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BGSU music student invited to Carnegie Hall
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Marilyn Horne (left) invited Kisma Jordan (right) of Detroit to perform in one of her New York master classes after meeting
with the young singer last fall at Bowling Green State University's College of Musical Arts.
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BOWLING GREEN, O.—Bowling Green State University vocal student Kisma Jordan of Detroit has been invited to perform in a master
class at Carnegie Hall with famed American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne.
Jordan, a second-year graduate student in the College of Musical Arts, will take part in the class on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at
Zankel Hall of the Carnegie Hall Complex.
The BGSU student met Horne last fall when Horne was the inaugural artist of the Helen McMaster Endowed Professorship in Vocal
and Choral Studies at the University and presented master classes on campus. Horne personally invited Jordan to perform in
one of her master classes after her session with the young singer.
The New York class is part of "The Song Continues...," a weeklong, six-event series of recitals and master classes presented
by the Weill Education Institute at Carnegie Hall in partnership with the Marilyn Horne Foundation.
Jordan studies voice with Myra Merritt, a professor of music performance studies. She is also the recipient of a Winifred
O. Stone Graduate Student Development Fund scholarship and a graduate assistant at the University.
She was seen in the role of Aurora in the North American premiere of Francesco Cavalli's “Gli Amori d'Apollo e di Dafne” with
Bowling Green Opera Theater in November and, as one of two winners in the graduate division in the college's 38th annual Competitions
in Music Performance, appeared as a featured soloist with the Toledo Symphony in December.
In February, Jordan will appear as Pamina in the spring opera production of Mozart's “The Magic Flute” and will be a featured
soloist with the Bowling Green Philharmonia on campus.
The winner of the graduate division in the college's 2005 Marjorie Conrad Peatee Art Song Competition, she placed second in
voice in the Tuesday Musical Club scholarship competition in Akron. She also has received awards in the Vocal Arts Competition
for Emerging Artists (formerly the Leontyne Price Competition) and from the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Jordan received her bachelor's degree in voice from Kentucky State University.
For more information on the New York City master class, visit the Carnegie Hall Web site at
www.carnegiehall.org .
(Posted January 17, 2006 )
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