Patricia Rogers: - "Patricia Rogers a native of Charleston, West Virginia earned her MA and MS degrees from Columbia University, New York City, and studied vocal technique with the famed Lola Hayes. Ms. Rogers studied the art of French songs with a master coach, Hueque Cuenod, in Vevey, Switzerland. Her studies of German Lieder with Kelley Wyatt and Raoul Abdul in the U.S. continued at the Schubert Institute with famed singers Elley Ameling and Hans Hotter and drama of the Lied with Austria's Madame Kallina, in Baden, Austria. Ms. Rogers is the first African American opera singer from the State of West Virginia to become a company member of the famous New York Metropolitan Opera Company in 1974-1991 and the New York City Opera Company from 1976 to 2008. Currently, Ms. Rogers is performing her one-woman show My Journey, insight into the world of Patricia Hancock Rogers, Opera Singer, Master Coach and Teacher, Mother (Parent), Interpreter. She is a national as well as international performer and has appeared in opera houses in Europe, South America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Hawaii, and the United Kingdom. Her Carnegie Hall Recital was hailed by the New York Amsterdam News as a Voice of Beauty, Appeared in magical radiance: Lilo Sorell, Badener Zeiting, Austria. Her multifaceted career embraces TV, radio, recordings, and Broadway musicals. In June of 1995, Ms. Rogers was inducted into the Henry Highland Garnet Foundation of Charleston, West Virginia Hall of Fame. Ms. Rogers won the title of Ms. Delaware in the American Classic Woman 2002 pageant. In April 2008, Ms. Rogers was awarded the Life Time Achievement Award by the West Virginia All Black Schools Sports and Academic Hall of Fame. And in September 2008 the ABSSA Hall of Fame Museum presented Ms. Rogers with the Life Time Achievement - Legend Award."