Where Are They Now? Classical Music Competition
In the 2011-2012 season of the Lyric Opera, enjoy performances by past winners of CAF’s Classical Music Competition. The competition is now over 50 years old and these are only a few of the accomplished performers to be recognized.
The Tales of Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach
Hoffman - Matthew Polenzani, 1997 Male Voice Winner
Lucia Di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia - Susanna Phillips, 2006 Female Voice Winner
2009 Jazz Improvisation Competition Winner, Victor Garcia
Victor Garcia, Civic and Arts 2009 Jazz Improvisation Competition Grand Prize Winner, graduated from University of Illinois with an undergraduate degree in Jazz. He’s a full-time musician who plays throughout the world. He has started his own Big Band, the Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble, which played at the city’s Millennium Park this summer. At the age of 26, Victor is already a successful musician whose trumpet performance impressed the judges and audience members alike at the final auditions at Buddy Guy’s Legends in February. But… Read More >>
2007-08 Visual Arts Competition Winner and Finalist Angel Otero
Angel Otero is a graduate student at the School of the Art Institute and an up-and-coming painter whose work offers rich brushwork, dynamic colors and unique imagery that reflects his experiences growing up in Puerto Rico. For two years, Angel has been a winner of the Civic & Arts Foundation’s Visual Arts Competition. Through this participation, Angel has exhibited at the Union League Club several times both solo and as part of groups. We asked Angel to discuss his experience as an artist and Civic… Read More >>
