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The American soprano, Jessica Cooper, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance, with Honors from San Diego State University (1997). In 1997 she began her studies at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and obtained there her Master of Music degrees in Voice Performance with Honors and Distinction in Performance (1999), and in Opera Performance with Distinction in Performance (2000). She was a 2003 and 2004 finalist in the New England Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council for Auditions, and was also a first place winner of the New England National Association of the Teachers of Singing National Competition twice, competing in the at the national level.
Praised for a "warm, sizeable" voice that is "agile, attractive and full of character," Jessica Cooper was hailed by the Boston Globe as "a welcome addition to Boston's top rank of Handel sopranos." She sang soprano in Philovox (February 2006-January 2013); and has has made solo appearances with the Boston Cecilia (since January 1998), Handel and Haydn Society (since September 1998), Bach Collegium San Diego (Director: Ruben Valenzuela), Tucson Chamber Artists, and Arcadia Players, and has been actively performing as a soloist with chamber groups and orchestras nationally and in New England since 2000. Her creative independent projects include the co-founding and artistic direction of the Henry Purcell Society of Boston, a 501 (C) (3) organization specializing in the music of the English Baroque, which she founded in April 2013. Other groups she has soloed with include the La Jolla Symphony, Boulder Bach Festival, Exsultemus Period Ensemble, Emmanuel Music, Musica Sacra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley Symphony Orchestra and Nashua Symphony, and spoke as a featured guest on WGBH 89.7, "Classics in the morning."
Jessica Cooper is lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where she has taught applied voice since 2006, and Musical Theater History since 2010. |
