A New Jersey native, soprano Jo Ellen Miller, maintains a busy performance schedule, singing
a broad range of classical and contemporary music in a variety of venues across the country.
Most recently she was heard at Tanglewood Music Center as soprano soloist in Elliott Carter's "A
Mirror on Which to Dwell," conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky. This December she will make her debut
at Washington, D.C.'s Library of Congress, performing Charles Wuorinen's "A Winter's Tale" with
Maestro Wuorinen conducting. March 2, 2009 will bring Jo Ellen's Chicago Symphony debut,
singing under the baton of Pierre Boulez.
In addition to her busy new music schedule, Jo Ellen has performed and covered a multitude of
operatic roles including Gilda in Rigoletto, Lisette in La Rondine, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Dorine
in Tartuffe, both Mabel and Edith in Pirates of Penzance, Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera, and
Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. Upcoming stage appearances will include Juliette with Dell'Arte
Opera (NYC August 17, 2008), and Giannetta in L'Elisir D'Amore with Sarasota Opera (Feb.- Mar.
2009).
Equally at home on the concert stage, Jo Ellen's oratorio repertoire includes Handel's Messiah,
Faure's Requiem, Haydn's Seasons and Creation, St. John's Passion, Brahms' Requiem,
Mozart's Exultate Jubilate, and Bach Cantata 51.
Ms. Miller has won several vocal awards, including a full tuition scholarship for graduate work at the
University of Michigan. In 2004, she won 2nd place at the National Opera Assocation. She was
awarded with both the Young Artist and Major Artist scholarships through Pittsburgh Concert
Society, and has placed several times with NATS. She has been a finalist with the Joyce Dutka
Competition and the Gerda Lissner Foundation. In 2006, she was awarded the Grace B. Jackson
Prize for Vocal Fellows for her achievements at Tanglewood Music Center.
She holds a Master of Music from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from
Carnegie Mellon. Influential coaches and teachers have been Mildred Miller, Martha Sheil, Phyllis
Curtin, Lucy Shelton, Brian Zeger, Ken Noda, and Robert Page. Originally from Middletown, NJ,
she lives in NYC and currently studies voice with soprano Sally Wolf.
Jo Ellen Miller, Soprano
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"Nuvoletta" by Samuel Barber