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Don Walker has been a resident of Cottonwood Heights since 1997. This is his 3rd appearance as a soloist in the
Cottonwood Heights Messiah production. Don is an attorney, and has a B.A. in Vocal Performance from Mesa State College
in Grand Junction, Colorado. Don has sung all types of music over the years, and considers himself the last "old folksinger". He
plays the guitar, tuba, and baritone, and is occasionally the tuba player and backup conductor for the 96th Infantry Auxiliary
Band, a volunteer Army band in Murray. He is presently the Ward Chorister in the Cottonwood Heights 5th Ward.
Don
is married to the former Jane Waldrop. They have 4 children; Josh, Amanda, Nick, and Katie. Nick is in the bass
section for Messiah 2006.
This is Shannon Warner’s
first performance singing the Messiah with the Cottonwood Heights Area Choir. She
feels very strongly that the Messiah is an inspired work of God. Shannon graduated
from Ricks
College in music performance and attended the University of Utah in music education. Ultimately,
she decided to make her career as a legal assistant for a firm in Murray,
Utah. While at Ricks College, Shannon sang with their A Cappella Choir, and this is
where she first soloed for a Messiah performance. She can still be seen onstage
with various community theaters in the valley. Most recently she played Mabel in Draper
City’s The Pirates of Penzance.
She is a member of the board of directors, for the non-profit Draper Historic Theatre, and can still be seen onstage and
behind the scenes at her favorite theater. As always, Shannon thanks her family and her friends
for their support and love, and her grandmother for her inspiration.
KAREN BARKER,
Mezzo-soprano
Karen Barker cherishes her experiences in the Cottonwood Heights Messiah and will always be grateful to
Elizabeth Palmer for the opportunity and the encouragement for "regular choir people" to be soloists. Karen's vocal training
has mainly taken place while singing in choirs. She has learned from many great conductors through the years, both in church
and in school, and presently sings Alto in The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Karen would like to thank her family for being willing
participants in the Cottonwood Heights Messiah. Her husband, Dave, and sons, Ammon, Dallin, and Kimball have all
been in the choir while her daughter, Jana, has played flute in the orchestra. One more daughter, Kira, will one day be apart
of this wonderful experience.
SHAWNA GOTTFREDSON,
Soprano
Soprano Shawna Gottfredson has been a
featured soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Grays Symphony, the Utah Symphony, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the
Canyonlands New Music Ensemble, Nova, and the Utah Chamber Artists. She has also performed in Siena and Lucca,
Italy,and recently in Hawaii and New York.
Ms. Gottfredson's opera career includes
lead and supporting roles in Suor Angelica, Die
Zauberflöte, The Impresario, Orpheus
in the Underworld, The Telephone, Un
ballo in Maschera,and Madama Butterfly .
Oratorio work includes performances of
Rutter's Requiem, Schubert's Mass in C,
Haydn's Creation, Mozart's Requiem,
William's Donna nobis pacem and Hodie,
Faure's Requiem, Brahms’s Requiem,
Verdi's Requiem, Orff's Carmina Burana,
Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and Handel's Messiah.
AIMEE STEWART, Soprano
Aimee
Palmer Stewart has enjoyed soloing with Cottonwood Heights’
production of Handel’s Messiah since 1996. Aimee has also thrice soloed with
the Utah Baroque Ensemble, of which she was a member from 2003-2005. Aimee has been a member of choirs such as the Connecticut
Master Chorale, the Roanoke Symphony Chorus, and the BYU Women’s Chorus. Ms. Stewart also enjoys conducting choirs;
in addition to conducting her Roanoke, VA and Provo, UT ward choirs, she founded the BYU MBA Spouse Association
Women’s Choir. Aimee is also a violinist. She was a founding member of the Cantus String Quartet, with whom she played
for 8 years, and continues to teach privately. In 2004, while living in Provo,
she performed as “Maria” in The Sound of Music. This past summer, Aimee
opened Musicals at Richter with the National Anthem in Danbury, CT. This Christmas season, she will be performing
“Rejoice, Greatly” from Messiah in her family’s new hometown
of Chandler, AZ. Aimee has
a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from BYU with a minor in Music, and is the mother of three future Messiah soloists: Lizzie, 6; Eli, 4; and Ivy, 1.
Tenor Norman White was a featured soloist for the Cottonwood Heights
Area Choir's performance of the Messiah in both
1997 and 1998. Although Norm is not a professional singer, he has been performing since he was very young, including various
musicals (both during high school and in college), community choirs, solo invitations, and 2 years in Galena Street East,
a Sacramento, California - based performing group for high school students. Norm currently lives with his wife and four children
in Folsom, California, where he is an attorney for a large corporation. In his spare time, Norm still loves to sing, as well
as spend time having fun with his family.
OTHER PAST SOLOISTS INCLUDE:
MARK CHAMBERLAIN, Trumpet IVALANI BRADSHAW, Soprano
KARLA HORTIN, Soprano
KIMBERLEY McCLELLAN, Soprano
KATHRYN OEHLERKING, Soprano
SUZANNE FLOYD, Mezzo-soprano
WENDY KAMAHELE, Mezzo-soprano
DEBBIE MOSS, Mezzo-soprano
DAVE BARKER, Tenor
ELLIOT CLARK, Baritone
TRENT OLIPHANT, Baritone
KENDALL OLIPHANT, Baritone
JANICE CURTIS, Soprano
ANNA MADISON, Soprano
NICOLE OLCOTT, Soprano
NANCY STEPHANZ, Soprano
CAROLYN ETHINGTON, Alto
CYNDE FILER, Alto
TARA SMITH, Alto
PAUL ETHINGTON, Tenor
JACK THOMASSON, Tenor
LARRY FISHER, Baritone
FLOYD NELSON, Baritone
JAY WILLIAMS, Baritone
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