Soloists
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Amy Conn |
Soprano Amy Conn has performed as soloist in a wide range of repertoire, including Mozart’s Mass in C Minor and Exsultate, jubilate, Charpentier’s Te Deum, Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri, Purcell’s King Arthur, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Handel's Israel in Egypt, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Vivaldi's Dixit Dominus, Couperin's Leçon du Ténèbres, Orff's Carmina Burana, and Haydn’s Creation, “Lord Nelson” Mass, and
“Theresa” Mass.
Ms. Conn has performed with Music of the Baroque, Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Elgin Choral Union and Symphony, North Shore Choral Society, Lutheran Choir of Chicago and Bach Chamber Choir. She regularly performs with the Music of the Baroque Chorus and is a former member of Chicago a cappella. Stage appearances include lead roles in The Turn of the Screw and The Pirates of Penzance.
Ms. Conn is one of the founding members of Urban Baroque, a small voice and period instrument ensemble, and has performed with the group since 1999 in concerts and radio broadcasts including Bach cantatas, Italian chamber duets, Parisian court music and English Baroque repertoire. Other chamber groups with which she has performed include Trio Settecento, Rembrandt Chamber Players, and Ars Antigua.
Ms. Conn is featured on a recording of Celtic Baroque music with Ars Antigua. She is on the faculty of DePaul University and The Musical Offering. In 2006 she participated in the Handel Singing Competition in London, and was a semi-finalist in the American Bach Soloists Young Artist’s Competition in Berkeley (CA).