Resident Artists
Jessica Julin, soprano
AVA fourth-year resident artist
Hometown: Danville, CAEducation: M.M. Indiana University; B.M. Ithaca College
Competitions: finalist, 2009 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; semi-finalist, 2005 Houston Grand Opera Studio; Bain Scholarship, 2004-05 Indiana University School of Music; encouragement award, 2004 Zachary Competition; finalist, 2004 Palm Beach Opera Competition; first place, 2004 Bel Canto Foundation Competition, Chicago; scholarship winner, 2004 National Society of Arts and Letters, Bloomington; second place, Pacific region, 2003 and third place, Great Lakes region, 2002 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; finalist, 2003 Friedrich Schorr Memorial Performance Prize; finalist, 2003 Carmel Music Society Competition; first place, 2001 and 2000 NATS Finger Lakes Region; first place, 2000 Civic Morning Musicals, Oswego, NY; first place, 2000 Ithaca Opera Competition
Roles at AVA: Freia, Das Rheingold; Agatha, Der Freischütz; title role, Vanessa; Amelia, Un ballo in maschera (Act lll); Eudossia, La fiamma
Other roles: Beatrice, A View from the Bridge, Indiana University; Claire Holmes, Secret Garden, Utah Festival Opera; Suor Genovieffe, Suor Angelica, Chautauqua Institute; Mme Silberklang, The Impresario, Pamina, The Magic Flute, Poppea, L'incoronazione di Poppea, First Touriere, Suor Angelica, Lady Billows (cover), Albert Herring, Ithaca College.
