Filip Duda
Chicago-based tenor Filip Duda graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2019 with a B.A. in Political Science. His studies were followed by a year in Graz, where he taught English with a program partially administered by Fulbright Austria. At IWU, he studied voice with William Hudson, from whom he gained a lasting appreciation for music pre-1750. Choral activities with the university's Collegiate Choir led to performances across the US, Canada, and Poland. His operatic experiences include Edwin in Gilbert & Sullivan's Trial by Jury, Toby in Menotti's The Medium, as well as Tommy Tenderheart in Nancy Steele Brokaw's children's opera There's a Martian in the Opera House. Filip also served on the executive board of the university's student-run early music ensemble, Wesleyan Consort. He is currently a student of Chuck Chandler at DePaul University, where he is pursuing a M.Mus. in Voice & Opera.