Our Vocalists
CURTIS COOK has performed extensively both in the United States and Europe with musical theatre and opera companies. Most recently he sang the part of Sarastro in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with the Krakow Opera. Mr. Cook holds voice degrees from Oklahoma City University and Indiana University where he studied with Giorgio Tozzi.
SARAH DIONNE is happily married to Andrew. She holds a Masters Degree in voice performance from Indiana University, where she studied with Costanza Cuccaro. She has since performed as a soloist with orchestras and choirs around the country, including the London Sinfonietta, the New World Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, and the Grand Rapids Symphony.
ROBERT FREDRICK is a family practice physician and the Vice President of Medical and Academic Affairs for the Toledo Hospital. He also serves on the faculty of its residency training program. Prior to beginning the long process of medical training, Dr. Fredrick studied voice at Adrian College. He has enjoyed brushing off his vocal skills again for this performance.
CELESTA KIRK is currently a student of Mr. Kenneth Bozeman at Lawrence University in Wisconsin, where she is pursuing a degree in music education. Only through divine intervention, involving live chickens at a bed and breakfast, did Celesta come to meet and study voice with Sarah Dionne, who then persuaded Celesta to attend her alma mater in frozen Wisconsin. When Celesta is not away at school, she lives with her parents and two sisters in Maumee. Currently she is a member of First Presbyterian Church of Maumee and a children¹s choir director at Memorial Presbyterian of Appleton, Wisconsin.
DON WHITE is a graduate of the University of Toledo and former student of Samuel Margolis. He has appeared as a soloist with the Toledo Choral Society on many occasions—performing works including Handel’s Messiah , Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and Haydn’s Creation . Mr. White currently owns and operates his own commercial voice-over production company donsvoice.com.
