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About the Artists<br />
KATHERINE BECK, Mezzo-Soprano<br />
Hometown: Bennington, VT<br />
Katherine is currently an artist with the Ryan Opera Center<br />
at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In 2020, she performed on<br />
the Metropolitan Opera stage as a semi-finalist in the<br />
National Council Auditions and won the George London<br />
Foundation <strong>Competition</strong>. In 2019, Beck made her debut at<br />
Santa Fe Opera as Karolka in Jenufa. She was applauded for her roles as Mary<br />
Johnson in Gregory Spears’ Fellow Travelers and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro<br />
at Arizona Opera. Beck has been featured in opera, recital, and crossover<br />
genres in recent virtual performances with Lyric Opera of Chicago.<br />
DANIELLE BECKVERMIT, Soprano<br />
Hometown: Kingston, NY<br />
Danielle was named a Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan<br />
Opera National Council Auditions and made her mainstage<br />
Carnegie Hall Debut in 2018. A graduate of the Mannes<br />
School of Music and SUNY Fredonia, Danielle has sung a<br />
wide range of roles, including Donna Anna in Don Giovanni,<br />
Alice in Falstaff and the title role in Susannah. An award winner in The George<br />
London Foundation <strong>Competition</strong> in 2020, Beckvermit was an apprentice artist<br />
with the Santa Fe Opera in 2019 and just completed her two-year residency<br />
with the Minnesota Opera.<br />
EDWIN JHAMAL DAVIS, Bass<br />
Hometown: Utica, MS<br />
He is an alumnus of Jackson State University where<br />
he earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology with dual<br />
minors in Chemistry and Music. In 2014, while studying<br />
voice with soprano Phyllis Lewis-Hale, he made his<br />
professional debut with the Mississippi Opera singing<br />
Simone in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. He is a Master's Degree recipient of the<br />
Manhattan School of Music where he studied with well-acclaimed baritone and<br />
bass-baritone, Mark Oswald and James Morris. He was crowned the national<br />
winner of the Marian Anderson <strong>Vocal</strong> Arts <strong>Competition</strong> hosted by the National<br />
Association of Negro Musicians in its centennial celebration and is also a<br />
Metropolitan Opera Eastern Region award winner. He is currently serving as<br />
Bass in Residence with the Portland Opera Association, for the 2020-<strong>2021</strong><br />
season.
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