Cherry Duke

THE FOX AND THE COOKIE - world premiere
2023-03-28 18:30, 2023-03-27 18:30 UTC | TX
Cherry Duke produces and directs the world premiere of Maria Thompson Corley’s opera for children, THE FOX AND THE COOKIE, performed by the students of Opera UTEP.

Song Cycles by African Heritage Composers
2023-02-25 12:00
The SHSU College of Arts & Media along with the SHSU School of Music proudly announces the third annual SHSU Art Song Festival. Presented as a hybrid event, featuring art song performances, scholarly presentations, and a much-anticipated student competition. Registration for the festival is FREE of charge, and all live performances take place in the beautiful facilities of the SHSU James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center in Huntsville, Texas.
In addition to dynamic live performances, this festival will offer the opportunity for art song scholars vetted from across the country to present their research in a virtual format, with opportunities for participant discussion and questions through the online festival portal.

LIFE & DEATH: Art songs by African American & African Diaspora composers
2022-11-10 14:00
Cherry Duke and pianist Esequiel Meza, Jr. were selected to present a 50-minute version of their recital as part of the Artist Series at the Texoma NATS conference.

¡Celebracion!
2022-10-13 19:30
Cherry Duke directs, produces, and is a guest soloist on Opera UTEP’s Hispanic Heritage Concert.

LIFE & DEATH: Art songs by African American & African Diaspora composers
2022-10-08 18:00
Performed by Cherry Duke, mezzo-soprano & Esequiel Meza, Jr., piano.

El Paso Opera's FRIDA
2022-08-27 19:30
Cherry Duke is the Assistant Director for this production, produced by El Paso Opera.

Opera UTEP's LUISA FERNANDA
2022-04-09 14:30, 2022-04-07 19:30
Director/producer Cherry Duke revives El Paso’s tradition of zarzuela with Federico Moreno Torroba’s masterpiece, LUISA FERNANDA. The production will feature UTEP student singers, the UTEP Symphony Orchestra and the UTEP Concert Chorale. The cast will be led by UTEP voice professor Dr. Phillip Hill, baritone, in the role of Vidal and El Paso native Diego Valdez, tenor, in the role of Javier.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
2022-02-19 19:30, 2022-02-18 19:30
El Paso Symphony OrchestraBohuslav Rattay, Conductor
UTEP Choral Union
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy”
Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday!

NOA Conference Presentation: The Case for Zarzuela in Collegiate Opera and Voice Programs
2022-01-06 14:50
Professor Cherry Duke presents on the topic of Zarzuela as a genre suitable for collegiate opera and voice training, alongside Dr. Paulina Villarreal from the University of Memphis

EL PASO REQUIEM with El Paso Symphony Orchestra
2021-10-22 19:30 - 2021-10-23 00:00
Communities For Peace is an historic partnership of El Paso Opera, El Paso Pro-Musica, the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, and The University of Texas at El Paso Department of Music to commission a 22-minute cantata in honor of the victims of the horrific mass shooting in El Paso on August 3, 2019. The collaboration is raising money for the commission. Cuban-American composer Jorge Martin is writing the El Paso Requiem.

First International Marathon of Hispanic Women Pianists/Composers
2021-10-01 17:30
Join Dr. Dena Kay Jones, her students and special guests as they participate with other international musicians in an online streaming marathon of piano works by Hispanic Women. Our October 1 concert will be a live event in UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Center, Room M340.
Organized by FIMTE (Festival of International Spanish Keyboard Music) of Garrucha, Spain, the live performance on the UTEP campus will simultaneously be broadcast through Facebook Livestream. Works by Tania Leon, Cacilda Borges Barbosa, Ernestina Lecuona, Angélica Negrón, Adriana Verdie, Sofía Matus Cancino, Maria Rodrigo and Mariana Martine are scheduled for performance. There will be other guest performers on the program, including Professor Cherry Duke, mezzo soprano.

GIVING VOICE Festival: Opera UTEP Concert
2021-09-21 19:30
As part of El Paso Opera and Opera UTEP’s GIVING VOICE festival, headlining artist mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte and the Opera UTEP singers perform an all-Latin American concert. The concert features familiar Latin American songs as well as art songs from México and beyond.
Also featuring:
Prof. Diana Esparza, soprano
Prof. Hiram Rodriguez and his guitar students
Dr. Esequiel Meza, pianist and vocal coach
Cherry Duke, director and producer
This concert is presented with support from the UTEP Hispanic Heritage Celebration.
Tickets:
$5 Adults
$3 Students/Military
Free for UTEP Faculty, Students and Staff

Singing Behind the Mask: Teaching Tone and Articulation
2021-02-13 15:00
UTEP voice faculty present a virtual session on singing with a mask and the unique challenges for creating vocal tone and articulation. Dr. Elisa Wilson, Brian Downen, and Cherry Duke will share rehearsal techniques developed in choirs, opera workshops, and applied lessons during in-person meetings behind the mask, and they will discuss implications for post-pandemic singing.

BON APPÉTIT with El Paso Opera
2021-02-06 19:30
Originally scheduled for March 2020 and postponed because of the pandemic, El Paso Opera is excited to bring you this culinary collection of opera and song.

VOYAGE: French & Latin American Chamber Music
2020-11-05 11:00
Cherry Duke, mezzo-soprano performs French and Latin American chamber music and art songs with Cara Luffey, bassoon and Dr. Nayeli Dousa, piano.The program will air at 11am Central Time.

Clear Creek Music Festival Closing Concert (Virtual)
2020-07-26 20:00
Due to the pandemic, the Clear Creek Music Festival in Halfway, Oregon, invited artists to contribute performances for a virtual season-closing concert.

Clear Creek Music Festival Opening Concert (Virtual)
2020-07-14 19:00
Due to the pandemic, the Clear Creek Music Festival in Halfway, Oregon, invited artists to contribute performances for a virtual season-opening concert.

Roswell Symphony Orchestra's Beethoven Birthday Bash (Virtual Concert)
2020-06-06 19:00
Due to the pandemic, Roswell Symphony Orchestra invited several regional musicians to contribute performances for their re-imagined Beethoven celebration.

A Night at the Met with El Paso Symphony Orchestra
2020-02-22 07:30
El Paso Symphony OrchestraBohuslav Rattay, Conductor
UTEP Choral Union
Heather Dials, Soprano
Cherry Duke, Mezzo-Soprano
Paul Groves, Tenor
The El Paso Symphony Orchestra led by Bohuslav Rattay, featuring the UTEP Choral Union, will
transform the Plaza Theatre stage into a Night at The Met performing some of Opera’s most famous arias, ensembles and overtures. Join us for a glorious night of operatic moments.
Strauss Die Fledermaus Overture
Bizet Habanera from Carmen
Verdi Brindisi from La Traviata
Strauss Sing to Love from Die Fledermaus
Puccini Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly
Puccini Nessun Dorma from Turandot
Verdi Witches’ Chorus from Macbeth
Bernstein Make Our Garden Grow from Candide
and more!
Tickets $16, $22, $35, $41 & $46

A Night at the Met with El Paso Symphony Orchestra
2020-02-21 07:30

Faculty Recital at UTEP
2020-02-02 14:30
UTEP professors Cara Luffey, bassoon, Nayeli Dousa, piano, and Cherry Duke, mezzo-soprano present a program of music by French and Latin American composers. Featuring compositions by Chabrier, Massenet, Mignone, Grever, Bor and more.

Music of John Berners
2020-01-26 05:00
Dr. John Berners composer and professor of composition at the University of Indianapolis will be visiting to present a master class and student recital at UTEP. His music will be presented by voice students and faculty in this exciting evening. Dr. Berners music has been called “captivating” by The New York Times and vivid and cheeky by the Indy Star. Indianapolis Nuvo says, “delightfully surprising and quirky,” “all sorts of odd sounds,” and “near madness.”​
$8 Adults, $5 students, military and seniors, $3 for UTEP students, faculty, staff and children 12 and under.
Get your tickets through ticketmaster.com or at the door 30 minutes before the concert.

Hello, Dolly! at UTEP Dinner Theatre
2019-07-05 07:30 - 2019-07-21 00:00
Cherry Duke stars as Dolly Gallagher Levi in UDT’s first ever production of Hello, Dolly!

Opera UTEP presents SISTER ANGELICA
2019-04-28 14:30, 2019-04-26 19:30
Cherry Duke plays the Princess in this production of Puccini’s SUOR ANGELICA, sung in English.
Director: Jay Stratton
Conductor: Dr. James Welsch

Voice Master Class at EPCC
2019-03-04 11:00
Part of the Humanities Collaborative Lecture Series sponsored by the Mellon Foundation

Jorge Martin and Friends
2019-02-23 19:30
Cherry and her husband Brian Downen team up with composer/pianist Jorge Martin, to perform 2 song cycles by Martin and perform operatic arias from the standard repertoire.
