Sunday, March 4, 2012

2010 Alum Jennifer Sims writes for Opera Pulse

A native of Lockport, NY, Jennifer Sams recently received her DMA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Voice Performance and a minor in Opera Production. She completed her Master’s Degree as a member of the Knoxville Opera Studio with the University of Tennessee and her Bachelor’s Degree from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. Equally at home in opera and musical theater, Jennifer has performed a wide variety of roles - 'Mrs. Lovett' in Sweeney Todd to directing and starring in the role of ‘Ethyl Wormvarnish’ in the world premiere of Jerry Hui’s opera Wired for Love. Last summer, Mrs. Sams studied baroque gesture and performance as a participant in Early Music Vancouver’s Compleat Singer Baroque Vocal Programme. She has been a participant, soloist and teacher with the Madison Early Music Festival for the past 3 consecutive years, and as a soloist with the Madison Early Music Festival’s performance of Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610. Mrs. Sams teaches privately in Madison, Wisconsin and at Beloit College.

Jennifer wrote an article "Grammy Worthy: Why We Love Joyce DiDonato" for the online opera magazine, Opera Pulse. To view the article, please click here:

Grammy Worthy: Why We Love Joyce DiDonato

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