This weekend we had a fantastic American art song recital with Calliope's Call! I was privileged to perform Late Summer by Tom Cipullo, along with a song from Juliana Hall's cycle Syllables of Velvet, Sentences of Plush. Getting to perform incredible music like this with such world class musicians is one of the great joys of my life, and having the composers present sent me absolutely over the moon! Congrats to everyone involved!
[World Premiere]
I spent an incredible weekend performing the world premiere of Juliana Hall's song In Closer Bonds of Love To Thee with poetry by Fanny Crosby. Getting to not only to perform with Juliana, but record her song for her upcoming CD of new art song was a true thrill. I'm so grateful to work with such incredible musicians! #artsong #worldpremiere
[American Prize Second Place Winner]
Thrilled to have won second place in the The American Prize: celebrating American excellence in the arts Women in Opera/Operetta division! I am in the best company with the incredible Chelsea Basler-Aston, and huge shout out to Christine Lyons, Soprano for her third place win! #americanprize#secondplace #teamsoprano
[American Prize Finalist]
I'm so thrilled to announce that I've been chosen as one of the finalists of the American Prize for Women in Opera! What I want to know is if I win, do I get one of those hats??
[Handel and Haydn Society Solo Debut]
I'm thrilled to be making my solo debut with the Handel and Haydn Society at Jordan Hall tonight! My week got a lot more exciting when I was called in last minute to fill in for a sick soprano, and I've spent the last two days living and breathing this beautiful repertoire. Huge thanks to Scott Allen Jarrett and to all the amazing musicians at H+H who have made this such a loving and wonderful experience. In addition to the motets and chorus parts, I'll be singing two arias from Bach's Cantatas 36 and 147.
[Water in The Little Prince]
This weekend The Little Prince with Opera Parallele opens! I'm so thrilled to be playing the role of Water in this gorgeous scene which features artwork by Matt Kish!
[New Project Launch]
Today I launched my new project entitled Reassemble With Care, which is a staged song cycle for amplified soprano and chamber ensemble. The cycle is made up of composed music by Dominick DiOrio, spoken word and improvised music, all set to text by myself. The poetry is inspired by my own experience with sexual harassment and assault.
Check out the Teaser Trailer here, which is an improvisation to the text of Movement VII of Reassemble With Care featuring cellist Karen Ouzounian.
[Body Maps]
Maureen Kelly and I had a great time performing Paola Prestini's Body Maps with Fresh Squeezed Opera! #newmusic #electronics #freshsqueezedopera
[Recording from our first rehearsal at Opera America]
