Jennifer Beattie, Mezzo-soprano

Biography

Hailed for her "exuberant voice and personality" (Opera News), and as a "smashing success" (San Francisco Examiner), mezzo-soprano Jennifer Beattie is a dynamic and versatile performer in styles ranging from opera to chamber music to cabaret. On the concert and opera stages she has appeared as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, The National Opera Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, The Columbus Symphony Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Argento Chamber Ensemble, ConcertOPERA Philadelphia, The Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, Eastern Festival Opera, Symphony in C, the Mendelssohn Club Chorus, and the Kimmel Center Organ Concerts series.

Ms. Beattie has been heard performing art song and chamber music at such venues as Yale University, the Stotsenberg Recital Series, Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, The National Arts Club NYC, The Juilliard School, Riverside Church, the Lake George Music Festival, The Texas Music Festival, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Brooklyn Art Song Society, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

An avid interpreter of new music, she has premiered many pieces written for her voice by such preeminent composers as Tom Cipullo, Laura Schwendinger, Kathryn Alexander, Michael Klingbeil, Tom Whitman and Jeremy Gill. Her collaborative history includes the The Network for New Music, Chicago’s 5th House Ensemble, the JACK Quartet, and ICE.  www.jenniferbeattie.com