Holly Boaz, soprano, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Music, also holds a Masters in Music from The Hartt School at the University of Hartford. Recent performances include her debut with Connecticut Opera as the High Priestess in Verdi's Aïda, and Konstanze in The Abduction from the Seraglio at the Aspen Music Festival. Upcoming engagements include Musetta with the Midland Symphony Orchestra and several recitals with pianist Shelby Rhoades. In summer 2006, she will sing La Comtesse de Folleville in Music Academy of the West's production of Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims. In the 2006-07 season, she will sing the role of Alice Ford in Falstaff with Seattle Opera Young Artist Program. She has won awards from The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Schubert Club, the Richardson Awards, and the Society of American Musicians. This is her debut with Music of Remembrance.