Mezzo-soprano

Classical music was not a part of my life in my early years. My parents played guitar and sang pop music in their spare time. I remember sitting on the floor listening to them play, thinking it was the best music in the world, and I couldn't wait until I was big enough to play guitar.

When I eventually got a guitar, I wasn't really focused on playing; it was more of a way to accompany myself while singing. I spent my late teens and early twenties busking and belting out songs I remembered my parents playing, or covers of Jewel, Alanis Morissette, and the Indigo Girls, to name a few.

I wasn't truly exposed to classical music until my freshman year of college—and then I jumped down the rabbit hole.

I am a classical singer who specializes in opera, but I also love musical theatre, oratorio, and art song. New works are a passion of mine, and I enjoy the process of working with composers and librettists. I love storytelling through music and showing people that opera is for everyone, no matter what their musical experience has been.

I enjoy listening to all genres of music, and if you drive with me in the car, it’s very possible that I will be singing along to David Bowie, Tori Amos, or the Indigo Girls. I probably forgot what I ate for dinner last night, but I could sing along to every word of Pink Floyd’s The Wall.