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Ms. Hamington graduated at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Masters In Music with a Vocal Performance and Literature Emphasis. At Illinois, she enjoyed performing the feisty Hermia in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, under the direction of Christopher Gillet. In 2014, she was the alto soloist for Sinfonia da Camera's performance of Handel's Messiah. Performing Mrs. Grose, in a scene from Britten's Turn of the Screw, her group won first place at the National Opera Association's Division II opera scenes competition. Ms. Hamington received fourth place overall for all instrumental divisions in Illinois' concerto competition for her performance of Xavier Montsalvatge's Cinco Canciones Negras, in 2015. That summer, she played Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with the Franco-American Vocal Academy in Austria. Before Illinois, Ms. Hamington received her Bachelors in Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance at Western Washington University. There she performed the role of Prince Orlofsky in Strauss' Die Fledermaus and Madame de la Haltière in Massenet's Cendrillon. For the summers of 2013 and 2014, she performed and received training at the Franco-American Vocal Academy in France, and Luke Housner's ViVAce workshop in Vancouver, BC. Outside of the classical world, Ms. Hamington grew up doing jazz/show choir and musical theatre in community and regional theaters. She was also part of a select acapella group at Western Washington University, called Major Treble. After college, Rosemary was a featured soloist in Ovation! Performing Arts Northwest's fully staged production of Masquerade: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Since she moved to Michigan, she has performed with the Opera Grand Rapids chorus in Turandot and Pirates of Penzance. Rosemary has also treasured her time as a teacher. For more information on her teaching history and philosophy click the following: |
