VIMA Faculty Gregory Buchalter Music Director and Conductor The Metropolitan Opera Darren Lawson Stage Director Bob Jones University Sam Mungo Stage Director Northern Arizona University Alessandro Pasini Stage Director LUCA BARACCHINI Stage Director Dale Morehouse Music Administrator & Stage Director University Missouri-Kansas City Amy Shoremount-Obra Voice Faculty Metropolitan Opera Renée Tatum Voice Faculty The Metropolitan Opera Margaret Lattimore Voice Faculty The Metropolitan Opera Janet Hopkins Voice Faculty University of South Carolina David Crawford Voice faculty Metropolitan Opera Jamila Hla Shwe Opera Coach Czech National Opera Theatre Lynn Kompass Vocal Coach University of South Carolina Jolene Flory Opera coach and diction University of South Carolina Cristina Battistella Opera Coach Alex LeFevre Broadway Director and Opera Coach Coastal Carolina University Leonardo Angelini Opera Coach Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Matteo Dal Toso Opera Coach Conservatorio "A. Pedrollo", Vicenza, Italy Lorenzo Tomasini Opera Coach Zenoviia-Anna Danchak Piano Coach Michael Emery Violin Skidmore College Levon Ambartsumian Violin The University of Georgia Sheng-Ching Hsu Violin California State University - Long Beach K. Brandon Ironside Violin bob Jones University Ji Hyun Kim Violin Albion College Johnny Mok Cellist Saint Anselm College Judy Grant Flute Boston College Joe Eller Clarinet University of South Carolina Holly Patterson Oboe and English Horn El Paso Symphony Orchestra