Cantata Singers Education Staff
Education Coordinator Susan Craft (MM in Vocal Performance, University of Wisconsin) is a licensed music educator in Massachusetts, on the music staff at Lesley Ellis School in Arlington, and serves as a choral teaching artist with the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s Urban Voices program in the Boston Public Schools... more
Classroom Cantatas Teaching Artists
Mezzo-soprano Carola Emrich-Fisher has been a soloist for Cantata Singers Chamber and main series and has performed with various opera companies, notably Boston Bel Canto Opera, Bronx Opera, and Golden Fleece Opera. As a recitalist... more
Emmanuel Richard Espiritu was born in Dallas, TX in 1984. In high school, Espiritu was selected to participate in the 2002 Texas All-State choir and was named Outstanding Soloist at the Texas State UIL competition. In the fall of 2007, Espiritu graduated with a bachelor’s degree... more
Susan Kattwinkel Navien, soprano, graduated from the University of Lowell with a Bachelor of Music in Education and Vocal Performance, magna cum laude. She has been a member of Cantata Singers since 1988, and a teaching artist for... more
Kumi Nokariya Donaghue, soprano, is in her fifteenth year with the Cantata Singers and has been a teaching artist in the “Classroom Cantatas” since 2004. Kumi is a native of Tokyo, Japan and has voice and education degrees from... more
Joshua Taylor, baritone, is a native of North Carolina and alumnus of Furman University and Boston University. Increasingly recognizable from his Boston-area appearances on the opera and concert stages, his recent performances include... more
Mezzo-soprano, Sara Wyse-Wenger (MM in Vocal Performance, New England Conservatory) is in her sixteenth season with the Cantata Singers, is a Lead Teaching Artist with its Classroom Cantatas songwriting program in Boston school... more