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Handel's Messiah | San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Davies Hall, SF, CA | Dec 8 & 9, 2023 - info
Songs of Solomon | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Music of Salamone Rossi | Dec 4, 2023 - info
The Ballad of the Brown King, Soloist with Vallejo Choral Society
Benecia, CA, Sat, Dec 2, 2023 - info
Testimonies: A Celebration of Women's Voices
Trio Eos | Philadelphia, PA | Wilmington, DE
Nov 17 & 18, 2023 - info
Lift Every Voice: A Celebration of Black Voices in Song
Gualala Arts Center, CA, Nov 11, 2023 - info
I Will Tell You The Truth About This, by Aaron Siegel
Oratorio World Premiere | Merkin Hall, NYC | Nov 2, 2023 - info
The Art of Protest, Seraphic Fire (debut)
Miami, FL | Oct 6-8, 2023 - info
The Pow'r of Musick, Les Délices + Kaleidoscope Ensemble
Works by Purcell | Guillaume | Shaw | Woody
Cleveland, OH, Sept 29, 2023 - info
In Her Hands, with AGAVE
New Album Recital, Cedarville, CA | Sept 14, 2023
JL Adams Vespers of the Blessed Earth, The Crossing Choir
Philadelphia Orchestra, Saratoga PAC, NY | Aug 12, 2023
Her Story, by Julia Wolfe, Featuring Lorelei Ensemble
Tanglewood Festival w/Boston Symphony, July 28, 2023 - more here
Golden Gate International Festival: Solo Competition Adjudicator
Berkeley, CA | July 9-15, 2023 - more here
JL Adams Become Desert, New York Philharmonic
Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, NY | June 7-9, 2023 - more here
Bach B Minor Mass, San Francisco Bach Choir, Solo Debut
Berkeley (May 20) & SF (May 21, 2023) | more here
Folger Consort & Kaleidoscope: Monteverdi | Rossi | Woody
Washington, DC | May 5-7, 2023 - more here
Bach Magnificat, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus
Davies Symphony Hall | April 13-15, 2023 - more here
Her Story, by Julia Wolfe, Featuring Lorelei Ensemble
Boston Symphony Orchestra | March 16 -18, 2023 - more here
New Music for Treble Voices Festival: Art Songs of Florence Price
Palo Alto, CA | March 11, 2023 - more here
Handel's Messiah: Guest Soloist, The Bach Society of Saint Louis
Kirkwood, MO | March 5, 2023 - info here
Love in New Season: Hildegard | Bach | Handel | Price | Bonds
Saint Mary's Church, SF, CA | Feb 19, 2023 - info here
Hold Fast To Dreams, A Recital Presented by Opera Philadelphia
Art Songs by Price | Bonds | León | Okoye | Perry
Rock Hall, Philadelphia, PA | Feb 14, 2023 - more here
Praised by The Washington Post as “a fine young soprano with a lovely voice" possessing "a graceful tonal clarity that is a wonder to hear" (SF Chronicle), SOPRANO MICHELE KENNEDY is a versatile specialist in early and new music. Her recent concert venues include Carnegie Hall, Davies Symphony Hall, Getty Museum, Lincoln Center, and Washington National Cathedral.
Michele has been a featured soloist in Bach’s St. John Passion with The San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Voices of Music, Handel’s Messiah with Trinity Wall Street Choir, Poulenc’s Gloria with The Bach Society of Saint Louis, Undine Smith Moore's MLK Oratorio at U.C. Berkeley, in the ‘Summer Fireworks’ of Handel & Purcell with Portland Baroque Orchestra, and in her Carnegie Hall debut with The Hollywood Film Orchestra. This year, she's sung Messiah (St. Louis Bach Society), Monteverdi with DC's Folger Consort, and Bach's B Minor Mass with SF Bach Choir. She is thrilled for upcoming debuts with Washington Bach Consort and Seraphic Fire. Her singing is highlighted on two new albums: Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 with The Thirteen and Dark Horse Consort (listen here!), and In Her Hands with AGAVE, a bold new album of works by trailblazing female composers from over the ages.
A lifelong advocate of new works, Michele has sung premieres with Experiments in Opera, Harlem Stage Opera, Mimesis Ensemble, Five Boroughs Music Festival, and The New York Philharmonic. This season, she is part of a world premiere tour of Julia Wolfe’s Her Story - a celebration of women’s civil rights - with Lorelei Ensemble and the Nashville, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras. She is also a member of Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble: a group that champions the voices of women and artists of color on the stage.
A graduate of Yale University and NYU, Michele is committed to working toward greater equity and representation for BIPOC and female voices. A lifelong lover of Redwoods and Bay vistas, Michele lives in Oakland with her husband, visual artist Benjamin Thorpe, and their daughter, Audra May.

"A siren's aria, sung with seductive strophic urgency by the excellent and engaging soprano Michele Kennedy, whets the appetite for more."
San Francisco Classical Voice, Les Délices salon review, March 2021
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