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internationally, at the Barbican Festival in London. As a specialist in the music of Paul Bowles, in 1992, she produced and performed in a multi-media performance piece entitled Paul Bowles: One Man, Two Voices at Merkin Hall in New York, and in 1995, she premiered a set of piano preludes in the EOS Ensemble’s Bowles Festival. Ms. Voth is also the Music Director of the Cantata Singers’ Chamber Series and can be heard on CRI recordings.

Maria Kurochkina (Assistant Conductor) graduated from Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, majoring in opera and symphony conducting, studying with Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Igor Dronov. In 2022, Maria started her studies at Boston University to pursue her DMA in Orchestral Conducting under the guidance of James Burton. During her studies in Russia, Maria worked as an assistant conductor with various Moscow orchestras, including the State Academic Symphony Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski. In 2018-2020 she worked as an assistant conductor at the Opera Theatre of the Moscow Conservatory. In June 2021, Maria became the Principal Conductor of the Pangea Festival (St. Petersburg). Maria was a Conducting Fellow of the Diaghilev Festival in 2018 and 2019; in 2019, she also staged R. Yunusov’s chamber opera “Steps ” (world premiere) at the festival. In 2021, Maria became a Conducting Fellow of the Cabrillo Festival, and in 2022 she became one of the 14 selected participants of La Maestra conducting competition organized by the Paris Philharmonie.

Maria Rabbia (Répétiteur) (she/ her) is in the second year of her DMA in Collaborative Piano at Boston University, studying under the tutelage of Shiela Kibbe. Previously, Maria received her MM in Collaborative Piano from Ithaca College.

Coaching and collaborative credits include Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI), International Performing Arts Institute in Kiefersfelden, Germany, The Voice Institute of the Finger Lakes, and participation as a Young Artist with Opera Company of Middlebury. Maria has worked with Opera Ithaca on several productions including La bohème and Carmen, and most recently served as a vocal coach at BUTI and as the Assistant Conductor and Pianist at the inaugural Opera Direction Professional Certificate Program in Ithaca, NY. She has previously worked with the Boston University Opera Institute on productions Così fan tutte and Our Town

Ami Okazaki (Scenic Designer) (she/her) is in her senior year at Boston University studying Scenic Design. Her design credits at BU includes: Far Away (Boston University, 2020), Shakespeare’s R+J (Boston University, 2021) and Machinal (Boston University, 2021). Her design for Caryl Churchill’s Machinal is chosen for the 2023 American Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space. She would like to thank her friends, her team, and her mentors for an incredible support throughout this journey! Her upcoming credits include Alligator-A-Phobia in 3D! (Boston Playwrights Theatre, 2023).

Gage Baker (Sound Engineer) is a sound designer and mixer currently pursuing an MFA in Sound Design at Boston University. Design credits include Catastrophic Theatre (Innominate), and Rec Room (The Moonlit Princess, The Children, Dance Nation, Sound Scripts Series). Production credits include Alley Theatre (Quixote Nuevo, Alley All New), Hangar Theatre (Cabaret), Stages Repertory Theatre (The Fantasticks). He currently mixes the Boston company of Blue Man Group. gagebaker.com

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