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Performance Information

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I started playing the ukulele in 2018 in order to accompany music as the song leader at the Bible study that I attended. Then I had the idea to use my instrument with art songs and arias, which I started doing in 2019. Now, I accompany myself on the ukulele all the time!

Please visit my YouTube channel “The 86th Street Performing Arts Center” and subscribe to my channel. Thanks!

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Church Soloist–Berean Baptist Church, Burnsville, MN; Macalestar Plymouth United Church, St Paul, MN; Faith Temple Church, Sioux Falls, SD

Solos Recitals–Minneapolis, MN; Richfield, MN; Sioux Falls, SD; Springfield, MO; Cedar Falls, IA

Opera Roles–Alcina, Oberto, Minneapolis, MN; Hansel and Gretel, Dew Fairy, Minneapolis, MN; Orfeo ed Euydice, Cupid, Minneapolis, MN

Upcoming performances

86th St Performing Arts Center– YouTube Channel (ongoing) https://youtu.be/OvKeNA-qD0g

Private Nursing Home Performances January 22, February 6, February 20

Private Performance February 14, 2024

Women’s Connection February 8, 2024, Ramkota Hotel, Sioux Falls, SD

Bio

Carmelita has performed with The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company Summer Concert (Minneapolis, MN) as Peep Bo in The Mikado, as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, and as Josephine in HMS Pinafore. She also sang the role of Antonia in Minneapolis-based Mixed Precipitation Theatre’s production of The Tales of Hoffmann. She was a soprano soloist in the premiere of Missa Aurea in New Hope, MN, and she is a frequent soloist at Faith Temple Church in Sioux Falls, SD. She has also sung with the Minnesota Opera Chorus, CORO! (an ensemble of soloists), Minnesota Chorale, Skylark Opera, the Minnesota Concert Opera Chorus, and the Bravo Singers. She has performed solo recitals in Waterloo, IA, Minneapolis, MN, Springfield, MO, and Sioux Falls, SD and has been a featured soloist in several concerts in Minneapolis and Sioux Falls. She has a Bachelor of Music Education from Evangel University, and Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Northern Iowa.

Performance Links

“Summertime” from Porgy and Bess, May 13, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h6CK7ilsVU&feature=share