Summer 2019

We are pleased to announce our 2019 Opera Lancaster Associates Summer Concert Series line-up! 
We present another captivatingly cool season over 10 Thursdays that will surely satiate your summer thirst for live music!
We hope you’ll join us!

June 20 - Opera Lancaster Associates Vocal Competition Showcase of Winning Voices
@Highland Presbyterian Church 
500 E Roseville Rd,  7:00pm
Free-Will Offering

From Top Left, clockwise:
HOLLY BUTLER - This is Holly's first time working with Opera Lancaster and she's beyond excited. Holly has performed in JUMP, JIVE and JUKEBOX with Servant Stage; POLLYANNA, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and PAPA WAS A PREACHER at LCCS; and HELLO DOLLY at the Conestoga Valley HS. She attended Berklee School of Music / Boston Conservatory last summer for a 2-week Vocal Chorus Intensive program and performed in LA with Camp Broadway in the Hollywood Christmas Parade that aired on TV December 2018. Holly is so blessed to have the amazing support of her family, dance instructor, and voice coaches here in Lancaster and New York City.

Gretchen Enterline is absolutely thrilled and honored to be performing in the 2019 OperaLancaster Lemonade Concert. Gretchen just completed her freshman year at Temple University, where she is a Voice Performance Major. One of Gretchen’s most recent roles was Mabel in Gilbert and Sullivan’s, Pirates of Penzance. A few of her other favorite credits include Cosette in Les Misérables and Judy Turner in A Chorus Line. Gretchen can also be seen performing with the New Holland Band as their featured soloist. After graduation, Gretchen plans to attend graduate school and obtain her master’s degree in Opera performance. She would like to thank her parents for always supporting her dreams and the OperaLancaster Associates for giving her this amazing opportunity. 

Rebecca Gideon, daughter of the Rev. Sandra Gideon, is a 2019 graduate of Cocalico High School. She is involved with her school’s music department by participating in the marching band, jazz band, symphonic band, wind ensemble, concert choir, Choralaires, pit orchestra, Tri-M music honors society as Vice President, and runs the students’ chamber choir. Her sports activities include tennis and bowling. Along with all of her school activities, she is also an active member of the school’s National Honor Society. Outside of school, she sings with the Master Singers of Berks Youth Chorus and actively participates at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Adamstown. Her talents, along with singing, include playing the violin, piano, flute, and mallet percussion, along with many other instruments. This September, she will attend Susquehanna University majoring Music Education with a vocal and violin concentration.

Rebekah Hill is a recent graduate of Lancaster Bible College with her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. Rebekah has enjoyed performing regionally with Fulton Theatre, Reverie Actors Company, Opera Lancaster, and Servant Stage Company among others. She is also very excited to be performing in Newsies with Ephrata Performing Arts Center this fall. Rebekah was thrilled to make her debut as the soprano soloist in the Bach Reformation Cantata at Lancaster Bible College with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra last fall and has continued to appear as a soloist with Durang Dance Collective and York Opera Collaborative. Last summer Rebekah had the amazing opportunity to study under Maestra Ana Luisa Chova at the Escuela Superior de Canto in Madrid, Spain. In addition to performing, Rebekah maintains a private voice studio at Creative Pursuits Studio and teaches dance at the Viktor Yeliohin International Ballet Academy.  Rebekah would like to thank the teachers and professors that continually pour into her life, and her family and friends for their love and support.