Baritone Sam Chiba and Soprano Claire Pegram singing a duet in Mozart's Opera Le Nozze di Figaro
Soprano Elise Leung sings an aria from Mozart's Opera Don Giovanni
Soprano Jane Pappas sings an aria from Mozart's Opera La Clemenza di Tito
Baritone Sam Chiba and Soprano Claire Pegram singing a duet in Mozart's Opera Le Nozze di Figaro
AAMA 2027 in Austria
July 12 to August 9
Faculty
Sandra Moon, Voice and Stage Director
Sandra Moon has sung on stages throughout the world. At the Metropolitan Opera, she sang several roles including Cleopatra in Händel’s “Giulio Cesare”, Echo in “Ariadne auf Naxos” under the baton of James Levine, and Zdenka next to Renée Fleming ‘s Arabella. With over 100 roles in her repertoire Sandra has sung on the stages of Vienna, Munich, Chicago, New York, Carnegie Hall, Zürich, among others. Some of the roles in her repertoire include Violetta, Madame Butterfly, Mimi, Donna Anna, Pamina, and the concert repertoire Verdi Requiem, Mozart Requiem, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. In addition to her vocal repertoire, she has performed the role of Maria Callas in Terrence McNally’s Tony Award winning play, Master Class. Sandra Moon holds a Master of Music degree and an Artist Diploma in Opera from Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Ohio University. Sandra Moon currently teaches voice at Louisiana State University. For more information, visit her website at: sandramoonsoprano.com
DeMar Neal, Voice and Stage Director
DeMar Neal is a baritone, educator, and stage director with nearly two decades of collegiate teaching. He holds a Doctor of Music in Vocal Performance from Florida State University, with advanced training in repertoire and vocology. A Professor of Music at Wake Technical Community College, he also teaches at NC State University and Meredith College.
He has performed with the North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Opera, Opera Carolina, and North Carolina Master Chorale. Favorite roles include Papageno, Major General Stanley, and Junius. He also co-founded VOX, an operatic quartet featured on NBC’s America’s Got Talent.
Directing credits encompass Albert Herring, Le nozze di Figaro, and an original Mozartean pasticcio. His approach draws from Ostwald’s action-based acting and Volbach’s operatic dramaturgy. Further artistic training includes SongFest and work with Graham Johnson, Martin Katz, Warren Jones, and Sanford Sylvan.
He is delighted to return to Salzburg as a program alumnus and faculty member. Learn more at www.demarneal.com.
Master Class Guest
Manfred Mayrhofer, Conductor
Austrian conductor Manfred Mayrhofer is one of the most revered maestri in the Concert/Opera field in present times. He has demonstrated his master skills, conducting such prestigious orchestras as: Bruckner Orchestra Linz (Chief Resident Conductor), Volksoper Vienna, Cologne Opera, Landestheater Linz, Opera Heidelberg; and the almost too numerous to mention opera companies of Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Duesseldorf, Bonn, Wiesbaden, Mannheim, Braunschweig. Internationally he has conducted in Philadelphia, Tirana, Oslo, Tokyo, Athens and Kopenhagen. Foremost is his expertise in the works of Mozart, Strauss and Wagner. His is a golden musical reputation! ...more about Maestro Mayrhofer
Pianists
Mia Elezovic, Pianist coach and coordinator
Mia Elezović is a Croatian-born pianist whose career spans solo performance, chamber music, orchestral collaboration, and contemporary music across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Zagreb Philharmonic and Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra and has recorded for MSR Classics and Cantus Edition.
Her artistic work spans a broad repertoire, with particular emphasis on contemporary music, chamber music, and collaboration with instrumentalists and singers.
She has held teaching positions in Japan, Belgium and Croatia and is currently Associate Professor at the Academy of Arts and Culture, University J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek. Since 2012, she has also collaborated with the Austrian American Mozart Academy in Salzburg.
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German
Heike Vogel-Schulze