Diana’s professional career began with New York City Opera, singing in the regular chorus and performing small roles. She appeared extensively with the Brooklyn Bach Festival, New York Festival Orchestra, and Musica Hebraica. She served for a decade as vocal adjudicator for the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts (“Fame”) in Manhattan and was a […]
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Michael Rodgers
Michael Rodgers has worked with Knox County Schools for 30 years and is currently a Special Education Teacher at Maynard Elementary School and South Knoxville Elementary School. He has performed with the Knoxville Opera, Symphony of the Mountains, Knoxville MLK Commission Choir, Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, and Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, to name a few. Rodgers […]
Webb School of Knoxville Select Ensembles
Michael Roemer
Michael Roemer, a diverse baritone with “robust sonority,” has performed with many arts organizations across the United States as a soloist on both the operatic and concert stage and as an ensemble artist of Chicago a Cappella and the Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus. Highlights from Michael’s concert and operatic repertoire have included Haydn’s Missa […]
Jennifer D’Agostino
Mezzo-Soprano Jennifer D’Agostino received her Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Voice Performance with a minor in Opera Production. She completed her Master’s Degree as a member of the Knoxville Opera Studio with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and her Bachelor’s Degree from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. Jennifer was […]
Rhea Carmon
Award-winning wordsmith RheaSunshine is a force that weaves passion, purpose, and power into poetry. She is the creator and Executive Director of the 5th Woman Cohort, which explores the stories of women. Regardless of race, women share the same experiences, fears, joys, and more, and the 5th Woman allows them to examine these moments without […]
The Fifth Woman
When founder and executive director, Rhea “RheaSunshine” Carmon, began to express her narrative through the powerful tenet of spoken word poetry twenty years ago, she realized that there is healing to be found in the act of speaking our stories aloud. The fifth woman was to be named Poetry. She is, she loves, she hurts, […]
Marble City Opera
Marble City Opera’s mission is to cultivate a new following for the art-form by producing authentic, thought provoking, and innovative performances of both chamber and traditional works utilizing found spaces and other inspired non-traditional venues thereby creating a more intimate and accessible atmosphere for its audience. Founded and based in Knoxville, TN, Marble City Opera […]
Indigenous Vibes
GO! Contemporary Dance Works
The 43 member GO! Contemporary Dance Works is far more than your typical group of dancers. Consisting of students at Studio Arts for Dancers, GO! combines dance and athletics to provide high energy and highly entertaining performances. The group is also a committed member of the Knoxville arts community, spreading enthusiasm for contemporary dance throughout […]