Jessica Blomberg

• Black Square (on- stage chorus) Academic World Premiere at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• The Magic Flute (Papagena) at Northwestern University Intensive Vocal Performance Seminar
• A Little Night Music (Mala, Mrs. Anderssen & Mrs. Nordstrom Cover) at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Trial by Jury (Bridesmaid) at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• The Turn of the Screw (Flora cover) at Chicago Summer Opera
• Carmen (Frasquita) at Northwestern University Intensive Vocal Performance Seminar
• Die Fledermaus (Chorus/Sally cover) at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Voice Achievement Award 2021-22 at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jessica Blomberg is a soprano pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she is a senior studying under Professor Dawn Harris. Her performance credits with Lyric Theatre @ Illinois include the Academic World Premiere of Black Square by Demutsky, Konyukhov, and Maslova (Chorus), a workshop presentation of MET: The Musical by Hilliard and Boresi (Ensemble), Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II (Ensemble/Sally cover), Trial by Jury by Gilbert & Sullivan (Bridesmaid), A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim (Mala/Liebeslieder cover), and various Lyric Theatre cabaret events as a featured soloist. This past summer, she sang with Chicago Summer Opera as the Flora cover in The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten. She was also at Northwestern University the past two summers for their Intensive Vocal Performance Seminar, where she sang as Frasquita in Bizet’s Carmen, and as Papagena in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. She currently sings in Dr. Barrington Coleman's Chancel Choir for Wesley United Methodist Church in Urbana and is a member of Dr. Ollie Watts-Davis’ Black Chorus at UIUC. In her hometown of Farina, Illinois, she is a pianist for Friedens United Church of Christ and Farina United Methodist Church. She would like to thank her family, friends, and teachers for their endless enthusiasm and support.