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Amanda Porter

soprano

Amanda Porter is an American coloratura soprano based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is known for her dynamic agility and silvery coloratura, and for her intimate connection to text and character in opera, musical theatre, and art song. Amanda is a soloist at Central United Methodist Church, appears regularly in comprimario roles and in the chorus with Opera Southwest, and in principal roles at the University of New Mexico. Her roles include Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, La Fée in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Königin der Nacht and Erste Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and First Calavera in Rodríguez’s Frida.

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Meet the Musicians

FIRST VIOLIN
Cármelo de los Santos
Karen McKinnon Concertmaster Chair
Elizabeth Young ••
Associate Concertmaster
Sarah Tasker •••
Assistant Concertmaster
Heidi Deifel
Olivia de Souza Maia
Lorenzo Gallegos
Juliana Huestis
Barbara Rivers
Nicolle Maniaci
Barbara Scalf Morris

SECOND VIOLIN
Carol Swift •••
Julanie Lee
Lidija Peno-Kelly
Cleveland Chandler
Liana Austin
Nicolas Armer
Andre Silva
Sheila McLay
Jessica Retana
Jocelyn Kirsch
Brad Richards

VIOLA
Laura Chang
Kimberly Fredenburgh •••
Allegra Askew
Christine Rancier
Laura Steiner
Michael Anderson
Lisa DiCarlo
Joan Hinterbichler
Laura Campbell

CELLO
Amy Huzjak
Amy Delevoryas •••
Carla Lehmeier-Tatum
Ian Mayne-Brody
Dana Winograd
David Schepps
Lisa Collins
Elizabeth Purvis
Felix Wurman Chair

BASS
Joe Weldon Ferris •
Mark Tatum •••
Katherine Olszowka
Terry Pruitt
Marco Retana
Frank Murry

FLUTE
Valerie Potter
Esther Fredrickson
Noah Livingston ••

PICCOLO
Esther Fredrickson

OBOE
Kevin Vigneau
Robert J. and Greta L. Dean Chair
Amanda Talley

ENGLISH HORN
Melissa Peña ••

CLARINET
Marianne Shifrin
Lori Lovato •••
Jeffrey Brooks

E-FLAT CLARINET
Lori Lovato

BASS CLARINET
Jeffrey Brooks

BASSOON
Stefanie Przybylska
Denise Turner

HORN
Peter Erb
Allison Tutton
Maria Long ••
Andrew Meyers

TRUMPET
John Marchiando
Brynn Marchiando
Sam Oatts ••

TROMBONE
Aaron Zalkind
Byron Herrington

BASS TROMBONE
David Tall

TUBA
Richard White

TIMPANI
Tyler Brown

PERCUSSION
Jeff Cornelius
Kenneth Dean
Emily Cornelius

HARP
Carla Fabris

Principal •
Associate Principal ••
Assistant Principal •••
Assistant ••••
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