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Darci Lobdell mezzo-soprano

Darci Lobdell has an undergraduate degree from the University of New Mexico in vocal performance.  With choral groups including Quintessence, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Albuquerque Civic Chorus, and the University Concert Choir, she performed as a mezzo-soprano soloist in works such as John Rutter’s Dancing Day, Brahms’s Liebeslieder-Walzes, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Brad Ellingboe’s Requiem, and Corigliano’s Fern Hill.  She is featured as a soloist on the UNM Concert Choir’s recording of Brad Ellingboe’s Requiem.  In 2013, she performed as the mezzo-soprano soloist for Bach’s Magnificat with the New Mexico Philharmonic and Quintessence.

In 2009, she performed the opera role of Diana in La Calisto with La Musica Lirica, for her international debut in Italy.  Over the course of her undergraduate study with the UNM opera, she performed the roles of Miss Pinkerton in The Old Maid and the Thief, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, and Terentia in The Beautiful Bridegroom.  In 2015, Darci will be performing the role of Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen with the Boulder Symphony.

Darci is constantly exploring her love for music. At UNM, she studied under the direction of Leslie Umphrey.  She now studies with Nina Hinson in Santa Fe and with Adriana Hardy in Washington, D.C.  Currently, she is in a training program to become an Alexander Technique teacher with the Alexander Alliance.  She is also in a certification program with the Vox Mundi Project for Yoga of the Voice.  Darci teaches voice in Albuquerque at the New Mexico School of Music.

Meet the Musicians

FIRST VIOLIN
Carmelo de los Santos
Karen McKinnon Concertmaster Chair
Sarah Tasker •••
Assistant Concertmaster
Ana María Quintero Muñoz
Joan Wang +
Heidi Deifel ++
Juliana Huestis
Barbara Rivers
Nicolle Maniaci
Barbara Scalf Morris

SECOND VIOLIN
Rachel Jacklin •
Carol Swift •••
Julanie Lee
Jessica Retana ++
Liana Austin
Lidija Peno-Kelly
Sheila McLay
Brad Richards

VIOLA
Laura Chang
Kimberly Fredenburgh •••
Allegra Askew
Christine Rancier
Laura Steiner
Michael Anderson
Lisa DiCarlo
Joan Hinterbichler
Laura Campbell

CELLO
Amy Huzjak
Jonathan Flaksman •••

Carla Lehmeier-Tatum
Ian Mayne-Brody
Dana Winograd
David Schepps
Lisa Collins
Elizabeth Purvis

BASS
Mark Tatum •••
Katherine Olszowka
Terry Pruitt
Marco Retana
Frank Murry

FLUTE
Valerie Potter
Esther Fredrickson
Jiyoun Hur ••+
Noah Livingston ••++

PICCOLO
Esther Fredrickson

OBOE
Kevin Vigneau
Amanda Talley

ENGLISH HORN
Melissa Peña ••+
Rebecca Ray ••++

CLARINET
Marianne Shifrin
Lori Lovato •••
Jeffrey Brooks

E-FLAT CLARINET
Lori Lovato

BASS CLARINET
Jeffrey Brooks

BASSOON
Stefanie Przybylska •
Denise Turner

HORN
Peter Erb •+
Allison Tutton
Andrew Meyers
Maria Long ••••

TRUMPET
John Marchiando
Brynn Marchiando
Sam Oatts ••

TROMBONE
Aaron Zalkind
Byron Herrington

BASS TROMBONE
David Tall +
Robinson Schulze ++

TUBA
Richard White

TIMPANI
Micah Harrow •+

PERCUSSION
Jeff Cornelius
Kenneth Dean
Emily Corneliu

Principal •
Associate Principal ••
Assistant Principal •••
Assistant ••••
Leave +
One-year position ++
Half-year position +++