Instructor
Principal Instructor in Voice; Director, Musical Theatre
Music
Jennifer DeDominici is a true crossover artist, having performed major roles in opera, musical theater, concerts, and even film. She has been seen on the stages of many venues here in Colorado Springs: Francesca in Bridges of Madison County (Henry Award Winner for Outstanding Actress in a Musical), Dorabella in Mozart's Così fan tutte, Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins, Judy in 9 to 5, Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Charity in Barnum, Grace in Annie, Maria in The Sound of Music, Petra in A Little Night Music, Carmen in Carmen, Angharad in How Green Was My Valley, Hänsel in the opera Hänsel und Gretel, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Mrs. Jones in Street Scene, and Angelina in La Cenerentola. Elsewhere in the musical theater world, she has performed the iconic roles of Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel, Guenevere in Camleot, Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, and Claudia in Nine. In opera she has been in Mozart's The Magic Flute, Gounod's Faust, Nixon in China by John Adams, among others. She worked with Tim Rice on his show for the Seabourn Cruise Line and joined a star-studded cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady featuring Emmy-award-winning Peter Scolari and Broadway artist Elena Shaddow which played with the Milwaukee Symphony and North Carolina Symphony. Jennifer has also sung with the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Fresno Philharmonic, the Cleveland Pops, and the Denver Philharmonic. She was an Apprentice Artist at the Santa Fe Opera and at Anchorage Opera and has performed at Central City Opera, Indianapolis Opera, San Diego Opera, Piedmont Opera, Opera Fort Collins, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, and Opera Colorado. She is a first-place winner of the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Auditions, a NATS Singer of the Year, and a four-time Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
