Sole e Amore – Monday 8:00 pm
La Vie en Rose – Friday – New Year’s Eve Concert
Pianist Cheryl Lin Fielding performs throughout the world including Italy, France, Japan, and major venues such as Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Recital Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Music Academy of the West, Aspen Music Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Juilliard Theater, the Mark Morris Dance Group, Musco Center for the Arts, and Soka Performing Arts Center. Dr. Fielding has been honored with the Grace B. Jackson Prize in Excellence by the Tanglewood Music Festival, recognized by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, and three times received the distinguished Gwendolyn Koldofsky Award in Keyboard Collaborative Arts. She has performed with luminaries such as Carol Neblett, Milena Kitic, Angela Meade, John Osborn, Linda Watson, Dolora Zajick; and conductors/composers including Matthew Aucoin, Christian Badea, Randall Behr, John DeMain, and James Levine. As a soloist and orchestral pianist/harpsichordist, she performed with orchestras such as Philadelphia Virtuosi, Plainfield Symphony, Trenton State Orchestra, and Opera Pacific. Fielding’s musical studies began at the age of three in Taiwan, first on the piano, later the violin. She continued through dual master’s degrees at the Juilliard School (Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano) and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Keyboard Collaborative Arts at the University of Southern California, with extended emphasis in Vocal performance. Dr. Fielding has served as music director and vocal coach for Opera Chapman at the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music, adjunct professor at UCLA, California State University at Northridge, Azusa Pacific University. She has adjudicated competitions such as MTAC, NATS, Spotlight Awards. She was also a pianist for Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, Operalia, and the Los Angeles Opera. Dr. Fielding served as vocal coach for USC Thornton Opera, Operafestival di Roma, Opera Pacific, Opera Santa Barbara, and as the Principal Coach at Opera San Jose. She is currently on the music staff for UCLA Opera, Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices; The music director for Parnassus Society and the Executive and Artistic Director of Amaryllis Arts Productions. www.cheryllinfielding.com
Soprano Chelsea Chaves has performed widely and adored for her lyricism and winning stage presence. Since graduating with her master’s degree from the USC Thornton School of Music, Ms. Chaves has been featured in opera productions and concerts, including Astoria Music Festival, Musiktheater Bavaria, Opera Santa Barbara, OperaWorks, the Pacific Chorale, Pacific Symphony, Songfest, and many more. Her favorite roles include Violetta from Verdi’s La Traviata, Hanna Glawari from Lehár’s Die Lustige Witwe and Pamina from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Ms. Chaves is passionate about bringing classical music to the younger generations and is often featured with Long Beach Symphony and Pacific Symphony in their outreach pursuits. In 2018, she was a recipient of the prestigious vocal award from the Profant Foundation in Santa Barbara and was a finalist for the Loren L. Zachary Competition in 2015. She has also sung the National Anthem at two Laker games. For more information, please visit www.chelseachaves.com.
Russian-born soprano Ekaterina Kim began her vocal training at Samara Academy of Culture and Arts in her hometown in Russia and then earned a Master’s Degree in Voice Performance at Texas Christian University. Ekaterina made her professional debut in Germany (Sindelfingen) as a soloist in Haydn `s oratorio Creation. She was a regional finalist at 2009’Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the second prize winner at 2020’Carolyn Bailey and Dominick Argento Vocal Competition held by National Opera Association. Ekaterina has sung Pamina in The Magic Flute, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte by Mozart, Concepcion in L’heure espagnole by Ravel and soprano solo in Verdi’s Requiem. Ekaterina’s recent performing highlights include Mařenka in Bartered Bride by Smetana and Tatiana in Tschaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin with North-Czech Philharmonic.
Amy Carstensen, a San Diego based Professional Organizer, started her business to help busy professionals declutter their homes and their lives. Amy holds a Master’s degree from UCSD in International Relations. When she’s not encouraging her clients to let go of extra objects, she’s home torturing her family reminding them “to never leave a room empty handed.” www.organizingwithamy.com
