Fabio Parrini

Operatic and musical theatre favorites including Menotti's one-act opera The Telephone. With Lisa Sain Odom, soprano, and Luke Browder, baritone.    

(Photo: Parkkonen Photography, Taylors, SC) Lisa Sain Odom, soprano, is a multi-faceted singer and actress who performs in concert, opera, musical theater and jazz as well as film, television and commercials. She has appeared throughout the Southeast and Europe, including performances with the South Carolina Philharmonic, Foothills Philharmonic and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Among her credits are solos in the Fauré Requiem, the Bach Magnificat, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins and Mozart’s Missa Brevis, premieres of many works by American composers (including “Three Spirituals” by Dr. Jackie Griffin and “Mediodia” by Dr. Richard Williamson), and the leading role of K.D. McLady in the world premiere of Dogs: The Musical at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. Dr. Odom has performed leading roles with the Greenville Opera, Greenville Light Opera Works, Centre Stage, Spartanburg Repertory Theater, Opera at USC and the Bob Jones University Opera Association. Some of her favorite roles are Musetta in La Boheme, Angelina/Plaintiff in Trial by Jury, Papagena in The Magic Flute, Julie Jordan in Carousel, Isabelle/Madeline in The Face on the Barroom Floor, Monica in The Medium and Ann Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor. She also enjoys performing in concert with her soprano trio The Blonde, the Brunette and the Redhead. Dr. Odom teaches voice and related courses at Clemson University, where she also serves as the vocal coach for musicals. She has taught at North Greenville University, Western Carolina University, and the Lawson Academy at Converse College.  She was a member of the prestigious NATS Intern program in 2006, serves as the secretary for SCNATS, and is certified in all three levels of Somatic Voicework, the Lovetri Method™. She holds degrees in Vocal Performance from Bob Jones University (BM), Converse College (MM), and the University of South Carolina (DMA). In addition to her singing, she has appeared in leading roles in many short and indie films, currently screened in festivals across the US. She has appeared in television series such as Lifetime’s Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva, and popular films such as Leatherheads, Dear John, Little Red Wagon, and the recently released Hunger Games.   She is blessed with love and support from her husband Chad, three year old son Archer and new baby girl Lily Charlotte.  

(Photo: Julio Ruiz, Greenville, SC) Luke Browder is a young performer of opera, operetta, and musical theatre residing in the Upstate of South Carolina. Recent stage roles include Carousel (Jigger Craigin) with Asheville Lyric Opera; A Little Night Music (Mr. Lindquist) with The Warehouse Theatre; The Mikado (Pooh-Bah) and Trial By Jury (The Usher) with Greenville Light Opera Works; Die Fledermaus (Frank) and The Gondoliers (Giuseppe) with The Spartanburg Repertory Company; Hansel and Gretel (Father) and Così fan tutte (Guglielmo) with Converse Opera Theatre. He has also appeared with the Greenville Chorale as a soloist in Ralph Vaughan Williams' Mass in G Minor and in the musical theatre revue, "From Broadway With Love." Luke is an Applied Voice Professor at Clemson University, North Greenville University, and the Lawson Academy of the Arts at Converse College, and is Director of Music at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Simpsonville. He holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Converse College and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Furman University.