Bio:
Jessie Shulman, mezzo-soprano, is a frequent concert soloist, SAG-AFTRA session singer, and voice teacher based in Los Angeles. With an extensive background in opera and classical repertoire, she is an avid performer of concert works with orchestra, art song, choral and chamber music. Recent solo performances include Jessie’s debut with the L.A. Chamber Orchestra as part of their 2019/20 Baroque Conversations series, Duruflé’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah with the L.A. Master Chorale, Respighi’s Il tramonto with the Fiato Quartet, and Madama la Rose in the west coast premiere of Rossini’s La gazetta with Pacific Opera Project. As a concert soloist she has also performed Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9, Verdi’s Requiem, Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis, Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore, and Berlioz's Les nuits d’été. Equally at home in the world of opera, Jessie’s roles include Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Nicklausse (Les contes d'Hoffmann), Kate Julian (Owen Wingrave), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), and Dorothée (Cendrillon), among others. She can also be heard in many major motion picture soundtracks, and maintains an active session singing career in Los Angeles. Recent ensemble credits include Mulan, Frozen II, The Lion King (2019), The Last Jedi, and more. Jessie is a former member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Cincinnati Opera Chorus, and Chicago’s Music of the Baroque. She holds a master of music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a bachelor of music degree from the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University, Long Beach. Learn more at www.jessieshulman.com