Kathlene Ritch and Scott Howard Noakes
request the pleasure of your company
at their wedding
on Saturday, the twenty-fifth of August
Two thousand twelve at half past six o’clock
He looked so happy!
He had waited so long for the right girl!
He was ready at 45 years old!
Congratulations Scott and Kathlene!
They were married in Santa Fe where she now lives & they have bought a house.
Since my family has never met Kathlene this is her professional bio.
Kathlene Ritch studied music at the University of Texas at Austin and received a Bachelor’s of Music Studies degree in 1996. After graduation, she taught voice and piano, worked on a Holland America cruise ship, and then moved to New York City in 1998.
While there, she was fortunate enough to earn her living as a musician singing with such noted ensembles as the New York Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, Vienna Philharmonic, and the American Symphony Orchestra. She has sung under the batons of Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez, Andre Previn, Sir Colin Davis, and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. In 2001, she made her solo debut at Lincoln Center with the American Symphony Orchestra in Listz’s Dante’s Inferno. With that same ensemble, she recorded a live concert version of Die aegyptische Helena as Hermione opposite Deborah Voigt’s Helen. As a pianist, she has accompanied school and church choirs, professional soloists and ensembles, and has also been musical director of many shows and revues.
She returned to Austin in 2002 and spent most of her time as a personal chef, The Red-Headed Chef, but she continued to sing with such groups as the Texas Early Music Project, La Follia Austin Baroque, Wild Basin Winds, and the Chamber Soloists of Austin. She is also a member of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and the Grammy-nominated group Conspirare, and is a featured soloist in their PBS special “Conspirare, a Company of Voices.” In June of 2011, Kathlene settled in Santa Fe to be the accompanist for Santa Fe High School Choral Department and the Director of Royal School of Church Music at Church of the Holy Faith. She also has her business,The Red-Headed Chef, but still finds time to sing with ensembles around the country.
We were invited to a Meet and Greet at The Mamas’ House (Maggie & Ellie) friends of Kathlene & Scott on Friday night before the wedding.
We had great food, met all of Kathlene’s family & friends & Scott’s friends and family on Jane’s side.
We were able to have breakfast & visit with Scott on Saturday morning before the wedding.
The wedding was at the New Mexico Museum of Art. In the center of the museum is a garden where they held the ceremony.
We met up with Scott before the wedding out front and took a few pictures.
After all the pictures were taken, we all walked down about a block to the Burro Alley Café for dinner and reception.
It was a beautiful wedding, beautiful reception and a beautiful bride & groom!!!!
Just wanted you to meet our new daughter-in-law, Kathlene Ritch-Noakes
