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From: Katelyn MacIntyre via Perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 12:18:20 -0700
Subject: [Perform-Talk] Upcoming Membership Call with Jessica Victoria
on Tuesday, May 8
To: perform-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Katelyn MacIntyre <katelynmacmusic at gmail.com>

Hello all!

Please join the National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts
Division for a membership call featuring our special guest Jessica
Victoria, soprano, recording artist, and professor.

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 8:30 PM Eastern, 5:30 PM Pacific.
Call in number: 641-715-0700 access code: 616934

We will hear from Jessica as she shares her story, some alternative
techniques she’s used as a blind singer and music educator, and her
advice for others pursuing a similar career. After the interview,
there will be time for a few questions. We will also share some
updates on our events at National Convention this summer. You won’t
want to miss it! All are welcome!

About Jessica Victoria:
Songstress Jessica Victoria has performed at the Vatican, at Carnegie
Hall's Weill Recital Hall, and with orchestras in North and South
America. Recent performances include "Où va la jeune indoue" from
Lakmé with the Trujillo Symphony Orchestra in Trujillo, Peru under the
direction of Carlos Aransay and "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem
Herzen" from Die Zauberflöte in a concert series with the Mid-Atlantic
Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Julien Benichou. Her opera
roles include Violetta with Bel Cantanti Opera Company and the Queen
of the Night with The Catholic University of America. Jessica Victoria
has also performed a wide variety of solo recitals that have featured
music ranging from traditional spirituals and Gaelic songs to works in
Catalan, Basque, Quechua and Ladino. Many of her programs tell stories
through music and narrative, bringing the audience into the beauty of
the experience.

In January of 2012, Jessica Victoria made her New York debut at
Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall as a first prize winner of the
Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition. She was the 2013
winner of University of Toledo’s Art Song Festival Competition and
presented a recital in that year’s festival. In 2014, she won second
prize in the Concorso Lirico Internazionale "Jole de Maria" in
Monterotondo, Italy. In 2016, Jessica was a winner of Pittsburgh
Concert Society’s Major Artist Auditions and a semifinalist in the
Concert Artist Guild Competition. In 2017, she won second prize in the
National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Competition and third
prize in the Concurso Internacional de Canto Lirico in Trujillo, Peru.
Among other performances, Jessica has appeared as soprano soloist with
Concert Artists of Baltimore, with the New Mexico Philharmonic
Orchestra, at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s 2012 Mid-Atlantic
Congress, in a world premiere of Joseph Santo’s Vîsperas de la Santa
Cruz, in Jordan Hall and King’s Chapel in Boston, and with Maestro
Angelo Zanin in Seren del Grappa, Italy. She also received the honor
of singing for His Holiness John Paul II during a private audience.

Jessica Victoria holds a doctorate in musical arts from The Catholic
University of America where she studied with Sharon Christman, a
master of music in vocal performance from New England Conservatory of
Music where she studied with Patricia Craig, and bachelors’ degrees in
music and foreign languages from the University of New Mexico, where
she studied with Leslie Umphrey.

Second only to Jessica Victoria’s love of performing is her love of
teaching. She has taught voice in the United States, Italy, and the
United Kingdom. She has taught as a guest artist at the University of
New Mexico, and has given lectures on topics in music history and
philosophy at New England Conservatory and Franciscan University of
Steubenville. In 2010, she was invited to present her paper “Music:
the Herald of Love” at a conference sponsored by the Dietrich von
Hildebrand Legacy Project in collaboration with the School of
Philosophy of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome,
Italy. In 2016, she was invited to present her paper “Encountering
Love through Beauty: Dietrich von Hildebrand and Ludwig van Beethoven
on The Nature of Love” at the 17th Annual Fall Conference of the Notre
Dame Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame.
Currently, Jessica directs the voice track of the Sacred Music Program
at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Through music, Jessica Victoria promotes positive social change. Such
performances include the National Anthem for the National Federation
of the Blind’s March for Independence at American Airlines Center in
Dallas, Texas, Spanish art song and zarzuela for the Department of
Justice's Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in Washington, D.C., and
Paradise Lost and Regained, a recital of art songs and her original
composition whose proceeds benefited the Good Shepherd Sisters' work
toward freeing women from human trafficking in Vietnam.
www.jessicavictoria.com
@JVSongstress

~Katelyn MacIntyre, M.M.
www.katelynmac.com
www.facebook.com/KatelynMacMusic
@KatelynMacMusic
Vice President, National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division
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