Amaridis, who goes by Ammo, is a soprano who started singing with the chorale last season. Our audience members may remember her best for her show-stopping rendition of “Glitter and Be Gay” from Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, which she performed the 2011 June concert, Songs of the American Stage. She works by day at a real estate company in Long Beach, but “in my heart, I am a singer,” she says. “I love performing.”
From the time she started singing with a children’s church choir at the age of 5, she’s known it was in her blood. “Do I go to Broadway or the Met?” was her big dilemma. It led her to graduated in vocal performance with an emphasis in opera from CSULB.
Ammo has high praise for Eliza Rubenstein, “I love that Eliza focuses on every aspect of the music. We’re not just learning how the piece goes, we are learning the different perspectives of phrasing, style, the history of the piece, and given an understanding of the theory structure of each piece. All this to make us better performers. That is the epitome of artistry, isn’t it? THAT is why I love her.”
When she is not singing, she loves to attend concerts, especially enjoying the HD performances streamed from the Met. We have heard rumors that she enjoys a wide variety of music, including everything from Bruce Springsteen to Shelby Lynn, Patty Griffin, Stevie Wonder, Lyle Lovette, Elvis Costello to Philip Glass to Boccherini, Vivaldi, and Mozart. Yeah, that pretty much covers the spectrum, Ammo!
We’re so glad to have you in the soprano section, Ammo!
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