Ally, 25, is a coloratura soprano. She has just graduated with distinction from the Royal Academy of Music, earning a Master of Arts in Voice & Opera. There, she was a Fernside Scholar and a member of the selective Preparatory Opera cohort. She studies with Mary Nelson. Previously, she trained with Marc Callahan, former Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera Director at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Read on below to get a better understanding of her experience and training.
ROLES & SCENES
SOPHIE – Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss), Royal Academy of Music (2022)
1ST NIECE – Peter Grimes (Britten), Kensington Symphony Orchestra (2023)
LUCIA – The Rape of Lucretia (Britten), Royal Academy of Music (2022)
GRETEL – Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck), Royal Academy of Music (2022)
TAMIRI – Il re pastore (Mozart), UNC Opera (2021)
LA PRINCESSE/LE FEU – L’enfant et les sortilèges (Ravel), UNC Opera (2021)
GWEN – Atlas (Meredith Monk), UNC Opera (2021)
PEASEBLOSSOM/TYTANIA COVER – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten), Hawaii Performing Arts Festival (2021)
ORONTE – Alcina (Handel), UNC Opera (2018)
STUDENT ONE – Der Jasager (Weill), UNC Opera (2019)
ÉPONINE – Les Misérables, Battle Ground Academy Theatre (2016)
JULIA - The Wedding Singer, Battle Ground Academy Theatre (2015)
CINDERELLA’S MOTHER/LUCINDA – Into the Woods, UNC Pauper Players (2018)
MORTICIA – The Addams Family, Battle Ground Academy Theatre (2017)
MARGOT – The Diary of Anne Frank, Battle Ground Academy Theatre (2015)
MS. COWPER – Cash on Delivery!, Battle Ground Academy Theatre (2016)
BETTY MEEKS – The Foreigner, Battle Ground Academy Theatre (2017)
AWARDS & HONORS
SEMIFINALIST – Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers’ Competition (2023)
FERNSIDE AWARD – Royal Academy of Music (2021)
FIRST PLACE – Mid-Atlantic Regional NATS Vocal Competition (2021)
FIRST PLACE – North Carolina State NATS Vocal Competition (2019, 2021)
FINALIST – American Prize Competition (2021)
SEMIFINALIST – American Prize Competition (2020)
FINALIST – Schmidt Vocal Competition (2017)
UNC Opera Award – UNC Department of Music (2021)
Chamber Music Award – UNC Department of Music (2021)
Tony McDowell Scholarship for Excellence in Vocal Performance – UNC Department of Music (2017-2021)
Jimmie Norris Scholarship for Music Majors – UNC Department of Music (2018)
Mildred Brown Mayo Undergraduate Fund for Research in Music – UNC Department of Music (2019)
COACHES & DIRECTORS
Jonathan Papp
James Baillieu
Brenda Hurley
Florence Daguerre de Hureaux
Christopher Glynn
Daniele Guerra
Philip Sunderland
Victoria Newlyn
Alec Crowe
Peter Robinson
Russell Keable
Jean Rigby
Christopher Moon-Little
Marc Callahan
Adrian Sarple
Linda Hutchinson
Susanna Rigacci
Qiao Zheng Goh
Jennifer McGregor
Paul Floyd
Yumi Kita
Maria Paulina Garcia
Fleur de Bray
TRAINING PROGRAMS
Royal Academy of Music Preparatory Opera Program (2022-2023)
Royal Academy of Music (2021-2023)
UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Music (2017-2021)
Hawaii Performing Arts Festival (2019)
Honors Carolina Burch Musical Perspectives Program – London and Florence (2019)
Blair School of Music Precollege Voice – Vanderbilt University (2015-2017)
Berklee College of Music Vocal Summit (2015)
MASTERCLASSES
Susan Bullock (2023)
Isabel Leonard (2020)
Lucas Meachem (2019)
Alexandra LoBianco (2018)
Justin John Moniz (2019)
