Syracuse University Masterclass

Work with Prof. Janet Brown and pianist Professor Ida Trebicka for some extra tips before your audition!

Soprano Janet Brown has been praised by critics for her warm, clear voice and direct expression. Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe has called her “….one of our most treasurable artists.” She has performed roles with the Syracuse Opera, the American Repertory Theatre, the Boston Early Music Festival and the Oswego Opera, and has performed the major oratorio roles with the Cantata Singers of Boston, the Spectrum Singers of Boston, the New England Bach Festival, the Northwest Bach Festival, Handel & Haydn Society, Emmanuel Music of Boston, and the Syracuse, West Virginia, Tallahassee, Albuquerque, and Wichita Symphonies, to name a few. Ms. Brown has performed with the Society for New Music, and Boston’s Collage New Music. She has premiered works by composers Gunther Schuller, Andrew Imbrie, Philip Glass, Nicolas Scherzinger, Edward Cohen, Howard Boatwright, Robert Moran and Ernst Bacon. She received her Bachelors degree from the Crane School of Music, and her Masters from Syracuse University. Ms. Brown is an Associate Teaching Professor of Voice in the Setnor School of Music, Syracuse University.