N'Kenge

 

 
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N'Kenge Singer/Actress/Dancer
Union: EQUITY, AGMA
Email: simpsonarts@yahoo.com
Website: www.cafeingenue.com
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 105 lbs.
Eyes: Black
Hair: Chestnut
   
UPCOMING ENGAGMENTS    

THEATER/CONCERT
Good Morning America
Pops Concert with Indianapolis Symphony
Pops Concert with Baltimore Symphony

Charlaine/Dance Captain Aint Misbehavin Merry-Go-Round

RECORDING
Pops Debut R&B/Pop Album Produced by Preston Glass and Tony Sheppard



     
FILM/TV/COMMERCIALS
Good Morning America Boston Public
PBS
American Tragedy
Internet Auction Site (UK)
“Lets Talk” Cable Show
Ophelia 2001

Guest Artist
Guest Appearance
Guest Artist
CNN News Reporter
Guest Artist
Guest Artist
Singer/Actress

NAACP Act-So
Contemporary Casting
McAllister Awards
Contemporary Casting
David Lesley Casting
Interview
Tom Cubano
 
AWARDS:
Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in 3 MO’DIVAS by the Helen Hayes 2007 Awards in DC
Nominated for Best Actress in Elton John’s hit musical AIDA by the Arizoni Theater 2006 Awards
Winner – New York Artists Competition 2006 & 2007
Winner – The Lena Horne Scholarship Winner – ASCAP Lieber & Stoller Award
“Miss Manhattan” – Miss America Pageant Winner – Leontyne Price Vocal Competition

 
THEATER/OPERA
The Genius of Ray Charles
The Fantasticks
West Side Story
Aida
Aida
Naughty Marietta
3 Mo’ Divas
The Advent Carol
Blue Monday
Moses
La Boheme
Le Nozze di Figaro
Mother of us All
Romeo and Juliet
Lead Singer
Lead-Luisa
Lead-Maria
Lead-Aida
Lead-Aida
Principal-Ada
Lead-Diva
Lead- Virgin Mary
Lead-Vi
Principal-Moses Wife
Principal-Musetta
Lead-Susanna
Principal-Negro Woman
Lead-Juliet

 
Theater Royal Haymarket, London
Lyric Opera of Cleveland
Harlem Arts Theater
Broadway Palm Theater in Arizona
Dutch Apple Theater in Pennsylvania
Alice Tully Hall Little Orchestra Society
Arena Stage (DC), San Diego Rep Thtr
The Xavier Company
Tillis Center
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
Virginia Opera
Czech Republic Touring Festival
New York City Opera
The Source Theater

 
 
 
DANCE TRAINING/SPECIAL SKILLS: Jazz, Funk, Ballet, Ballroom, Songwriting, Horseback riding, Ice-skating
CD RELEASES   EDUCATION
Solo CD Red Souvenir LBTV Music 1999
Boris Blacher’s Romeo und Julia Albany Records 2002
A Tribute to German Lieder Contemporary Record Society 2003
The Juilliard School 
Manhattan School of Music

 
       
VOICE TEACHERS CONDUCTORS DIRECTORS SOLO ENGAGEMENTS
Patricia McCaffrey
Edith Bers

Yvonne Hatchett



 
Seiji Ozawa
George Manahan
Lawrence Leighton-Smith  
Paul Nadler 
Dan Saunders

 
Rhoda Levine
Frank Corsaro

Joshua Major

Ted Altshculer

Ed Berkeley   
 
 
The White House
The Kennedy Center

Library of Congress

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

IMF Auditorium
 
SUNG LANGUAGES:French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Quechua, Zulu, Romanian