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Jamie-Rose Guarrine

http://jamieroseguarrine.com

Soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine is acclaimed for her “utterly thrilling, agile voice” and praised for bringing “pathos, beauty, and heartbreaking skill” to her performances. She has performed on the stages of Los Angeles Opera, Minnesota Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Chicago Opera Theater, Austin Opera, Utah Opera, Fort Worth Opera; as well as the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, The National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, San Antonio Symphony, the Santa Fe Symphony, among many others. 

Her broad performance repertoire spans the operatic masterworks of Mozart, Strauss, and Donizetti, as well as the concert repertoire of Brahms, Orff, Mahler, Handel, and Bach, to modern works such as Mark Adamo's Lysistrata and Philip Glass' Galileo Galilei. She recently performed in the world premiere of Julian Wachner’s Rev.23 in Boston and New York. Her debut album, Transparent Boundaries; songs set to the words of Dickinson, Whitman, and Emerson, featuring newly commissioned works by Lori Laitman and Scott Gendel, debuted in 2020 on the Navona label and all streaming platforms, with reviews featured in numerous publications including Gramophone Magazine.

A native of Peoria, IL, Dr. Guarrine is an alumna of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, as well as some of the country’s most prestigious young artist programs. She has presented masterclasses to young singers throughout the United States, and proudly serves as Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she teaches a studio of undergraduate and graduate voice students, mentoring future music educators and performers.

Ian Scarfe

Ian Scarfe enjoys a wide ranging career as an advocate for music. Initially following directions to become a piano soloist, he quickly discovered the joys of diversifying his work. As a performer he is equally comfortable as a soloist, accompanying recital partners, or in the mix of a small or large ensemble. As a speaker, he is a frequent lecturer during formal concerts, a host and emcee during casual musical events, and also a narrator to children's programs. As a musical entrepreneur, he keeps a busy travel schedule across the United States and Europe organizing concerts, tours, and festivals.

Ian is the founder and director of the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival. Started in 2011 as a retreat for musicians and composers in the beautiful Trinity Alps region of Northern California, this organization has expanded to become a kind of “touring festival”. It has presented diverse program with dozens of musicians in over 300 free public concerts and school programs across communities and schools in rural Northern California and Oregon.

He is a founding member of several ensembles, including the Vinifera Trio in California's Bay Area and the Zurich Beethoven Trio in Switzerland. He has supported colleagues in the creation of the Hogtown Chamber Music Festival in Gainesville, Florida, Festival Viana in Portugal, and Festival Rolland in Bourgogne, France.

The Amherst BID presents

Chamber at The Drake: a 5 part series of classical & chamber music

1/22 Bandwidth

2/5 Elizabeth Chang and Steven Beck

3/26 Jamie-Rose Guarrine

4/16 Rasa String Quartet

5/7 Ed Arron and Jeewon Park

Karl Knapp

Cellist Karl Knapp has performed in the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Madison Opera Orchestra, and Minnesota Opera Orchestra. He has served as Principal Cellist with Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and Juneau Symphony and performs with NERO: New England Repertory Orchestra, as well as the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival (CA) and the Lake Chelan Bach Festival (WA). Karl appears on the Navona record label accompanying his wife, soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine. He has shared the stage with diverse artists such as Pinchas Zuckerman, Janos Starker, Mannheim Steamroller, and Transiberian Orchestra. Knapp also performs extensively with his quartet, The Cushman Quartet, and his band 1200 Horsehairs: A Band of Cellos. 

In addition to maintaining a 20+ year career spanning solo and chamber music performances across a wide variety of repertoire, Dr. Knapp, an alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is also a devoted Suzuki educator. He has served as Coordinator for the Sonido Musica Program, a music partnership program between the Springfield (MA) Public Schools and Community Music School of Springfield, and is a founding member of the Alaska Cello Intensive, a summer program for young cellists which combines intense music study with the similarly intense experience of Alaska's midnight sun and rugged landscapes. He currently serves as a strings educator in the Frontier Regional public schools. Karl teaches an active studio of cellists in Amherst, and regularly performs in the Pioneer Valley and beyond.

The Trio