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Soprano Michelle Perez in a Benefit Recital
May 2, 2021 at 3:00 PM
THE FACETS OF LOVE
A Benefit Recital for St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts
with
MICHELLE PEREZ, SOPRANO
STEPHEN CAREY, PIANO
MUSIC OF MANUEL DE FALLA, MAX REGER, CHARLES GOUNOD,
FERNANDO OBRADORS, FRANZ LISZT, GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL,
LIBBY LARSON, LIN MANUEL MIRANDA AND STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Soprano Michelle Perez currently serves as the associate director of choral activities at Mesquite High School and the Texas Music Educators Association Region III Vocal Chair. Originally from the Rio Grande Valley, Michelle has enjoyed performing throughout the U.S., and with professional local and liturgical choirs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including the St. Matthew’s Cathedral Arts Choral Artists. A graduate of the University of North Texas, Michelle holds a Bachelor of Music in Choral Music Education. While at UNT, she studied with Alan McClung, Jerry McCoy, Jeffrey Snider, and Richard Sparks. As a member of UNT choirs, Michelle enjoyed a variety of national and international performance opportunities. Michelle will graduate with her Masters in Music Education this May at Southern Methodist University and will pursue a Masters in Vocal performance under a full scholarship to Arizona State University in the Fall of 2021.
Pianist Stephen Carey is a native of York, Pennsylvania. Stephen has his bachelor of music degree from West Virginia University, and his master of music degree from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Both of his degrees are in piano performance and collaborative piano. From the fall of 2001 through the spring of 2013, Mr. Carey worked for Opera Memphis, where he ultimately served as assistant artistic director, director of the young artist program, chorus master, assistant conductor, and rehearsal pianist/vocal coach. Then, from the fall of 2013 through the spring of 2018, Mr. Carey worked for Fort Worth Opera, where he served as principal pianist and vocal coach. From the fall of 2018 through the spring of 2019, Mr. Carey served as the assistant music director for the opera program at the University of North Texas. In 2020 he joined the music faculty of the Seagle Festival, the premier opera and musical theater producing organization in the Adirondack region of upstate New York, as well as the oldest summer vocal training program in the United States. Mr. Carey is currently the music director for the opera program at Texas Christian University.