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Mary Hubbell

Mary Hubbell, soprano, is comfortable performing a wide range of music. She earned a First Phase Degree in Classical Singing from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in June 2006. While living in the Netherlands, she participated in the Steve Reich Festival at the Royal Conservatory, the annual Young Composer's Festival in Apeldoorn, the Chamber Opera Festival in Zwolle, and the Gaudeamus Festival in Amsterdam. In October 2005, Ms. Hubbell was a soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Tao by Louis Andriessen. In addition to exploring contemporary music, Ms. Hubbell has also studied early music with Michael Chance, Jill Feldman, Evelyn Tubb, and Eric Mentzel. She was a frequent soloist with La Prunelle Ensemble and the Praetorius Blockfluit Ensemble in the music of Monteverdi, Lechner, and Caldara. She sang the role of Giunone in Cavalli's La Calisto at the Amherst Early Music Festival in the summer of 2007. Ms. Hubbell has also studied the art of song with such distinguished teachers as David Wilson-Johnson, Roberta Alexander, Meinard Kraak, and Rudolf Jansen. She has presented art song recitals in New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and South Carolina. In May 2007, Ms. Hubbell gave a recital of Italian opera arias in Piccolo Spoleto's Spotlight Series in Charleston, SC. During the 2007-2008 season, Ms. Hubbell was a soloist in Robert Kapilow's Green Eggs and Ham with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate with the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where she studies with Robert White.