Eileen
Gavin
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Opera’s most powerful moments come alive as wcfsymphony partners with the Met Chorale, directed by Ryan Occeña, and Bel Canto Cedar Valley, directed by Alice Reid Pruisner, to bring the genre’s greatest choruses to the concert stage. From Verdi’s La Traviata to Mozart’s Magic Flute and beyond, this unforgettable evening of opera’s greatest hits will fill the hall with energy, emotion, and the strength of many voices singing as one.
Eileen Gavin
Violetta
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A performance of a spattering of opera scenes ranging from Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier to So long, Farewell from The Sound of Music.
Eileen Gavin
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Johann Strauss's effervescent operetta enters a realm of luck, luxury, and laughter as Cedar Rapids Opera’s mainstage January 2026 production. Die Fledermaus plunges the audience into a world of chance and intrigue, where fortunes—and secrets—are gambled away. Prince Orlofsky’s soirée becomes a grand night filled with masked players, shimmering gowns, and a live orchestra bringing the atmosphere to life.
Eileen Gavin
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Nicola Santoro
Adele
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Isabella Daltoso
Chorus
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Steve Groth
Frank
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Haley Guerra
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Lifan Deng
Frosch
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Spencer Greene
Gabriel von Eisenstein
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Recent Highlights
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – "Our History" will be the theme of the 44th Annual Scholarship Benefit Concert, hosted by the UNI School of Music. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26 in the Catherine Cassidy Gallagher Great Hall at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC) on the University of Northern Iowa campus.
The evening will be filled with exceptional performances by UNI faculty and students, featuring a wide range of works, composers and performers aimed at highlighting the unique history and story of the School of Music, while continuing to build on that legacy into the future. The concert will include performances by the UNI Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band One, Cecilians, Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra, UNI Opera, as well as featured soloists and more. Repertoire will include selections from Strauss's “Die Fledermaus,” Arturo Marquez's “Conga del Fuego Nuevo” and more.
Following the concert, audience members are invited to enjoy chocolates, hors d’oeuvres and beverages in the Gallagher Bluedorn lobby and the newly expanded Marquee Lounge, with music provided by School of Music student musicians.
Eileen Gavin
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Eileen Gavin made her opera debut with the University of Northern Iowa in 2022 as an ensemble member of Dido and Aeneas. The next year she covered the role Abby in a premiere of The Beehive by as well as playing Rosa Sharn in a scenes concert featuring Grapes of Wrath. In 2024 Ms. Gavin played Suor Dolcina in Suor Angelica, graduated from University of Northern Iowa with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, and has returned to UNI to start her Masters degree in Vocal Performance. In the spring she performed as Fiordiligi from Cosi fan tutte, as First Lady from The Magic Flute, and as Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro as part of a Mozart scenes selection.
Ms. Gavin is currently anticipating her appearance with the CR Opera in January as a chorus member in Die Fledermaus as well as participating as the soprano section leader for the Cedar Heights Community Presbyterian Church.