Penelope Shumate

Soprano Soloist - Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 - The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra - Gulfport, Mississippi - May 4 and Hattiesburg, Mississippi -May 6, 2027

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Soprano Soloist - "Baroque to Broadway" - Wednesday Music Club - Hunter J. Smith Auditorium, The Center at Belvedere, Charlottesville, Virginia - April 7, 2027

Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Roanoke Sympony Orchestra - Roanoke,

Virginia - December 18, Millwald Theatre, Wytheville, Virginia - December 19, Floyd High School, Floyd, Virginia - December 20, 2026

Adjudicator - Virginia Choral Directors Association District V High School Honor Choir Auditions - November 3, 2026

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Soloist - "Baroque to Broadway" - Concert Guild Series - Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia - October 31, 2026

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Masterclass Clinician - Concert Guild Series - Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia - October 30, 2026

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Soprano Soloist - "Baroque to Broadway" - Concert Series - Mary Baldwin University, Francis Auditorium, Staunton, Virginia -

September 20, 2026

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Soprano Soloist - "Baroque to Broadway" - Thursday Morning Music Club - Staunton, Virginia - September 10, 2026

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Soprano Soloist - "Summer Sky" Outdoor Opera Concert - Muddy River Opera Company - Lorenzo Bull Park, Quincy, Illinois - June 26, 2026

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Soloist - Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding, BWV 176 by J.S. Bach - Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival - Harrisonburg, Virginia -

June 14, 2026

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Soloist - Dixit Dominus by Handel - Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival -Harrisonburg, Virginia - June 13, 2026

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Soprano Soloist - "Baroque to Broadway" - Opera on the James - 

Point of Honor, Lynchburg, Virginia - May 31, 2026

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Soprano Soloist - Selected Spirituals - "Benefit Gospel Concert" for

High School Student Scholarships - The Waynesboro/Augusta 

Women's Club GFWC - Main Street United Methodist Church, Waynesboro, Virginia - April 28, 2026

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Soloist - Requiem for All People - Jefferson Choral Society - Trinity Ecumenical Parish, Moneta, Virginia - April 25, and Snidow Chapel, University of Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia - April 26, 2026

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Voice Class & Workshop Clinician - Wayne Studio, Wayne Theatre

Ross Performing Arts Center - Waynesboro, Virginia

February 4 - April 8, 2026 (Wednesdays 5:30-7pm)

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Soloist - "Baroque to Broadway" - Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, Virginia - March 31, 2026

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Presenter - "Kassandra: A heroine for today's world" Lecture Recital - College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Chapter Conference - Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia - March 20-22, 2026

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Soloist - "Baroque to Broadway" - Wayne Theatre Ross Performing Arts Center - Waynesboro, Virginia - March 15, 2026

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Soloist - "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette by Gounod, in "Romeo & Juliet: A Symphonic Evolution" - Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra -

First Presbyterian Church, Staunton and Waynesboro, Virginia - February 21 and 22, 2026

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Soloist - Valentine Salon Concert - Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival -

Harrisonburg, Virginia - February 14, 2026

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Clinician - Vocal Workshop - Valley Music Academy - Waynesboro, Virginia - February 7, 2026 (3-5pm)

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Christmas Season Soloist - Arias and Songs by Handel, Price, and Puccini - Main Street United Methodist Church, Waynesboro, Virginia - December 24 & 28, 2025, and January 4, 2026

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Soloist - Gloria (Vivaldi) - Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church - Fishersville, Virginia - December 21, 2025

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Soloist - Christmas Benefit Concert - Augusta Health Hospice of the Shenandoah - 7th-Day Adventist Church, Waynesboro, Virginia - December 4, 2025

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Soloist - Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Schubert), "La Flûte enchantée" from Shéhérazade (Ravel), "Beau soir" and "Nuit d’étoiles" (Debussy) and

"Notre amour" (Fauré) - Chamber Music Series - Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra - First Presbyterian Church, Staunton and Waynesboro, Virginia - November 15 and 16, 2025

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Adjudicator - Virginia Choral Directors Association District V High School Honor Choir Auditions, Spotswood High School, Penn Laird, Virginia - November 4, 2025

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Soloist - Fall Concert - Valley Music Academy, Waynesboro, Virginia - October 19, 2025

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Presenter - Vocal Workshop - Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church, Fishersville, Virginia - October 15, 2025

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Soloist - "Veni, Vidi, Verdi" - Muddy River Opera Company - Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium, Quincy, Illinois - June 28, 2025

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Classical Singer Convention - Chicago, Illinois - May 23-26, 2025​

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Competition Finalist Judge with Nathan Gunn and Nicole Cabell

Masterclass Clinician - Musical Theatre and Classical 

Presenter - "Quality Music Preparation that Preserves the Voice"

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Classical Singer Magazine Cover and Article - "Penelope Shumate: Striving for Artistic Mastery" - May 2025

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Soloist - La pasión según San Marcos - Summit Records - April, 2025 

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Soprano Soloist - Carmina Burana - Paducah Symphony Orchestra - Carson Center, Paducah, Kentucky - April 12, 2025

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Soprano Soloist - Carmina Burana - Roanoke Symphony Orchestra - Berglund Performing Arts Theatre, Roanoke, Virginia - April 6, 2025

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Soprano Soloist - One World - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York - January

20, 2025

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Soprano Soloist - "Bach to Broadway" - Chicago's Fourth Presbyertian Church Concert Series - Buchanan Chapel, Chicago, Illinois - January 10, 2025

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Alabama Symphony Orchestra - Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, Birmingham, Alabama - December

20 and 21, 2024

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Nashville Recording Orchestra - Madison

Street United Methodist Church, Clarksville, Tennessee - December 5, 2024

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York - December 1, 2024

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Violetta - La Traviata - Muddy River Opera Company - Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium, Quincy, Illinois - June 28 and 30, 2024

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Soprano Soloist - Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 by Bach - Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival - Lehman Auditorium - Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia - June 9, 2024

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Soprano Soloist - Requiem (Mozart) and Kindness (Hayes) - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, New York - May 26, 2024

Soprano Soloist - "Bach to Broadway" - Roxy Regional Theatre, Clarksville, Tennessee - April 13, 2024

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Kassandra - Kassandra (excerpts) and Presentation - College Music Society Southern Chapter Conference - Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee - February 22-24, 2024

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Soprano Soloist - Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn) - Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra - Music and Arts Community Center, Fort Myers, Florida - February 17 and 18, 2024 and Big Arts Sanibel, Sanibel Island, Florida - February 23, 2024

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Soprano Soloist - "Bach to Broadway" - First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville, Tennessee - February 11, 2024

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York - November 27, 2023

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Soprano Soloist - Gloria (Zelenka) - Gateway Chamber Orchestra - United Methodist Church, Clarksville, Tennessee - November 19, 2023

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Soprano Soloist - Carmina Burana - Lansing Symphony Orchestra - Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, Lansing, Michigan - November 10, 2023

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Soprano Soloist - Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) - Paducah Symphony Orchestra - Carson Center, Paducah, Kentucky - October 14, 2023

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Hélène - Hell's Bell (Le Timbre d'argent) - Opéra Louisiane - Old State Capital Building, Baton Rouge, Louisianna - October 5, 2023

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Soprano Soloist - La Pasión según San Marcos - Gateway Chamber Orchestra - George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall, Clarksville, Tennessee - March 18 and 19, 2023

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Soprano Soloist - Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) - Rapides Symphony Orchestra - Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center, Alexandria, Louisiana - March 11, 2023

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Soprano Soloist - "Bach to Broadway" - George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall, Clarksville, Tennessee - January 22, 2023

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Kassandra - Kassandra - National Opera Association Conference - Performance and Presentation with Dr. Anthony Brandt - Composer of Kassandra, "Kassandra: A Heroine for Today’s World," Houston, Texas - January 4-7, 2023

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York - November 27, 2022

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Soprano Soloist - Magnificat (Bach) - Gateway Chamber Orchestra - November 19 and 20, 2022

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Kassandra - Kassandra - Navona Records - Album Release - 

July 22, 2022 

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Adina - L'Elisir d'Amore - Muddy River Opera Company - Mary Ellen

Orr Auditorium, Quincy, Illinois - June 24 and 26, 2022

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Soprano Soloist - Carmina Burana - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York - June 6, 2022

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Soprano Soloist - Requiem (Fauré) - Galesburg Community Chorus

and Orchestra - Galesburg, Illinois - April 30, 2022

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Soprano Soloist - Symphony No. 2 (Mahler) - Gateway Chamber Orchestra - George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall,  Clarksville, Tennessee - April 23 and 24, 2022

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Soprano Soloist - Te Deum (Dvořák) - Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association - Morrison Theater, Quincy, Illinois - April 10, 2022

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Soprano Soloist - La Pasión según San Marcos - Gateway Chamber Orchestra - George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall, Clarksville, Tennessee - March 19 and 20, 2022

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Lieschen - Bach's "Coffee Cantata" - Roxy Regional Theatre, Clarksville, Tennessee - March 14 and 15, 2022

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Kassandra - Kassandra - Album Recording - Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, Texas - December 10 - 17, 2021

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Soprano Soloist - "Walk Slowly" from "As the fireflies watched . . . chamber music of James M. Stephenson" - Album Release

Klavier Records - December 10, 2021

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Aunt/Annabella - Helen - Muddy River Opera Company - Mary Ellen

Orr Auditorium, Quincy, Illinois - July 30 and August 1, 2021

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Soprano Soloist - "Walk Slowly" - The Music of James Stephenson - Album Recording - Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois - May 13, 2021

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Soprano Soloist - "Walk Slowly" - School of Music Wind Ensemble - Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois - May 1, 2021

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Soprano Soloist - Symphony No. 9 - Evanston Symphony Orchestra - Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Illinois - April 25, 2021

(Postponed due to COVID)

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Soprano Soloist - Te Deum (Dvořák) - Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association - Morrison Theater, Quincy, Illinois 

April 17, 2021 (Postponed due to COVID)

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Kassandra - Kassandra - Album Recording - Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, Texas - December, 2020 (Postponed due to COVID)

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Kassandra - Kassandra - Musiqa hosts an online presentation of the opera, in collaboration with Opera in the Heights. Penelope Shumate, along with the composer Anthony Brandt, librettist Neena Beber, and Maestro Eiki Isomura who conducted the world premiere at Opera in the Heights, answer questions following the performance. 

Location: https://youtu.be/JGpnMzxbVwE - June 25, 2020 

Soprano Soloist - Carmina Burana - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York

April 19, 2020 (Canceled due to COVID)

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Soprano Soloist - Magnificat (Arnesen) - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York

April 19, 2020 (Canceled due to COVID)

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Soprano Soloist - "Messiah Refreshed" - Signum Records Album Release - April 3, 2020 - Recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Kassandra - Kassandra - Opera in the Heights - Lambert Hall, Houston, Texas - February 23 and 29, 2020

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Soprano Soloist - Magnificat (Vivaldi) and Messiah - Downers Grove Choral Society - First United Methodist Church, Downers Grove,

Illinois - December 8, 2019

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York - December 1, 2019

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Morton Community Chorus and Orchestra, Morton, Illinois - November 24, 2019

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah (recording) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Abbey Road Studios, London, England - July 28 - August 2, 2019

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Soprano Soloist - "The Nightingales of the Shenandoah Valley" (Vocal Recital) - Wayne Theatre Ross Performing Arts Center, Waynesboro, Virginia - June 30, 2019

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Laurie Moss - The Tender Land - Muddy River Opera Company - Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium, Quincy, Illinois - June 14 and 16, 2019

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Soprano Soloist - The Creation (Haydn), Vesperae solennes de confessore (Mozart), and The Coming of Arthur (Drew) - Downers Grove Choral Society - First United Methodist Church, Downers Grove, Illinois

April 28, 2019

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Soprano Soloist - "An American Family Christmas" (Classical and Popular Sacred and Holiday Repertoire) - Peoria Area Civic Chorale - Five Points Washington Performance Arts Center, Washington, Illinois 

December 14-16, 2018

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Soprano Soloist - Opera, Operetta, and Musical Theatre concert -

Opera on the James - Historic Theatre, Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg, Virginia - December 11, 2018

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York - November 25, 2018

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Soprano Soloist - “As it fell upon a day” (Copland), Three Vocalises

(V. Williams), Dos poemas de Juan Ramón Jiménez (Rodrigo) - 

Burlington Lunchtime Chamber Music Concert Series - First United Methodist Church, Burlington, Iowa - September 19, 2018

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Pamina - Die Zauberflöte - Muddy River Opera Company - Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium, Quincy, Illinois - June 15 and 16, 2018

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Soprano Soloist - Carmina Burana - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, New York - May 28, 2018

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Soprano Soloist - Oratorio, Opera, and Musical Theatre Favorites Concert - Lyric Opera of Chicago Northfield Chapter - Skokie Country Club, Glencoe, Illinois - May 5, 2018

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Soprano Soloist - Carmina Burana - Southern Illinois University - Shryock Auditorium, Carbondale, Illinois - April 30, 2018

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Soprano Soloist - Dona nobis pacem - Galesburg Community Chorus

and Orchestra - Galesburg, Illinois - April 21, 2018

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Soprano Soloist - Requiem (Rutter) - McDonough Choral Society - Wesley United Methodist Church, Macomb, Illinois - April 9, 2018

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Soprano Soloist - "Of Love and Peace" (Vocal Recital) - with Jeffrey Brown - Drake University - Sheslow Auditorium, Des Moines, Iowa

March 28, 2018

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Soprano Soloist - Missa in tempore belli - Galesburg Community

Chorus and Orchestra - Galesburg, Illinois - December 9, 2017

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Roanoke Symphony Orchestra - Shaftman Performance Hall at Jefferson Center, Roanoke, Virginia - November 28, 2017

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Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York - November 26, 2017

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Soprano Soloist - "Of Love and Peace" (Vocal Recital) - with Jeffrey Brown - Fourth Presbyterian Church Concert Series - Chicago, Illinois - October 20, 2017

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Soprano Soloist - Symphony No. 9 - Heartland Festival Orchestra - Five Points Washington Performance Arts Center, Washington, Illinois 

September 9, 2017

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Micaëla - Carmen - Muddy River Opera Company - Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium - John Wood College, Quincy, Illinois - June 9 and 10, 2017

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Soprano Soloist - Benedicite - Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - St James Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois

May 17, 2017

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Soprano Soloist - Symphony No. 9 - Rapides Symphony Orchestra - Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center, Alexandria, Louisiana - May 6, 2017

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Soprano Soloist - Of Love and Peace (Vocal Recital)- with Jeffrey Brown - Western Illinois University - School of Music Recital Hall, Macomb, Illinois - March 26, 2017

Soprano Soloist - "As it fell upon a day" (Copland) Faculty Chamber Music Series Concert - Western Illinois University - School of Music Recital Hall, Macomb, Illinois - February 1, 2017

Soprano Soloist - Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York - November 27, 2016

Soprano Soloist - Requiem (Verdi) - Bradley University Chorale and Symphony Orchestra and the Bradley Community Chorus - Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria, Illinois - November 20, 2016

Soprano Soloist - Summer Music Institute Faculty Recitals - Western Illinois University - School of Music Recital Hall, Macomb, Illinois -

June 17 and 23, 2016

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Soprano Soloist - Carmina Burana - Heartland Festival Orchestra -

Five Points Washington Performance Arts Center, Washington, Illinois -

June 4, 2016

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Soprano Soloist - Requiem (Brahms) - Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - St James Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois - May 11, 2016

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Soprano Soloist - Symphony No. 9 - Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra - Waynesboro, Virginia - April 24 and 25, 2016

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Soprano Soloist - Requiem (Rutter) - The Virginia Consort - Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia - March 6, 2016

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Soprano Soloist - Requiem (Mozart) - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York -

February 15, 2016

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Soprano Soloist - Stabat Mater (Mealor) - Distinguished Concerts New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall, New York, New York - February 15, 2016

Soprano Soloist - "Candles and Carols" (Sacred and Secular Holiday Repertoire) - Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra - The Academy Warehouse Theatre, Lynchburg, Virginia - December 12, 2015

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Soprano Soloist - The Holiday Festival of Choirs - Western Illinois University School of Music - St. Paul Church, Macomb, Illinois -December 5, 2015

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