Dawn Upshaw
American soprano
Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano. She is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs. She performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary. Many composers, including Henri Dutilleux, Osvaldo Golijov, John Harbison, Esa-Pekka Salonen, David Bruce, John Adams, and Kaija Saariaho, have written for her. In 2007, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2006, she founded the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College Conservatory of Music in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, serving as artistic director until 2019. She serves as head of the Vocal Arts Program at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Career
In 2006, Upshaw founded the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College Conservatory in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, serving as artistic director until 2019, when she was succeeded by Stephanie Blythe. She serves as head of the Vocal Arts Program at Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Upshaw appears on an album of Christmas music together with the male vocal ensemble Chanticleer, titled Christmas with Chanticleer featuring special guest Dawn Upshaw for Teldec Classics.
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