Julie Ness
Voice
Soprano Julie Ness is a versatile performer on the opera and concert stage. After receiving her training at the Oberlin Conservatory she went on to make her professional debut with Opera San Jose in California and lived and worked on the West coast for many years in both operatic and concert repertoire. While living in New York City, she made her Carnegie Hall debut as the featured soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah and John Rutter’s Requiem, has performed recitals with Trinity Church and the New York Festival of Song and has also sung with the American Bach Soloists and the San Francisco City Choir and Orchestra. Since moving to Vermont, she has devoted her time to teaching voice privately as well as at the Upper Valley Music Center and teaching the Vocal Performance Lab at Dartmouth College. As a performer, she explores the intersection of bluegrass, folk, and classical music. She has performed Joni Mitchell’s Blue album to sold out venues in Vermont and New Hampshire with fellow UVMC faculty member Tristan Bellerive on guitar, Dave Wysocki on bass, while Julie does vocals, piano, and dulcimer. Her students are active in the Upper Valley and beyond with NATS, All State, NEMFA, Northern Stage’s Boot Camp program, within area high schools and local theaters, as well as graduates pursuing classical voice and musical theater degrees.