JUDITH JENKINS

The soprano Judith Jenkins is currently Instructor of Voice at the Conservatory of Performing Arts of Point Park University, and a member of the professional core of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. She has presented numerous solo Lieder and operatic recitals in Europe and Asia under the auspices of the United States Embassy, including a series of benefit recitals for the major cultural arts organizations and universities of the Philippines. Major rôles in opera and musical theater have included the title rôle in the Pittsburgh première of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa. In 2004 she was soloist with the Renaissance City Winds in a series of subscription concerts, and was the soloist with the Mendelssohn Choir and the Pittsburgh Symphony in Bach’s Magnificat and Kodály’s Missa Brevis. She was a district winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, and holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees from Peabody Conservatory and Carnegie Mellon University.