Faculty Voice Recital
A vocal quartet featuring UMBC faculty members, Stephen Caracciolo, Janice Jackson, Lorriana Markovic and Joseph Regan along with pianistNancy Beith.
Stephen Caracciolo is a choral conductor recognized for his passionate artistry, creative teaching, and is a nationally known composer and arranger whose choral works have been performed throughout the United States and Europe. As a choral performer, he has sung masterworks with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Julliard School Orchestra, Indiana University Orchestra and the American Symphony under the batons of Robert Shaw, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Kurt Masur, Erich Kunzel and James Levine. He currently performs as a professional bass at Washington National Cathedral.
Janice Jackson is a full-time voice teacher at UMBC and is also the Director of the UMBC Gospel Choir and Jubilee singers, who have performed abroad in Verona, Florence, Rome and Venice, Italy and St. Thomas, Tortola Virgin Islands. She is also a faculty member of the New Shiloh Baptist Church School of Music. Jackson’s recent performances include a Christmas Concert Tour with Felicia Weathers in major concert halls of Germany, Denmark and Switzerland; the role of “Mother” in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Municipal Opera; alto soloist in Rossini’s Stabat Mater with Stanley Thurston and the Heritage Signature Choral; and alto soloist in Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Maryland Cammerata and Jubilee Singers and the UMBC Symphony.
Lorriana Markovic, is an accomplished performer of opera, art song and oratorio, specializing in the interpretation of Russian vocal music. She is the recipient and winner of many awards and competitions including Vocal Arts Society Discovery Series in DC, Pittsburgh Concert Society, Concours d’Interprétation de Musique Tchèque et Slovaque in Montreal, a Russian Scholarship to study in Moscow from the University of Pittsburgh and has been presented in recital by The Steinway Society by WQED-FM, Pittsburgh. Markovic has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Russia. Locally, she has performed at the Walters Art Museum, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Music in the Great Hall and with the Opera Theater of Northern Virginia.
Joseph Regan can be seen on the opera stage where he has performed the roles of Fenton from Verdi’s Falstaff, Tamino from Mozart’s Magic Flute, Jenik from Smetana’s Bartered Bride and many more. Regan is also an accomplished performer of musical theatre. He has performed Henrik in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, Nicely-Nicely Johnson from Loesser’s Guys and Dolls and has performed a number of cabaret and recital programs dedicated to the style. In addition to his work in opera and musical theatre, Regan is a well known for his work in the field of oratorio. He has sung Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart and is particularly notable for his expertise singing Bach.