Featured Artists
SCVO is proud to showcase these fabulous artists.
Sammy Brown
Singer-Songwriter
Sammy Brown is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter originally from Stillwater, Minnesota. Previous projects include A Firm Handshake,...
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Mark Billy
Baritone
Native (Choctaw tribe) baritone Mark Billy is known for his big, rich-sounding voice and ringing high notes. In 2020, Mark was awarded a...
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Anna Hashizume
Mezzo-Soprano
Anna Hashizume is a Japanese-American singer-actor based in the Twin Cities. She has performed with Artistry Theater, Theatre Elision...
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Jake Baldwin
Trupmet
Jake is one of the busiest freelance trumpeters in the Twin Cities and has performed with a wide variety of groups, ranging from his own jazz quartet...
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Riley Helgeson
Trumpet
Riley Helgeson is a freelance trumpet player and composer based in the Twin Cities. Riley has toured North America and Europe with Sonny Knight and...
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Allen Michael Jones
Bass
Allen Michael Jones, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, is currently a Resident Studio Artist with Minnesota Opera. Last season, Allen Michael finished...
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Megan Wagner
Soprano
Ms. Wagner obtained her Master of Music degree from the University of Minnesota where she performed the role of Kostelnicka in Jenůfa...
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Nathan Cicero
Pianist
Nathan Cicero is a Twin-Cities based pianist specializing in art song, opera, and musical theatre. He has collaborated with several local arts...
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Colleen Raye
Alto
Colleen Raye is an accomplished singer, actress and entertainer. A native of Wisconsin, Colleen began singing at age 15 with her brother’s band...
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Reed Grimm
Baritone
Reed Grimm, a native of Ellsworth, Wisconsin, started his life on stage. At the age of 2 he joined his musical family’s nationally touring act...
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Gregory Hippen
Double Bass/Electric Bass
Jazz, opera, classical, R&B, bluegrass, and good ol’ rock’n’roll . . . you name it, bassist Greg Hippen has probably played it...
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Christopher Olson
Guitar
Christopher Olson has been an active performer and educator in Minnesota and Wisconsin for more than a quarter century...
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Layton "Skip" James
Pianist/Composer
Layton James studied musicology at Cornell University under Dr. Donald Grout, taught at The University of Hawaii and Stanford University...
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Tessa Larson
Soprano
Tessa Larson is a soprano currently seeking her MM in vocal performance at the University of North Carolina (Greensboro) after receiving a BM from...
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Nathan Cicero
Pianist
Nathan Cicero is a Twin-Cities based pianist specializing in art song, opera, and musical theatre. He has collaborated with several local arts...
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Jennifer Eckes
Mezzo-Soprano
Jennifer Eckes has sung professionally for over two decades, in stage productions large and small, and as a soloist in concerts and cabaret shows...
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David Schmalenberger
Percussion/Drumset
Dr. David Schmalenberger is currently an adjunct faculty member at Augsburg University and Anoka Ramsey Community College...
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Larry Neumann
Saxophone
Larry retired as a band director from the Stillwater Area School District after 37 years of teaching. He still directs and plays in the Century Jazz Ensemble...
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Obed Floan
Tenor
It is rare for someone in the 21st century to possess the natural qualities of the Heldentenor voice that is reminiscent of the golden age of opera...
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