Artist Biography
Agatha Carubia, Soprano
Agatha Carubia is very happy to be performing this evening with Chamber Music at Great Gorge. Agatha received her Bachelor and Masteršs degrees in Music from the Juilliard School. During this time, she enjoyed singing roles in the opera theater and with American Opera Center. At Alice Tully Hall, she sang the soprano solo in the "Symphony IV" of Gustav Mahler. She was soprano soloist in Schubert "Mass in G" and Brittenšs "Rejoice in the Lamb" also while at Juilliard.
Agatha moved to Santa Barbara and attended the Music Academy of the West for two summers. She sang the role of Mimi in La Boheme for the Summer Festival of 1987. She has participated in various opera workshops, festivals, Orchestral concerts, solo recitals, and freelance recording projects in California. She placed first in the National Society of Arts and Letters vocal competition and has been a recipient of prizes and grants from various foundations. Agatha composed and recorded her first Cd, "Terranova: Ascension of our Planet" which is airing in Germany and Finland. She is currently working on her next musical creation. Agatha also enjoys being the record producer for a historical childrens publisher, Bellerophon books. She is an adjunct professor at Santa Barbara City College. Agatha is also a member of the Ensemble of Contemporay Music of the University of California, Santa Barbara. She performs regularly with the Current Sounds New Music Consortium. Most of her time and energy though is spent with fine young singers in her very vibrant vocal studio at the Music Academy of the West where she teaches with great passion. Her students are award winning young singers and are the recipients of many grants and scholarships. Her greatest accomplishment to date has been raising and teaching of her son, Evan Hughes, who is currently on full scholarship in the voice department at UCLA.
Tonight's perfomance is dedicated to the late, great Martial Singher, who nurtured her love and exploration of the French Vocal Repertoire.