1st Season with Seraphic Fire
Los Angeles, CA
Ian Schipper is a bass-baritone who enjoys exploring the full range of emotions by performing a wide variety of art songs, oratorios, and operas. He has featured as the Bass Soloist for a wide variety of Baroque and Classical Oratorios. He sings bass with a number of choral groups, both in the Portland and Los Angeles areas. Ian’s summers have included studying at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria, and the Oregon Bach Festival.
Ian earned a Masters Degree in Vocal Performance from the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and a Bachelor degree in Music and Economics cum Laude at St. Olaf College. He is also an award-winning composer with Music Teachers National Association and an active researcher in the fields of Economics and Medical Informatics. Ian hails from Portland, Oregon, and enjoys hiking and backpacking around the Pacific Northwest.
