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Chandler Peveto performing Harry in Steamboat Opera's Company.

CSU Voice Major, Chandler Peveto, Performs as Emerging Artist with Steamboat Opera

Dr. Nicole Asel, professor of music in the voice area, contacted Peveto about an opportunity with Opera Steamboat after a previous performer found himself unable to sing. This opportunity led to a contract for Peveto to fill the role of Harry in Stephen Sondheim’s Company. When Peveto auditioned a second time this past summer for Opera Steamboat, he was contracted to perform two roles; Pinellino in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, and Peter Zegner in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up.


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CSU voice student, Lauren Bumgarner, wins first place at the Denver Lyric Opera Guild annual competition

On Saturday, March 19th, twenty-eight talented vocalists competed for top prizes in the annual Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition. Colorado State University graduate student, Lauren Bumgarner, won first place. About the winner: Lauren Bumgarner, soprano, received her B.M. in Vocal Performance from the University of California – Santa Cruz and is working on her M.M. […]