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Patrick D. Buckley, President &
Artistic Director
Patrick
Buckley has performed professionally in opera, operetta and oratorio across the United States and Europe. He has been teaching
voice privately for over 10 years, tutors Music Theory, German, French, and English, and is the Music Director of the
Kol Ami Religious School in Prairie Village, Kansas. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in German language
and literature from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Patrick performed at The Lyric Opera of Kansas City for 11
consecutive seasons and has recently performed roles in joint productions of Paul Mesner's Puppets and Civic Opera
Theater of Kansas City including the Father in Hansel and Gretel and Ko-Ko in two separate productions of The Mikado. Patrick has been seen in many other roles with the Civic Opera Theater
of Kansas City, including Harry Easter in Street Scene, the Old Man, the Husband, The Youth and an Angel in
four different productions of The Wise Women, Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore, the 98 year old First Yeoman in The
Yeomen of the Guard, and Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow. Patrick has sung numerous leading and supporting roles in opera productions with the
Kansas City Metro Opera Workshop.
Patrick has been featured nationally modeling in
print advertising, acting in national broadcast television advertising as well as talent in non-broadcast corporate
training videos and is a Certified Paralegal.
S. Lee Fenwick, Production
Director
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Lee Fenwick graduated from Xavier University with a Bachelor of Science degree
in music education with a minor in voice. Lee is a NASM and APEX Certified Master Personal Trainer and works full-time as
a personal trainer. He has held music director positions in churches for over ten years with experience with adult and
children’s vocal ensembles as well as adult and children’s handbell choirs. Lee has sung with the opera chorus
of The Lyric Opera of Kansas City. He was an Angel in the 2001 Civic Opera Theater of Kansas City production of The
Wise Women. He has sung with other choruses in Kansas City including the Fine Arts Chorale and Musica Sacra
and was music director of Madrigalia Bar Nonne and Carolers of Note for two years. Lee was the music director
of North Woods Christian Church in Parkville, Missouri until it closed.
Lara Steinel, Vice President &
Marketing Director
Lara Steinel recently joined the board,
bringing with her nearly 25 years of experience in sales and marketing, primarily in the newspaper industry and the arts.
She was recruited by USA Today shortly after its launch and designed and implemented USA Today’s national sales training
programs. She served as Eastern Regional Sales Manager, overseeing sales and marketing in New York City, Boston, Washington,
DC and thirteen other major markets.
She left USA
Today to join the Washington Post. Under her sales management and marketing leadership, fine arts advertising posted revenue
records every year under her tenure.
Lara was a
soloist in Kansas City Metro Opera’s 2006 production of Handel’s Messiah and also implemented the group’s
first broad-scale publicity plan in 2007. She sings professionally in several area venues including the Cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception, where she sings in the 12-voice professional chamber choir, Schola Cantorum; and at Congregation Kol Ami in Prairie
Village where she is both a soloist and choir member. Lara is also an experienced choral conductor and musical theater performer
and studies voice with Patrick Buckley.
Edgar
Palacios, Business Director
Originally
from Miami Beach, Florida, Edgar graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a Bachelor’s Degree
in Music, emphasis on Vocal Performance in May 2008. He is currently in the MBA program at Rockhurst University. Edgar
was most recently seen as Signor Gaudenzio in Heartland Bel Canto’s production of Rossini’s Il Signor Bruschino.
Edgar first performed with Kansas City Metro Opera in the 2005 production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe
as Private Willis. He has also appeared in other Kansas City Metro Opera’s productions as Sir Marmaduke in The Sorcerer,
a soloist in Handel’s Messiah, and as the Judge in Trial by Jury. Edgar’s chorus roles include
UMKC’s 2007 production of Pirates of Penzance and the Civic Opera Theater of Kansas City’s 2007 production
of The Mikado. Edgar was the Director of Music Ministries at Trinity United Methodist Church in 2006.
Kansas City Metro Opera
Building a Future for Opera
Kansas City Metro Opera is a non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Corporation
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