Nicole Kenley
Contact Information
Nicole Kenley
Voice
Phone: (936)294-3594
Office: Music 213
E-mail: lemongelatin@yahoo.com
Profile of Nicole Kenley
Nicole Kenley, Soprano, has performed extensively in the United States and Europe in various operas, concerts, and recitals. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Hardin-Simmons University, and her Master of Music degree from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where she was the recipient of the Richard Tucker Award for Opera. During her studies at Eastman, she took a year’s sabbatical to study with Barbara Robotham at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, made possible by a scholarship from the Rotary International Foundation.
Nicole has performed a wide range of roles on the operatic stage, including Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and Clara in Pasatieri’s Signor Deluso with the Eastman Opera Theater. Other performances include the Mayoress in Royal Northern’s production of Jenufa and title roles in Carmen and Dido and Aeneas with the Abilene Collegiate Opera.
Ms. Kenley now lives in Houston, where she has performed with the Houston Grand Opera Chorus and the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. She is frequently engaged as a soloist with local performing organizations and regularly presents solo and collaborative recitals. In 2004, she was a finalist in the 2004 Texoma Region NATSAA competition. Most recently, she created the role of Maye in the world premiere performance of Daniel Sigmon and Edward Crowell's opera, Larkspur, performed in a collaborative production of Lakehouse Opera of Houston (www.lakehouseopera.com) and the Abilene Collegiate Opera in April of 2005. She also serves as the Artistic Director of the Lakehouse Opera Company and will reprise the role of Maye and direct the Houston premiere of Larkspur in 2008.
Nicole is married to Edward Crowell, who is a tenor and music minister at Baptist Temple Church in the Heights in Houston. She is a member of NATS and Sigma Alpha Iota.