About Our Board and Staff
Meet our passionate board and staff members who work tirelessly to create extraordinary experiences for our audiences. Scroll down to learn more about the driving forces behind our productions.
Abigail Martin, Artistic Director
Soprano Abigail Martin has performed nationwide and internationally both in concert and on the opera stage. A frequent concert artist, she has most recently been a featured soloist in Bach’s B Minor Mass, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Saint-Saëns’s Christmas Oratorio. Abigail has delighted audiences in roles such as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, the title role of Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, Micaela in Le tragèdie de Carmen, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas in which she was deemed “smooth and fluidly agile”. She has also performed in concert with the Mississippi Valley Orchestra, Encore Wind Ensemble, Kenwood Symphony Orchestra and is a frequent soloist with the Lancaster Chorale and Orchestra.
Abigail holds a Master of Music and a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, and is a doctoral candidate with the University of Minnesota. When she is not performing, Abigail maintains a full collegiate voice studio and enjoys spending time with her husband and children.
Jeffrey Martin, Executive Director
Baritone Jeffrey Martin is garnering attention as a formidable voice of the region. He appears regularly on the concert stage as a soloist, most recently in Fauré’s Requiem, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, and Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Jeffrey honed his oratorio skills performing as bass soloist in Mozart’s “Great” Mass in C Minor and Requiem Mass and Verdi’s Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin among other guest soloist engagements around the country. Most notably he sang the role of Jesus in a staged version of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the University of Minnesota in Collaboration with the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Detmold, Germany in both locales. Jeffrey was also engaged for multiple seasons as a Festival Singer in Sherrill Milnes’ Savannah Voice Festival.
Jeffrey has performed the roles Leporello (Don Giovanni) with Peabody at Lyric Opera Baltimore, Raimondo (Lucia do Lammermoor) with La Musica Lirica, Escamillo (Carmen), Rev. Blitch (Susannah), Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) and The Man with the Cornet Case/Puppet-master from Argento’s Postcard from Morocco of which The Baltimore Sun said: “Jeffrey Martin brings solid tone and exemplary diction…”
Jeffrey holds a Doctorate from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Music from The Peabody Conservatory of Music of The John’s Hopkins University. He enjoys his position as Director of Vocal Studies in the Music, Worship, and Performing Arts department at Lancaster Bible College. When he isn’t teaching or performing, Jeffrey enjoys spending his time with his wife and two young children.
Scott Drackley, Artistic Director, Emeritus
Scott G. Drackley has been involved in the opera world for 40 years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Lebanon Valley College, and a Master of Music in Vocal Accompanying and Coaching from The Catholic University of America. Mr. Drackley has directed many operas, including Il barbiere di Siviglia, Le Nozze di Figaro, Falstaff, Die Zaubereflote, Gianni Schicchi, The Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, and The Gondoliers. In the Music Theatre world he has directed Oklahoma, Meet Me in St. Louis, Guys and Dolls, Irene, The Pajama Game, Anything Goes, No, No Nanette, and Hello Dolly.
Mr. Drackley started Penn Square Opera to give singers at the beginning of their careers an opportunity to learn, grow, perform and make connections in the opera world. He is also dedicated to bringing this art form to the wonderful community of Lancaster, PA.