About The Artists
Mandy Brown
Proclaimed “consistently impressive” by DC Theater Scene and “completely winning” by the Chautauquan Daily, Mandy Brown is a soprano who is sure to charm. Her performances have brought her praise for her rich warm voice and refreshing honesty in her dramatic interpretations. She is passionate about operatic and concert work, as well as an avid recitalist and a sought-out performer of new works. She has performed in venues such as The Kennedy Center, The National Gallery of Art, Opéra-Théâtre de Clermont-Ferrand, Schlessinger Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and Linehan Concert Hall.
Mandy is known for her performances of Mozart and contemporary English opera roles. She has performed with companies such as Washington National Opera, Baltimore Concert Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Washington Concert Opera, and Opera Kansas. Her operatic highlights include Barbarina/ Le nozze di Figaro with Washington National Opera, creating the role of Charlene/ Service Provider with Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative, Nannetta/Falstaff with Chautauqua Opera, Love Simpson/ Cold Sassy Tree, Lady With A Hand Mirror/ Postcard From Morocco, the title role in Amelia al Ballo, Rose Maurrant/ Street Scene, Despina/ Cosi fan Tutte, Beth March/ Little Women, Soeur Constance/ Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Madame Silberklang/ The Impresario, and La Princesse/ L’Enfant et les Sortilèges.
Ms. Brown is a sought-out soloist for concert work. She has performed with ensembles such as the National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute, the Grammy-nominated Inscape Chamber Orchestra, Gourmet Symphony, the Kennedy Center Jukebox, the Washington Chamber Orchestra, the National Orchestral Institute & Festival, the New Dominion Chorale, the National Men’s Chorus, the Choral Arts Society of Washington, the NIH Community Chorus & Orchestra, the Chesapeake Chorale, the Ensemble da Camera of Washington, the McLean Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Friendship Heights Symphonette, and the Washington Summer Sings. Mandy is a favorite for her interpretation of Mahler’s Symphony No.4, and has performed it with the National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute, Gourmet Symphony, and Inscape Chamber Orchestra. Her other concert work highlights include Saariaho/ Quatre Instants, Barber/ Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Handel/ The Messiah, Hindemith/ Die Junge Magd, Verdi/ Requiem, Mozart/ Requiem, Mozart/ Krönungsmesse, Adolphe/ He Disappeared into Complete Silence, Golijov/ Tenebrae, Stravinsky/ Three Japanese Lyrics, Clyne/ As Sudden Shut, Sparr/ That Which Joy Alone Can Give, Bernstein/ Chichester Psalms, Bach/ Coffee Cantata, Rutter/ Magnificat, and Durante/ Magnificat.
Mandy is an ardent lover of art song repertoire and has a passion for recital program curation. Specializing in themed programing, Brown has curated over 15 different full-length programs, with a variety of instrumentation, and has had her programs procured by Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center and has toured her programs in the Mid-West and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Recently, she has also been added to the roster of Baltimore Musicales, an organization specializing in art song performance. During the pandemic, Mandy created a new style of online concert series, “Sips, Snacks, & Songs”, which is a themed bite-sized concert that is paired with either a “sip” or a “snack” tutorial. The series is in its second year and features, on average, one new concert each month.
In 2019, She was the second-place winner in the prestigious Washington International Competition and the winner of the Patricia A. Edwards Encouragement Award at the 31st Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition. Mandy has been a Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan National Council Auditions in 2017, 2015, 2014 and 2013. She was also a Demi-Finalist at the 25mme International Concours de Chant at the Centre Lyrique in Clermont-Ferrand, France in 2017. Other awards include placing second at the 2015 Carolyn Bailey & Dominick Argento Vocal Competition, second place in the 2014 Young Artist Performance NATSAA Mid Atlantic Regionals, the winner of the 2013 Chautauqua Opera Apprentice Artist Encouragement Award, and was a Koch Cultural Trust grant recipient 2008 and 2009.
In addition to her performance career, Mandy maintains an active teaching studio in the Washington D.C. metro area. With over 20 years of teaching experience, she uses her musical knowledge and performance background to expertly craft customized lessons for each of her students based on their specific needs and musical goals. Several of her private students have performed at venues such as the Music Center at Strathmore, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and the Kennedy Center. In alignment to her firm belief that music is there to enrich one’s life at any stage or age, she was the music director for a local community choir, Second Wind Chorus, from 2015-2022. Mandy offers online and in-person private instruction for voice, piano, and harp. She is happy to work in a variety of musical styles and welcomes students of all ages and abilities.
Ms.Brown received her Master’s Degree in Opera Performance from the University of Maryland and her Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance from Wichita State University. In addition, she participated in Chautauqua Opera and Opera in the Ozarks’ young artist programs.
Tatiana Loisha
Tatiana Loisha has more than 20 years of experience working as a piano accompanist with singers and instrumentalists.
In 2016-2019, Tatiana worked as a staff accompanist at Cleveland Institute of Music and Baldwin Wallace University, and as a rehearsal and performance pianist with Cleveland Opera Theater. Recent productions included Traviata, The Rake’s Progress, The Barber of Seville, Madame Butterfly, The Threepenny Opera, The Marriage of Figaro, etc. She also worked as a pianist at Oberlin in Italy program (Arezzo, Italy) in the summer of 2018.
Since first moving to the D.C. area in 2014, Tatiana has been working as a pianist accompanist with the Potomac Vocal Institute and actively performed in the D.C. Metropolitan area accompanying singers and instrumentalists.
Tatiana Loisha studied at the Belarusian State Academy of Music, Minsk, Belarus, where she graduated with a BA in piano performance and a graduate degree in collaborative piano. Tatiana is a winner of the Shostakovitch competition (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2001), International Competition for Young Pianists (Brest, France, 2002), and also a winner of contests for singers and pianists duets in Vilnius, Lithuania, 2006; St. Petersburg, Russia, 2006; Kazan, Russia, 2007.
Tatiana collaborated with well-known vocalists, Yuri Gorodetski, Oksana Volkova, and Ilya Silchukov to name a few. The collaboration embraced preparing for and performing at international competitions, i.e. Queen Elisabeth Competition, Operalia, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, and Montreal International Musical Competition.
Tatiana’s discography includes ‘Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Romances’ (CD, 2014, Kovcheg, Minsk, Belarus), ‘Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Russian Songs’ (CD, Oct-2013, ATMA Classique, Canada), ‘Queen Elisabeth Competition: Singing 2008. Various artists’ (CD, 2010, Queen Elisabeth Competition, Belgium).
