Voice Department Recital

  • Department Recital, Free, Student Recital
  • Dec 8, 2025 @ 7:30 p.m.

Curtis Institute of Music students perform over 100 free recitals during the school year, held on most Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. Admission requires advance registration and is complimentary.

Please note: Performance programs are subject to last-minute changes and cancellations.

Program

MOZART "Hm, Hm, Hm, Hm!" from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620

Ross Macatangay, baritone
Brett Michael Hunter, tenor
Celestia Song, soprano
Kate Li, mezzo-soprano
Isabella Hincksman, mezzo-soprano
Jinhyun Park, piano

MOZART "Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben…Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton" from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620

Brett Michael Hunter, tenor
Edward Smith, bass
Stephanie Kim, flute
Jinhyun Park, piano

SMETANA “Och, jaký žal ... Ten lásky sen jak krásnýbyl” from The Bartered Bride

Juliet Renée Rand, soprano
Nikolay Verevkin, piano

DONIZETTI "Ardir!...Obbligato" from L'elisir d'amore

Hongrui Ren, tenor
Yulin Yan, bass
Ting Ting Wong, piano

STRAUSS "Ein Augenblick…Sein wir weider gut!" from Ariadne auf Naxos

Maya Mor-Mitrani, soprano
Judy Zhuo, mezzo-soprano
Sebastian Wittmoser Herrera, bass
Nikan Ingabire Kanate, soprano
Susan Nowicki, piano

Intermission
MOZART "Come ti piace imponi ... Parto, ma tu ben mio" from La clemenza di Tito

Sam Higgins, countertenor
Shikta Mukherjee, soprano
James Lee, clarinet
Nikolay Verevkin, piano

BIZET "Je crois entendre encore” from Les pêcheurs de perles

Henry Drangel, tenor
Nikolay Verevkin, piano

ROSSINI "Dunque io son" from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Nikan Ingabire Kanate, soprano
Emilio Vásquez, baritone
Ting Ting Wong, piano

BELLINI "Care compagne" from La sonnambula

Jennifer Robinson, soprano
Jinhyun Park, piano

VERDI "Alice…Meg…Nanetta…Labbra di foco" from Falstaff

Nikan Ingabire Kanate, soprano
Maisy Parker, mezzo-soprano
Carlyle Quinn, mezzo-soprano
Jeysla Rosario Santos, soprano
Harun Ellis Tekin, tenor
Reese Revak, piano

About the Artists

Henry Drangel, from New York City, studying voice with Jack LiVigni, is a Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Sam Higgins (Voice ’25), from Milton, Ma., studying opera with Julia Faulker and Amanda Majeski, is the Eula Mae Pharis Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.

Isabella Hincksman, from Melbourne, studying voice with Julia Faulker and Amanda Majeski, is the Francis J. Alterman Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Brett Michael Hunter, from Charleston, S.C., studying voice with Jack LiVigni, is the Arthur Tracy Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Nikan Ingabire Kanate, from Ottawa, Ontario, studying opera with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is an Edwin B. Garrigues Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Stephanie Kim, from Johns Creek, Ga., studying flute with Jeffrey Khaner and Chelsea Knox, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Chin-I Lee, from Taipei, Taiwan, studying clarinet with Anthony McGill and YaoGuang Zhai, is the Ruth and Eugene Helmer Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Kate Li, from Shanghai, studying voice with Dolora Zajick, is the Nellie Lee Bok Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Ross Macatangay, from New York City, studying opera with Mark Schnaible, is the Margaret Aull Wynne and Milly E. Wynne Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Maya Mor-Mitrani (Voice ’25), from Tzur Moshe, Israel, studying opera with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is a Horace W. Goldsmith Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.

Shikta Mukherjee, from Edison, N.J., studying voice with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is the Charles and Judith Freyer Fellow in Voice and entered Curtis in 2022.

Maisy Parker, from Zionsville, Ind., studying opera with Dolora Zajick, is the Mitchell Family Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Carlyle Quinn, from Portland, Ore., studying opera with Jennifer Rowley, is the Lelia A. Wike Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Juliet Renée Rand (Voice ’25), from Southold, N.Y., studying opera with Elliot Madore, is the Barbara Moskow Fellow and first entered Curtis in 2021.

Hongrui Ren, from Beijing, studying opera with Jack LiVigni, is the William Horne Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Jennifer Robinson, from Lakeland, Fla., studying opera with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is the Edith Evans Frumin Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Jeysla Rosario Santos, from Loiza, P.R., studying opera with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is the Joseph Cairns Jr. and Ernestine Bacon Cairns Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Edward Smith, from Hamilton, New Zealand, studying opera with Mark Schnaible, is the Amaranth Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Celestia Song, from Suwon-si, Korea, studying voice with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is a Curtis Institute of Music Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Harun Ellis Tekin, from Woodhall Spa, England, studying opera with Patrick Carfizzi, is an Edwin B. Garrigues Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Emilio Vásquez, from Manvel, Texas, studying opera with Mark Schnaible, is the William J. Fenza Fellow and entered Curtis in 2024.

Sebastian Wittmoser Herrera, from Querétaro, Mexico and Stuttgart, Germany, studying opera with Alan Held, is the Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman Fellow and entered Curtis in 2025.

Yulin Yan, from Inner Mongolia, China, studying voice with Mark Schnaible, is the Florence Kirk Keppel Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.

Judy Zhuo, from Nanning, China, studying voice with Julia Faulkner and Amanda Majeski, is a Horace W. Goldsmith Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.

Susan Nowicki, master opera coach

Reese Revak, opera and voice coach

    • Date Dec 8, 2025
    • Time 7:30 p.m.
    • Location Curtis Institute of Music, Gould Rehearsal Hall