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| Leah Inger |
An interest in music of our time has led Leah to a number of premieres, including Damon Ferrante’s Super Double Lite and Jefferson and Poe, both performed at Symphony Space in New York City. She sang in the Baltimore premiere of Ned Rorem’s song cycle Evidence of Things Not Seen and made her debut recording with Curt Cacioppo’s Songs for Paternina (“Burning with the Muse,” MSR Classics). She has twice performed Ginastera’s Cantata para América Mágica, conducted by Jonathan Haas and Eduardo Leandro. A native of Tennessee, Leah holds degrees from Georgetown College, Towson University, and Peabody Conservatory where she studied with Phyllis Bryn-Julson. She is the recipient of numerous honors including the George Castelle Memorial Award, Peabody Merit Scholarship, Henry Sanborn Vocal Competition Scholarship, Adda F.Layton and Ruth Hilke Music Scholarship, and Ruth Kerr LaRue Music Scholarship. She has been a finalist in both the Kentucky and Mid-South Region NATS auditions and was a finalist in the Sylvia Green Voice Competition in 2004. Leah sings with the Washington National Opera Chorus and is a quartet member in Opera Vivente’s ongoing education outreach initiative I Hear America Singing. In May 2010 she will appear as Pamina in The Magic Flute with Opera Vivente. In addition to performing, Leah teaches music in both the studio and the classroom. She has been on the faculty at Towson University since January 2008. Office: CA 3095 |
Leah Inger, soprano, has been praised by The Baltimore Sun for her “limpid tones,” “bright, flexible soprano” and “bell-like voice.” She has performed with Opera Vivente, Young Victorian Theater Company, Peabody Opera Theater, and Towson University in such roles as Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring, the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Yum Yum in The Mikado, Judy in This is the Rill Speaking (Hoiby), and the title role in the children’s opera Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing. Leah was a featured soloist and narrator (Woman 3) in Cole with the Maryland Arts Festival and appeared in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Spectacular and Sci-Fi Spectacular. She has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Danbury Music Centre, Annapolis Chorale, and Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.