Past Schedule

“A Spiritual Christmas”  

Date City Venue
12/16/14 Dayton, OH David’s United Church of Christ
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 170 West David Road. Featuring Cherry Duke, John Wesley Wright and Michael Preacely. Click here for more information.

“Amor” on EPCF Jewel Box Series  

Date City Venue
02/11/18 El Paso, TX Philanthropy Theater at the Plaza
Time: 2:30pm. Admission: $16. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 915-533-4020. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Mezzo-soprano Cherry Duke, guitarist George Salas and violinist Sandra Rivera Click here for more information. More information

‘Tis the Season for Opera  

Date City Venue
12/03/16 El Paso, TX Plaza Theatre
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15-70. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 1-855-985-4357. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Venue phone: 915.581.5534. El Paso Opera presents holiday themed arias and well known songs after the San Jacinto Plaza Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. Click here for more information. More information

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC  

Date City Venue
01/23/13 - 02/17/13 Indianapolis, IN Indiana Repertory Theater
Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 140 W. Washington Street. Exact dates and showtimes on IRT website. Click here for more information. More information

A Night at the Met with El Paso Symphony Orchestra  

Date City Venue
02/22/20 El Paso, TX Plaza Theatre
Time: 7:30am. Admission: $16-$46. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Venue phone: 915.581.5534. El Paso Symphony Orchestra Bohuslav 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 Click here for more information.
02/21/20 El Paso, TX Plaza Theatre
Time: 7:30am. Admission: $16-$46. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Venue phone: 915.581.5534. Click here for more information.

A SPIRITUAL MESSIAH  

Date City Venue
12/14/14 Cincinnati, OH St. John’s Unitarian Universalist Church
Time: 11:00am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 320 Resor Ave. Venue phone: (513) 961-1938. Featuring John Wesley Wright, Michael Preacely and Cherry Duke with Dr. Catherine Roma and the St. John’s choir. Click here for more information.
11/17/13 Salisbury, MD Holloway Hall Auditorium
Time: 5:00pm. Admission: 15. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Salisbury University. With Salisbury Chorale & University Chorale. The chorales and soloists from the American Spiritual Ensemble place Negro spirituals into the dramatic structure of Handel’s Messiah. Admission: $15, $12 seniors For more information call 410-543-6385 or visit the SU website at www.salisbury.edu/musicdept Click here for more information. More information

A SPIRITUAL MESSIAH (Concert) with Messiah Festival of the Arts  

Date City Venue
03/31/13 Lindsborg, KS Bethany College
Time: 3:00pm. Box office: (785) 227-3380, ext. 8137. Venue phone: (785) 227-3380, ext. 8137. Featuring members of the American Spiritual Ensemble: Karen Slack, soprano Cherry Duke, mezzo-soprano John Wesley Wright, tenor Michael Preacely, baritone Click here for more information. More information

American Spiritual Ensemble  

Date City Venue
Tour: American Spiritual Ensemble Winter Tour 2015
02/27/15 New York, NY Avery Fisher Hall
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $36-$110. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 212.333.5333. Address: 70 Lincoln Center Plaza. Celebration of American Music: joint concert with the National Chorale. Click here for more information.
02/24/15 Lexington, KY First Presbyterian Church
Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Benefitting: Arbor Youth Services Click here for more information. More information
02/22/15 Birmingham, Alabama Vestavia Hills Baptist Church
Time: 2:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 2600 Vestavia Dr.. Click here for more information. More information
02/17/15 Cookeville, Tennessee Wattenbarger Auditorium, Bryan Fine Arts Building
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Tennessee Tech University. Venue phone: 8655469661. Click here for more information. More information
02/15/15 Knoxville, Tennessee First Baptist Church
Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 865-546-9661. Address: 510 W Main St.. Venue phone: 865-546-9661. Click here for more information. More information
02/13/15 Salisbury, Maryland Asbury United Methodist Church
Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (410) 778-7836. Address: 1401 Camden Avenue. Venue phone: 5133177070. Tickets available at SU Guerrieri Center, Asbury Church, at the Door, and www.ticketleap.com. Click here for more information. More information
02/12/15 Oxford, Maryland Church of the Holy Trinity
Time: 2:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 410.226.5134. Address: 502 South Morris Street. Venue phone: 5133177070. Click here for more information. More information
02/11/15 Chesterfield, Maryland Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (410) 778-7836. Address: Washington College. Venue phone: 410-778-7839. Click here for more information. More information
Tour: American Spiritual Ensemble Fall Tour
11/12/12 Winston-Salem, NC UNC School of the Arts, Stevens Center
Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 405 W. 4th Street. NC Music Educators Conference Click here for more information. More information
11/10/12 Charlotte, NC St. John’s Baptist Church
Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 300 Hawthorne Lane. FEEL THE SPIRIT, FEED THE SOUL: Part 2 The AMERICAN SPIRITUAL ENSEMBLE joins 4 choirs from The AMERICAN SPIRITUAL ENSEMBLE joins 4 choirs from Singin’ Black and White and Zeb Harrison’s shout band, the Sounds of Praise. Experience the joy as black and white choirs find unity with each other and the AMERICAN SPIRITUAL ENSEMBLE in an evening of spirituals and gospel music. Click here for more information. More information
11/09/12 Charlotte, NC First Presbyterian Church
Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 200 West Trade Street. FEEL THE SPIRIT, FEED THE SOUL: Part 1 The world-renowned AMERICAN SPIRITUAL ENSEMBLE presents a benefit concert for Singin’ Black and White. Experience the critically-acclaimed AMERICAN SPIRITUAL ENSEMBLE in their trademark blend of traditional spirituals, Broadway and other songs. Comprised of professional opera and Broadway singers from around the country, this is a performance you won’t want to miss. SUGGESTED DONATIONS: $25-adults / $15-students & seniors (no ticket pre-sales) Click here for more information. More information
11/07/12 Midway, KY Midway College, Duthie Auditorium
Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Anne Hart-Raymond Center, 512 East Stephens Street. Click here for more information.

An Evening with The Coterie  

Date City Venue
12/15/12 New York, NY National Opera Center
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $15-20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 330 Seventh Ave.. Join us for the premiere of new pieces from our Coterie! Compositions from: Zach Redler – Rachel Peters – Hannah Lash – Jeff Myers – Christine Donkin – Aaron Roche – Matt Marks – Conrad Winslow – Mel Marvin – David T. Little – Josh Schmidt – Aaron Gervais Performances by: Lauren Worsham – Cherry Duke – Amelia Watkins – Aaron Roche – Marnie Breckenridge – Michael Marcotte – Yuki Numata Click here for more information.

Bay View Music Festival, voice faculty & guest artist  

Date City Venue
06/16/13 - 08/11/13 Petoskey, Michigan Bay View Music Festival
Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Hall Auditorium, Bay View Association. Cherry is on the voice faculty and will perform on weekly concerts.

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony  

Date City Venue
02/19/22 El Paso, TX Plaza Theatre
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (915) 532-3776. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Venue phone: 915.581.5534. El Paso Symphony Orchestra Bohuslav Rattay, Conductor UTEP Choral Union Beethoven Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy” Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday! Click here for more information. More information
02/18/22 El Paso, TX Plaza Theatre
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (915) 532-3776. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Venue phone: 915.581.5534. El Paso Symphony Orchestra Bohuslav Rattay, Conductor UTEP Choral Union Beethoven Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy” Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday! Click here for more information. More information
06/11/16 Columbia, MO Missouri Symphony Society
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $25 & $31. Age restrictions: All Ages. Cherry returns for her 3rd performance with the Missouri Symphony Society and Maestro Kirk Trevor, in Beethoven’s masterwork, The Ninth Symphony. Conductor: Kirk Trevor Click here for more information. More information
04/30/16 El Paso, TX The Plaza Theatre
Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Venue phone: (915) 534-0633. Cherry is the Alto Soloist in Beethoven’s Masterwork, the 9th Symphony. Click here for more information. More information
04/29/16 El Paso, TX The Plaza Theatre
Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Venue phone: (915) 534-0633. Cherry is the Alto Soloist in Beethoven’s Masterwork, the 9th Symphony. Click here for more information. More information
04/26/14 Syracuse, New York Symphoria
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $49-$64. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 315-299-5598. Address: Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater / John H. Mulroy Civic Center at Oncenter / 800 South State Street. Cherry is the alto soloist in Beethoven’s masterwork. Click here for more information. More information

Bon Appétit! with El Paso Opera  

Date City Venue
Tour: El Paso Opera’s BON APPETIT
02/06/21 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 W University Ave.. 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. Click here for more information. More information
03/28/20 El Paso, TX Philanthropy Theater at the Plaza
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Canceled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
03/28/20 El Paso, TX Philanthropy Theater at the Plaza
Time: 2:00pm. Admission: $25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 915-581-5534. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Canceled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Bornfield & Prufer at DiMenna Center  

Date City Venue
04/13/13 New York, NY DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Time: 7:30am. Admission: $20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 450 W 37th Street. Several premieres of new works written by NYC composers, Jeremiah Bornfield and Neil Prufer. Click here for more information. More information

Christmas Gala Concert  

Date City Venue
12/19/12 New York, NY Park Avenue Christian Church
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: Free and open to the public; Donations gratefully accepted.. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1010 Park Avenue at 85th Street. AATP celebrates this holiday season of peace and joy with a festive program of choral and instrumental music, featuring the Park Avenue Christian Church Sanctuary Choir, Gospel Choir, Youth Chorale and Recorder Consort along with guest instrumentalists. This year’s program focuses especially on the voices and music of women and features an array of pieces by women composers. Click here for more information.

Clear Creek Music Festival Closing Concert (Virtual)  

Date City Venue
07/26/20 Halfway, OR Clear Creek Music Festival
Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Due to the pandemic, the Clear Creek Music Festival in Halfway, Oregon, invited artists to contribute performances for a virtual season-closing concert. Click here for more information. More information

Clear Creek Music Festival Opening Concert (Virtual)  

Date City Venue
07/14/20 Halfway, OR Clear Creek Music Festival
Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Due to the pandemic, the Clear Creek Music Festival in Halfway, Oregon, invited artists to contribute performances for a virtual season-opening concert. Click here for more information. More information

Come Sunday: Songs of Faith and Joy  

Date City Venue
10/20/13 Highland, IL First Baptist Church
Time: 2:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Concert with Casey Robards, piano and Donna Shin, flute. Click here for more information.

Dog Days – World Premiere  

Date City Venue
10/07/12 Montclair, NJ Kasser Theater
Time: 3:00pm. Admission: $15. Address: One Normal Ave. Click here for more information.
10/06/12 Montclair, NJ Kasser Theater
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15. Address: One Normal Ave. Click here for more information.
10/05/12 Montclair, NJ Kasser Theater
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $15. Address: One Normal Ave. Click here for more information.
09/30/12 Montclair, NJ Kasser Theater
Time: 3:00pm. Admission: $15. Address: One Normal Ave. Click here for more information.
09/29/12 Montclair, NJ Kasser Theater
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15. Address: One Normal Ave. Click here for more information.

DOG DAYS by David T. Little & Royce Vavrek  

Date City Venue
01/11/16 New York, New York Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $40-75. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Box office: 212.998.4941. Address: 566 LaGuardia Place. Venue phone: 212.998.4941. Dog Days finally makes its New York City debut! After successful tours to Texas and California, Little & Vavrek’s original cast and crew comes home to NYC, to Beth Morrison’s PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL. Click here for more information. More information
01/10/16 New York, New York Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU
Time: 3:00pm. Admission: 40-75. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: 566 LaGuardia Place. Venue phone: 212.998.4941. Dog Days finally makes its New York City debut! After successful tours to Texas and California, Little & Vavrek’s original cast and crew comes home to NYC, to Beth Morrison’s PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL. Click here for more information. More information
01/09/16 New York, New York Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $40-75. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: 566 LaGuardia Place. Venue phone: 212.998.4941. Dog Days finally makes its New York City debut! After successful tours to Texas and California, Little & Vavrek’s original cast and crew comes home to NYC, to Beth Morrison’s PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL. Click here for more information. More information
Tour: Dog Days Revival 2015
06/15/15 Los Angeles, California LA Opera
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $69. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. 631 West 2nd Street. Click here for more information.
06/14/15 Los Angeles, California LA Opera
Time: 2:00pm. Admission: $69. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. 631 West 2nd Street. Click here for more information.
06/13/15 Los Angeles, California LA Opera
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $69. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. 631 West 2nd Street. Click here for more information.
06/12/15 Los Angeles, California LA Opera
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $69. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. 631 West 2nd Street. Click here for more information.
06/11/15 Los Angeles, California LA Opera
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $69. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. 631 West 2nd Street. Beth Morrison Projects brings the original cast to LA Opera to inaugurate their initiative to present new operas at REDCAT. This deeply unsettling 2012 work blends classical vocalism with dark heavy metal influences. Click here for more information.
05/02/15 Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Opera
Time: 2:00pm. Admission: $17-75. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: Scott Theatre at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy Street. Venue phone: 817.731.0833. Click here for more information. More information
05/01/15 Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Opera
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $17-75. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: Scott Theatre at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy Street. Venue phone: 817.731.0833. Click here for more information. More information
04/29/15 Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Opera
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $17-75. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: Scott Theatre at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy Street. Venue phone: 817.731.0833. Click here for more information. More information
04/28/15 Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Opera
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $17-75. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: Scott Theatre at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy Street. Venue phone: 817.731.0833. Click here for more information. More information
04/26/15 Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Opera
Time: 2:00pm. Admission: $17-75. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Address: Scott Theatre at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy Street. Venue phone: 817.731.0833. Click here for more information. More information
04/24/15 Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Opera
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $17-75. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Box office: 1-877-396-7372. Address: Scott Theatre at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy Street. Venue phone: 817.731.0833. Cherry reprises her role of “The Captain” in DOG DAYS. Click here for more information. More information

DOG DAYS Record Release Party  

Date City Venue
10/16/16 New York, New York TBA
Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $30-35. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (646) 779-8455. National Sawdust and VIA Records are proud to celebrate the release of the original cast recording of David T. Little and Royce Vavrek’s critically acclaimed opera Dog Days. For this special evening, cast-members Lauren Worsham, Cherry Duke, and Marnie Breckenridge and James Bobick are joined by pianist James Johnston of Newspeak to perform excerpts from the opera, as well as two works also by Little which round out his Dog Days musical oeuvre. Click here for more information. More information

El Paso Opera’s FRIDA  

Date City Venue
08/27/22 El Paso, TX Abraham Chavez Theatre
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $39-$55. Age restrictions: Parental Advisory. Box office: 915-581-5534. Address: El Paso Convention And Performing Art Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza. Cherry Duke is the Assistant Director for this production, produced by El Paso Opera. Click here for more information.

El Paso Opera’s MOZART BY MOONLIGHT  

Date City Venue
09/16/23 El Paso, TX McKelligon Canyon Amphitheater
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1331 McKelligon Canyon Road. 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. Click here for more information.

EL PASO REQUIEM with El Paso Symphony Orchestra  

Date City Venue
10/22/21 - 10/23/21 El Paso, TX Plaza Theatre
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $16-$46. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (915) 532-3776. Address: 125 Pioneer Plaza. Venue phone: 915.581.5534. 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. Click here for more information. More information

Faculty Recital at UTEP  

Date City Venue
02/02/20 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 2:30pm. Admission: $8 Adults, $5 Seniors and Military, $3 for UTEP students, faculty and staff and children 12 and under. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 W University Ave.. 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. Click here for more information.
04/07/16 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $8/$5/$3. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 W University Ave.. Cherry Duke and Dr. Dena Kay Jones, piano with Dr. David Ross, perform music of female composers, including works of Pauline Viardot, Alma Mahler, Lori Laitman and Goldrich and Heisler. Click here for more information.

First International Marathon of Hispanic Women Pianists/Composers  

Date City Venue
10/01/21 El Paso, Texas University of Texas at El Paso, Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 5:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. 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. Click here for more information. More information

THE FOX AND THE COOKIE – world premiere  

Date City Venue
03/28/23 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 6:30pm. Admission: $15/$10/FREE. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 W University Ave.. 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. Click here for more information. More information
03/27/23 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 6:30pm. Admission: $15/$10/FREE. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 W University Ave.. 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. Click here for more information. More information

GIVING VOICE Festival: Opera UTEP Concert  

Date City Venue
09/21/21 El Paso, Texas University of Texas at El Paso, Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $5, $3, Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. 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 Click here for more information. More information

Gounod’s FAUST  

Date City Venue
11/10/13 St. Louis, MO Skip Viragh Center for the Arts
Time: 3:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 425 S. Lindbergh Blvd.. Cherry sings the “pants role” of Siebel in the classic opera by Charles Gounod. Click here for more information. More information
11/08/13 St. Louis, MO Skip Viragh Center for the Arts
Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 425 S. Lindbergh Blvd.. Cherry sings the “pants role” of Siebel in the classic opera by Charles Gounod. Click here for more information. More information

Grand Night at the Opera – Missouri Symphony Society  

Date City Venue
07/06/14 Columbia, MO Missouri Symphony Society
Time: 3:00am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Masterworks Concert: Grand Opera Matinee Click here for more information. More information
06/22/13 Columbia, MO Missouri Symphony Society
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $28, $23, $14, $11.50 on sale May 1. Age restrictions: All Ages. with Kenneth Overton, baritone, Robert Mack, tenor, Janinah Burnett, soprano and Kirk Trevor, conductor. Click here for more information. More information

Guest Artist Recital at Converse College  

Date City Venue
03/03/16 Spartanburg, SC Daniel Recital Hall
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Converse College. Cherry Duke’s Residency at Converse (all events will be held in Daniel Recital Hall): Recital Thursday, March 3 at 7:30 pm; “The Road Ahead: The Business of Being a Performing Artist” Friday, March 4 at 3:30 pm; Vocal Master Class Saturday, March 5 at 10:00 am Click here for more information. More information

Hansel & Gretel – El Paso Opera  

Date City Venue
01/14/18 El Paso, TX Union Depot
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $35. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (915) 581-5534. Address: 700 W San Francisco Ave. Cherry Duke as Hansel Kellie Rumba Rattay as Gretel Elisa Fraser Wilson as The Witch Justin Lucero, director Kathleen Kelly, conductor Click here for more information. More information
01/13/18 El Paso, TX Union Depot
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $35. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (915) 581-5534. Address: 700 W San Francisco Ave. Cherry Duke as Hansel Kellie Rumba Rattay as Gretel Elisa Fraser Wilson as The Witch Justin Lucero, director Kathleen Kelly, conductor Click here for more information. More information

Hello, Dolly! at UTEP Dinner Theatre  

Date City Venue
07/05/19 - 07/21/19 El Paso, TX UTEP Dinner Theatre
Time: 7:30am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 West University Ave, Union Building West Room 209. Cherry Duke stars as Dolly Gallagher Levi in UDT’s first ever production of Hello, Dolly! Click here for more information.

HODIE by Ralph Vaughan Williams  

Date City Venue
12/07/14 New York, NY Church of the Heavenly Rest
Time: 4:00pm. Admission: $25/$20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Fifth Avenue at 90th Street. Venue phone: 212-289-3400. Vaughn Williams’ Hodie and Fantasia on Christmas Carols (with two small children’s choirs). Charles Dodsley Walker, conductor Click here for more information. More information

Jorge Martin and Friends  

Date City Venue
02/23/19 Middlebury, VT Town Hall Theater
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $20/ $30/ $40. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (802) 382-9222. Address: Merchants’ Row and South Pleasant Street. Venue phone: (802) 388-1436. 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. Click here for more information.

La Cenerentola with El Paso Opera  

Date City Venue
03/25/17 El Paso, TX Abraham Chavez Theatre
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $15-70. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (915) 581-5534. Address: El Paso Convention And Performing Art Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza. Click here for more information. More information
03/23/17 El Paso, TX Abraham Chavez Theatre
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $15-70. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (915) 581-5534. Address: El Paso Convention And Performing Art Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza. Click here for more information. More information

LA TRAVIATA with El Paso Opera  

Date City Venue
06/03/23 El Paso, TX Abraham Chavez Theatre
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $47.00 – $87.00. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 915.581.5534. Address: El Paso Convention And Performing Art Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza. Cherry Duke plays Flora Bervoix in El Paso Opera’s production of the Verdi classic, LA TRAVIATA. Click here for more information. More information

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO – Cherubino  

Date City Venue
11/09/14 St. Louis, MO Skip Viragh Center for the Arts
Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 425 S. Lindbergh Blvd.. Cherry returns to Winter Opera of St. Louis for the classic “trouser role” of Cherubino in Mozart’s popular comedy. Click here for more information.
11/07/14 St. Louis, MO Skip Viragh Center for the Arts
Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 425 S. Lindbergh Blvd.. Cherry returns to Winter Opera of St. Louis for the classic “trouser role” of Cherubino in Mozart’s popular comedy. Click here for more information.

LIFE & DEATH: Art songs by African American & African Diaspora composers  

Date City Venue
Tour: Recital: LIFE & DEATH: Art Songs by African American & African Diaspora Composers
11/10/22 Canyon, Texas 2022 Texoma Regional Conference of the National Association of Teachers of Singing
Time: 2:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: West Texas A&M University. 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. Click here for more information.
10/08/22 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $8 Adults | $5 Students/Military | $3 for UTEP Faculty, Students and Staff. Box office: (915)747-5234. Address: 500 W University Ave.. Performed by Cherry Duke, mezzo-soprano & Esequiel Meza, Jr., piano. Click here for more information.

The Magic Flute  

Date City Venue
01/12/19 El Paso, TX El Paso Scottish Rite Temple Theater
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 301 W. Missouri Ave.. Venue phone: 915-581-5534. Cherry will perform the role of Third Lady. Click here for more information. More information
01/11/19 El Paso, TX El Paso Scottish Rite Temple Theater
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 301 W. Missouri Ave.. Venue phone: 915-581-5534. Cherry will perform the role of Third Lady. Click here for more information.
01/11/18 El Paso, TX El Paso Scottish Rite Temple Theater
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 301 W. Missouri Ave.. Venue phone: 915-581-5534. More information

MESSIAH with Messiah Festival Of The Arts  

Date City Venue
Tour: Messiah Festival of the Arts 2015
04/05/15 Lindsborg, KS Bethany College
Time: 3:00pm. Admission: $17 or $22. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 785-227-3380, ext. 8137. Venue phone: (785) 227-3380, ext. 8137. Cherry is the Alto Soloist. Click here for more information. More information
03/24/13 Lindsborg, KS Bethany College
Time: 3:00pm. Box office: (785) 227-3380, ext. 8137. Venue phone: (785) 227-3380, ext. 8137. Click here for more information. More information

Messiah with Peniel Concert Choir & Orchestra  

Date City Venue
12/09/12 New York, NY Avery Fisher Hall
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $30-90. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: CenterCharge 212.721.6500 or TTY 212.957.1709. Address: 70 Lincoln Center Plaza. Click here for more information.

MESSIAH, University of Virginia  

Date City Venue
04/12/14 Charlottesville, VA Old Cabell Hall
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $5-$15. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (434) 924-3376. Address: University of Virginia. Benefit Reception & Concert for May 2015 European Tour An evening of music with the University Singers to benefit their European Tour in May 2015 Click here for more information. More information

Mozart’s DIE ZAUBERFLOETE  

Date City Venue
02/09/14 Tampa, FL Opera Tampa
Time: 2:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts. Cherry sings THIRD LADY. Click here for more information. More information
02/07/14 Tampa, FL Opera Tampa
Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts. Cherry sings THIRD LADY. Click here for more information.

Music of John Berners  

Date City Venue
01/26/20 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 5:00am. Admission: $8 Adults, $5 students, military and seniors, $3 for UTEP students, faculty, staff and children 12 and under.. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 W University Ave.. 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. Click here for more information.

National Opera Association Conference Presentation  

Date City Venue
01/04/24 Tempe, AZ 2024 National Opera Association Conference
Time: 9:50am. Age restrictions: All Ages. 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” Click here for more information. More information

NOA Conference Presentation: The Case for Zarzuela in Collegiate Opera and Voice Programs  

Date City Venue
01/06/22 St. Augustine, FL National Opera Association’s 67th Annual National Conference
Time: 2:50pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: World Golf Village Renaissance St. Augustine Resort. 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 Click here for more information.

Opera America’s New Works Sampler  

Date City Venue
05/10/13 Vancouver, BC Vancouver Playhouse
Time: 7:30am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 600 Hamilton Street (corner of Dunsmuir Street). A featured event at the Opera America Conference 2013. The New Works Sampler is a showcase of works-in-progress and recent premieres. Click here for more information. More information

Opera UTEP presents SISTER ANGELICA  

Date City Venue
04/28/19 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 2:30pm. Admission: $12/ $8 / $3. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 W University Ave.. Cherry Duke plays the Princess in this production of Puccini’s SUOR ANGELICA, sung in English. Director: Jay Stratton Conductor: Dr. James Welsch Click here for more information.
04/26/19 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $12/ $8 / $3. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 W University Ave.. Cherry Duke plays the Princess in this production of Puccini’s SUOR ANGELICA, sung in English. Director: Jay Stratton Conductor: Dr. James Welsch Click here for more information.

Opera UTEP’s LUISA FERNANDA  

Date City Venue
04/09/22 El Paso, TX University of Texas at El Paso, Magoffin Auditorium
Time: 2:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. 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. Click here for more information.
04/07/22 El Paso, TX University of Texas at El Paso, Magoffin Auditorium
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. 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. Click here for more information.

RECITAL with Brian Downen  

Date City Venue
04/23/23 Decatur, IL Central Christian Church
Time: 4:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 650 W William St. Cherry Duke and her husband, tenor Brian Downen present a concert of music for voice and piano with Dr. Casey Robards, piano. Click here for more information.

Respighi’s Laud to the Nativity  

Date City Venue
12/06/15 Bridgehampton, NY Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church
Time: 5:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (631) 204-9402. Address: 2429 Montauk Hwy. Venue phone: (631) 204-9402. with Choral Society of the Hamptons Mark Mangini, Conductor Click here for more information. More information
12/06/15 Bridgehampton, NY Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church
Time: 3:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (631) 204-9402. Address: 2429 Montauk Hwy. Venue phone: (631) 204-9402. with Choral Society of the Hamptons Mark Mangini, Conductor Click here for more information. More information

Rossini’s L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI  

Date City Venue
06/07/14 Middlebury, Vermont Opera Company of Middlebury
Time: 7:30am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Venue phone: (802) 388-7432. Cherry sings ISABELLA Click here for more information.
06/05/14 Middlebury, Vermont Opera Company of Middlebury
Time: 7:30am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Venue phone: (802) 388-7432. Cherry sings ISABELLA Click here for more information.
06/01/14 Middlebury, Vermont Opera Company of Middlebury
Time: 2:30am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Venue phone: (802) 388-7432. Cherry sings ISABELLA Click here for more information.
05/30/14 Middlebury, Vermont Opera Company of Middlebury
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Venue phone: (802) 388-7432. Cherry sings ISABELLA Click here for more information.

Roswell Symphony Orchestra’s Beethoven Birthday Bash (Virtual Concert)  

Date City Venue
06/06/20 Roswell, NM Roswell Symphony Orchestra
Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Due to the pandemic, Roswell Symphony Orchestra invited several regional musicians to contribute performances for their re-imagined Beethoven celebration. Click here for more information. More information

Singing Behind the Mask: Teaching Tone and Articulation  

Date City Venue
02/13/21 San Antonio, Texas Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention
Time: 3:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. 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. Click here for more information.

Song Cycles by African Heritage Composers  

Date City Venue
02/25/23 Huntsville, Texas Sam Houston State University
Time: 12:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center. 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. Click here for more information.

St. MATTHEW PASSION with Messiah Festival of the Arts  

Date City Venue
Tour: Messiah Festival of the Arts 2015
04/03/15 Lindsborg, KS Bethany College
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $17 or $22. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 785-227-3380, ext. 8137. Venue phone: (785) 227-3380, ext. 8137. Cherry is the Alto Soloist. Click here for more information. More information
03/29/13 Lindsborg, KS Bethany College
Time: 7:30pm. Box office: (785) 227-3380, ext. 8137. Venue phone: (785) 227-3380, ext. 8137. Click here for more information. More information

STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME by Gerald Cohen & Deborah Brevoort  

Date City Venue
01/16/14 New York, New York National Opera Center
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 330 Seventh Avenue @ 29th Street. A private presentation of excerpts from Steal a Pencil for Me will take place at the National Opera Center (at the home of Opera America, on 29th Street and 7th Avenue) on Thursday, January 16th at 7:30 pm. The showcase will include 40 minutes of live and video excerpts, as well as a discussion moderated by dramaturg Cori Ellison; features Ilana Davidson and Robert Balonek as Ina and Jaap, as well as vocal soloists Toby Newman and Cherry Duke. Ari Pelto will conduct, with Lynn Baker as pianist. Click here for more information. More information
04/30/13 New York, NY Feinberg Auditorium, Jewish Theological Seminary
Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 3080 Broadway (at 122nd St.). Staged reading of a new opera by Gerald Cohen and Deborah Brevoort based on a true story of a couple who fell in love in a concentration camp. Based on the documentary film, Steal A Pencil For Me. Click here for more information.
04/28/13 Scarsdale, NY Shaarei Tikvah Congregation
Time: 2:00pm. Admission: $15-30. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 46 Fox Meadow Road. Staged reading of a new opera by Gerald Cohen and Deborah Brevoort based on a true story of a couple who fell in love in a concentration camp. Based on the documentary film, Steal A Pencil For Me. Click here for more information.

Voice Master Class at EPCC  

Date City Venue
03/04/19 El Paso, TX El Paso Community College, Valle Verde Campus
Time: 11:00am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: A-1201. Part of the Humanities Collaborative Lecture Series sponsored by the Mellon Foundation Click here for more information.

Voices of Vedem: Yesterday & Today  

Date City Venue
05/31/17 El Paso, TX El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center
Time: 5:30pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 715 N. Oregon. Venue phone: 915.351.0048. Inspired by the story of the boys of Terezin, Lori Laitman, a contemporary award-winning composer, composed an oratorio entitled, Vedem, based on the writings of these teenage boys imprisoned in Terezin. During “Voices of Vedem” on May 31, Cherry Duke- accomplished soloist in opera, oratorio, and musical theater, Dr. Dena Kay Jones- acclaimed pianist- and Dr. David Ross- Professor of Music at University of Texas at El Paso and Principal Clarinet of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra- will perform these moving songs of Vedem. Click here for more information. More information

VOYAGE: French & Latin American Chamber Music  

Date City Venue
11/05/20 Lubbock, TX 2020 Texoma Regional Conference of the National Association of Teachers of Singing
Time: 11:00am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Texas Tech University. 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. Click here for more information.

Women’s Work at NSU Vocal Festival  

Date City Venue
02/19/17 Talequah, OK Northeastern State University Center for the Performing Arts
Time: 3:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 605 N. Grand Ave.. Cherry Duke is a guest artist with the NSU Vocal Festival and will present a solo recital, master class and a seminar. Click here for more information.

¡Celebracion!  

Date City Venue
09/28/23 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 W University Ave.. 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: Click here for more information.
10/13/22 El Paso, TX Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $10/$5/FREE. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 500 W University Ave.. Cherry Duke directs, produces, and is a guest soloist on Opera UTEP’s Hispanic Heritage Concert. Click here for more information.

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