Soprano Amy Conn is in demand throughout the Midwest. She is known for her pure tone, communicative warmth and musical intelligence. Amy appears on both the concert and theater stage in music of many periods, with a special love for baroque repertoire. Recent performances include Mozart’s Mass in C Minor and Exsultate, jubilate, Charpentier’s Te Deum, Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri, Purcell’s King Arthur, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Handel’s Israel in Egypt, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus, Couperin’s Leçon du Ténèbres, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and Haydn’s Creation, “Lord Nelson” Mass and Theresienmesse.

Ms. Conn has soloed with Music of the Baroque, Baroque Band, The Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Elgin Choral Union and Symphony, Chorus Angelorum, North Shore Choral Society, Lutheran Choir of Chicago and Bach Chamber Choir. She is a former long time member of Chicago a cappella. Stage appearances include lead roles in Acis and Galatea, The Turn of the Screw, Yeomen of the Guard and The Pirates of Penzance.  In 2010, she made her debut with Chicago Opera Theater, covering the role of Isifile in Cavalli’s Giasone.

Ms. Conn enjoys many opportunities to work in chamber music and has performed with Eighth Blackbird, The Orion Ensemble, The Newberry Consort, The Madison Bach Musicians, Trio Settecento, Rembrandt Chamber Players and Ars Antigua.

Ms. Conn is featured on a CD of Celtic Baroque music with Ars Antigua. In 2006 she participated in the Handel Singing Competition in London and was a semi-finalist in the American Bach Soloists Young Artist’s Competition in Berkeley (CA).  In 2010 Amy was a finalist in the New York Oratorio Society’s Young Artist Competition, performing in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and was a winner of the Bel Canto Chorus Regional Artist’s Competition.

The 2011-12 season includes a heavy dose of Bach – recording Cantatas with the Madison Bach Musicians and performing the Coffee Cantata and other Arias with the Rembrandt Chamber Players.  During the holidays she will also be featured in Music of the Baroque’s Holiday Brass and Choral Program.  In 2012 Amy will be touring the midwest singing a program of Classical era songs with Trevor Stephenson at the fortepiano, presenting a Spanish and Latin American program with pianist Shannon McGinnis and singing Faure’s Requiem with the Alabama Symphony.

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