New York Vocal Artists 

New York Vocal Artists (NYVA) was founded in 1992 by conductor Brian Douglas with the mission to present young professional singers to both the public and to agents and others who could advance their careers. 
 
From 1992-2002, Maestro Douglas produced and conducted 95 concerts in the New York metropolitan area, including 35 in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Judges for these concerts included, Metropolitan Opera tenor Richard Kness, Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Joann Grillo, Metropolitan Opera Regional Stage Director, E. Randall Hoey, Metropolitan Opera Assistant Conductor Greg Buchalter, NYCO Conductor Mara Waldman, Dan Merriman (NYCO & Princeton), Camille Coppola, Director, New Rochelle Opera, and Fred Jarvis, Publisher, NYAC Winged Foot.
Pianists for NYVA: Regina Yakobtsiner, former Assistant Conductor to Valery Gergiev at the Kirov Opera, and Liliana Sotirova, former Assistant Conductor at Bulgaria's Stara Zagora Opera