1. Ashley Mulcahy
Mezzo Soprano
ashleymulcahy2@gmail.com
Education
The University of Michigan, Dec. 2014 Graduation: Vocal Performance (BM), student of Carmen
Pelton &Italian Language and Literature (BA)
Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College: 2014, (Julianne Baird, Christa Patterson)
International Baroque Institute Longy (IBIL): 2014, (Rosa Dominguez, Paul Leenhouts)
Urbino Musica Antica: 2013, Renaissance and Baroque Singing (Lavinia Bertotti), Seventeenth Century
Ornamentation (Josué Meléndez)
Rovigo Musica Antica: 2013, Seventeenth Century vocal music (Lia Serafini)
Choral Experience
Cantor: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2011-2015
Alto Section Leader: West Side United Methodist Church, 2015
University of Michigan Chamber Choir: Directed by Jerry Blackstone, 2013-2014 academic year,
selected for a fully funded tour of Australia and New Zealand Summer 2014
University of Michigan Orpheus Singers: Small ensemble
University of Michigan Opera Chorus
IBIL Ensemble: Works by Tunder and Schütz, directed by Paul Leenhouts
Rovigo Musica Antica Ensemble: Works by Handel and D. Scarlatti, directed by Walter Testolin
Chamber Music
Newberry Consort: Young Artist, Upcoming April 2016
University of Michigan Museum of Art Concert Series: Soloist, Dowland, Verdelot
IBIL Ensemble: Soloist, excerpts from Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi (H. Schütz), directed by Paul
Leenhouts
University of Michigan Baroque Orchestra: Soloist, “Sonata sopra Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis” from
Vespero della Beata Vergine (Monteverdi), directed by Edward Parmentier
University of Michigan Early Music Ensemble: Handel cantatas and Bach obbligato arias, directed by
Edward Parmentier
Awards and Honors
2015 Boston Early Music Festival: Selected to sing in the 17th
Century Accompanied Song Masterclass
to be given by Ellen Hargis, Stephen Stubbs, and Paul O’Dette
National Fulbright Finalist: 2015
Young Singers Foundation Bev Sellers Memorial Scholarship: National, merit based, 2014
University of Michigan International Institute Individual Fellowship: Granted to research Italian
Renaissance and Baroque vocal music in Italy, 2013
University of Michigan School of Music Merit Scholarship
Language Skills
Fluent Italian
Lyric Diction: Italian, French, German
Teachers
Carmen Pelton: 2010-2015
Ellen Hargis: Current