Album Notes

COURTENAY BUDD joined by

SYLVIA MCNAIR soprano, MOLLY MORKOSKI, piano, ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello, COREY CEROVSEK, violin, DANIEL PHILLIPS, violin, TODD PALMER, clarinet, TARA HELEN O'CONNOR, flute, CLAIRE BRYANT, cello, PAUL GREENWOOD, piano, OREN FADER, guitar, FUMA SACRA, choral ensemble

featuring arrangements by CHRISTOPHER FECTEAU, and a world premier by GENE SCHEER

COURTENAY BUDD’s soprano, praised as “a voice for connoisseurs,” has been heard with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the National Symphony, and repeatedly at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Spoleto USA, and the Grand Teton and Bard Music Festivals, as well as at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. She won the 2001 Young Concert Artists Auditions, leading to acclaimed recitals at nationwide venues including the Kennedy Center. Her operatic performances include Ilia in Idomeneo at Alice Tully Hall, Baby Doe, Zerbinetta, Zerlina, Pamina, Juliette, Marie in the Daughter of the Regiment, Laurie in The Tenderland, and Amy in Little Women with such companies as Central City Opera, Opera Omaha, Atlanta Opera, and the Colorado and Charleston Symphonies. Budd received the 2004 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award from the University of the South and holds a Masters degree from Westminster Choir College. For the latest on where Courtenay is performing, please visit www.courtenaybudd.com.