About Chamber Music on the Fox

Lauren Holmer
Arts Administrator
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Lauren Holmer is excited to be a part of the Chamber Music on the Fox team! Lauren holds a bachelor’s degree in music with a concentration in voice. She enjoys the intersection of organizational administration and the arts, and is delighted to serve CMOTF as the Arts Administrator. Since relocating to the Chicago suburbs in 2020, she also works as the Executive Administrator for an Elgin church and currently enjoys singing with the Elgin Master Chorale. 

Kathleen Monson
Artistic Production Manager
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Soprano Kathleen Monson continues to delight crowds with her clear tone and confident stage presence. Striking out as an innovator and entrepreneur Kathleen has created multiple musical concerts and productions. She has recently been seen at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Los Alamos Arts Council, New Mexico and First Presbyterian, Deerfield, presenting her well known concerts Gershwin and Company, Just Julie and Classically Celtic. Other recent appearances include Broadway in Chicago, and gala performances with The Caterbury Singers and First Congregational Church ECC Concert Series.

Samantha D’Adamo
Patron Services and Social Media Manager
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Samantha D’Adamo is an Italian-American Soprano from the Chicagoland area. Ms. D’Adamo has worked with KJR Studio Productions, Main Street Opera, Sinfonietta Bel Canto, Chicago Summer Opera, and Up North Vocal Institute. Ms. D’Adamo is currently studying with dramatic soprano Alexandra LoBianco. Ms. D’Adamo is a graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts and is a charter member of Sigma Alpha Iota’s Mu Xi chapter. Ms. D’Adamo currently serves as the Gamma B Province Officer for SAI. When not performing, Ms. D’Adamo is working in healthcare administration, trying new vegan recipes, and reading her favorite books.

Sara Sitzer
Founder

Sara Sitzer, whose playing has been described as “rich” and “lustrous” by the Chicago Classical Review, is an active and versatile freelance cellist and entrepreneur in Chicago. A member of the Elgin Symphony, Sara also performs regularly with orchestras and ensembles including the Milwaukee Symphony and Chicago Opera Theater, as well as on Broadway in Chicago. Ms. Sitzer was founding Artistic Director of the Gesher Music Festival in St. Louis, MO, and founding Executive Director of Chamber Music on the Fox in Elgin, IL. She spends her summers performing and teaching at the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Sara holds performance degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Boston University, and completed a 3-year fellowship with the New World Symphony in Miami under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.

Mark Fry
Founder

Mark Fry is currently the bass trombonist of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Philharmonic. Mr. Fry has performed with numerous orchestras in the United States, including the Grant Park Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Opera Theater, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Britt Festival Orchestra (Oregon), Sarasota Opera, and Des Moines Metro Opera. In the summer of 2001, he performed in the orchestra of the Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Italy. Before moving to Chicago, he was the bass trombonist of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in Honolulu. Mr. Fry appears on recordings with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller, New Black Music Repertory Ensemble and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra.