Jessie Bolger

• Northwestern University Intensive Vocal Performance Seminar (July 2019)
• Northwestern Undergraduate Research Journal Theses: "Patience", an Operetta of Love and Aesthetic Fads (May 2019)
• Make Your Mark Reading Series: composition and dramaturgy of chamber operetta "Clever Gretel" (October 2018)
• Alumnae of Northwestern University Scholarship ($3,500): modernization of comic operetta "Patience", originally by W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan (May 2018)

Jessie Bolger (soprano) has been singing for her entire life. She has performed all over the country, from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in D.C. to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, and has sung with Peter Yarrow of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. She has performed in numerous All-State and All-National high school choirs, including the select Colorado All-State Jazz Choir. Jessie recently graduated from Northwestern University, where she studied voice/opera performance and performed in main stage operas and choirs under the direction of Grammy-Award-winning director Donald Nally. She most recently composed "Clever Gretel", a chamber operetta based on the Brothers' Grimm tale, and modernized the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta "Patience". When she is not making music, Jessie loves to bake and learn about pirate history.