Concert Singers of Cary

North Carolina native Joseph Ittoop is excited to sing again with Concert Singers of Cary after several years away from the group. A recent graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Joseph participated in several operas and oratorios including Aida, La Traviata, La Boheme, La Cenerentola, Gianni Schicci, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, L’elisir d’amore, Don Giovanni, Elijah, The Messiah, Mozart Requiem, Verdi Requiem, Faure Requiem, and numerous other works.

Last year Joseph sang the tenor solo for Brittain’s Saint Nicolas Mass and this past summer he sang Tamino in The Magic Flute which was performed in Varna, Bulgaria.

Joseph is happy to be singing with CSC again, this time as a choral artist ensemble member, and he is thrilled to be working with such talented musicians and colleagues.

A native of Colorado, soprano Patty Philipps studied voice at the University of Colorado, Boulder, with Dr. Barbara Doscher. Prior to relocating to North Carolina, Patty sang in Massachusetts with the Great Woods Festival and in Colorado Springs with the Colorado Opera Company. Ms. Philipps began singing with the Duke University Chapel Choir in 1990, and has performed with the choir as soloist in China, Poland, Spain and at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Works performed include Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Rutter’s Requiem and many Sunday morning anthems. She premiered “Song of Ruth and Naomi”, an award winning soprano and organ composition by Chapel Organist David Arcus, at the National Cathedral, with subsequent performances in Seattle and Denver.

Patty has also appeared as a chorister and soloist with several other triangle groups, including the Duke Chapel Vespers Ensemble, the Vocal Arts Ensemble, the Durham Choral Society, the Chapel Hill-Carborro Community Choir, and the North Carolina Symphony Baroque Choir. Last season, Patty was the soprano soloist for the Cary Concert Singer’s Holiday Pops concert with the North Carolina Symphony and their performance of the finale from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Durham Symphony.

Elizabeth Terry is an active performer and Ph.D. candidate in musicology at Duke University. She has performed as both pianist and vocalist for audiences in the United States, Germany, Austria, Portugal, and Brazil. A proud Arkansas native, Ms. Terry graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Music in piano performance. She also received a Bachelor of Arts in European Studies and German, and spent a postgraduate year at the University of Leipzig, Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship. Ms. Terry serves as director of first and second grade choirs at Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill. She continues to perform locally with the Choral Society of Durham and the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham.