Samira Plummer-Brown

• The Virginia E. Hayes Williams Opera Prize
• The 2023 Classical Voice Virtual Vocal Arts Competition

Samira Plummer-Brown, soprano, is a native of Washington, D.C. Samira is a first-year master's student studying voice with Professor Patricia Miller. After graduating from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts she went on to complete her Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Miss Brown was the first winner of the Virginia E. Hayes Williams Opera Prize Endowment Fund scholarship, which was created to support the training of young singers who wish to pursue a career in opera. She has worked with George Shirley, Issachah Savage, Dr. Karen Johnson, Elizabeth Bachman, Elizabeth Hastings, Oresta Cybriwsky, and Kim Josephson just to name a few. Miss Brown’s performances include: Bowie Performing Arts Center with soprano Angela M. Brown; Atlas Theatre; Opera in the Outfield at the Nationals Stadium; the 27th Annual Candlelight Vigil for Fallen Officers, Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C.; Tyrolean Opera Program; Amalfi Coast Music Festival; and AIMS Graz opera program. Miss Brown has performed opera scenes as Clara in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Violetta in La Traviata, Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Angelina in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury.