Dorcas, Lydia and Phoebe

Almighty God, You stirred to compassion the hearts of Your dear servants Dorcas, Lydia and Phoebe to uphold and sustain Your Church by their devoted and charitable deeds. Give us the same will to love You, open our eyes to see you in the least ones, and strengthen our hands to serve You in others, for the sake of Your Son, Jesus, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen 

Dorcas, Lydia, and Phobe faithful women

Almighty God, You  stirred to compassion the hearts of your dear servants Dorcas, Lydia, and Phoebe to uphold and sustain Your Church by their devoted and charitable deeds. Give us the same will to love you, open our eyes, to see You in the least ones, and strengthen our hands to serve You in others, for the sake of Your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

Congratulations Lydia as you graduate from Mannes today with a Masters in Vocal Performance!

Moving to NCY

Lydia will be attending Mannes School for Music in New York.

Lydia's a 4th generation IU Grad!

Lydia and her Mom!
Mary Cloud who sings in Lydia's studio
Lydia's on the floor to the left...can't you see her?
Lydia and Hank
Our Family 5.07.2011

IU Commencement

Lydia @ New Hope Pre-school

Lydia's senior head shot

Happy Birthday Lydia!

Lydia’s Senior Recital

Sunday April 10, 2011
Recital Hall, Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN
3:00 – 4:30 pm

Nikolai Choubine is her wonderful accompanist

George Crumb: Three Early Songs
1. "Night"
2. "Let it be forgotten"
3. "Wind Elegy"

Joseph Marx
"Die Begegnung"
"Die Verlassene"
"Die Tote Braut"
"Valse de Chopin"

Reynaldo Hahn
"A Chloris"
"Quand le nuit n'est pas etoileé"
"L'heure exquise"
"Dans la nuit"
"Si mes vers avaient des ailes"

G. F. Handel: Lucrezia, HWV 145 (Complete cantata)

Richard Struass: Der Rosenkavalier
"Presentation of the Rose", with Mary Cloud as Sophie!

And there will be Composer Cakes at the reception!

Headshots © Kelly Kruse Photography

Piobbico, Italy

Lydia is living in the town of Piobbico, Italy this summer in the Marche region.

A view from her apartment.

She will be studying there through the middle of July.

Happy Birthday Lydia

Lydia turns 21 today! She will be singing in the finals of the Dayton Opera guild competition. The first pic was taken when she was three at New Hope Lutheran Church Pre-school in Ossian, IN. The head shot was taken last year when she was in her first Opera at IU "A love of three Oranges". Congratulations and all our love.

Yeliena Ivanovna Popova

Here's what Lydia's up to this evening!

Place: Country House in Russia
Time: 1888
Running Time: 55-minutes

This opera is based on a Checkov short story of the same name. It revolves around Madame Popova, a young widow who, against the advice of her old manservant, Luka, intends to live in a state of virtuous life-long widowhood, even though her departed husband was not exactly a paragon of virtue. It seems that though he was impervious to her reproaches during his lifetime, she intends, perhaps for this reason, to pursue him with them into the hereafter.

Lydia's Recital 4.11.2010

Recital Hall, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University

Lydia will be doing her Junior recital

W.A. Mozart

"Parto, ma tu ben mio" from La Clemenza di Tito

Sergei Rachmaninoff

"In the Silence of the Secret Night"

"Christ is Risen"

"Yesterday We Met"

"The Poet"

Henry Cowell

Three Anti-Modernist Songs

Gustav Mahler

Kindertotenlieder

Georges Bizet

"Seguidilla" from Carmen

More news from Urbania, Italy

Lydia's been hard at work studying Italian, vocal training, and doing opera. This weekend she traveled to Pesaro the birthplace of Rossini which is on the Adriatic Sea. It's been hot there all week - 104 degrees! We can IM her @ 6:30 am here which is 12:30 pm there. She has three weeks left then it'll be time to pack up her things and move back to school.

News from Urbania, Italy

Here is a view of Urbania, Italy where Lydia is studying for the next month. She is learning so much.

Urbania

Lydia's off to study in Italy!

Aspiring opera singers can enjoy a summer in the beautiful town of Urbania in Italy's Marche Region. Two programs are offered, the Vocal Participants and the Vocal Apprentice. Both programs include Italian language classes and musical coaching. At the end of the season, students will participate in opera performances.

The Italian Operatic Experience is dedicated to the task of preparing the young opera singer for the rigors of the operatic world. In addition to the valuable experience with artist-level teachers, conductors, and coaches, young singers will develop important contacts with working opera directors and conductors, and develop life-long friendships with their peers.

This is a great chance to spend the summer living in a small Italian town and experiencing Italian opera first hand.

Happy Birthday Lydia