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2023
PARNASSUS SOCIETY AND SOKA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PRESENT
Amour Fatal
Lynette Tapia – Soprano
Milena Kitic – Mezzo Soprano
Bruce Sledge – Tenor
Edward Graves – Tenor
Nmon Ford – Baritone
Young Artists:
Chelsea Chaves, Soprano
Erin Theodorakis, Mezzo-Soprano
Andrew Pringle, Bass – Baritone
Student Artists:
Genevieve Velarde, Irvine High School
Nakshatra Srinivasan, Irvine High School
Michael Morris, OCSA
Henry Courtney, OCSA
Sowers Middle School Viking Choir
Ryan Tan, Director
Parnassus Chamber Orchestra
Scott Dunn, Conductor
Peter Atherton, Stage Director, Emcee
Cheryl Lin Fielding, Artistic Director
Saturday, April 22, 2023 3 PM
Soka Performing Arts Center
Concert Info
- Soka Box Office 949-480-4ART (4278)
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[email protected]
- www.soka.edu/soka-performing-arts-center/
calendar-events/amour-fatal-carmen-and-la-traviata

Parnassus Society and Soka Performing Arts Center Present
Love, Betrayal, and Vengeance
Lynette Tapia, Soprano
Milena Kitic, Mezzo-Soprano
Bruce Sledge, Tenor
Nmon Ford, Baritone
Young Artists:
Andrew Pringle, Bass-Baritone
Mattia Venni, Bass-Baritone
Parnassus Chamber Orchestra
Scott Dunn, Conductor
Peter Atherton, Stage Director, Emcee
Cheryl Lin Fielding, Music Director
Sunday, March 27th, 2022 3 PM
Soka Performing Arts Center
Concert Info
- Soka Box Office 949-480-4ART (4278)
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- soka.edu/soka-performing-arts-center
2019
PARNASSUS SOCIETY AND SOKA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PRESENT
PASSION
Milena Kitic – Messo-Soprano
Emily Uematsu – Violinist
Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Bizet: Carmen excerpts
Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4 “Italian”
Parnassus Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Karr, Conductor
Saturday, November 23, 2019 7 PM
Soka Performing Arts Center
Concert Info
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[email protected]
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(949) 417-1100
- https://www.soka.edu/soka-performing-arts-center


2020
The World of Opera
Stories of love
Dancers from the Claudia de la Cruz Flamenco Dance Company accompany the singers for added expression of the lyrics and music.
Milena Kitic, Mezzo-Soprano
Bruce Sledge, Tenor
Julie Makerov, Soprano
Aaron Pendleton, Bass-Baritone*
Scott Dunn, Conductor
Young artists from Orange County School of the Arts:
Maggie Liu, Soprano
Elizabeth Minerman, Mezzo-Soprano*
*Members of Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices
Sunday, February 16th, 2020 3 PM
Soka Performing Arts Center
Concert Info
AWARDS
PAST RECIPIENTS
Emily Uematsh
2017 Recipient
Winner of the 2017 Parnassus Society Award in Orange County, California, violinist Emily Uematsu has performed throughout the United States and Europe and is building an active career as a soloist and chamber musician.
Hae Ji Chang
2015 Recipient
Hae Ji Chang, soprano, has been described as “an exciting young artist on the rise” (Opera Boston) with a voice “full of silvery color and nuance” (Boston Globe). Recently she performed Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Opera…
Vijay Venkatesh
2015 Recipient
Hailed by the Herald-Tribune for his “dazzling pianism verging on the impossible, effortless technical command and authority with a sense of poetry and refinement that belies his years,”Indian-American pianist Vijay Venkatesh…