THREE OAKS OPERA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Artistic Director
- CEO
- Executive
- Executive Director
- President
is a celebrated American opera singer, pedagogue, and director. A Metropolitan Opera National Council winner, she went on to win the Baltimore Opera, Eleanor Steber, Loren L. Zachary Society, and NATS Artists Awards competitions, launching her career as a leading American opera singer and recitalist. The LA Times has called her a "Dream Goddess…." for her work in Die Walküre with Long Beach Opera. She has sung major roles with thirty-six American opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera and Washington National Opera companies. Internationally, she made her debut with L'Opèra de Nice in France and went on to sing in the Netherlands with Edo de Waart conducting, at the Hong Kong Arts Centre, and in Toronto, Montreal, and Calgary, Canada. As a concert soloist, Ms. Palmour has sung at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher and Alice Tully Halls at Lincoln Center, the Academy of Music in Philadelphia with Robert Page conducting, and the Concert Hall at the Kennedy Center. Palmour has appeared with ten American orchestras, including the National Symphony, and the Naval Academy Chorus and Orchestra in a nationally televised Christmas special. As a pedagogue, Ms. Palmour has served on the faculties of seven universities including the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and at the AIMS Vocal Institute in Graz, Austria. She has taught masterclasses in Perth, Australia; Cheng du and Linfen, China; Jakarta, Indonesia; Maryland, California, and Illinois. She is a founding member of the Guilford Trio, with whom she made two commissioned recordings for Koch International Classics. She has also recorded Purrfectly Classical with Centaur Records and When Love Goes Wrong with the Moravian Philharmonic in the Czech Republic. Ms. Palmour is the Founder and Executive Director of Three Oaks Opera Inc., where she is stage director and producer.
Job Titles:
- Treasurer
- Vice President of Operations
Clarkson University, Bachelor of Computer Science. Elijah is a patron of the arts, an avid attendee at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and as Vice President runs the day to day operations of Three Oaks Opera.
Purchasing agent for Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine; former Purchasing Agent for a sovereign Indian Nation in the Phoenix area; a life-long singer, Jim has performed in musical theater and opera in New Hampshire, Arizona and in his current home in Maine. He has been lead singer and soloist in Catholic churches as well. Jim has had lead roles with Three Oaks Opera since 2012, and has remained an avid supporter of the organization. He is excited about his position on the board and hopes that his business expertise and theatre experience will further the mission of Three Oaks Opera.
Owner of Meese and Associates, LLC. commercial real estate development, Litchfield Park, AZ; Commander in the United States Navy for 25 years; Mayor of Litchfield Park, Arizona; 1984 and 1985; Member of Estrella Rotary Club for 42 years where he initiated a Veterans Day Memorial Luncheon that has been running yearly for over 20 years. On October 2, 2021 he received a Congressional Recognition for his service to his country and community. Dick has been a supporter of Three Oaks Opera since 2011. He traveled to Italy twice with his wife, Mary, who sang leading mezzo roles with the company.