Kathryn
Mueller, soprano, delights audiences in both concert and operatic
performances. Praised for her “pure sound” and “flights
of stratospheric brilliance” (Atlanta Journal Constitution,
Miami Herald), she has appeared as a soloist with the Washington
Bach Consort, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Firebird Orchestra, Tucson
Symphony Orchestra, New Trinity Baroque, and Tucson Chamber Artists,
and in operatic roles with Arizona Opera and the Seattle Academy
of Baroque Opera. In 2009 she made her Asian debut during a musical
Peace Tour across Indonesia with the Swara Sonora Trio. An accomplished
ensemble singer as well, Kathryn has sung with Seraphic Fire,
the Handel and Haydn Society, the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus,
and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale.
Kathryn has
recorded extensively with New Trinity Baroque on the Edition
Lilac label, and is also
featured as a soloist on recordings by the Santa Fe Desert
Chorale and Seraphic Fire. For
four years she was a teaching artist for Opening
Minds through the Arts, a student achievement
and school improvement program that integrates the arts into
the core
curriculum. Kathryn holds degrees in music from Brown University
and The
University of Arizona. Upcoming performances include a debut
concert with the New Mexico Sympony, repeat engagements with
Santa Fe Pro Musica and Miami’s Seraphic Fire, and a
featured concert on the Arizona Early Music Society series
with her soprano
duo Les Sirènes.
Nathan
Krueger, baritone, holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh the University of New Mexico and is currently finishing a
Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Arizona. Prior to beginning
work at the University of Arizona, Mr. Krueger was on the Voice faculty
at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. An extremely active performer
in the Southwest, Mr. Krueger is a member of the Arizona Opera Chorus
and has recently sung with Santa Fe Desert Chorale and the Tucson
Chamber Artists. On the national level, he has performed roles with
L'opera Piccola in Chicago, Opera Southwest, Milwaukee Opera Theatre,
Chicago Chamber Opera and performed in two productions with the Santa
Fe Opera Showcase. In addition to his busy performance schedule, Mr.
Krueger is active as an Opera Artist in Tucson United School District's
Opening Minds Through the Arts (OMA) program, a nationally recognized
arts integration program. More information is at his website, www.nathan-krueger.com.
Hailed
by the Arizona Daily Star as a pianist with “technical prowess,
balletic grace, warm tones, and unwavering devotion to the score,” pianist
Aryo Wicaksono has performed in many venues and festivals in Arizona,
Los Angeles, Washington D.C., New York City, Texas, Las Vegas,
St. Petersburg–Russia, throughout Indonesia, Dubai and
Sharjah–United Arab Emirates, and Sonora, México.
He has performed with the Nusantara Symphony Orchestra, United
Arab Emirates Philharmonic Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Tucson,
Tucson Symphony, Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Arizona Wind Ensemble,
and Arizona Percussion Ensemble, performing concertos and new works
ranging from Liszt, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky to Philip Glass.
As a musical director and pianist for the musical “Elegies – Looking
Up” by composer William Finn, he won the Arizona Daily Star’s “Mac
Award” 2006 for Best Musical in Tucson, and the Tucson Weekly “Best
of Awards” Best Musical in Tucson for 2006-2007.
Recent highlights
of his performances are Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto with
Nusantara Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Hikotaro Yazaki, Prokofiev's
1st Piano Concerto with United Arab Emirates Philharmonic Orchestra
under Philipp Maier, a solo recital debut at the prestigious
Embassy
Series in Washington D.C., and a sold-out orchestral debut
with the St. Petersburg State Symphony in St. Petersburg, Russia,
performing
Prokofiev’s 1st Piano Concerto in D-flat major Op. 10.
He is the first Western classical music artist to hold a visiting
Artist-in-Residence position at the American University of
Sharjah, in Sharjah, UAE during the first two weeks of November
2009,
presenting
his UAE solo recital debut, solo and chamber music master classes,
workshops, and lectures. Since the Fall of 2004, he has been
a proud Opera Artist for Tucson United School District's Opening
Minds
Through the Arts (OMA) program, a nationally recognized arts
integration program. For more information, view
Aryo's website at www.aryo-wicaksono.com.
Kathryn
Mueller, soprano, delights audiences in both concert and operatic
performances. Praised for her “pure sound” and “flights
of stratospheric brilliance” (Atlanta Journal Constitution,
Miami Herald), she has appeared as a soloist with the Washington
Bach Consort, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Firebird Orchestra, Tucson
Symphony Orchestra, New Trinity Baroque, and Tucson Chamber Artists,
and in operatic roles with Arizona Opera and the Seattle Academy
of Baroque Opera. In 2009 she made her Asian debut during a musical
Peace Tour across Indonesia with the Swara Sonora Trio. An accomplished
ensemble singer as well, Kathryn has sung with Seraphic Fire,
the Handel and Haydn Society, the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus,
and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. 
Nathan
Krueger, baritone, holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh the University of New Mexico and is currently finishing a
Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Arizona. Prior to beginning
work at the University of Arizona, Mr. Krueger was on the Voice faculty
at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. An extremely active performer
in the Southwest, Mr. Krueger is a member of the Arizona Opera Chorus
and has recently sung with Santa Fe Desert Chorale and the Tucson
Chamber Artists. On the national level, he has performed roles with
L'opera Piccola in Chicago, Opera Southwest, Milwaukee Opera Theatre,
Chicago Chamber Opera and performed in two productions with the Santa
Fe Opera Showcase. In addition to his busy performance schedule, Mr.
Krueger is active as an Opera Artist in Tucson United School District's
Opening Minds Through the Arts (OMA) program, a nationally recognized
arts integration program. More information is at his website, 