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Rena Cohen (Soprano)

Born: January 1990 - Gainesville, Florida

The American soprano and violinist, Rena Cohen, studied classical violin for 12 years, spending several summers at Kinhaven Music Camp in Vermont. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality with a Secondary in Statistics and a citation in Spanish from Harvard University (2018-2022). She continued to pursue her love of music at Harvard as a choral fellow and Choir Manager for the Harvard University Choir (August 2020-June 2022; Director: Edward Elwyn Jones); and as co-music director of the Radcliffe Pitches (May 2019-May 2020), Harvard’s oldest treble-voiced a cappella group. In spring of 2019, she costume-designed her first show, Diary of Anne Frank, and she looks forward to continuing to explore her interest in costume design and historical fashion as a member of the Harvard College Opera production team.

Outside of performing, Rena Cohen has worked as Mentor at Crimson Summer Academy (June 2019-August 2019); Student receptionist for the Harvard Art Museums (March 2019-March 2020); Administrative Intern at The Boston Camerata (September 2019-March 2020); Peer Advisor at Harvard University (August 2019-May 2020); Education Intern at Strawbery Banke Museum (June-August 2020); Government Affairs and Education Intern at Americans for the Arts (Jun-August 2020); Course Assistant at Harvard University (August 2020-May 2021); Intern, Organization and Audience Research at Smithsonian Institution (June-August 2021); Federal Research Fellow at Americans for the Arts (June-September 2021); Communications Coordinator at Community Music Center of Boston (May 2022-April 2023); Publicist at Boston Symphony Orchestra (since May 2023). She and aspires to pursue a career in arts administration, striving to make cultural institutions more educational, relevant, and accessible to all.


Sources:
Harvard College Opera Website (2022)
Rena Cohen profiles & LinkedIn & Facebook
Photo 19: Sophie Choate
Bits & pieces from other sources
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Aryeh Oron (August 2023)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Edward Elwyn Jones

Soprano

[CV-2] (2022, Video): BWV 198
[VV-7] (2021, Video): BWV 243

Edward Elwyn Jones

Soprano

Member of Harvard University Choir:
[CV-2] (2022, Video): BWV 182, BWV 198
[VV-7] (2021, Video): BWV 243

Christoph Wolff

Soprano

Member of Harvard University Choir:
[CV-1] (2021, Video): BWV 8, BWV 78

Links to other Sites

Rena Cohen (Harvard Opera College)
Rena Cohen on LinkedIn
Rena Cohen on Facebook


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