Sundays Out Loud

These recitals will feature the 2022 Tomita Young Artists performing some of their favorite songs.​

Sunday, July 17th, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. and Sunday, July 24th, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Hatch Recital Hall - Eastman School of Music {get directions}

Enjoy these intimate, Sunday afternoon recitals with some of opera's emerging stars. Each recital will feature a new set of Tomita Young Artists singing new repertoire, so you won't want to miss either date!

Photo of Hatch Recital Hall by Kurt Brownell, courtesy of the Eastman School of Music

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DANIELLE BECKVERMIT, SOPRANO

Soprano Danielle Beckvermit, born and raised in Kingston, NY, was named a Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and made her mainstage Carnegie Hall debut in 2018. She made her international debut singing at The Kurt Weill Fest in Dessau, Germany singing alongside Rolando Villazón. A graduate of the Mannes School of Music and SUNY Fredonia, Beckvermit has sung a wide range of roles, including Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Alice in Falstaff and the title role in Susannah. 

KAYLA ODERAH, SOPRANO

Soprano Kayla Oderah is an emerging young artist and graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. While completing her master’s at Michigan, she performed the role Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She also performed in masterclasses led by world-renown sopranos Reri Grist and Hila Plitman. In 2016 she attended the Aspen Music Festival as a studio artist. Oderah is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she received her Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance with a minor in artistic entrepreneurship. 

ERIKA VASALLO, MEZZO-SOPRANO

Cuban-American mezzo-soprano Erika Danielle Vasallo recently sang the Fledermaus Champagne Trio with Orchestra Miami in their New Year’s Eve Celebration Concert. She was a soloist in Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Treasure Coast Community Singers and Chamber Orchestra. Vasallo also recently sang as a soloist in the orchestral world premiere of Ernesto Lecuona’s Rumba-Rhapsody along with the FIU Symphony Orchestra, pianist Tomas Tirino, the FIU Concert Choir, Encantus Voices, and Miami Children’s Chorus. She debuted the role of Luisa in the romantic zarzuela Luisa Fernanda with La Zarzuela, Inc. 

ROBERT HARTFIELD, TENOR

Robert Hartfield is a tenor originally from the farmlands of Kansas and Missouri. He possesses a highly personal singing style, carefully developed since birth under the mentorship of his father, former opera singer Paul Hartfield Sr., and the collegiate teachings of legendary baritone professor Kim Josephson. Hartfield earned a number of prestigious awards early on in his singing career, including winning six National Association of Teacher of Singing (NATS) competitions. Soon after, he was performing leading roles with opera companies such as Opera in the Ozarks, Cimarron Opera, and the Collegium Musicum. 

GEOFFREY SCHMELZER, BARITONE

Baritone Geoffrey Schmelzer is a native of Skokie, IL. He is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Voice and Opera Performance at Northwestern University, where he studies with W. Stephen Smith. He holds a B.M. in Voice from the University of Illinois, where he studied with Jerold Siena and Nathan Gunn. Schmelzer's Northwestern Opera Theater credits include Mr. Gobineau in Menotti’s The Medium, Jonathan in the Midwest premiere of Jake Heggie’s If I Were You, and Schaunard in La bohème. 

JEREMY HARR, BASS

Bass Jeremy Harr spent the past two years as a Resident Artist at Pittsburgh Opera, where he performed Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Cadmus/Somnus (Semele), Zuniga (Carmen), The Brother (The Rose Elf), and the Speaker (The Magic Flute) as well as covered Sarastro. Other recent engagements included his debuts with Berkshire Opera Festival as Pistola (Falstaff), Opera NexGen as Don Alfonso, and his return to Wolf Trap Opera covering Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd) and Death (Sāvitri). Harr is a former District Winner and Regional 3rd Place Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory and the Maryland Opera Studio.

JENNY CHOO KIRBY, PIANO

From Dr. Andrew Harley's studio, Jenny Choo Kirby is currently pursuing the DMA in Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music. At Eastman, she is the graduate assistant for both accompanying and opera departments, where she was recognized with an award for Excellence in Accompanying in 2021. Her most recent projects include Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's Hansel and Gretel and Rochester Summer Opera’s Die Fledermaus as music staff and Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition, where she was awarded the second prize, adjudicated by Mr. Martin Katz.