohio University.

Vandi Enzor

Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Dance, Music, Radio/Television, Storytelling, Theatre, Vocal; Visual Arts: Crafts, Film, Performance Art, Performers and Writers, Photography

Vandi Enzor recently moved to the Indianapolis area after graduating with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from The University of Akron. Prior to pursuing a graduate degree with a focus on opera, Vandi attended Shorter College and graduated with a BFA in Musical Theater and minored in theater and piano. Vandi has performed professionally as a classically trained opera singer, in church and sacred music, as a jazz musician, in musical theater and straight theater, and as a stage combatant. She has done some film, and hopes to continue exploring film more in the future. Vandi has narrated over 40 audiobooks and currently teaches private voice and piano lessons at Meridian Music School in Carmel, Indiana. Vandi enjoys working with sound, lighting, hair and makeup design, in PR, stage managing, and many other technical aspects of live theater. She has been Artistic Director for M3 Theater Camp for the past two years and has written 3 plays. Some of Vandi’s favorite roles have been Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel, Bastienne in Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne, Gaby in Romberg and Eysler’s The Blue Paradise, Jill in Bradshaw’s The Worst One Ever, and Penelope in the short film Penelope’s Revenge. Vandi also greatly enjoyed performing at the Vianden International Music Festival in Luxembourg in 2016, at the Crittenden Opera Workshop in Washington DC in 2017, and singing in the world premier of the ballet Snow White and the Magic Mirror. Vandi hopes to continue growing as an artist and performer in the future; her greatest passion is a collaboration of all aspects of the arts and sharing something with the world that connects with people and creates a lasting impact.

Frank Felice

Performing Arts: Music

Dana Goot

Performing Arts: Music, Theatre, Vocal

Indy Jazz Fest Stage at Penrod Arts Fair, August 2012, Artist-in-Residency Northern Galilee of Israel, Spring 2012, Opened Penrod Arts Fair Jazz Stage, August 2011. Performed in An Evening of Art and Jazz, October 2011. June 2011 performed solo concerts in Israel with music from classical to jazz, in English, Italian, French, German, and Hebrew. Created, directed, and performed in the Jewish American Songbook Series, 2009, for non-profit group. I feel that music has endless possibilities and I continue to study classical voice as a mezzo-soprano. I perform classical and jazz solo recitals, perform with jazz combos, and study jazz regularly. I also specialize in tailoring performances for the artistic needs of the audience or organizers through musical choices, musical time periods, language, and interaction with the audience.

Tatiana Kallmann

Performing Arts: Music

Marvels & Enchants International Audiences with the Artistry of Classical Crossover Music, Seamlessly and Powerfully Interconnecting and Fusing a Variety of Musical Genres including Pop, Latin, Jazz, & Classical Music. Recently encouraged to sign up with an online booking platform and can now take bookings for local gigs whilst still browsing worldwide opportunities for singing jobs. Please take a close look at my portfolio and showcase of styles and genres that I sing – from wedding ceremonies to large corporate events and theatre stage shows.

Clinton Lowery

Artist of Color; Black/African American; Ethnic Art; Graphic Arts; Visual Arts: Crafts, Painting, Portrait, Works on paper

Hi My name is Clinton and I’m 34. I’m from Indianapolis and I’ve been in to art all my life. I’m engaged and have a 6 year old son. I graduated from Broadripple Magnet high school in the visual arts department.

Mara Phelps

Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Dance, Music, Radio/Television, Theatre, Vocal

Currently a Student at Jacobs School of Music pursuing a Vocal Performance and Musical Theater Degree

Ingrid Rodriguez

Performing Arts: Music, Vocal

Ingrid is a classically-trained lyrical Soprano and crossover cabaret artist. She has a degree from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where she studied under opera legend Teresa Kubiak. Ingrid was also a member of the IU Singing Hoosiers for 3 years, whom she performed with all over the United States. Her repertoire includes works from several well-known operas and musicals, as well as a few American standards and crossover pieces. Today, Ingrid works as a freelance performer and vocal coach. She also makes regular appearances with the Indianapolis Opera chorus, and works closely with Classical Music Indy- a non-for-profit outreach dedicated to bringing classical music performance to underserved populations in Indianapolis. Ingrid has performed at such Indianapolis venues as, The Jazz Kitchen, Indiana Landmarks, the Indianapolis Zoo, Eskenazi Hospital, the Harrison Center for the Arts, and The Melody Inn. In June 2018, she produced her first solo cabaret show for children titled, Dreams Come True: A Princess Cabaret Show at the Theater at the Fort in Indianapolis. Most recently, she released her first album titled, “Opera Meets Broadway” – available for sale HERE.

Yuriria Rodriguez

Performing Arts: Music, Vocal

Yuriria Rodríguez Bio Costa Rican soprano Yuriria Rodríguez holds the rare privilege of being able to sing in both classical and popular styles with great professionalism, expression, and accuracy of style. Reviews have praised Ms. Rodríguez as a singer “with a beautiful voice which recalls a force of nature” (Herald Times, Bloomington, IN), and as “The real deal” (Fanfare , November 2011, USA). In 2006, she sang the role of Maria in the tango-operita by A. Piazzolla and H.Ferrer, Maria de Buenos Aires, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, receiving a standing ovation in a sold out performance. In the classical realm, Ms. Rodríguez also successfully performed known roles such as Despina in W.A. Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte (Costa Rica) and Mimí in Puccini’s La Bohème (Costa Rica), as well as new opera roles, such as Chanfalla in G. Diriés Puppeteer’s String, and One of the Three Rosales sisters in Indiana University’s collegiate premiere of Oswaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, conducted by Carmen Helena Téllez. Ms. Rodríguez holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music from Indiana University—Jacobs School of Music, where she studied with Teresa Kubiak and Carlos Montané and Mary Ann Hart. As a member of El Taller, at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music, she had the opportunity to share the stage with prominent guest musicians and Jacobs School of Music faculty, such as Grammy Award Winners Pablo Ziegler, Pablo Aslan, Michael Spiro, Gonzalo Grau and Sylvia McNair among many others. She has been a winner at the National Society of Arts and Letters voice competition, in Bloomington, Indiana, and a winner of the 9th Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America, which allowed her to tour the United States as an artist sponsored by the Embassy of Spain, giving recitals of Zarzuela and Latin American/Spanish Art Song. Among other honors received while in school, she was awarded the Olimpia Barbera scholarship from the Latin American Music Center at IU to pursue studies in voice at the level of Master in Music. Other solo performances include the Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Richard Tang Yuk at Indiana University. She debuted at the Indiana Opera program as Suor Osmina in the 2011 production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and was casted again that summer to sing for the new opera The Tales of Lady Thi Kihn, by P. Q. Phan. In 2011 she sang the Soprano II role in Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor with the Philharmonic of Kalamazoo in the Bach Festival in Kalamazoo, MI, conducted by Prof. James Turner. Recently, Yuriria sang the role of Sombra, in the world premiere and +30 performances of Gabriela Ortiz’s Ana y su Sombra, commissioned by Reimagining Opera for Kids, a local Opera Company that Yuriria is proudly part of, and that performs all year round. Last year, Yuriria was called to be the cover for the role of Mimi in Costa Rica’s National Lyric Opera Production of La Bohème. Currently, Yuriria works as Associate Director of Hispanic Music at Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis, where she conducts the Coro Latinoamericano and develops a bilingual choral program for early music learners. Occasionally, she can be heard singing as a guest soloist for the Choir of Men and Choristers of Christ Church. Because of her achievements, artistry and work in both Popular and Classical singing in the American Mid-West, last year, the United States granted her the E11 Visa for Individuals of Extraordinary Ability in the Field of the Arts.

Robert Bruce Scott

Performing Arts: Music, Storytelling

Since the age of 14, Robert Bruce Scott has been performing professionally as a solo guitarist and with a long line of bands in which he played at various times bass guitar, keyboards, lead guitar, drums, and was most often the lead singer. He studied voice at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma and graduated in 1985. In 1989 RBS put together The Source to record an experimental rock album, Embryo, later released on a single cd with another album (see discography). In 1997 Robert put together another band, Three Trees, which released two cds (see discography). In 2002, he assembled the 16th Century Rock Band and released another cd, Bonnie Rose. After moving from Lawton to Indianapolis, he joined with Jon Silpayamanant in 2004 to create il Troubadore – Indy’s 16th Century Rock Band. In 2014, Robert joined the Rocky Ripple Band – later renamed DR JAR – as keyboardist. Beginning in 2003, RBS has released eight entirely unique solo albums, each project distinct from the others and also from the albums he produced with The Source, Three Trees, The 16th Century Rock Band, il Troubadore and DR JAR.

John Sherman

Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Spoken Word, Storytelling; Visual Arts: Performers and Writers, Photography

I am a writer, photographer, and historian. My writing includes poetry, creative nonfiction (including pictorial history, architectural history, and essays on social and political topics), and fiction. I often give lectures on various arts-related topics and poetry readings. I have published nine books and two spoken-word CDs; have had poetry, fiction, and nonfiction appear in scores of publications. I have published many photographs in magazines, newspapers, and books on a variety of topics. I also serve as an editor and proofreader for other authors. I do book promotions and other public relations and marketing tasks for visual and literary artists. I am the recipient of a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis, six Individual Artist Program grants from the Indiana Arts Commission (five for literature, one for photography), and four Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites from the Indiana Arts Commission and the Department of Natural Resources (poetry workshops at Mounds State Park). My photos and my large-format posters of my photography and poetry have appeared in numerous juried shows and solo shows, including Gallery 924, Harrison Center, SullivanMunce Gallery, and Garfield Park Arts Center. The poster with the poem, “Anne Frank 1974,” was purchased by and hangs in the office of a senior staff person at the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect in New York. I am participating for the fourth year in the Flava Fresh group exhibits at venues in the greater Indianapolis area. I am also the recipient of other awards and honors for my writing, photography, and pictorial-history books, including being selected as a Finalist in the Walt Whitman Award competition sponsored by the Academy of American Poets for the manuscript of my third poetry book, Marjorie Main: Rural Documentary Poetry. I have had three exhibits at the Harrison Center (“Looking Up College Avenue,” photography/history/historic preservation, with Mayowa Tomori; “Nigeria on My Mind. Again,” images from years of association with Nigeria and Biafra; and “Looking Forward: Beauty.Pride.Defiance.,” 12 large photo profiles of women undergoing or who had undergone chemotherapy. I am a member of PEN American Center, ASCAP, Authors Guild, Writers Center of Indiana, and Igbo Studies Association. I have presented a series of academic papers at the Igbo Studies Association conferences in the U.S. and Nigeria. I was installed as a chief, Oneh Nkuma 1 of Eleme, by the King of Eleme, Nigeria. I founded and moderate “Indy Arts Friends” page on Facebook that promotes arts-related news and events in central Indiana.

Rachelle Woolston

Performing Arts: Music, Vocal

Rachelle Woolston, soprano EDUCATION · Doctor of Musical Arts: Voice, 2012 University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM): Cincinnati, OH o Dissertation document: “The Voice of Children in Art Song: A Study of Six Cycles Involving a Child’s Perspective” o Cognate field: German · Master of Music: Voice, 2004 University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM): Cincinnati, OH · Bachelor of Arts: Voice, 2002 Brigham Young University (BYU): Provo, UT OPERA EXPERIENCE · Violetta, La Traviata (Verdi) directed by Dylan Thomas, Center Stage Opera, (Chatsworth, CA), September 2014 · Mother Abbess, The Sound of Music (Rogers & Hammerstein) Burbank Community Theater, (Burbank, CA) June 2014 · Cio-Cio San (cover), Madama Butterfly (Puccini) directed by Dylan Thomas: Center Stage Opera, (Chatsworth, CA), June 2014 · Oscar (partial role), Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) conducted by Mark Gibson: CCM (Cincinnati, OH), 2004 · The Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) conducted by Paul Stanbery: Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra (Fairfield, OH), 2003 · Lady Harriet (partial role), Martha (Flotow) directed by Thomas de Mallet Burgess: CCM (Cincinnati, OH), 2003 · Kolombine, Die Kleine Harlekinade (Salieri) directed by Sandra Bernhard: CCM (Cincinnati, OH), 2003 · Barbarina, Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) directed by Paula Williams: CCM (Cincinnati, OH), 2003 · Susanna (cover), Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) coached by Kelly Hale: CCM (Cincinnati, OH), 2003 · The Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) directed by Lawrence Vincent: BYU (Provo, UT), 2000 · Dew Fairy, Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) directed by Lawrence Vincent: BYU (Provo, UT), 2000 · Valencienne, The Merry Widow (Lehár) directed by Marion Bentley and Lawrence Vincent: BYU (Provo, UT), 1997 SELECTED RECITAL PERFORMANCES · Collaborative recital: “Facets of Love” with bassoonist PJ Woolston, (Marian Univeristy), Feb 15, 2015 · Collaborative recital: “Love, Madness and Longing: Songs of Richard Strauss in Celebration of his 150th Birthday” with USC French horn professor Jim Thatcher (Burbank, CA), April 6, 2014 · Guest soloist: Santa Barbara Music Club Concert Series (Santa Barbara, CA), March 22, 2014 · Guest soloist: Presidio Concert Series (San Francisco, CA), March 13, 14, 15, 2014 · Solo recital tour (Madrid, Spain), March 8-9, 2014 · Solo recital: “An Evening of Classical Music” (Houston, TX), 2014 · Chamber recital: “Canto e Corno” with French horn player Cindy Deane and pianist Coleen Thatcher (in Pasadena, CA), 2013 · Collaborative recital with organist James Welch (San Diego, CA), 2013 · Guest artist recital at Brigham Young University (Provo, UT), 2013 · Solo recital: “An Evening Voyage across Europe” (Houston, TX), 2004 · Featured soloist “Laurie’s Song” (Copland) BYU School of Music Convocation Ceremony (Provo, UT), 2002 · Recital tour (Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira), 2000 ADVANCED PERFORMANCE TRAINING · Middlebury College German for Singers Program in Middlebury, VT, 2005 (James McDonald, Carolyn Hague) · Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca in Italy, Solisti program, 2004 (Lorenzo Malfatti, Barbara Honn) · Rising Star Singers Audition Works in Rising Sun, IN, 2003 (Gene Klein, Christina Haan, Terry Lusk) · Grandin Festival in Cincinnati, OH, 2003, 2004 (Warren Jones) HONORS AND AWARDS · Finalist, Corbett Opera Competition, CCM, 2005 · Finalist, Irma M Cooper Vocal Competition, Columbus, OH, 2004 · 2nd place National Council Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Rocky Mountain Region), 2001 · The Mrs. Theodore R. McEwen Award; The Arthur and Miriam Bender Memorial Award; The Diamond Wendelboe Memorial Award; Patron Award; Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Rocky Mountain Region), 2001 · Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, (Utah District), 2001 · National Merit Scholar, BYU, 1995 TEACHERS AND COACHES Voice teachers · Barbara Honn · Audrey B. Luna · Lawrence Vincent · Lila Stuart-Bachelder Stage Directors · Dylan Thomas · Sandra Bernhard · Paula Williams · Thomas de Mallet Burgess · Lawrence Vincent Vocal Coaches · Shira Renée Thomas · Terry Lusk · Donna Loewy · Kenneth Griffiths · Martin Katz Conductors Brian Onderdonck · Misha Shtangrud · Earl Rivers · Stephen Coker · Ronald Staheli · Mack Wilberg LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY · Spanish: Conversational level of fluency acquired through childhood travel to Spain and college coursework · Portuguese: Conversational level of fluency acquired while living in Portugal (1998-2000) · German: Seven-week immersive language study at Middlebury College, advanced level (2005), Goethe-Institut Zeugnis Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (ZMP) score: “gut” · Italian: Six-week intensive language study in Lucca, Italy, advanced level (2004) · French: Proficiency exam for one year of college course credit (2001-2002)

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