ENGAGEMENTS
Quarantine Sing!
Opera Scenes
24 April
Samuel's triumphant return to NYC sees him sing Silvio, Di Luna, and a cameo as Menotti's Sam live from Teatro LATEA.
16.00 EST
Martin Luther King, Jr. Event
18 January
Samuel joins First Parish UU Church of Kennebunk, Maine via Zoom to honor the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
10.00 EST
On Your Street:
Spring Avenue
24 October
In the shadow of his elementary school, Samuel visits 119 N. Spring Avenue in La Grange to share an afternoon concert.
14.30
On Your Street: Clarendon
18 September
Samuel joins the Rotary Club of Arlington Heights for an evening of outdoor food and music in 60004. Respectfully, a private event.
19.00
On Your Street: Elmwood
16 August
Samuel travels to Oak Park with his On Your Street program, meeting a new audience on their home turf.
16.00
Home for the Holidays
13, 14, 21, 22 Dec 2019
Florentine Presents: The Baumgartner Studio Artists usher in the season with a selection of holiday favorites.
19.30,14.30
Innocence and Experience
12 August 2019
Samuel joins soprano Katy Thomson and pianist Ingrid Sawers for a concert exploring the themes of innocence and experience. Tickets £10.
12.30
Sacred Awakening: Online
30 March, 6 April
Samuel virtually returns to St John's in the Village NYC to celebrate the joyous Easter season in song alongside Studio LIS.
18.00 CST
On Your Street:
Plymouth Place
10, 11 December
Festive favorites balance a program of nontraditional winter works in this second residency at Plymouth Place.
18.30
On Your Street:
Stone (again)
11 October
Samuel returns for an autumn afternoon of song where he was raised: Stone Avenue in La Grange Park, Illinois.
16.00
On Your Street: Barcroft
13 September
Samuel ventures north to sing at the intersection of Barcroft and Essington in Barrington, IL 60010.
16.00
On Your Street: Marcy
19 July
Samuel brings takes On Your Street concert to Chicago's north shore, singing on Marcy Avenue in Evanston.
17.00
La Tragédie de Carmen
13 March
The dramatic chamber adaptation of Carmen. Samuel performs two roles in this 90-minute psychodrama.
19.30
Cabaret
15, 16 November 2019
Florentine Presents: The Baumgartner Studio Artists provide an intimate evening of cabaret classics.
19.30,14.30
The Perfect Opera
3-10 August 2019
Samuel assumes the role of Lady Macbeth (in her native Scotland!) in The Perfect Opera by Peter Davis. Conducted by Erika Gundesen, libretto and direction by Leo Doulton.
15.25
Many Voices, one Heart: Online
13 February
Samuel and his colleagues from Quarantine Sing! present an afternoon of songs as a safe, virtual valentine for 2021.
15.00 CST
On Your Street:
Kenilworth Avenue
7 November
Through the magic of networking, Samuel brings an afternoon of live music to 2222 N. Kenilworth Avenue in Berwyn.
14.30
On Your Street: Marcy (the return!)
3 October
Samuel sing in Evanston again, celebrating autumn the best way he knows: by raising his voice for all.
16.00
On Your Street: Greenview
29 August
Samuel sings in Lakeview, outside his first-ever city apartment at 3637 North Greenview Avenue, 60613
16.00
On Your Street:
Stone
12 July
Samuel sings on the front porch where he was raised: Stone Avenue in La Grange Park, Illinois.
17.00
Trouble in Tahiti
8, 9 February 2020
The dramatic chamber adaptation of Carmen. Samuel performs two roles in this 90-minute psychodrama.
19.30,14.30
Le nozze di Figaro
11, 13 October 2019
Samuel debuts at Florentine Opera as Antonio in this production of Le Nozze di Figaro. In Italian with projected English supertitles.
19.30,14.30