Baroque to Bold: Piano and Voice
Kevin Koehler, Pianist and Olga Miliuta, Soprano
FREE Admission
Friday, November 21, 2025
7:00 p.m.
The Piano Gallery
(361) 851-0400
4432 S. Padre Island Drive - Corpus Christi, TX
Saturday, November 22, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Valley Keyboards
(956) 686-4863
Miller Recital Hall
900 Harvey - McAllen, TX
Join us for a musical journey through time and experience the evolution and ornate brilliance of the Baroque era to the vibrant sounds of the world today.
Kevin Koehler
Kevin Koehler is a stay-at-home dad of three kids (17, 14, 9) 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 Piano Performance and is currently earning his Masters degree in Piano Performance at TAMU-Kingsville.
Throughout the years, he has accompanied soloists and choirs, played at weddings, funerals and churches, and was pianist for several theater productions. After moving to Texas, Kevin has played piano at various concerts, events, hospitals, schools, nursing homes, fundraisers and organizations. He was the pre-concert entertainment for both the “Opening Night” and “Grand Finale” of the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, performed a solo Valentine’s Day concert, played for “Broadway at the Port,” and also performed with the Chopin Society at Carnegie Hall in New York. He self-produced albums titled “Allure” and “Passion” and hopes to record many more.
Olga Miliuta
Olga Miliuta, a Belarusian-born American opera and classical pop singer, is a master of music with several degrees in choir directing, piano teaching, and opera and concert singing. She graduated from the Belarusian State Conservatory and furthered her studies in opera art at the Elena Obraztsova School in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and Madame Zelenyk’s Opera-Operetta School in Avignon, France. Olga has won first place and the Grand Prix in numerous international opera and operetta competitions across Italy, France, Germany, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and the USA.
Her theatrical performances include roles such as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” Brigitt and Iolanta in Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta,” Mimi and Musetta in Puccini’s “La Bohème,” and Violetta in Verdi’s “La Traviata.” For many years, Olga was a guest soloist with the German International Symphony Orchestra in Cologne and Munich. In 2023, she performed as a guest soloist with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra in the concert program “Home for the Holidays.”
In January 2023, Olga produced her first CD, “Songs of Divine Mercy.” She was invited as a guest soloist to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York in January 2025. Olga has performed operas by Verdi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Puccini, among others, on stages throughout Europe. Her repertoire includes arias and songs in 16 different languages.
Olga Miliuta is the founder and owner of the “Belcanto” Music School in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she teaches piano and voice. Her students have achieved success on both European and American stages.
The Program
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Piangerò la sorte mia (from Giulio Cesare in Egitto) G. Handel (1685-1759)
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Agitata da due venti (from Griselda) A. Vivaldi (1678-1741)
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Addio del passato (from La Traviata) G. Verdi (1813-1901)
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Jewel song (from Faust) Ch. Gounod (1818-1893)
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Nocturne in C# minor, Op. Posth. F. Chopin (1810-1849)
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Phantasiestücke, Op. 12, No. 2 "Aufschwung" R. Schumann (1810-1856)
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Casta Diva (from Norma) V. Bellini (1801-1835)
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Yanouskaya's aria (from King Stakh's Wild Hunt) V. Soltan (1953-1997)
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Nessun dorma (from Turandot) G. Puccini (1858-1924)