Who We Are
Who We Are
Claire Stadtmueller, concept creator, composer, Woman, has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, in Europe, for the American Wagner Society in Chicago, and performed the role of Tosca under the legendary Maestro La Selva in NYC’s Central Park. Her CD Sweet Peace is a collection of international songs that celebrate peace and express the tragedy of war. sweetpeacemusic.com
Claire has served on the voice faculties of several universities, and her protégée performed at Carnegie Recital Hall at age 15. Claire holds degrees in vocal performance from New England Conservatory of Music and the University of Rhode Island, and has continued her training with international basso Dimitri Kavrakos.
Twelve piece chamber orchestra, chorus, soloists. All of the musicians performing in The End of Tyranny defied Tyranny,
exercised their right to bodily autonomy, at great loss of income and artistic opportunity.
Featured are:
Jeffrey Ellenberger, Conductor, Violin, studied conducting with Kynan Johns and received his Masters Degree in conducting from Rutgers University. Other notable teachers have included David Gilbert and George Manahan at the Manhattan School of Music, where he has a bachelor’s degree in violin performance. Jens Nygaard and Geoffrey Gilbert were also important influences in his musical development.
He is an associate conductor at the Bar Harbor Music Festival since 1995, conducted the New York Mandolin Orchestra from 2006 to 2020, and was the Conductor of the Rutgers University Orchestra and the Hawthorne Symphony.
Jeffrey’s guest conducting credits include the Erick Hawkins Dance and the Actor’s Conservatory Theater production of “Fiddler on the Roof” and in 2018 he conducted the premiere of “Captain Filthy Fred” at La MaMa Theater in New York City.
Mark Bleeke, The Globalist. Most recent engagements include The Seven Deadly Sins with
Winston-Salem Symphony, Portland Symphony, and Las Vegas Philharmonic, (Leonard Slatkin).
Recordings include Dave Brubeck’s Mass: To Hope A Celebration, Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins with The New York Philharmonic, (Kurt Masur), and Weill’s Die Sieben Totsunden, with The Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, (Dennis Russell Davies) and The BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Grammy winning soprano, Lisa Eden, has appeared nationally and internationally as concert soloist and in recital at the Kennedy Center, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Cosmos Club,
Strathmore Mansion, The National Cathedral, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, The Baltimore Basilica, the embassies of France, the Netherlands, and Monaco, Liederkranz, the Dean Lesher Center, the Harvard Club, and the Stefaniensaal and Helmut-List-Halle in Graz, Austria.
After suffering a life-threatening brain swelling injury induced by vaccines she received as a college student in 1998, Lisa has long advocated against medical mandates, most recently as a volunteer ambassador for Physicians for Informed Consent, and since 2019 as a member of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense.
Jean-Claude Santini : Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella’s Prince(Into the Woods) and Gremio (Kiss Me Kate). Currently the Bass Section Leader and Choral Manager for the Schiller Institute NYC Chorus. He holds a B.A. in Music Education-Vocal Concentration from
Rowan University. Twenty four years as a Choral Director, Piano teacher and vocal-music curriculum developer. Political activist, committed to ending forever wars and protecting our civil liberties, for his 3 children and all of us.
Brittany Cusack, Karen, is an Irish-American Dramatic Soprano. Recent and upcoming engagements include Karen in The End of Tyranny, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Ella in The Blocklist, Musetta in La Bohème, Gioconda in La Gioconda, Maliella in I Gioielli della Madonna, Adriana in Adriana Lecouvreur, Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer, High Priestess in Aida and Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro.
Past engagements include Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Rossweisse in Die Walküre at Lincoln Center, Ortlinde in Die Walküre, Witch in Hansel and Gretel, Freia in Das Rheingold and Dorothée in Cendrillon at the National Opera Center.
Gerard Reuter, oboe, has enjoyed a varied and distinguished career as chamber musician and soloist, touring the United States, Europe, India and Africa. He is a founding member of An Die Musik, of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and of Chelsea Chamber Ensemble, as well as being a member of the Dorian Wind Quintet. His guest appearances at music festivals in the United States have included Caramoor, Marlboro, LaJolla, Round Top and the Chamber Music Festival of the Library of Congress; in Europe, the Flanders and Dartington festivals, as well as the International Musicians’ Seminar at Prussia Cove.
As a soloist, in New York he has appeared with the Jupiter Symphony, the Soviet Emigré Orchestra, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia Virtuoso and in Washington, DC with the National Chamber Orchestra.
Arthur Manchester, flute and alto saxophone, was for many years the director of music at St. Michael’s Country Day School in Newport, RI. He has recorded two collections of original music: “Little Lights” and “Blue Vacation.” He performs regularly in the southern New England area.
Joel McCoy, Vor (Voice of Reason)
Joel used to have full private student rosters at high-level preparatory schools in the Providence
metro area. They canceled his contracts when he refused to take the ‘vaccine.’ He is still trying to find his way through the insane world th
Chris J. Bleeke graduated Summa Cum Laude from Rutgers University, where he studied Music Education and sang with the Rutgers University Glee Club. Chris also plays the piano, guitar, and trumpet, and he likes to write and produce original compositions of various genres.