Guest Artist: Nicole Jenkins, soprano

Dr. Nicole D. Jenkins is the Assistant Professor of Voice at Duquesne University. Dr. Jenkins has degrees from the University of Maryland at College Park (BA), The Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College (MM), and James Madison University (DMA). She received a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Renata Scotto Opera Academy in New York, as well as received a personal invitation to attend the post-graduate program at the Universität (Uni) für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien in Vienna, Austria. At Duquesne University, Dr. Jenkins teaches Applied Voice, Diction for Singers I and II, and Opera Workshop. She has also taught Private and Group Voice for Musical Theater Concentrators, General Music Education: Music and Culture, and Opera History and Literature at James Madison University. She received the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) 2022 Mid-Atlantic Region Emerging Leader Award and participated in their highly esteemed Class of 2022 Intern Program at Georgia Southern University.

A native of New York, her staged roles performed include Arminda in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera, Clara in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Siegrune in Wagner’s Die Walküre, and Sharon Graham in McNally’s Master Class. As a solo artist, Dr. Jenkins has appeared with the Albemarle Symphony Orchestra in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she performed various arias for voice and orchestra, and with the Huntington Choral Society in New York as the guest soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana. She has received numerous peer-reviewed invitations to speak at VANATS, PMEA, DCMEA, CMS, and ACDA-PA conferences on her doctoral research entitled, “A Survey of Collegiate Voice Students with Asthma and Allergies and their Perceived Impact on Singer Health and Performance Experiences – A Pilot Study.” She currently maintains a busy schedule as a vocal performer, guest lecturer, masterclass instructor, and adjudicator for both Tri-State NATS high school and college divisions.

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