Category: Herring Chamber Ensemble – Soprano / Alto

Lisa Barksdale, soprano

is a twenty-six year veteran of the voice faculty at Furman University, and a frequent soloist in the Greenville, SC area. Having earned vocal performance degrees from Furman and Northwestern University, she is passionate about teaching her students to communicate expressively and to sing healthily. Prior to moving to Greenville, Lisa was active in the Atlanta music community, teaching choral music at Pace Academy, serving in several churches, and singing in the ASOC under the direction of Robert Shaw…

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Pamela Dodson, soprano

Pamela has been a resident of Greenville, South Carolina since 2004. She holds a degree in Voice Performance from Bob Jones University where she studied under Pam Dunbar. She performed with the Chorale and Chamber Singers under the direction of Dr. Warren Cook as well as Opus 6 under Dr. David Parker. Pamela has also had the privilege of studying voice with Dominque Labelle, Bradley Williams and vocal coaching and performance with Anthony di Bonaventura. Her greatest joy is teaching private voice lessons and sharing her great love of singing with all ages. She also enjoys teaching the Mini Maestro’s children’s music classes…

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Lindsey Foster, soprano

Lindsey is a musician and educator in Greenville, SC. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal/Choral Music Education from Anderson University in 2014. She performed in choirs directed by Dr. Richard Williamson and studied voice with Dr. Tommy L. Watson. She then went on to receive her Masters in Music in choral conducting in 2018 from Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, PA…

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Amy Joye, soprano

A native of Woodruff, SC, graduated from Furman University with a degree in church music. Amy also attended Converse College and Southern Seminary. She is a Children’s Choir specialist who has taught music, led choral workshops, and directed children’s and youth choirs in Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina. Amy has performed with VOX and the Ethos Chamber Singers in Charlotte, and locally with Greenville Light Opera Works and the SC Bach Choir…

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Kathryn Knauer, soprano

A native of Houston, Texas. She holds a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Furman University. Kathryn has enjoyed solo opportunities performing with the Kingwood Chorale, Carolina Pops, Northwestern and Furman symphonies and operas, as well as professional opera roles with Houston Grand Opera and New York City Opera. She has been featured as soloist with the Chorale and Ensemble regularly since returning to Greenville in 2008…

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Kelley Batson Addison, mezzo-soprano

Kelley grew up in Greenville, and was a student of The Fine Arts Center and Brevard Music Center. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Music Theory from Furman University, where she was in Furman Singers, Chamber Singers, and the Honeybees. Kelley’s background in music performance spans a wide range including musical theater, classical, church music, and pop/rock. For many years, she operated a private teaching studio, and recently recorded a collection of original piano compositions…

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Judith DeFoor, mezzo-soprano

Juditha native of Columbia, SC, graduated from Furman University with a degree in choral music education. She was a member of Furman Singers, Chamber Choir, and studied voice with Dr. Bruce Schoonmaker. For nine years, she taught choral and general music in South Carolina and Georgia. She holds a Master of Science degree from University of South Carolina and works as a speech-language pathologist at Greenville ENT, where she specializes in treating voice, swallowing, and upper airway disorders…

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Suzie Evjen Hagopian, mezzo-soprano

Originally from California’s Bay Area, Suzie holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the Boston Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Elisabeth Phinney. Suzie spent a transition year singing in Nashville, TN and Graz, Austria before moving to New York City. Suzie continued voice study in New York with Patricia Scimeca and later, Frederick Martell. Suzie has been an active recital and concert soloist and has performed opera roles with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble and New York Opera Project…

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Katelin Hawkins, mezzo-soprano

Katelin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Choral Education from Winthrop University. Katelin played piano, French horn and sang in choirs as a student in Rock Hill, SC. She currently lives in Simpsonville, SC and works as a music teacher and choir director at Fountain Inn Elementary. Katelin is a fully- certified Kodály music educator and her students perform often at community and Rotary events and have been invited to perform with the Fountain Inn Chorale this year…

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Stephanie Shelburne, mezzo-soprano

Stephanie graduated with degrees in vocal performance and literature from Bob Jones University (Jean Greer) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Dawn Harris). She has studied at the Berlin Opera Academy, Foothills Opera Experience, Lyric Theatre Illinois, and recently debuted on the Rodeheaver Stage, Greenville, South Carolina as Madame de la Grande Bouche in the Disney musical Beauty and the Beast…

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