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Gail
Nakano, mezzo-soprano, completed her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in
2010 at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. While there
she dedicated much time to music, studying voice with mezzo-soprano Mary
Nessinger. She was also a member of the Vassar College
Choir under Christine Howlett and the Vassar Madrigal Singers under
noted counter-tenor, Drew Minter.
In 2010, Gail was a
finalist in the Vassar Concerto Competition gaining the privilege to
perform Saint-Saëns’ “Amour! Viens aider ma faiblesse” with the Vassar
Orchestra. At Vassar, she was soloist in many works such
as Handel’s Israel in Egypt, Bach's St. John's Passion,
Vaughn Williams’ Mass in G Minor, Haydn's Missa in tempore
belli, and Byrd's Mass for Four Voices.
In 2008, Gail
starred in the Vassar production of Dido and Aeneas by Handel
with the role of Dido under the direction of Drew Minter and Miriam
Charney.
Gail has devoted summers to singing – in 2005 at the
Westminster Vocal Institute and Chamber Choir with James Jordan, in 2006
with the Idyllwild Festival Choir with Grant Gershon of the Los Angeles
Master Chorale, and in 2007 at the Norfolk Chamber Choir and Choral
Conducting Workshop with Simon Carrington.
In 2009, Gail
sang in the inaugural concerts of the Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
and is thrilled to be involved for its second year.
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