[Perform-Talk] Upcoming Membership Call with Jessica Victoria on Tuesday, May 8

[Katelyn MacIntyre]

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.
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Vice President, National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division