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Founders

Learn more about the four vocal colleagues who founded the Rochester Vocal Arts Collaborative in 2001.

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Allyn Van Dusen

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Linda Foster

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Susanna Adams

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Nadine Carey

Allyn Van Dusen
Mezzo-soprano

Soloist with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Oratorio Society, Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Madrigalia, Finger Lakes Symphony, Equinox Symphony, Penfield Symphony, Fortissimo! and Chamber Music Society of Rochester. Frequent recitalist on Live from Hochstein, Hochstein Spotlight on Faculty, Roberts Wesleyan College, Nazareth College, SUNY Brockport, and Strong Museum's Making American Music series. Stage roles with Opera Rochester, Cobblestone Arts Centre, Blackfriars Theatre, and many others. Recording artist/entrepreneur with 2 CDs on Songburst Records label. B.M., Boston University; M.M. with Performer's Certificate, Eastman School of Music. Former co-director of Fortissimo! Voice faculty at Hochstein since 1992; private studio; Christian Science church soloist since 1976.

Linda Nourie Foster
Soprano

Credits include performances with San Francisco Opera, Geva Theatre, Berkeley Contemporary Opera, Opera Rochester, Hesperian Ensemble, Genesee Valley Orchestra & Chorus, Irondequoit Chorale, Downstairs Cabaret, and the Jewish Community Center. Roles include Sally Bowles (Cabaret), Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady), Anna (The King & I) Ann Trulove (Rake's Progress), Cunegonde (Candide) among others. Recital venues include Live from Hochstein, Hochstein Spotlight on Faculty, Strong Museum's Making American Music series, Nazareth College, and numerous performances of classic American songs throughout the Northeast. Former voice faculty, Hochstein Music School; large private studio. Voice performance major at UCLA/SFSU; further studies with San Francisco Opera, Ruth Falcon of Mannes School of Music and Dale Moore of the Eastman School.

Susanna Adams
Soprano

Private teacher of voice and piano. Soprano soloist with New Haven Symphony, Genessee Valley Orchestra and Chorus, Irondequoit Chorale, Equinox Symphony, Brockport Symphony and Penfield Symphony. Stage credits include My Fair Lady (Geva), The Little Thieves of Bethlehem, Madame Butterfly and Die Fledermaus (Opera Rochester), The Grand Duke, The Mikado, Ruddigore, HMS Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard and The Pirates of Penzance (Off Monroe Players) and many others. Music director of operettas and musicals in Rochester, Connecticut and Maine. B.A. in Music, Yale University; M.M., Eastman School of Music, in vocal performance and literature.

Nadine Earl Carey
Soprano

Performance experience includes soprano soloist in 300 Years of Black Classical Music and Highlights of Duke Ellington's Sacred Works (Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra), Porgy and Bess (Metropolitan Opera), Spirituals in Concert with Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman, Live from Hochstein and Hochstein Spotlight on Faculty series, Eastman at Washington Square, and stage roles with Blackfriars Theatre, Downstairs Cabaret, Geva, RAPA and RMSC Players. Former voice faculty at Long Island University, RAPA; current at Hochstein Music School; private studio. B.A. in voice, Connecticut College. Additional studies at National Theatre Institute, Westminster Choir College, Juilliard, and Manhattan School of Music.

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