Jennifer Ashe

Office: Brooks 343
Phone: 508.793.2721
E-mail: jashe@holycross.edu

Described as "the kind of vocal velvet you don't often hear in contemporary music" displaying "rock solid technique" (Boston Phoenix), Jennifer Ashe, soprano, has been hailed by the Boston Globe as giving a performance that was "pure bravura...riveting the audience with a radiant and opulent voice" for her performance in Peter Maxwell Davies' monodrama, Miss Donnithorne's Maggot. A strong advocate for new music, Jennifer has participated in countless premieres and recordings for composers active in the Boston area and beyond. She has been a guest artist with Boston new music ensembles such as Firebird and White Rabbit, and frequently performs on series such as the New Gallery Concert Series, Harvard Group for New Music, New Music Brandeis, and the Fromm Festival at Harvard.

At New England Conservatory Jennifer studied with Mark St Laurent and Lucy Shelton, receiving the Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance in May 2006. She also holds the Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy from NEC. She received the Bachelor of Music from the Hartt School of Music in Voice Performance and Music Education. A current lecturer at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, Jennifer has taught at NEC. She is also faculty at the Community Music Center in Boston.

A frequent performer of chamber music, she is a founding member of the flute and soprano duo Prana with Alicia DiDonato. Prana was honored to be chosen as semi-finalists at the 2007 Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition. She is a senior member of the Callithumpian Consort led by Steven Drury. Jennifer is also the soprano for the Boston Microtonal Society's chamber ensemble Notariotous. Upcoming projects include a recital at the Goethe institute of contemporary German works.