Soprano Shana Blake Hill to perform with Verdi Chorus

USC Thornton Vocal Arts alumna Shana Blake Hill (MM ’12) will perform as a featured guest soloist in the Verdi Chorus’s 35th anniversary concert, “The Force of Destiny,” on April 28th and 29th. The Santa Monica-based ensemble is directed by Anne Marie Ketchum and the program will feature excepts from La Forza del Destino, Nabucco, La Traviata, and Die Fledermaus.

Hill is an alumna of the Los Angeles Opera’s Resident Artist program and has recently performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Dayton Opera, the Pasadena Symphony, and the North Carolina Symphony. Her performance on the Seattle Symphony’s recording of Bright Sheng’s The Phoenix was recently released by the Naxos label.