
•Portland, OR
native and ASU Musical
Theater graduate Kelly
Jeanne Grant
(left) was
Kathy in the recent Broadway
Revival
and PBS Great
Performances Telecast of COMPANY, is singing the role of Christine in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
in the National Tour of Hal Prince production of the musical and is currently
in ASU's Gammage Auditorium. 
for the
Boston Marathon. In April, she ran Boston and
finished in
3hrs. 33min!
Earlier this year, she
appeared on National TV in a Jay Leno Tonight Show
skit. All this while participating in
the National Tour of Phantom! Kelly will
appear in Tempe at ASU Gammage Auditorium around Halloween (end of
October, 2009.)

RING
AWAKENINGS. The
production is in its second year on the road.
•Current Junior
Music
Theater Major from Mesa, AZ Alyssa Chiarello (far left) performed in
the Phoenix Theater's new production of CURTAINS a show written by
'Caberet' and 'Chicago' authors Kander & Ebb. The
show will run from September 16 thru October 11, 2009.








Bruckner “Te
Deum” not to long
after. 

right), just completed a season
with
the Saratota Opera Company
singing the
Sacrastan in Puccini's
TOSCA and the Grand Inquisitor in DON CARLO.


•Costa Rican mezzo and
ASU Masters
in Vocal
Performance
recipient
Ilse Apestegui (left), sang the role of Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte with
the National Opera
in Costa Rica this summer. She continues
to guest
with U. S. regional orchestras singing oratorio in concert and
performs in straight plays as well.
•Recent ASU
Masters
recipient Russian Yevgeniy Chainikov
and
(far left), sang Iago in Verdi's
OTELLO with the National Opera of Kazakhstan Astana. He garnered excellent
reviews for
his
portrayal and was
immediately engaged for future productions with the
company.
•Gresham, OR baritone Jason
Paul (near
left)
former ASU Music Theater major, sang the role of Chris in MISS SAIGON at
The Russian/American
program included songs by Copland, Previn, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff.
Much in demand as a voice teacher, Sun Kyoung presently
teaches at:
EHWA, SANGMYUNG and DONGDUCK Universities
in Seoul.


•Scottsdale, AZ
tenor and ASU Vocal
Performance Graduate Max
Miller (left), was in the broadway revival
production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's MUSIC IN THE AIR
last season. This was his second Broadway
show within a year's time. It was a short
run but
was well attended and boasted a great cast
and production team.
In his other production, he soloed in
JUNO
on Off Broadway
in NYC at City Center last spring. He sang in
Indiana at the New Harmony Theater singing Freddie in MY FAIR LADY
between NY appearances.