Penelope Shumate

Gilda - Rigoletto - Muddy River Opera Company - Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium, Quincy, Illinois - June 27 & 29, 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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