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Rachel Arky
Praised for her “golden tone” and handling of “difficult music with a glorious ease” (Edge Media Network Miami), mezzo-soprano Rachel Arky is a singing actress noted for her dramatic and musical versatility. This season, Arky sang the role of Pino in the world premiere of Larry Lipkis’s Simonetta (American Chamber Opera Company) and performed Melissa Shiflett’s Rose Saga II song cycle, a set which she recorded with pianist Elizabeth Rodgers.
Nicole Salamon
is an American mezzo-soprano who resides in Greenwich CT and New York City. In 2022, she made her debut with the American Chamber Opera Company in the world premiere of the one-woman opera Through/In. In 2023, she was involved with numerous choral works that featured her as the alto soloist, including the Dvorak Mass with the Hudson Valley Singers, Bruckner’s Missa Solemnis, and Haydn’s Heiligemesse with the Putnam Chorale. Some of her favorite roles performed include The Mother in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, Ma Moss in Copland’s The Tender Land, Dinah in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, and Florence Pike in Britten’s Albert Herring.
Elizabeth Rodgers
Collaborative pianist Elizabeth Rodgers holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music. She is in demand as a recitalist with singers and instrumentalists, including the distinguished soprano Judith Raskin, and in chamber music, orchestral, choral, and operatic repertoire. She performs with Music under Construction, American Chamber Opera, American Landmark Festivals, New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, and the Moss Ensemble. A strong advocate of performing works by living composers, she has premiered works by Miriam Gideon, Robert Dennis, Joelle Wallach, Carolyn Lord, Robert Dennis, Wendy Griffiths, Tom Addison, Justine Chen, Melissa Shifflet, and Douglas Anderson. She has recorded with PARMA Recordings, Opus I, Grenadilla, CRI, Musical Heritage, New World Albany, and Arabesque. Her solo album — Views From the Keyboard – piano music by Wendy Griffiths, is available on Apple Music.
Scott Still
is a New York based educator and freelance percussionist. As a freelance percussionist, you can find Still either on stage or in the pit at any number of venues. Still performs regularly with the Harlem Chamber Players, Chelsea Symphony, and Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, among others. He is also an active pitt musician, playing in numerous musicals across the city. As an educator, Still is a member of the New York Pops Teaching Artist program where he teaches in many different middle and high schools around the city. He is also on the faculty of Third Street Music School where he works with the InterSchool Orchestras of New York as a percussion coach.
