
He has instituted several highly commended programs that include a popular Solo Competition for Children that results in a child performing at almost every Northwest Indiana Symphony concert. Kirk Muspratt begins his 19th highly-acclaimed season as Music Director of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra. Louis Post-Dispatch), and the Los Angeles Times declared "Watch him!" Recognized as one of the outstanding figures in the new generation of conductors, Kirk Muspratt has garnered international critical acclaim and was hailed as a “born opera conductor” (Rheinische Post) and “a knowledgeable musician who delivers superbly controlled, gorgeously shaped readings” (St. In honoring Kirk, von Rhein said, "Ask the delighted adults and kids who flocked to his concerts.with the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra.They will tell you he made concertgoing an interactive experience that was both enlightening and - are you ready? - fun." Kirk Muspratt, Music Director/Conductor of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, was recently named a "Chicagoan of the Year" by music critic John von Rhein and the writing staff of the Chicago Tribune. She holds a Bachelor's in Music History and Master's in Vocal Performance from the University of North Texas.Music Director and Conductor Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra She has received numerous awards including: a Career Grant from the Seattle Opera Guild, an Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council, the Mary Cook Memorial Award for Outstanding Apprentice Artist from Sarasota Opera Guild, and the Stuart R. Moss was an 2016-2017 Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera. Lovett in Sweeney Todd with the University of North Texas, Fire in the Elemental Recital with Seattle Art Song Society, as the Alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Federal Way Symphony, and as the Alto soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass with Kansas City Kansas Community Chorus.

She has performed the roles of Julia Child in Bon Appetit for Seattle Opera Guild, Mrs. Rachelle also enjoys singing both operetta and concert repertoire. In 2022, she makes her company debut with Eugene Opera as the Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte a role debut as Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love with Opera Unbound and will return to Puget Sound Concert Opera singing Meg Page in Verdi’s Falstaff.

Petersburg Opera, and La Zia Prinicipessa in Suor Angelica at Lyric Opera Northwest. Moss made her debut as Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia with Tacoma Opera, Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia with Puget Sound Concert Opera, the Mistress of Novices in Suor Angelica with St. The 2019-2020 season was full of role and company debuts for Rachelle.
