Amanda Jellen, soprano
AMANDA JELLEN, soprano, made her Boston debut as artist-in-residence with the Back Bay Chorale under the baton of Scott Allen Jarrett, performing the soprano solo in a staged version of Honegger's Le Roi David. Operatic roles include First Lady in The Magic Flute, a role she reprised in 2004 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, and Valencienne in The Merry Widow, and most recently Mother Marie of the Incarnation in Dialogues of the Carmelites with the Boston Opera Collaborative. Partial roles include Fiordiligi, the Countess, Agathe, Susannah, and Elettra.
An active performer of contemporary music, Amanda recently commissioned a work from David T. Little for soprano, violin, and clarinet entitled Songs of Love, Death, Friends and Government (2004) which received its premiere in February 2005. She has appeared as soloist in Michael Daugherty's What's That Spell?, a pop cantata for two Barbie-sopranos, and Patrick Long's Astronomer, for soprano, amplified chamber ensemble and electronic percussion, (both performances with the Susquehanna University New Music Ensemble of which she is co-founder).
Ms. Jellen recently completed her second year as a Chorale Scholar at Boston University's Marsh Chapel whose services are broadcast every Sunday on WBUR radio. Last season performances included the role of Merab in a semi-staged version of Handel's Saul and soloist in the Bach Magnificat and the St. John Passion. This season Amanda performened as soloist in Cantata 140, (Wachet auf), the Faure Requiem, Bach's Easter and Ascension Oratorios, and in Mendelssohn's Psalm 42, No. 6 Quintet “Der Herr hat des Tages verheissen” performed with the men of the Marsh Chapel Choir.
An active recitalist, Ms. Jellen has collaborated with Scott Allen Jarrett, Jean Anderson-Collier, John Heiss, and Rodney Lister.
Ms. Jellen holds an MM in Voice Performance from New England Conservatory and a BA in Music from Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA), with added studies at the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy and Operaworks (Los Angeles, CA).
Originally from Willington, Connecticut, Amanda lives in Brookline, Massachusetts and studies with Carole Haber
An active performer of contemporary music, Amanda recently commissioned a work from David T. Little for soprano, violin, and clarinet entitled Songs of Love, Death, Friends and Government (2004) which received its premiere in February 2005. She has appeared as soloist in Michael Daugherty's What's That Spell?, a pop cantata for two Barbie-sopranos, and Patrick Long's Astronomer, for soprano, amplified chamber ensemble and electronic percussion, (both performances with the Susquehanna University New Music Ensemble of which she is co-founder).
Ms. Jellen recently completed her second year as a Chorale Scholar at Boston University's Marsh Chapel whose services are broadcast every Sunday on WBUR radio. Last season performances included the role of Merab in a semi-staged version of Handel's Saul and soloist in the Bach Magnificat and the St. John Passion. This season Amanda performened as soloist in Cantata 140, (Wachet auf), the Faure Requiem, Bach's Easter and Ascension Oratorios, and in Mendelssohn's Psalm 42, No. 6 Quintet “Der Herr hat des Tages verheissen” performed with the men of the Marsh Chapel Choir.
An active recitalist, Ms. Jellen has collaborated with Scott Allen Jarrett, Jean Anderson-Collier, John Heiss, and Rodney Lister.
Ms. Jellen holds an MM in Voice Performance from New England Conservatory and a BA in Music from Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA), with added studies at the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy and Operaworks (Los Angeles, CA).
Originally from Willington, Connecticut, Amanda lives in Brookline, Massachusetts and studies with Carole Haber