In
between
appearances
on
the
world's
biggest
stages,
internationally
acclaimed
soprano
and
BW
alumna
Jennifer
Rowley
'02
will
serve
as
Artist-in-Residence
at
the
Baldwin
Wallace
University
Conservatory
of
Music
for
the
2018-19
academic
year.
In addition to private coaching and teaching BW voice performance majors, Rowley's residency will include several events that are open to the public including a master class on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 3 p.m. and a master class and a gala recital in February 2019.
Rowley, who has wowed audiences and critics in major venues all over the world, has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera 21 times in four different roles. She made her Met début portraying Musetta in Puccini's "La Bohème" in 2014, but it was her 2017 role début as Roxanne in Alfano's "Cyrano de Bergerac" that The New York Times called a "break-through moment" for a singer with "enormous gift and promise."
In the Met's 2017-18 season, Rowley performed in "Tosca," and took on a second leading role - in "Il Trovatore" - with only two weeks to rehearse.
In the 2018-19 season, Rowley is slated to reprise her "magnificent" (ZealNYC) performance of the title role in Puccini's "Tosca," and she makes her début as Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur," with several additional Met engagements through 2020.
Throughout
her
BW
residency,
Rowley
will
work
with
BW
students
in
private
coaching
and
teaching
sessions
and
will
lecture
on
audition
techniques,
the
state
of
the
classical
voice
industry,
the
leap
from
student
to
professional,
and
practical
advice
for
the
aspiring
artist.
Rowley has generously returned to her alma mater for a number of master classes over the past several years, so this residency is a natural progression.
"Beyond being a brilliant artist, Jennifer is a natural teacher," said Marc Weagraff, chair of BW's Voice Department.
"Her love of singing and of teaching just overflows when she's working with our students. She has an infectious energy that fills the room during her master classes. We are thrilled that she is coming home to BW to work with our students in an extended capacity."
The upcoming November 18 master class will take place in BW's Kadel Family Vocal Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Center, and is free and open to the public.
Rowley's 2019 free public events include a guest recital scheduled for February 15 in Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building, with a master class the following day.
Find more information on Rowley's residency, including all public performances, at bw.edu/academics/bios/rowley-jennifer.
