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Hayley Abramowitz, soprano, is dually based in Houston, TX and Washington, DC. They hold degrees from the Jacobs School of Music (MM '20, PD '21) and from the University of Maryland (BM '18), where they studied with Carol Vaness and Delores Ziegler respectively. This season, Mx. Abramowitz will sing with the Houston Grand Opera Chorus in Carmen, and will present a recital in Maryland as a part of the Living Arts Concert Series.
This past season, Mx. Abramowitz sang the role of Romilda in a fully staged, COVID-responsible production of Handel's Serse and presented their final degree recital, featuring Mozart's rarely-performed concert aria, Popoli di Tessaglia.
Previously at IU, Mx. Abramowitz appeared as a principal Flowermaiden in IU Opera Theatre's bicentennial production of Parsifal, and as Nella in Gianni Schicchi. They were slated to finish the 2019-2020 season with their professional debut, singing Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. They were also looking forward to joining the Ojai Music Festival to perform Steve Reich's Tehillim, and singing as a featured soloist with NOTUS in their New Zealand World Choral Symposium program. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these performances were cancelled or postponed.
In the 2018-19 season, Mx. Abramowitz appeared as Clio in the second American performance of Handel’s little-known serenata, Parnasso in festa, under the baton of Jeffrey Thomas. They also gave their first Master’s recital, featuring selections from Strauss’s Brentano Lieder and a world premiere for composer and dear friend William Kenlon. Mx. Abramowitz is a passionate advocate of new music, and has given numerous world premieres in the last several years.
In the summer of 2019, Mx. Abramowitz was featured as Erato in Handel's Terpsicore with the American Bach Soloists Academy. In previous summers, they participated in the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy, Songfest, and Oberlin in Italy.
While at UMD, Mx. Abramowitz enjoyed four seasons with OperaTerps, singing roles including The Defendant (Trial by Jury), Quiteria (Don Quichotte), Lucy (The Telephone), and Madame Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor). They were also an active member of the University of Maryland choirs, both as a chorister and a featured soloist. Concert engagements include Mozart’s Krönugsmesse and the world premiere of the treble revoicing of Ešenvalds’s Only in Sleep.
This past season, Mx. Abramowitz sang the role of Romilda in a fully staged, COVID-responsible production of Handel's Serse and presented their final degree recital, featuring Mozart's rarely-performed concert aria, Popoli di Tessaglia.
Previously at IU, Mx. Abramowitz appeared as a principal Flowermaiden in IU Opera Theatre's bicentennial production of Parsifal, and as Nella in Gianni Schicchi. They were slated to finish the 2019-2020 season with their professional debut, singing Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. They were also looking forward to joining the Ojai Music Festival to perform Steve Reich's Tehillim, and singing as a featured soloist with NOTUS in their New Zealand World Choral Symposium program. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these performances were cancelled or postponed.
In the 2018-19 season, Mx. Abramowitz appeared as Clio in the second American performance of Handel’s little-known serenata, Parnasso in festa, under the baton of Jeffrey Thomas. They also gave their first Master’s recital, featuring selections from Strauss’s Brentano Lieder and a world premiere for composer and dear friend William Kenlon. Mx. Abramowitz is a passionate advocate of new music, and has given numerous world premieres in the last several years.
In the summer of 2019, Mx. Abramowitz was featured as Erato in Handel's Terpsicore with the American Bach Soloists Academy. In previous summers, they participated in the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy, Songfest, and Oberlin in Italy.
While at UMD, Mx. Abramowitz enjoyed four seasons with OperaTerps, singing roles including The Defendant (Trial by Jury), Quiteria (Don Quichotte), Lucy (The Telephone), and Madame Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor). They were also an active member of the University of Maryland choirs, both as a chorister and a featured soloist. Concert engagements include Mozart’s Krönugsmesse and the world premiere of the treble revoicing of Ešenvalds’s Only in Sleep.
