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Patrick D. Buckley,
President & Vocal Administrator
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 will
graduate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in December 2009 with a degree in German language and literature. 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 also
been featured nationally modeling in print advertising, acting in national broadcast television advertising as well as
talent in non-broadcast corporate training videos.
S. Lee Fenwick,
Conducting Liaison
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, Director
of Marketing
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 Colonial
Church (Congregational) in Prairie Village
where she is a soloist and section leader; 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 Administrator
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.
Theresa Ruperd
co-founded Kansas City Metro Opera with Patrick Buckley in 2004. She was Vice-President and Instrumental
Administrator of the group until 2009.
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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