Gabriel Gabaldon, Tenor
Gabriel Gabaldon is the Pastoral Associate of Liturgy at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, where he has served as cantor/soloist for more than 15 years. In addition to having served as tenor section leader in The Santa Fe Symphony Chorus, Mr. Gabaldon has sung in choirs that have performed for his Holiness Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica and he has performed three times at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Cammy Cook, Soprano
Albuquerque native Cammy Cook has recently returned to New Mexico as a soprano in high demand. Last season Ms. Cook sang the role of Nedda as an Alumni Artist with UNM’s Opera Theatre in their production of Pagliacci. She is also a regular performer with Opera Southwest where she has sung the roles of Nella in Gianni Schicchi, Madeline/Isabelle in Mollicone’s Face on the Barroom Floor, the Page in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and two original children’s operas. In April of 2012 Ms. Cook played the role of Marisol in the award winning world premier of Ethan Frederick Greene’s children’s opera, A Way Home, which is already scheduled for more performances in February of 2013. Equally at home as a concert performer, Ms. Cook was the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with the New Life Symphony Orchestra Southwest.
Kathy Olszowka, Bass
Peter Erb, Horn
Sheila McLay, Violin II
Sheila began playing melodies by ear on the organ at age three, and took up violin, piano, and clarinet when she was nine. At 12 she was studying with UNM professor Morton Schoenfeld on piano, and at 14 with UNM professor Leonard Felberg on violin….
Carlos Vázquez Baur, Tenor
Born and raised in Santa Fe, Carlos Andres Vázquez Baur began his musical journey with the Cathedral Basilica choirs and marimba band, singing in multiple masses and large events including the 400th Anniversary Mass and at Carnegie Hall, and starred in staged productions with Pandemonium…
Devin DeVargas, Bass-Baritone
Handel’s Messiah Soloists 2023
Praised for her “full, focused soprano,” Caitlin Gotimer makes her role debut as Tosca with Arizona Opera followed by her Dallas Opera debut as Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte in the 2022–2023 season. She joins the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice program during this summer…
Craig Terry, Piano
Grammy Award winning pianist and arranger Craig Terry enjoys an international career regularly performing with the world’s leading singers and instrumentalists. Currently Craig serves as Music Director of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago after having served…
Beethoven’s Ninth Soloists
Teresa Perrotta, Soprano Soprano Teresa Perrotta is a 2023 Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera’s Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition and a first-year Cafritz Young Artist at Washington National Opera. In the 2022-2023 season, she made her Kennedy Center debut as Fünfte Magd in…
Ana María Martínez, Soprano
Thomas Heuser, Guest Conductor
Emma Scherer, Executive Director
Emma Scherer joined The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus as Executive Director in September of 2021, stewarding The Symphony into a triumphant return to live performances with its 2021–2022 Season, amid the ongoing global pandemic. With deep ties to New Mexico, including an extensive…
Gloria Velasco, Violin II
Violinist Gloria Velasco has been playing with The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra since it was founded in 1984. She is a retired Albuquerque Public School orchestra teacher and still works for APS as a mentor for first-year music teachers. Gloria also runs music clinics, judges…