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Mezzo-soprano Andrea McGaugh is a versatile musician with a wide variety of creative interests. An advocate for collaborative music making and authentic storytelling in all its forms, Andrea is a dedicated concert soloist, stage performer, recitalist, and ensemble singer.

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Andrea’s deep love for oratorio and choral music has led to many concert engagements across Western New York. Recent performances include Duruflé’s Requiem (SUNY Geneseo Symphony Orchestra and Festival Singers), Bach’s Magnificat (Eastman Bach Cantata Series), Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody (Eastman Philharmonia), Handel’s Messiah (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus), Bach’s Mass in B Minor, St. John Passion, and St. Matthew Passion (Voices Chamber Choir), and Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Eastman Philharmonia) as winner of the school’s Voice Concerto Competition. As an ensemble singer, Andrea regularly performs with Rochester choirs Voices, First Inversion, Musica Spei, Scivias Medieval Ensemble, and the Christ Church Schola Cantorum. 

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A dynamic stage performer, Andrea made her Ohio Light Opera debut in June 2024 in productions of The Gondoliers (The Duchess of Plaza-Toro), Me and My Girl (Lady Battersby), The Sound of Music (Frau Schmidt), The Count of Luxembourg, and The ArcadiansMost at home in comedic opera and musical theatre, favorite roles include Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Doris "the Goddess of Wire-Walking" in Elizabeth Cree, Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods, Ilona Ritter in She Loves Me, and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd.  Other operatic highlights include Mozart’s Così fan tutte (Dorabella), The Magic Flute (Third Lady), and Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Geneva Light Opera, Handel’s Alcina (Ruggiero) with the Rochester Baroque Vocal Consort, and Howard Hanson’s Merry Mount (Desire Annabel) with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. 

 

Known for her quick wit, compelling acting, and attention to detail, Andrea is committed to bringing multifarious characters to life on the stage and in the recital hall. Her passion for art song has led to numerous recital and festival engagements throughout the United States. She has been a guest artist with the SouthEastern Young Artists (Gainesville, GA), a Professional Fellow at SongFest (Nashville, TN), and has presented recitals with pianists Javier Arrebola, Maeve Berry, Alison d’Amato, Orlando Diaz, Hannah Harnest, Kauel Autumn Kim, Gina Hyunmin Lee, Cynthia Liu, Gioacchino Longobardi, Gregory Smith, and Shichao Zhang. 

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In addition to her love for performing, Andrea is a skilled arts administrator and teacher. She has taught 4th and 5th grade chorus in the Webster Central School District and on the voice faculties of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, the Rochester Academy of Music and Arts, and the Rochester Musical Theatre Academy. Andrea has held administrative internships with Finger Lakes Opera and Pegasus Early Music, and is a proud founding board member and teaching artist for What is Opera, Anyway?, a non-profit education program cultivating a love of opera in diverse audiences. Since 2017, Andrea has spent most of her days working as the Choral Assistant in the Eastman Ensembles Library, where she oversees the school’s choral activities behind the scenes.

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Outside of singing, the harp holds a special place in Andrea's musical life. She has been playing since she was 8, and even seriously considered pursuing it as her primary instrument in college. After a hiatus during her masters degree to focus on singing, she now mostly plays for fun. Andrea has enjoyed playing for solo recitals, weddings, church services, orchestra and choir concerts, and in harp ensemble. Currently, she is looking forward to playing a house concert for some friends and family, and maybe even venture into playing gigs again…once she outgrows her Honda fit...

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Andrea holds degrees in Voice Performance (MM ‘22, BM ‘15) and Music Education (BM ‘15) and an Arts Leadership Certificate (‘22) from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied voice with Kathryn Cowdrick and Jan Opalach. When not performing, Andrea can be found baking Christmas cookies, watching football (go Bills!), settling Catan, and spending time with friends and family. Soli Deo gloria.​​​​​​

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OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE

She Loves Me (Ilona Ritter)

Me and My Girl (Lady Battersby)

The Gondoliers (The Duchess of Plaza-Toro)

The Pirates of Penzance (Ruth)

Alcina (Ruggiero)

Merry Mount (Desire Annabel)

Les Fontaines de Versailles (Latone)

The Count of Luxembourg (ensemble)

The Old Maid and the Thief (Miss Todd)

The Arcadians (ensemble)

Così fan tutte (Dorabella)

Die Entführung aus dem Serail (ensemble)

The Magic Flute (Third Lady)

Dialogues of the Carmelites (ensemble)

Elizabeth Cree (Doris) 

The Sound of Music (Frau Schmidt)

Our Town (Mrs. Gibbs)

Into the Woods (Jack's Mother)

Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett)

Die Fledermaus (Prince Orlofsky)

*Sammy & Remmy (Hunter 2)

La Traviata (ensemble)

The Music Man (Mrs. Paroo)

Bock, J.

Gay, N.

Gilbert & Sullivan

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Handel, G.F. 

Hanson, H.

Lalande, M.

Lehar, F.

Menotti, G.

Monckton & Talbot

Mozart, W.A.

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Poulenc, F.

Puts, K.

Rodgers & Hammerstein 

Rorem, N.

Sondheim, S.

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Strauss, J. â€‹â€‹

Uhm, S.

Verdi, G.

Wilson, M.

CHORAL & ORATORIO

Bach, J. S.

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Beethoven, L.

Bernstein, L.

Brahms, J.

Britten, B.

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Buxtehude, D.

Duruflé, M.

Handel, G.F.

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Haydn, J.

Josquin

Mahler, G.

Marazzoli, M.

McDowall, C.

Mendelssohn, F.

Mozart, W.A.

Pérotin

Vivaldi, A.

BWV 4: Christ lag in Todes Banden

BWV 21: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis

BWV 34: O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe

BWV 61: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

BWV 65: Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen

BWV 106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
BWV 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

BWV 161: Komm, du süße Todesstunde

BWV 182: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen

BWV 227: Jesu, Meine Freude

BWV 232: Mass in B Minor

BWV 243: Magnificat

BWV 244: St. Matthew Passion

BWV 245: St. John Passion

Mass in C Major, op. 86

Chichester Psalms

Alto Rhapsody, op. 53

Ceremony of Carols, op. 28

Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27

Phaedra, op. 93

Membra Jesu Nostri

Requiem, op. 9

Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline

Messiah

Missa Sancti Nicolai

Missa Pange lingua

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

La Vendemmia

Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo

Elijah, op. 70

Requiem in D Minor

Viderunt omnes

Gloria, RV 589

ART SONG & CHAMBER MUSIC (selected)​

Av Harachamim

*Death is Nothing at All

From the Diary of Virginia Woolf

Six Elizabethan Songs

Zigeunerlieder, op. 103

Zwei Gesänge, op. 91

A Charm of Lullabies, op. 41

Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, op. 51

7 Mélodies, op. 2

Cinq Melodies de Venise, op. 58

La Chanson d'Ève, op. 95

Cinco Canciones populares Argentinas, op. 10

Sechs Gesänge, op. 48

12 Schottische Volkslieder

What I Miss the Most

*Thus the Wind Stirs

Glorified and Sanctified (Mourner's Kaddish)

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Lieder, op. 12

Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42

*No Thank You, John

Soap! Soap! Soap!

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

Sechs deutsche Lieder, op. 154 

Heine Liederzyklus (excerpts)

A Gebet

Es Brent Briderlech, Es Brent
Unter Dayne Vayse Shtern

Yiddish

Mignon: Kennst du das Land?​​

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Adler, S.

 

Argento, D.

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Brahms, J.

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Britten, B.

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Chausson, E.

Fauré, G.

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Ginastera, A.

Grieg, E.

Haydn, J.

Heggie, J.

Huang, Bo

Issacson, M.

Mahler, G.

Schumann, C.

Schumann, R.

Singh, Rachel C.

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Spohr, L.

Tyberg, M.

Weiner, L.

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Wolf, H.

Andrea McGaugh © 2025

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