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Aria & Ivory

FEATURING

Olga Miliuta and Kevin Koehler

Aria & Ivory featuring Olga Miliuta and Kevin Koehler

FREE Admission

Friday, October 2, 2026
6:00 p.m.
Valley Keyboards
(956) 686-4863
Miller Recital Hall
900 Harvey - McAllen, TX
Saturday, October 3, 2026
6:00 p.m.
The Piano Gallery
(361) 851-0400
4432 S. Padre Island Drive - Corpus Christi, TX

Join us for an unforgettable evening of passion, romance, and timeless music. From beloved Italian opera arias to cherished classics and iconic songs, this concert celebrates the beauty, drama, and emotion of some of the world’s most memorable melodies.

Kevin Koehler

Kevin Koehler is a stay-at-home dad of three kids who volunteers his time in several organizations, giving back to the community. He is President of the Nueces County Medical Society Alliance and is on the Board for the Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Guild. He has degrees in Computer Science, Spanish and Music-Piano Performance and is currently earning his Master’s degree in Piano Performance at TAMU-Kingsville.

Kevin has played piano at various concerts, events, hospitals, schools, nursing homes, fundraisers and organizations. He has performed on several occasions as the pre-concert entertainment for the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, and also for the Broadway fundraiser events for the Symphony. He performs solo and collaborative concerts, accompanies area school choirs, does extensive collaborative work with TAMU-Kingsville, TAMU-CC, and Del Mar College, and also performed with the Chopin Society at Carnegie Hall in New York. He self-produced albums titled “Allure” and “Passion” and aims to record several more.

Olga Miliuta

Olga Miliuta is a Belarusian-born American opera and classical crossover singer, as well as an accomplished music educator. She holds a Master of Music degree, with advanced training in choral conducting, piano pedagogy, and opera and concert performance. Olga graduated from the Belarusian State Conservatory and continued her studies in operatic art at the Elena Obraztsova School in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Teresa Berganza, Italy and Madame Zelenyk’s Opera-Operetta School in Avignon, France.

An award-winning performer, Olga has received First Prize and Grand Prix honors at numerous international opera and operetta competitions across Italy, France, Germany, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and the United States.

Her operatic repertoire includes leading roles such as the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Brigitta and Iolanta in Iolanta, Mimì and Musetta in La Bohème, and Violetta in La Traviata. She has appeared as a guest soloist with distinguished ensembles including the German International Symphony Orchestra in Cologne and Munich, the Lviv Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine), the National Folk Orchestra of Belarus, the Belarusian Baroque Chamber Orchestra, and the Presidential and National Wind Orchestras of Belarus. She was also honored with the title “Master of Stage” during her tenure as a state soloist with the National Academic Ensemble of Belarus.

In 2023, Olga performed as a guest soloist with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra in the holiday program Home for the Holidays. That same year, she released her debut CD, Songs of Divine Mercy. In January 2025, she was invited to perform as a guest soloist at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Throughout her career, Olga has been both a soloist and ensemble member of professional choirs across Belarus and Europe. Her repertoire spans works in 16 languages, reflecting her versatility and international experience.

Olga currently serves as an active board member of the Guild of the Symphony Orchestra in Corpus Christi. She is also the founder and owner of Belcanto Music School in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she teaches piano and voice. Her students have achieved recognition and success on both European and American stages.

CONCERT PROGRAM

  • Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo) GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
  • Vittoria, mio core! GIACOMO CARISSIMI
  • Canto della terra FRANCESCO SARTORI
  • O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) GIACOMO PUCCINI
  • È strano... Ah, fors'è lui... Sempre libera (from La traviata) GIUSEPPE VERDI
PIANO SOLOS
  • I Dreamed a Dream (from Les Misérábles) CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG
  • Vieni sul mar ITALIAN FOLK SONG
  • Torna a Surriento ERNESTO DE CURTIS
PIANO SOLOS
  • My Way FRANK SINATRA
  • Luna ALESSANDRO SAFINA
  • Nessun dorma (from Turandot) GIACOMO PUCCINI