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 Sunday, December 11th, 2022 @ 3:00 pm
College of Southern Nevada 
Nicholas J. Horn Theatre
3200 E. Cheyenne Ave, North Las Vegas, NV 89030
​Las Vegas Sinfonietta under the direction of Taras Krysa &
Las Vegas Master Singers under the direction of Joseph Svendsen present:

HANDEL'S
MESSIAH

The Master Singers give an encore performance with the talented players of the
Las Vegas Sinfonietta
Taras Krysa, conductor

with guests soloists:
Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo-Soprano, Sarah Earl - Soprano
Ray Roberts - Tenor & Brian Eiffes - Baritone



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Sunday, November, 6th, 2022  3:00 pm
Artemus Ham Concert Hall, UNLV
The Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society's 59th season presents:
MOSTLY MOZART

Requiem, W. A. Mozart &
Magnificat, G. B. Pergolesi 
The Musical Arts Chorus and Musical Arts Orchestra under the direction
of Randy Pagel will perform with guest soloists:
Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo - Soprano, Amy Cofield - Soprano,
 Marco Varela - Tenor & Carnell Johnson - Bass
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Cultural & Educational Exchange
St. Albans, Ely, Cambridge, Oxford, London - England
August 14th through August 22nd, 2022
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​Tuesday, April 12, 2022 @ 7:30 pm
Doc Rando Recital Hall, UNLV
​Lee & Thomas Beam Music Center 
UNLV CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES SPRING 2022 SEASON:
BABAJANYAN: A CELEBRATION!
Piano Trio in F sharp minor by Arno Babajanyan
Sextet for Piano and Winds, op. 100 by Francis Poulenc
Four Armenian Songs by Arno Babajanyan & Konstantin Orbelyan

Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo-Soprano, Andrew Smith - Cello, Spencer Baker - Piano, Ambroise Aubrun - Violin, Timothy Hoft - Piano, John McMurtery - Flute, Stephen Caplan - Oboe, Carmen Izzo - Clarinet, Janis McKay - Bassoon, Bill Bernatis - Horn & Darryl Cooper - Piano



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​Music of African-American Composers

Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall
​University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)

Dr. Alfonse Anderson - Music Director 
Kimberly Anderson & Marla Huizar - Conductors


Christina Mancheni - Soprano, Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo-Soprano,
Christian Shelton - Tenor, Daveon Bolden - Tenor, Travis Williams - Tenor,
​Pauline Tamale - Mezzo-Soprano, Kimberly James - Mezzo-Soprano, Monica McCullough - Soprano,
Spencer Baker - Piano & Darryl Cooper - Piano

Schofield Middle School Chamber Orchestra & Del Sol Academy of the Performing Arts Chamber Orchestra


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​​Saturday, February 26, 2022
Del Sol Academy of the Performing Arts
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3100 E Patrick Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89120
Solo & Ensemble Choir Festival
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Valeria Sokolova Ore, Barbara Buer, Nancy Porter - Pianists
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April 2021

I was selected as a First prize winner for the 2021 Spring Music Competition in Charleston, South Carolina! 
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https://charlestoncompetition.com/performer-valeria-sokolova/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8DcMbgp7pU
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Sunday, October, 18th, 2020 3:00 pm  
Doctorate Chamber Recital 
Valeria Ore  - Mezzo-Soprano, Spencer Baker - Piano, 
Andrew Smith - Violoncello, 

Martha Gronemeier & Ying Zhang - Violins
Six Songs op. 154 by L. Spohr,  Ave Maria by G.Verdi, 
Seven Popular Spanish Songs by Manuelle de Falla and Russian Songs
by A.Arensky, P.I.Tchaikovsky and M.Glinka

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLkHWFXtPMo&t=1135s
​The event is free and open to the public
Mountain View Presbyterian Church 8601 Del Webb Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89134
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Songs of the African-American Experience
Saturday, February 29th, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall
​University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)


Christina Chenes - Soprano, Collin Salmon - Tenor, Haylee Glenn - Soprano,
Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo-Soprano, Christian Shelton - Tenor, Moriah Berry - Soprano,
​Aaron Pendelton - Bass, Monica McCullough - Soprano, Jae-Ahn Benton - Piano,
Kimberly Anderson - Conductor, Dr. Alfonse Anderson - Music Director 
Schofield Middle School Orchestra & Del Sol High School Performing Arts Orchestra
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Saturday, January 18, 2020
Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
Performing Arts Center, 975 E. Clark Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89101
Solo & Ensemble Choir Festival
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

http://www.lasvegasacademy.net
Valeria Sokolova Ore, Barbara Buer, Nancy Porter,  Maria Russell & Brandon Davis - Pianists

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​Sunday, December 8th, 2019 3:30 pm
Dr. Arturo Rando Recital Hall Lee & Thomas Beam Music Center
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

"LESSONS to BE LEARNED"
Doctorate Recital
VALERIA ORE, Mezzo-soprano & PHILIP FORTENBERRY, Piano
The event is free and open to the public!
A small reception will be provided afterwards.
We look forward to seeing you! Thank you!

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​Monday, November 11th, 2019 7:30
Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall Lee & Thomas Beam Music Center
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
CLARA 200: eine Phantasie
Celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Clara Wieck Schumann

Sechs Lieder, op. 13
Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo-Soprano & Spencer Baker - Piano

The event is free and open to the public
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Saturday, May 4th, 2019 3:30 pm
Doc Rando Recital Hall, University of Nevada Las Vegas

VALERIA ORE, Mezzo-soprano & PHILIP FORTENBERRY, Piano
We will perform the art songs by G. Verdi, A. Rubinstein, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, P. Viardot,
R. Strauss, F. Poulenc, and the African-American Spirituals arranged by H.T. Burleigh.

The event is free and open to the public!
A small reception will be provided afterwards.
We look forward to seeing you! Thank you!

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Sunday, March 24th, 2019  3:00 pm
Green Valley Presbyterian Church, Henderson Nevada
The Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society 
Gloria - A. Vivaldi

The Musical Arts Chorus and Musical Arts Orchestra under the direction
of Dr. Douglas R. Peterson will perform with guest soloists:

Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo - Soprano, Suzanne Russell - Soprano,
Melissa Sorrentino - Contralto, Robert Carl Peterson - Tenor & Thomas Hydes - Baritone
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Saturday, March, 2, 2019
The American Prize, Danbury, Connecticut
Great News! I've just been selected as a finalist in the Professional Art Song & Oratorio division (women) of The American Prize in Voice, Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award national non-profit competitions in the Performing Arts.
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​Sunday, December, 9, 2018
7:30 pm
Doc Rando Recital Hall, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)
Jonathan Rhodes Lee, Director

​The UNLV Early Music Ensemble - "La querelle/La disputa: The French and
Italian Styles in the 17th and 18th centuries."

Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, people disputed
whether the French or the Italians had the superior music. Come judge for
yourself, as the UNLV Early Music Ensemble presents a program on period
instruments of vocal and instrumental chamber music. Works by Scarlatti, Handel,
Monteverdi, Hotteterre, Bernier, Clérambault, and the mysterious "Monsieur Carolo."

Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo-Soprano, Jonathan Rhodes Lee - Harpsichord,
Buddy Collier - Viola da Gamba; Coreen Levin - Oboe, Ashley Sheridan, Liz Valvano - Baroque Bassoons, Michelle Kim - Harpsichord; David Levin - Baroque Violin, Katelynn Meyer - Mezzo-Soprano,
Sarah Kim, Karin Hochman, Cho Hee Hwang - Sopranos.

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Saturday, November, 10, 2018

National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition (NATS), Las Vegas Chapter
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Great News! I am happy to announce that I was awarded Second Place in my vocal category
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​Sunday, June, 10, 2018 ​                                                                                           
7:00 pm
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The Gateway Arts Foundation presents:

A CONCERT OF FAMOUS ARIAS and ART SONGS
Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo-Soprano & Philip Fortenberry - Piano
9109 Lazy Hill Circle, Las Vegas, NV 89117
camille@gatewayartsfoundation.org
 
Sunday, April 22, 2018  3:00 pm
Artemus Ham Concert Hall, University of Nevada Las Vegas
The Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society 55th Season
CREATION MASS by Joseph Haydn & HOLBERG SUITE by Edvard Grieg


The Musical Arts Chorus and Musical Arts Orchestra under the direction
of Dr. Douglas R. Peterson will perform with guest soloists:

Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo - Soprano, Suzanne Russell - Soprano,
Robert Carl Peterson - Tenor & Nathan Van Arsdale - Baritone



Saturday, February 3, 2018 
ED W. Clark High School, Las Vegas
Performing Arts Center, 4291 Pennwood Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89102
Clark County School District Solo & Ensemble Competition
www.nmeamusic.org

8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Valeria Sokolova Ore & Barbara Buer - Pianists


Saturday, January 13, 2018
Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
Performing Arts Center, 975 E. Clark Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89101
Solo & Ensemble Choir Festival
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

http://www.lasvegasacademy.net
Valeria Sokolova Ore, Barbara Buer, Nancy Porter, Maria Russell & Brandon Davis - Pianists

 
Sunday, November 5, 2017 ​                                                                                           
3:00 pm
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The Gateway Arts Foundation presents:
A Concert of Western European Music

Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo-Soprano & Dejan Daskalov - Piano

​The program includes Three Sonnets of F. Petrarca for voice & piano and
​Totendanz for solo piano by F. Liszt; Toccata for solo piano by V. Nikolovsky, and
​Songs by R. Strauss for voice & piano.


9109 Lazy Hill Circle, Las Vegas, NV 89117
camille@gatewayartsfoundation.org
 

Friday, May 5, 2017
Shakespeare Art Song Evening
Doc Rando Recital Hall, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) - 7:00 pm

Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo-Soprano & Piano, Michael Parham - Baritone, Jae Ahn Benton - Piano, Joan Sobel - Soprano, Daveon Bolden - Tenor, Cindy Lee - Piano, Katie Leung - Piano, Linda Lister - Soprano, Christina Wright Ivanova - Piano

Thursday April 20, 2017
Baroque Choral Masterworks - www.lasvegasbaroquefestival.com
Doc Rando Recital Hall, UNLV - 7:30 pm
Valeria Sokolova Ore – mezzo-soprano, Loren Ludwig – viola da gamba,
Gregory Maldonado – violin, Jonathan Rhodes Lee – harpsichord
Voltaire Verzosa – countertenor, Karin Hochman – soprano
UNLV Chamber Chorale & Las Vegas Master Singers, David Weiller – conductor


Sunday, April 9, 2017
The Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society - Master Works - W.A. Mozart & Michael Haydn

Artemus Ham Concert Hall, University of Nevada Las Vegas - 3:00 pm

The Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society will present Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 by Mozart and Requiem by Michael Haydn. The 65-voice Musical Arts Chorus, guest soloists, and the 32-piece Musical Arts Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Douglas R. Peterson will perform with guest soloists:
Valeria Sokolova Ore - Mezzo - Soprano, Suzanne Russell - Soprano,
           Robert Carl Peterson - Tenor, Thomas Hydes - Baritone


March the 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2017
TANGO PASIONAL
Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 McLeod Drive, Las Vegas
March the 3rd, 4th - 7:00 pm, March the 5th - 2:00 pm

Buenos Aires singers – Liliana Dominguez & Damian Rivero,
Dancers – Daniela Rosal & Claudio Otero, Bandoneon player Richard Scofano and
Las Vegas Musicians:
Valeria Sokolova Ore – Piano, Raymond Sicum – Cello, Trey Lawrence – Bass,
Dmytro Nehrych, Yestin Griffith, Chelle Reed, Robert Taras & Andy Merilo – Violins will perform

Tango Extravaganza by Astor Piazzola, A. Troilo, J. Carli, Juan de Dios Filiberto, A. Bardi, A. Pontier, S. Piana – C. Castillo, and C. Cardel – A. Le Pera

Saturday, January 14, 2017
The Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
Lowden Theater, 855 E. Clark Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89101

http://www.lasvegasacademy.net
Solo & Ensemble Choir Festival
9:00 am  - 5:00 pm
Valeria Ore & Barbara Buer - Pianists


Saturday, November 29, 2016
T-Mobile Arena - 3780 Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, Nevada

Wow!!! I performed the Russian National Anthem for a boxing match between Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The boxing event was broadcast by HBO to over 160,000 pay per view subscribers and over 13,000 match attendees in the arena.

Thursday, August 18, 2016
The American Prize, Danbury, Connecticut
Great News! I've just been selected as a semi-finalist in the Professional Art Song & Oratorio division (women) of The American Prize in Voice, Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award national non-profit competitions in the Performing Arts.


Sunday, April 24, 2016

Artemus W.Ham Concert Hall, University of Nevada Las Vegas – 3:00 pm
Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society 53rd season presents:

MASS in E flat Major, F. Schubert & ASCENSION ORATORIO, BWV 11, J. S. Bach

The Musical Arts Chorus and Orchestra – Dr. Douglas R. Peterson, Conductor
Soloists: Suzanne Russell & Richelle Janushan – Sopranos, Valeria Sokolova Ore – Contralto,
Aldo Aurelli – Tenor, Thomas Hydes – Bass-Baritone


Sunday, November 29, 2015
Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, University of Nevada Las Vegas – 3:00 pm

GRAND MASS in C MINOR by W.A.Mozart
MAGNIFICAT by J.S.Bach

70 – Voice Musical Arts Chorus, 32 – piece Musical Arts Orchestra
Dr. Douglas Peterson, Conductor
Amy Cofield Williamson – Soprano, Suzanne Russell – Soprano,
Valeria Sokolova Ore – Mezzo-Soprano, Scott Williamson – Tenor, Neil Wilson – Bass-Baritone


June, 12th & 14th,  2015
Metropolitan Opera Stars Join Opera Las Vegas in Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Inna Los - Madama Butterfly, Viktor Antipenko - B.F.Pinkerton,
Daniel Sutin - Shapless & Joseph Gaines - Goro
will headline the Opera Las Vegas fully-staged, live orchestra production of Puccini’s tragic love story Madama Butterfly at Judy Bayley Theatre on the UNLV campus.

Las Vegans will also sing key roles: Stephanie Weiss – Suzuki, Valeria Sokolova Ore – Kate Pinkerton & Geisha,
Brian James Myer – Prince Yamadori, Nathan Van Arsdale – the Imperial Commissioner,Trey Richards – Uncle Bonzo
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Distinguished opera impresarios are orchestrating the opera’s production. Henry Akina, General Director of the Hawaii Opera Theater, will direct. Gregory Buchalter, a conductor and chorus master at the Metropolitan Opera, who is also Artistic Director of Opera Las Vegas, will lead the orchestra.


Sunday, April 12, 2015

Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, University of Nevada Las Vegas – 3:00 pm
Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society presents:
MESSIAH by G.F.Handel – Part II (The Betrayal) & Part III (The Resurrection)
The Musical Arts Chorus and Orchestra – Dr. Douglas R. Peterson, Conductor
Soloists: Suzanne Russel – Soprano, Valeria Sokolova Ore – Contralto,
Scott Williamson – Tenor & Neil Wilson – Bass-Baritone