Honor Choir
High School Honor Choir
Olga Perez Flora - Mezzo-Soprano
Cuban-American mezzo-soprano, Olga Perez Flora, has been lauded by Opera News for her “smoky tones” and “firm, pleasant voice and lively poise.” Dr. Perez Flora has performed with opera companies and symphonies both across the country and internationally. Known for her sultry Carmen, she has performed this signature role numerous times, including her debut with Amarillo Opera. Upcoming performances include a recital and master class at New York University (NYU), a festival in Havana, Cuba, and a reprise of Carmen with Amhurst College.
Recent engagements include performances with the Akron Symphony in deFalla’s El amor brujo, Opera Columbus as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Third Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with the Erie Chamber Orchestra, the Duraflé Requiem, Bach’s Cantata 147 and Respighi’s Il Tramonto with the St. Vincent Cammerata, Verdi’s Requiem with the Hollywood Concert Series, Manuel de Falla’s El Retablo de Maese Pedro with the Newark Granville Symphony Orchestra, the Duruflé Requiem and Hayden’s Lord Nelson Mass with the Idyllwild Arts Festival, and Messiah with the Mississippi Symphony Chorus as well as the role of Frost in the new recording of Stephen Colantti’s children’s opera The Selfish Giant with the Erie Chamber Orchestra.
Dr. Perez Flora has also performed Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro with Operafestival di Roma, Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Opera in the Heights, and the role of Olga in Eugene Onegin with Opera Company Middlebury to wide acclaim. Internationally known as a recitalist, Dr. Perez Flora has performed many recitals with companies across the United States and in Italy including Pittsburgh Opera, Idyllwild Festival of the Arts, Music in a Great Space, and the Pittsburgh Song Collaborative and with the Associazione Musicale Tito Gobbi. She has most recently created a Cuban Song Recital featuring Cuban composers, poets and collaborators that has been enthusiastically received by audiences.
Additional engagements include Hayden’s Lord Nelson Mass and Bach’s Cantata BWV 4 with the Southeastern Ohio Symphony Orchestra, a concert in NYC with the Jupiter Chamber Symphony Players in Alkan’s Marcia funerale morte d’un pappagallo, and a New Year’s Eve performance with the North State Symphony. Upcoming roles include Flora in La Traviata Symphony Orchestra, Eunice in A Streetcar Named Desire with Opera Company Middlebury as well as concerts featuring Ms. Perez Flora as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Beethoven’s 9th symphony with the University of Redlands, West Side Story highlights with the Reno Philharmonic, and a concert with Cuban composer Leo Brouwer at Buffalo State.
Dr. Perez Flora holds the Doctorate in Musical Arts from The Ohio State University, the Master in Music in opera theater from Arizona State University and the Bachelor in Music in vocal performance from Northern Arizona University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Nevada, Reno, the president of the
Reno chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and is represented as a professional opera singer by Berger Artists Management.
Middle School Honor Choir
Malary Engstrom - Reed High School
Malary Engstrom is the musical theater producer and director of choirs at Reed High School in Sparks, NV. She has been teaching in Washoe County for ten years and has chaired the district and state honor ensembles. Malary is currently attaining her Masters degree at the University of Nevada, Reno in music education, where she is thrilled to study her philosophy of music education: that through music we can create better human beings, and that music is for everyone. Outside of teaching, Malary spends time participating in local music and theater companies such as the Free Range Quartet, Good Luck Macbeth Theater, and more. She is thrilled to work with the middle school chorus this year!
2020 High School Honor Choir
♪ Section Leader ♦ Assistant Section Leader
Soprano
♪ Francesca Melander – Douglas
♦ Hanna Stewart – Churchill
Ethne Myler – Carson
Sarah Jongsma – Douglas
Shailynn Winter – Churchill
Caitlyn Rogers – Mineral
Reagan Hukari – Douglas
Dea Vepkhvadze – Churchill
Elise Tahti – Douglas
Georgia Ward – Fernley
Gwenyth Fahrney – Virginia City
Ava Goodlander – Dayton
Emma Tuttle - Carson
Saga Anderson – Carson
Nicole Orio – Carson
Sophie Fliegler – Carson
Hannah Palmer – Douglas
Jordan Mack – Carson
Madisen Aragon – Carson
Chloe Cross – Fernley
Amanda Christensen - Yerington
Angel Jardine – Douglas
Sierra Williams – Oasis
Hannah Gonzalez – Pershing
Kassandra Porretta – Churchill
Brianna Burch – Fernley
Racheal Buenvenida – Churchill
Victoria Fraatz – Churchill
Christina Van Geel – Carson
Whitney Hegstad – Yerington
Kenadee McKnight – Churchill
Audrianna Hinton – Carson
Keilahna McFall – Fernley
Gabriana Loop – Churchill
Alto
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♪ Madelyn Bailey – Churchill
♦ Juliana Carmona – Virginia City
Jenna Stewart – Churchill
Ashley Rogers – Mineral
Sydney Hastings – Douglas
Lillian Nattress – Fernley
Emmalee Irving – Churchill
Mikha Espiritu – Carson
Hope Baker – Douglas
Julia Boswell - Churchill
Sydney Diaz – Douglas
Becca Hughey – Carson
Kadie Bake - Oasis
Willow Peterson – Churchill
Hannah McLauchlin – Virginia City
Jacquelyn Wardell – Fernley
Amara Brown – Douglas
Madison Rhine – Carson
Angel Baker – Churchill
Taylor Jensen – Douglas
Janine Garcia – Churchill
Danielle Vaughn – Douglas
Haylee Johnson – Carson
Desiree Alexander – Churchill
Clare Stephenson – Carson
Allison Christofferson – Oasis
Seraina Reid – Douglas
Lindy Wadsworth – Oasis
Madison Snodgrass – Carson
Josephina LaRue – Fernley
Sanai Barnes – Oasis
Stevie Vaughan – Carson
Gwenyth Fahrney – Virginia City
Kyra Anderson - Carson
Tenor
♪ Braedyn Barton – Mineral
♦ Antonio Fuentes – Douglas
Jacob Mangosing – Virginia City
Evan Vo – Douglas
Kenneth Coval – Churchill
Joshua Hartman – Douglas
Quentin Powers – Carson
Daniel Ruebusch – Virginia City
Tyler Raymond – Churchill
Curtis Reed – Churchill
Kylend Snider – Fernley
Michael Capps – Douglas
Neil Marran – Churchill
Hunter Crouser – Carson
Jeremiah Favero – Carson
Kamaje Wallace – Churchill
Jack Tolbert – Douglas
Hayden Breiter – Carson
Javier Pimente – Pershing
Bass
♪ Levi Romero – Douglas
♦ Benjamin Buchanan – Dayton
Sabbathiel Greene – Virginia City
Shawn Narwold – Fernley
Matthew Sorensen – Churchill
Aiden Baily – Carson
Ian Remington – Carson
Samuel Sorensen – Churchill
Benjamin Jamieson - Churchill
Aiden Gamble – Virginia City
Dominic Ceragioli – Carson
Gavin Bailey – Douglas
John Wagstaff – Douglas
TJ Golobic – Douglas
Justin Bake – Oasis
Seth Bake – Fernley
Erik Kingsbury – Churchill
Zander Holcomb – Carson
Matt Tapungot – Carson
Jason Avila – Churchill
Chris Elder – Churchill
Wesley Carr – Fernley
Andrew Sentell – Douglas
James Harmony - Churchill
Daniel Astle - Pershing
Joshua Willis – Churchill
Albert Banda - Douglas
Donovan Hunter – Carson
Zavier Adkins – Carson
Andres Christian Yerington
Ryan Soulier – Carson
2020 Middle School Honor Choir
* Section Leader
Soprano
*Allise Fava – VCMS
Ellie Triplette - YIS
Lily Larkin – VCMS
Kayleigh Moss – CCMS
Jinnie Ponczoch – CMS
Leah Roylance – CMS
Lila Kaufmann – CVMS
Sophia Roohk – CVMS
Cadence Thompson – DIS
Leah Bake – Oasis
Greta Pugh – CMS
Evelin Hernandez – YIS
Sophie Aguilar – Oasis
Aubree Doll - YIS
Lily Schommer - CCMS
Isabella Hockenberry-Grimes - Oasis
Kylee Barron – CVMS
Izabella McNeely – CMS
Ella Kent – CVMS
Jewely Palmer – PWL
Sofia Rios – YIS
Mia Colette Remington – SMS
Tanner Biskup – PWL
Reghan Burdett – EVMS
Hailey Wagstaff – CVMS
Barbara Mazure – PWL
Mallory Olson – DIS
Eleanor Woodrum – EVMS
Dylan Holub – PWL
Jersie Madeiros-Leedom – EVMS
Olivia Gerbasi – SMS
Blakley Williams – CVMS
Danika Presswood – EVMS
Audrey Jardine – Oasis
Hailey Kennedy – DIS
Alyssa Kurzendoerfer – CCMS
Alto
*Justin Ericsson – PWL
Anna Roylance – CMS
Olivia Chia – PWL
Emily Oswald – CMS
Nhia Mix-Phelps - SMS
Mattie Zulz – Oasis
Brynn Dillon – SMS
Lilliahna McColl – CMS
Ciara Piver – DIS
Mia Gonzalez – SMS
Brigitte Anne Paz – CMS
Paige Thompson – DIS
Andrew Ashton – PWL
Madisen Lewis – Oasis
Megan Kelly – PWL
Niza Barton – PWL
Kayla Germain – CMS
Vanessa James – CVMS
Zoey Bech – YIS
Braidyn Irwin – SMS
Gracie Jeka – YIS
Trinity Ricketts – YIS
Lea Williams – Oasis
Mikalah Timbreza – DIS
Elizabeth Peck – CVMS
Noelle Tisdale – CCMS
Daniel Rivera – EVMS
Jamie Oberst – SMS
Angelina Mitchell – CVMS
Gianna Espiritu – EVMS
Audrey Bell – Oasis
Rebecca Hallam – CMS
Natalie Miller – PWL
Jena Johnson – CCMS
Teneva McDonnell – CMS
Toriana Stauffer – EVMS
Jenna Steffens – Oasis
Baritone
* Robert Heidt – CMS
Tenton Chappell – CCMS
Noah Ikehorn – VCMS
James Kirk – YIS
Matthew Melancon – CCMS
Ethan Gremlich – CCMS
Zachary Koenig – CCMS
Erich Parker – CMS
Kylan Sorensen – CCMS
Ewan Kalley – CMS
Arameus Berkley – EVMS
Zephyr Delgado – PWL
Andrew Pittman – YIS
Jacob Crane – Oasis
Montgomery Jackson – PWL
Tyler Valek – PWL
Parker Schmid – CMS
Tristan Degenhart – CVMS
Dallin West – CCMS
Max Bushey – EVMS
Vincent Menesini – YIS
Ethan McNiel – SMS
Adrian Martinez – CMS
Joshua Peck – EVMS
Zac Clark – DIS