Song Cycles by African Heritage Composers

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 […]

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THE FOX AND THE COOKIE – world premiere

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.

$10 – $15

THE FOX AND THE COOKIE – world premiere

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.

$10 – $15

An Afternoon of Song

Cherry Duke and her husband, tenor Brian Downen present a concert of music for voice and piano with Dr. Casey Robards, piano and William McClain, viola.

LA TRAVIATA with El Paso Opera

Cherry Duke plays Flora Bervoix in El Paso Opera's production of the Verdi classic, LA TRAVIATA.

$47.00 – $87.00

MOZART BY MOONLIGHT with El Paso Opera

Cherry Duke joins tenor Brian Downen, baritone Levi Hernandez, director Justin Lucero, the El Paso Opera Resident Artists, and members of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bohuslav Rattay for an evening of Mozart under the moonlight in McKelligon Canyon.

¡Celebracion!

Opera UTEP's annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration concert features students, faculty, and guest artists performing Latin American and Spanish art songs and arias. Directed and produced by Cherry Duke, with pianist and vocal coach, Dr. Esequiel Meza, Jr. TICKETS:

National Opera Association Conference Presentation

All Together Now: Opera as a Vehicle for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Community Engagement, presented by Cherry Duke at the 2024 Tempe, AZ, Conference, January 3–6:  “Our Sounds and Stories”

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE with El Paso Opera

Abraham Chavez Theatre El Paso Convention And Performing Art Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, El Paso, TX, TX, US

Two performances, May 17 & 18. Cherry Duke plays "Old Lady" and "Blair Daniels" in Stephen Sondheim's musical about French pointillist painter, Georges Seurat. Conductor: Matthew Mailman Stage Director: Justin Lucero George: Luis Orozco Dot: Avery Boettcher

$45 – $85