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Musicians Performing at the Fall 2018 Concert

Secrets and Treasures!
October 29, 2018
Susan Davenny Wyner, Music Director/Conductor

Guest soloist: Brian Keith Johnson, baritone
PictureBrian Keith Johnson, Baritone
Brian Keith Johnson, Baritone

    Warren native Baritone Brian Keith Johnson is nationally acclaimed for his opera and oratorio performances and his "powerful presence" and "rich and gleaming" voice (Plain Dealer). He has received raves for performances with the Cleveland Orchestra, Akron Symphony Orchestra, Blossom Festival Orchestra, New Opera Festival di Roma Orchestra in Rome, Italy, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Carolina Master Chorale, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Porthouse Theatre, Cleveland Opera Theater, Lyric Opera Cleveland, the San Jose Ballet and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, among many other opera companies and orchestras. Area audiences know him from appearances with the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra and star roles in Opera Western Reserve's productions of Porgy and Bess, Barber of Seville, La Boheme, Pagliaci, Traviata, Madame Butterfly, Carmen, and The Marriage of Figaro.
 
    As a member of Actors' Equity Association, he has also performed a variety of musical theater roles ranging from Jim in Big River to Father/God in Children of Eden. Favorite musical theater roles include Joe (Show Boat), Bill Sykes, Miles Gloriosus, Sweeney Todd and Audrey II. His concert repertoire includes most of the major baritone works such as Carmina Burana, Elijah, Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death, the Verdi Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the Brahms Requiem and the Fauré Requiem.
 
    Born and raised in Warren, Ohio, Mr. Johnson received his bachelor's degree from the University of Akron and also studied abroad at the New Opera Academy of Rome in Rome, Italy, and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. In 2018 Brian was inducted into the Warren City Schools Alumni Hall of Fame in 2018.
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FLUTE
Kathryn Thomas Umble*
Stephanie Carter  

OBOE
Martin Neubert*
Michael Resanovic

CLARINET
Alice Wang*
Joseph Mansfield

BASSOON
Donald W. Byo*
Janice Pylinski 

HORN
Heather Johnson*
Rob Cole

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TRUMPET
Christopher Krummel*
Brandon Perkins

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TIMPANI /PERCUSSION
Scott Thomas*

KEYBOARD
Jack Ciarniello*


VIOLIN I
Joseph Kromholz, Concertmaster
Katherine O’Neill
Susan Brenneis-Fischer
Abigail R. McLaughlin
Gloria Slocum
Jenna Barvitski
​Natalie Sahyoun**




*Principal player
**Concert Manager/Librarian
VIOLIN II
Brendan Considine*
Karen Considine
Megan Benchwidk
Richard Smrek
Britanny Baglia

Jeffrey Johns
Robert Pavalko

VIOLA
Caitlin Hedge*
Wanda Sobieska
Hillary Lenton 

CELLO
Michael Gelfand*
Vit Fiala
Stephanie Zitkovich

DOUBLE BASS
Jeffrey Bremer*
Shawn Marko
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