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Lyric Arts Trio

Veterans of the classical scene in Kansas City and the upper Midwest, Lyric Arts Trio is a fresh and innovative chamber ensemble that turns a unique blend of clarinet, piano and soprano voice into a delight.

Coloratura soprano Sarah Tannehill is a vibrant young singer with versatility and flare for both comedy and drama on the operatic stage. She has performed leading operatic roles with the Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Omaha, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the Saarländisches Staatstheatre in Saarbrücken, Germany. Shortly after Sarah’s move to Kansas City in 2006, she received rave reviews for singing her first Ophelia in Thomas’ Hamlet with the Kansas City Lyric, after only a few hours notice.

Clarinetist Elena Lence Talley is a graduate with highest honors from the University of North Texas. She performs frequently with the Kansas City Symphony, where she is also music librarian. Talley has also performed with the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Kansas City, the Missouri Symphony, the Kansas City Camerata and the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra. She has taught at Emporia State University and Mid-America Nazarene University and is the founder of the Lyric Arts Trio.

Pianist Daniel Velicer performs regularly with the Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Arts Trio, Kansas City Ballet outreach programs, and is in constant demand as an accompanist and vocal coach. He assisted in the preparation of soloists for performances with the Kansas City Symphony, the Kansas City Ballet and the University of Missouri at Kansas City for the nationally acclaimed Stravinsky Festival. Velicer attended Cornell University, majoring in both anthropology and music, and Rice University, where he received a master’s degree in piano chamber music and accompanying

Lyric Arts Trio's fresh approach to classical music results in concerts crafted around a central theme. “American Voices” is the program Lyric Arts Trio will bring to CTAC Live, with American composers such as Aaron Copeland and Stephen F. Austin being featured. It's a year-long celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.

Lyric Arts Trio has a wide and varied repertoire from Mozart to exclusive commissions. Other concert themes are: "Hearts and Flowers," which celebrates the beauty of love and the delights of nature through the music of composers such as Debussy and Schubert; , "A Shakespeare Festival," which highlights selections from Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story," a modern telling of "Romeo and Julie"; and "Great Poets," finds the trio marrying great music with the works of poets like Frost. Blake, Dickinson and Joyce.

During its visit to CTAC Live, the trio will also host a master’s class for local students.

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