Canyonville Christian Academy’s seminar class attended a Portland Opera Performance of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” on November 8th. Approximately 2,000 people were present for the event held at Keller Auditorium in downtown Portland.
This 3 1/2 hour work is considered to be among the very greatest operas of all time and was prominately featured in the Academy Award winning film “Amadeus”.
Seminar class includes the goal of attending a number of cultural and artistic events each school year. Next up for the students in this course is an NFL football game in Seattle, Washington.
Shayna Jones, Soprano, is a BM Vocal Performance student at The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in the studio of Stanley Cornett. This past summer she participated in The Lotte Lehmann Akademie where she performed partial roles including “Cio-Cio San” (Madama Butterfly), “Suor Angelica” (Suor Angelica), “Clorinda” (La Cenerentola) and “Lady Harriet” (Martha). Shayna has participated in three master classes taught by Thomas Moser, Karan Armstrong, and Graciela Araya. Her vocal coach is Susan Neves. In March 2012, Shayna was a semi-finalist in The American Prize for Vocal Performance, Opera Division. In 2011, she attended The Crittenden Opera Studio where she performed three partial roles, “Madame Flora” (The Medium), “Augusta” (The Ballad of Baby Doe) and “Fidalma” (Il Matrimonio Segreto).