2023-2024 Season Performers
Image: Punkster Photography, Massachusetts
Kristin Hagan
Contralto & Mixtape’s best-kept secret
Mixtape Fellowship Winner 2021
A recital celebration “reclaiming our voices”, literally and spiritually
Magical, candlelit, intimate atmosphere for group meditation
Journeying from darkness into light through song and staging
Poetry readings, incantations, Spanish moss, and tarot cards
Telling women’s stories through the centuries … and her own
Guest Pianist Stewart Schroeder
Performance: January 28, 2023
2021-2022 Season Performers
Image: Weston Media Center, Massachusetts
Leslie Jacobson Kaye
Mezzo Soprano & the Ultimate Collaborator
Boston Competition Winner 2021
Commissioned a new song cycle from composer Oliver Caplan
All-English repertoire ‘high society’ repertoire with charm and humor
Plus painting and poetry to tell an incredible story … !
Packed the house at Weston Arts & Innovation Center
Audience talk-back about the creative process of new music
Pianist Tim Steele, poet Ruth Traubner Kessler, and cellist Eli Kaynor
Performance: November 9, 2022
Image: Golden Lion Photography, Massachusetts
Donatella Fermata
Bass-Baritone & Drag Queen (aka Michael Galvin)
Boston Competition Winner 2021
Her first time ever performing drag in public!
Developed this gorgeous character during COVID-19 isolation
Sold out show at Boston’s famous historic queer venue, Club Café
Glitter, booze, laughter, storytelling, and rapturous applause
Opera and cabaret repertoire, plus contemporary queer composers
Celebrity guest pianist Brendon Shapiro
Performance: September 6 & 10, 2022
Image: Ossia Media, Maryland
Rachel Sitomer
Coloratura Soprano & Super Mom
Washington DC Competition winner 2021
Mother of two, bringing her family life to the stage!
Contemporary American repertoire about motherhood
… the joyful parts, the painful parts, and the laughter
Family-friendly matinee at Prism in Annapolis, Maryland
A sunny afternoon celebrating all things “Mom”
Premiered new work by local composers & poet
Long-distance bestie, pianist Ashlee Mack
Performance: May 29, 2022
Image: Ossia Media, Maryland
Dr. Madeline Miskie-Jaeger
Mezzo Soprano & Crossover Sensation
Washington DC Competition winner 2021
Singing, piano jams, and poetry recitation … she really can do it all!
First half: Gorgeous art songs of women finding their own way
Second half: Pivot to bluegrass, Americana, and Carole King!
Joined onstage by her father Matt, a professional folk-rock guitarist
Party with her whole family at Capital One Hall, Tysons, Virginia
Guest pianists Jason Solounias and Frank Zieginson
Performance: March 27, 2022