Thornton Vocal Arts Fall '26

Lisa Sylvester, Chair

Bille Bruley, Ken Cazan, Jeremy Frank. Lynn Helding, Elizabeth Hynes, Derrick Lawrence, Brent McMunn

Kyle Shafiee, Classical Division Manager and Vocal Arts Department Coordinator

Opera Program Personnel Fall '26

Music Director & Conductor

Resident Stage Director

Guest Stage Director

Opera Program Manager

Opera Program Coordinator

Principal Coach

Opera Teaching Assistant

Rehearsal Pianists

Vocal Arts Outreach TA

Office & Production Assistants

Scheduling Assistant

Graphic Designer

Brent McMunn

Ken Cazan

Graycen Gardner

Damien Elwood

Lydia Brown

Mark Robson

Carl Pantle

TBA

Lwazi Hlati

Diego Delgado
Kaitlyn Son

Lalaina Rabetsimba

Genuine Ko

Thornton Orchestra, Operations, and Production

Orchestra Manager

Orchestra Librarian

Head of Operations & Facilities

Head of Production & Events

Head of Technology

Production Coordinator

Operations Scheduling Coordinator

Senior Piano Technician

Mike Basak

Brent Anderson

Marvin Munson

Heather Pio Roda

Fred Othmer

Tori Nagle

Matt Burmood

Yasuyo Nakamura