Guest Artist: WMU School of Music

Western Michigan University’s School of Music presents Die Fledermaus A Night at the Opera on February 21st and 22nd. Performances will be at the Dalton Student Recital Hall on Western Michigan’s Kalamazoo campus. Dorcas Giles will be a guest artist...
Don Giovanni with Opera Grand Rapids

Don Giovanni with Opera Grand Rapids

Opera Grand Rapids will be staging Don Giovanni, Mozart’s comedic masterpiece. Under the direction of Maestro Robert Lyall, Dorcas Giles makes her second performance of the season with Opera Grand Rapids as a member of the Opera Grand Rapids chorus. Performances...

Review: Bach Festival Chorus

“BachFest Christmas Concert, a holiday tradition in Kalamazoo, plays to sold-out Stetson Chapel crowd” – Kalamazoo Gazette “There was a different look to the group of soloists employed in this year’s concert. They were generally younger...
Review: OGR Sampson and Delilah

Review: OGR Sampson and Delilah

Dorcas Giles sang in the Opera Grand Rapids chorus for their 2012 season debut of Samson and Delilah. “Camille Saint-Saens’ wild bacchanal in the Temple of Dagon, just before the mighty Samson brings the temple down, does for the ear what Cecil B. DeMille does...

Steps to Help Vocal Health

I’ve been attending every workshop that I can since I have arrived here at WMU. Last week I attended the first of a two part vocal health seminar. There was a lot of really great information that was given out. I wanted to share just one portion of that with...