John Churchwell Residency
MNOP+ Performances
March 21, 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Join us for a beautifully program for our Minnesota Opera Resident Artists both curated by and performed with John Churchwell, one of the leading collaborative pianists of his generation and the Vocal Institute Co-Director at Music Academy of the West.
Minnesota Opera Resident Artists Kylie Kreucher, Kara Morgan, Ángel Vargas, David Wolfe, John Mburu, and Fumiyasu Kawase will perform in a concert thoughtfully curated by master coach and University of Minnesota alum John Churchwell, who serves as the Co-Director of the Vocal Institute at Music Academy of the West. John Churchwell has served as an assistant conductor to both the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera for 14 years and has appeared in recital with Renée Fleming, Sasha Cooke, Susanna Phillips, Joyce DiDonato, Susan Graham, Diana Damrau, Larry Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Isabel Leonard, Frederica von Stade, Dawn Upshaw, and Carol Vaness.