Jennifer Perez soprano
Jennifer Perez, soprano, holds a Bachelor of Music from The University of New Mexico and is currently working toward her Master of Music (Vocal performance concentration) under the vocal instruction of Dr. Michael Hix. She has performed lead roles with several Santa Fe Opera Community Outreach programs, including children’s operas directed by John Bradley and opera workshops and presentations directed by SFO Lecturer, Oliver Prezant. Her operatic roles include Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel, Luigia in Donizetti’s Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Viva la mamma!), Letitia in Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief, and the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, as well as scenes from Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann as Giulietta and Mozart’s Così fan tutte as Fiordiligi. Her choral experience includes participation as a soprano section leader in the UNM Concert Choir during her undergraduate studies, and as a soprano soloist in the 2010 ACDA Denver conference, Mozart’s Requiem for the Festival Internazionale della Cultura Bergamo in Italy, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. Outside of the university, Ms. Perez enjoys participating in the musical community of Albuquerque as soprano section leader at St. Paul Lutheran Church and as a member of Albuquerque’s Polyphony choir, directed by Maxene Thevenot. She is also an active member of The Santa Fe Desert Chorale, directed by Joshua Habermann, and The New Mexico Bach Society, directed by Franz Vote.