Shelen Hughes Camacho, soprano, Joseph Parrish, baritone, Amir Farid, piano
Acclaimed soprano Shelén Hughes Camacho and Joseph Parrish, winner of the 2022 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, join forces with pianist Amid Farid in a program entitled Love Letter to the Americas, featuring songs, arias, and show tunes from Mozart to the present.
Love Letter to the Americas
Program
“Come Paride, vezzoso” from L’elisir d’amore | Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
“Son Poqui Fiori” from L’amico Fritz | Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
“La ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Promenade | George Gershwin (1898-1937)
“Bill” from Show Boat | Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) | Jerome Kern (1885-1945)
Honor! Honor! | Hall Johnson (1888-1970)
Dusty Road | H. Johnson | Text: Langston Hughes (1901-1967)
Evocação | Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Engenho Novo! | Ernani Braga (1888-1948)
Were you There | Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
My Lord What A Morning |Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949)
Cuando vuelva a tu lado | Eydie Gormé (1928-2013)
Shenandoah |Traditional
Flor de Bronce |Eduardo Caba (1890-1953) |
John Henry | H. Johnson
Cantarina | Milton Cortéz (b.1962)
Water Boy |Traditional
Gracias a la vida | Violetta Parra (1917-1967)
A Song for You | Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)
One night of love |Victor Schertzinger (1888-1941)
About
Joseph Parrish was a recipient of the 2024 Sullivan Grant, a member of the Salzburger Festspiele Young Singers Project for the 2024 festival season, and a third prize winner in the Opera Index Voice Competition 2024. With his rich, warm voice and impeccable technique, bass-baritone Joseph Parrish is an impressive and versatile talent, wowing the audience at the prestigious Susan Wadsworth Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 2022 (which he won).
Bolivian soprano Shelén Hughes Camacho, a graduate of The Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music, has quickly emerged as a compelling voice on both the operatic and concert stages. Ms. Hughes Camacho is a winner of the 2025 George and Nora Foundation Competition, the 2024 Opera Index Competition, First Prize at the 2024 Gerda Lissner Zarzuela Competition, and Third Prize at the 2025 Gerda Lissner Opera Competition. She has been a finalist in the Renata Tebaldi and Ottavio Ziino International Competitions, and a semi-finalist in the Geneva Voice Competition and the Alfredo Kraus Competition. Additional distinctions include the 2024 Dorothy Lincoln Smith Vocal Competition (D.C. Chapter) and the 2023 Sankofa Awardfrom the SAS Competition.
Winner of the prestigious 2006 Australian National Piano Award, pianist Amir Farid is a New York-based Iranian-Australian solo pianist, associate artist and chamber musician. He has been described as “a highly creative musician, a pianist of great intelligence and integrity. He brings strong musical substance to all that he does, imbuing it with his own particular experience and understanding”.