1st Season with Seraphic Fire
Oakland, CA
Praised as “an excellent and impassioned” soprano possessing "a graceful tonal clarity that is a wonder to hear" (San Francisco Chronicle), Michele Kennedy is a versatile specialist in early and new music.
Michele's recent highlights include Bach St. John Passion with San Francisco Symphony, Poulenc Gloria (Bach Society of Saint Louis), Fireworks of Handel & Purcell (Portland Baroque), Handel Messiah (Trinity Wall Street), Smith Moore's MLK Oratorio (UC Berkeley), Monteverdi Vespers (Thirteen & Dark Horse Consort), and her Carnegie Hall debut with The Hollywood Film Orchestra. A lifelong champion of new works, Michele has sung premieres with Experiments in Opera, Harlem Stage Opera, Kaleidoscope Ensemble, The New York Philharmonic, and with Lorelei Ensemble in a world premiere tour of Julia Wolfe’s Her Story that culminates with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood.
Michele completed her musical studies at Yale University, Yale School of Music, and at NYU.
