Jillian
Krempasky
Schedule
Recent Highlights
Description
Musiqa has a rich history of exploring the visual arts, from collaborations with painters like Geraldina Interiano Wise to our ongoing partnership with the CAMH. This spring we’ll continue that tradition with a concert featuring the premieres of new works by Emerging Composer Fellowship winners Ryne Siesky, Tianyi Wang and Sam Wu, and a presentation of new work by Houston-based visual artist Carrie Marie Schneider.
Jillian Krempasky
Performer
Dates
Biography
Jillian Krempasky is a lyric mezzo-soprano based in Houston, TX. She received her Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from Rice University, and her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
As a classical soloist, Jillian was a Houston District Competitor in the 2022 Laffont Competition. In 2020, she was a Semi-Finalist in the University Division of the American Prize’s Women in Art Song and Oratorio Competition. Her recent career highlights include the roles of Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Shepherd School Opera), Cendrillon in Massenet’s Cendrillon (Westminster Opera Theatre), Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel (Opera Steamboat OAI), and Dinah in Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti (Westminster Opera Theatre).
In addition to solo singing, Jillian has experience as a professional chorister. She was a two-year member of Westminster’s Symphonic Choir conducted by Joe Miller. In December 2019, Jillian performed as a concertist in Bach’s B Minor Mass with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Jillian has also enjoyed sharing classical music within her hometown community in Lehigh Valley, PA. In January 2019 and July 2020, her voice was featured within the Interrupted Silence, vocal ensemble.
Last fall, Jillian performed the mezzo-soprano solo in the Mozart Requiem as part of Tom Jaber’s annual 9/11 Memorial Concert at St. Anne’s Catholic Church and the First Presbyterian Church of Kingwood. In March, she performed in the U.S. premiere of Sam Wu’s Songs Across the Aeons. Recently, she premiered and recorded J.A. Kawarsky’s song cycle titled Dancing In the Palm of God’s Hand with the Zagreb Festival Orchestra in Zagreb, Croatia.
This season, Jillian will be a member of DACAMERA Houston’s Young Artist Program. In the winter, she will be competing in the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition. Next spring, Jillian will be performing new works by Sam Wu and Ryne Siesky in Musiqa’s April 29-30th performance at MATCH in Houston, TX.
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