CURRENT SOLOISTS

Holly Cameron

soprano

 

Holly Cameron, soprano, is thrilled to sing with the Festival Chorus and Orchestra for her eleventh season! She has been hailed a “marvelous femme fatale” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) with “rip-roaring high notes” (The Boston Globe). Some of her favorite operatic roles include Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Musetta (La bohème), and Abigail (The Crucible), among others. On the concert stage, Ms. Cameron has appeared as a soloist in works such as Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, and Bach’s St. John’s Passion and St. Matthew’s Passion. A recipient of numerous honors, Ms. Cameron was a New England Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has won awards in the Shreveport Opera Competition, Sarasota Artist Series competition and the National Orpheus Vocal Competition, among others. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Voice Performance from New England Conservatory and a Master’s Degree in Voice Performance from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Holly also has a growing reputation for her interpretation of the blues and soul genres and can be regularly heard with the Chris Fitz “Bigger Soul” Band.  For more information and other upcoming performances, please visit: www.hollycameronmusic.com.

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Anne Burgett

soprano

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Anne Burgett, from Swampscott, Massachusetts, is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance at Boston University, studying voice with Professor Penelope Bitzas. Anne is passionate about performing operatic repertoire, sacred works, and art song repertoire. She has performed operatic roles such as the Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Clorinda in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Cathleen in Vaughan Williams’ Riders to the Sea, and most recently, Zina in Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters. She was the soprano soloist in the Mozart Requiem at Boston University in the fall of 2023. Anne has worked as a soloist and ensemble member with Northwestern University Chorale, and was the soprano soloist at the First Presbyterian Church in Deer eld, Illinois. In addition to performing, Anne teaches voice lessons to students ages 6-22, and is an Aural Skills instructor at Boston University. She has been a member of Old North Church for ten years. This coming year, Anne will be performing the roles of Rosalba in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas and Nella in Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi with the Boston University Opera Institute, and will be performing her Master’s Degree Recital in the spring.

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Stephanie Scarcella

mezzo-soprano

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Hailed by The Boston Globe as a "radiant mezzo" Stephanie Scarcella originates from Wyoming, and has gladly made New England her home since 2006.  

 

This season's concert is Stephanie’s 10th performance with the Old North Festival Chorus. She is so grateful to return back to Marblehead and be part of this festive weekend! Stephanie has sung with organizations across the country including Boston Lyric Opera, Odyssey Opera, Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Middlebury Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, and others. Her next major concert is in the spring of 2025; she will be the mezzo-soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in Hartford, CT. She loves singing classical music and at times has also hosted jazz shows! Her other interests outside of music include gardening, hiking, travel, and photography. You can see more on her website: www.stephaniescarcella.com

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​​​​​​​​​​​​Kevin Hayden

tenor

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Kevin Hayden, tenor, performed with The Old North Church Festival Chorus for thirteen seasons. Mr. Hayden is familiar to audiences in New England and beyond having performed with Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, Pine Mountain Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Boston Opera Collaborative, Charleston Chamber Opera Company, Cape Cod Opera, Masterworks Chorale, Opera del West, Boston University Opera Institute, Opera by the Bay, The Lynn Concert Singers and Trinity Church among others.  Kevin graduated from Boston University with his Master of Music Degree and The University of Oklahoma with his Bachelor of Music Degree.  Past operatic roles include Tamino (Die Zauberflote), Alfredo (La traviata), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), and The Doctor (A Month in the Country).  Kevin lives in Marblehead with his wife, Jennifer and two children Sully and Lizzy.

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Andrew Scoglio

baritone

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Andrew Scoglio, baritone, is the Lead Teacher for the Performing & Applied Arts at Marblehead High School.  He directs the High School and Middle School choral music programs consisting of three choirs and three contemporary a cappella groups.  He also teaches AP Music Theory, Piano Class, and Theatre Arts.  Mr. Scoglio holds a Master’s degree in Music Education from Gordon College and a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

An active choral singer and soloist, Mr. Scoglio has performed with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall, Tanglewood, Fenway Park, and Carnegie Hall.  In 2023, Mr. Scoglio conducted the MMEA Eastern Jr. District Honor Choir and was a conducting fellow and singer at the Sarteano Choral Conducting Workshop in Tuscany.  Mr. Scoglio also sings in Lyricora, a Boston-based ensemble that is presenting 3 concerts this December.  He has studied voice with Andrew Garland, William Hite, and Jennifer Sgroe.  He is pleased to serve as the Baritone section leader and soloist at Old North Church.

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PAST SOLOISTS

 

 

Gabriela Fagen

mezzo-soprano

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Mezzo-soprano Gabriela Fagen is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, having received her Master of Music studying under the tutelage of Mary Ann Hart in 2019, and her Bachelor of Music as a student of Costanza Cuccaro in 2017. Ms. Fagen made her debut with Teatro Nuovo in the summer of 2021 as a chorus member and cover for Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia. Additionally, she was contracted as the cover for Alceo in Il vero omaggio with Teatro Nuovo (cancelled due to COVID-19). Other recent role credits include Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar, Sesto in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, Dryade in R. Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, Unulfo in Handel’s Rodelinda and Ethel Toffelmeier in The Music Man with Indiana University Opera Theatre; Third Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with the Prague Summer Nights Festival; Dame Hannah in Ruddigore with the University Gilbert and Sullivan Society; and Third Spirit in Die Zauberflöte with the Savannah Voice Festival. She is also a recipient of the Joshi International Fellowship, and the Viola Wheeler Arts Award. Ms. Fagen is currently based in Brookline, MA, and is a student of Constance Fee.

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​​​Jonathan Cole Neumann

baritone

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Jonathan Cole, baritone, is from Dallas, Texas and is proud to have sung with the Old North Festival Chorus for six seasons.  He has performed with organizations including Central City Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Odyssey Opera of Boston, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Newburyport Choral Society, Boston University Opera Institute, College Light Opera Company, and CU New Opera Works.  Jonathan has sung more than thirty opera and music theatre roles, highlights including Ford, Mercutio, Guglielmo, Pirate King, and Marcello.  An avid supporter of new music, Jonathan has performed lead roles in collaboration with Jake Heggie, Tobias Picker, and the late Stephen Paulus and has performed staged and workshop premiers of operas by William Bolcom, Lori Laitman, and Libby Larsen.  As an arts administrator, Jonathan has served as the Program Director of Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI), an organization for which he has also taught on the vocal faculty. Currently, he is Director of Special Events for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, in Fort Worth, Texas.

 

Jonathan holds degrees from Baylor University, Boston University, and the Boston University Opera Institute, and has completed coursework toward a Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice and Pedagogy at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Daniel Fridley

bass

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Daniel Fridley, bass, received his Doctorate of Musical Arts in 2021 from the Case Western Reserve University Historical Performance Practice program, studying with Ellen Hargis and Jesse Blumberg. His “spotless, resonant bass” (Cleveland Classical) lends itself well to both early music and opera. Performance credits from recent seasons include Ensemble/Monstro in Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (Boston Early Music Festival); Pretore in Rossini’s La gazza ladra (Teatro Nuovo); Contrabass Soloist in Emilio Rautavaara’s Vigilia (Chicago Chorale); Bass Soloist in J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata (Wyoming Baroque); Dottore Grenvil in Verdi’s La traviata (The Cleveland Opera); Dangerous Love, a concert of fiery 17th century Italian music (Newberry Consort); Jesus in J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion (Atlanta Baroque); and Polyphemus in Handel’s Acis and Galatea (CWRU). 

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