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BIOGRAPHY
Jody's
vibrant and refined soprano has been reviewed with enthusiasm
throughout the NY region. Her versatility and flexibility as a
singer and an actress have led her to perform in a wide range of
venues, from musical theater to oratorio.
Jody has appeared
as a soloist in many choral works including the Magnificats
of Bach and Rutter, the Requiems of Brahms, Faure and Rutter,
Haydn’s Theresienmesse and Kleine Orgelmesse,
Beethoven’s Mass in C, Handel's Messiah and Vivaldi’s
Gloria. She is a frequent guest soloist with Classic Choral
Society under the direction of Janiece Kohler, recently performing
Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem. This past summer she
appeared in Naughty Operetta: the music of Romberg and Herbert
with the Delaware Valley Opera under the direction of Jim Blanton.
That production was so well received that it is being reprised in
several regional concert series. She has also appeared at Alice
Tully with the NYU Choral Arts Society and at Cami Hall in recital.
Jody's musical theatre credits include the first national tour of
Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, directed by James Lapine
in which she performed both Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood.
She has also toured Europe as Christine in Ken Hill’s operatic
adaptation of Phantom of the Opera. Recently, she appeared as
the soprano soloist in the Messiah at the West Point Cadet
Chapel, conducted by Craig Williams.
In the fall of
2008, Jody will be performing in a recital to benefit Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, and then appearing in Saint-Saens Christmas
Oratorio.
A graduate of New
York University with a degree in Voice and Theatre, as well as a
master’s in Food Studies, and an alumnus of the Institute of
Culinary Education, Jody has combined her performing experience with
her knowledge of the culinary arts in several television food
venues, as well as writing for numerous food publications and
cookbooks. She is currently a student of Susan Eichhorn-Young and
is the soprano soloist at St. Mary’s church in Tuxedo Park, NY. Jody
also maintains a private voice studio in Warwick, NY.
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