Penelope Shumate

Photo by Don Safford

Photo by Don Safford

Photo by Don Safford

Photo by Don Safford

Photo by JT Dozier

Photo by Don Safford

Photo by JT Dozier

Photo by Don Safford

Photo by Don Safford

Photo by Don Safford

Photo by Don Safford

Photo by Don Safford

Photo by JT Dozier

Photo by JT Dozier

Photo by JT Dozier

Photo by JT Dozier

Photo by JT Dozier

Photo by JT Dozier

Photo by JT Dozier

Photo by JT Dozier

Photo by JT Dozier

Carmina Burana - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center -Dan Wright Photography

Carmina Burana - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center - Dan Wright Photography

Carmina Burana - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center - Dan Wright Photography

Recital with pianist Michael Borowitz

Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center - DCINY Photography

Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center - DCINY Photography

Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center - DCINY Photography

Carmina Burana - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center - DCINY Photography

Carmina Burana - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall - DCINY Photography

Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center - DCINY Photography

Carmina Burana - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall - DCINY Photography

Carmina Burana - MIdAmerica Productions - Carnegie Hall

"Ah! Perfido" (Beethoven) - Louisiana Sinfonietta

Requiem (Verdi) - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall - DCINY Photography

Requiem (Verdi) - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall - DCINY Photography

Apo to parátheeró mou (from Four Greek Songs) - with pianist Michael Gurt

Carmina Burana - Heartland Festival Orchestra - photo by Ronald Hedlund

Carmina Burana - Heartland Festival Orchestra - photo by Ronald Hedlund

Carmina Burana - Heartland Festival Orchestra - photo by Ronald Hedlund

Carmina Burana - Heartland Festival Orchestra - photo by Ronald Hedlund

Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) - LSU Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - photo by Alice Stout

Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) - LSU Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - photo by Alice Stout

Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) - LSU Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - photo by Alice Stout

Reqiem (Mozart) - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall - DCINY Photography

"Ah! Perfido" (Beethoven) - Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association

Messiah - Lynchburg College Choral Union and Orchestra

Opera Gala - Annapolis Opera

Elijah - Drexel University Orchestra and Chorus

Requiem (Rutter) - The Virginia Consort - photo by Don Lassell

Recital with pianist Jeffrey Brown

Schubert's Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Finale) with Eric Ginsberg (clarinet) and Liang-yu Wang (piano)

"Carols and Candles" - Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra

"Carols and Candles" - Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra

Photo by Niall Hartnett

Photo by Niall Hartnett

Photo by Niall Hartnett

Photo by Niall Hartnett

Photo by Niall Hartnett

Photo by Niall Hartnett

DCINY Carmina Burana at Lincoln Center with soloists and Maestro Griffith - Photo by Kofi Hayford

Sold Out Carmina Burana with DCINY at Lincoln Center

Carmina Burana at Lincoln Center with DCINY - Photo by Kofi Hayford

Carmina Burana at Lincoln Center with DCINY

Muddy River Opera Company - The Magic Flute with my friend Garry (Tamino)

Muddy River Opera Company - The Magic Flute with my son Thomas

The Muddy River Opera Company - The Magic Flute with my student Amanda

Symphony No. 9 - Rapides Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Zona

Symphony No. 9 with Rapides Symphony Orchestra

Symphony No. 9 - Rapides Symphony Orchestra with soloists and Maestro Zona

Recital at Fourth Presbyterian Church Concert Series in Chicago with Jeff Brown

Performance at WIU with Po

Carmina Burana with SIU with Maestra Davenport

Carmina Burana at SIU with soloists and conductors

The Muddy River Opera Company - Carmen with Dane

The Muddy River Opera Company - Carmen with Elizabeth

The Muddy River Opera Company - Carmen

Messiah at Carnegie Hall with DCINY

Messiah Soloists at Carnegie Hall with DCINY

Messiah Soloists at Carnegie Hall with DCINY

Sold Out Messiah at Carnegie Hall with DCINY

First Baptist Church with Becky

First Baptist Church with my Dad

Messiah - Roanoke Symphony Orchestra with my Dad and Uncle George

Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center - DCINY Photography

Requiem (Verdi) - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall

Recital with pianist Jeffrey Brown

Rose - The World Is Round - Western Illinois University Opera - with composer Paul Paccione

The Governess - The Turn of the Screw - LSU Opera

The Turn of the Screw - LSU Opera - with cast

The Governess - The Turn of the Screw - LSU Opera

Recital - Liberty University - with my Father and two Uncles (Tom, John M., and George Shumate)

Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

Elijah - Drexel University Orchestra and Chorus - with baritone John Packard

Elijah - Drexel University Orchestra and Chorus

Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

Messiah - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center - with my childhood best friend, Becky Elkins

Carmina Burana - Canterbury Choral Society and Oklahoma Philharmonic

Carmina Burana - Canterbury Choral Society and Oklahoma Philharmonic

Carmina Burana - Canterbury Choral Society and Oklahoma Philharmonic

Coronation Mass (Mozart) and Mass in G Major (Haydn) - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall

Elijah - Drexel University Orchestra and Chorus

with renowned baritone Thomas Hampson at the Ravinia Festival

Galatea - Acis and Galatea - Duluth Festival Opera

Galatea - Acis and Galatea - Duluth Festival Opera - with cast and director

Galatea - Acis and Galatea - Duluth Festival Opera

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

Mozart Requiem and the NYC premiere of Paul Mealor's Stabat Mater - Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) - Carnegie Hall

Carmina Burana - Heartland Festival Orchestra - with Maestro David Commanday, soloists Daniel Schuetz and John Koch, and concert sponsors Jim and Ede Kidder and Eugene and Donna Sweeney

Carmina Burana - Heartland Festival Orchestra - with Maestro David Commanday

Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) - Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra - with family and friends: Becky, Tom, and Martha Shumate, and Kay and Lebron Holden

Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) - Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra - with Maestro Peter Wilson

Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) - Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra - with Maestro Peter Wilson, and soloists Sonya Gabrielle Baker, Brian Nedvin, and Gregory Lowery

Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) - Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra - with family: Becky, Tom, Martha, T.E., Sharon, Rafe, and Leara Shumate

Requiem (Rutter) - The Virginia Consort - with my Dad and sister: Tom and Martha Shumate

Requiem (Rutter) - The Virginia Consort - with Becky and Steve Elkins

"Carols and Candles" - Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra - with my Dad and sister: Tom and Martha Shumate

"Carols and Candles" - Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra - with Maestro Christopher Swanson

"Ah! Perfido!" (Beethoven) - Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association - with my son Thomas

"Ah! Perfido!" (Beethoven) - Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association - with my son Thomas and husband Ryan Darensbourg

"Ah! Perfido!" (Beethoven) - Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association - with Maestro Bruce Briney

Mozart Requiem and the NYC premiere of Paul Mealor's Stabat Mater - DCINY - Carnegie Hall - with composer Paul Mealor