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NYPS presents
A special event at Carnegie Hall/Weill Recital Hall
GALA BENEFIT CONCERT
Saturday, March 3rd 2012, at 8 pm
Featuring outstanding concert pianists, members of NYPS with guest-artists:
Korliss Uecker,soprano (over 150 performances of Metropolitan Opera and other international appearances)
Sean Carpenter, violin (music director and founder of Salome Chamber Orchestra)
Reception to follow
Tickets are at the Carnegie Hall box office: Call CarnegieCharge, 8 AM-8 PM, seven days a week, at 212-247-7800, for assistance and also to order by phone or check on the status of an order. Or visit the Carnegie Hall Box Office at 57th Street and 7th Avenue, 11 AM-6 PM, Monday through Saturday and 12-6 PM Sunday. Saturday, December 3rd, 2011, 7:30pm
KORLISS UECKER, Soprano
The Financial Times (London) acclaimed that "Korliss Uecker, a bright and pretty American soprano, was charming, crystalline of voice and sparkling as an actress." The Baltimore Sun has lauded "her creamy soprano and artful characterization" and the Pittsburgh Press has noted her "glittering coloratura."
A frequent presence onstage at the Metropolitan Opera, Ms. Uecker has performed as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro (broadcast on national radio), Marzelline in Fidelio, Oscar in Un ballo in maschera, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Clorinda in La Cenerentola, Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos, Karolka in Jenufa, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte and Giannetta in a telecast of L'Elisir d'amore. She sang Frasquita in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in a performance to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Placido Domingo's debut.
Other operatic credits of Ms. Uecker's include with Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg, France; the role of Sybil in the world premiere of Lowell Lieberman's The Picture of Dorian Gray with Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Adriana in Gli Equivoci at the Wexford Festival; and Zerlina in Don Giovanni in Caracas, Venezuela; Ännchen in Der Freischütz, with Opera Orchestra of New York; Carolina in Il matrimonio segreto with Glimmerglass Opera; Norina in Don Pasquale with Tulsa Opera; and Gilda in Rigoletto with Opera Memphis. She has also performed with Washington Opera, Dallas Opera, Santa Fe Opera and the Spoleto Festival (USA).
Korliss Uecker's recent seasons include singing as soloist in a gala Victor Herbert 150th Birthday Celebration with Little Orchestra Society of New York, singing as Micaëla in Carmen with Fargo-Moorhead Civic Opera, and in a gala concert with Sacramento Opera. Past highlights include Violetta with Emerald City Opera, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Mimi in La bohème, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, the premiere of Seymour Barab's Phillip Marshall, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, the world premiere of Peterson's Sakajawea, Marzelline in Fidelio and the title role in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah. Other recent performances include the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Hawaii Opera Theater and appearing as soloist with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
Korliss Uecker's orchestral engagements have included appearances with American Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and had returned engagements with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She has appeared at the Ravinia Festival on several occasions,Mostly Mozart Festival debut with baritone Thomas Hampson and was televised nationally on Live from Lincoln Center as well as in concert on CBS Sunday Morning.
Korliss Uecker has recorded on a CD with the Metropolitan Opera for London/Decca and Deutsche Grammophon and the EMI Orchestra in London. A native of North Dakota, Korliss Uecker received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Dakota. She studied at The Juilliard School, where she received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees.
SEAN CARPENTER, Violin
A graduate of Princeton University in 2003 and University of Cambridge in 2004 in political theory, Sean Avram Carpenter is the President and Co-Founder of the Salomé Chamber Orchestra (www.salomechamber.org). He was a finalist in the Michael Hill Violin Competition in New Zealand (2005), and participant in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels (2005). Sean was principal violinist and co-concertmaster of several Juilliard and New York Youth Symphony Orchestra concerts, and co-concertmaster of the Princeton University Orchestra. In 2007, Sean worked for the Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund, a credit-oriented fund within Fortress Investment Group in New York. In addition to his role as the Co-Founder and President of the Salome Chamber Orchestra, Sean currently is a consultant to numerous domestic and international investors in fine and rare stringed instruments.