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The American soprano, Corrine (Carey) Byrne (Corrine Kozar), obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Voice Performance/Opera Grade: cum laude from University of Massachusetts Amherst (2006-2010); her Master of Music degree in Classical Voice Performance/Opera from Manhattan School of Music (2010-2012; Grade: 3.7); and her Doctor of Musical Arts from Stony Brook University (2012-2016; Grade: 3.9). She was a finalist for the Career Bridges Grant Awards (2012), a National Online Round winner in the Classical Singer Magazine Competition (2013), a finalist in the Handel Aria Competition as part of the Madison Early Music Festival (2015), and a semi-finalist in the New York Oratorio Society Solo Competition (2016).
Hailed as a "distinguished" "rising star" who sings "to great acclaim," and gives "delightful performances," Boston and New York-based soprano Corrine Byrne has quickly become a sought-after interpreter of repertoire from the Medieval to the Baroque era, and music by today's most daring composers. Byrne's most recent roles include Loralei in Nathaniel Parks' Mallory with the Podcast Opera Company, Roya in Niloufar Nourbakhsh's We the Innumerable which will receive its first full workshop with the Center for Contemporary Opera in 2022, Filia in Jephte, Anna in Die Todsünden, Cathy in The Last Five Years, Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Doctor in Eric Sawyer's The Scarlet Professor and multiple productions as Anima in Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum. She was one of 40 soloists in a rare performance of Luciano Berio's major work Coro under Berliner Philharmoniker conductor Sir Simon Rattle with the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra in Lucerne, Switzerland, and she was a young artist with Boston Early Music Festival. Byrne has also appeared as a soloist with REBEL Baroque Ensemble, The Lake George Music Festival Orchestra, Symphony New Hampshire, Emmanuel Music, the Kansas City Baroque Consortium, One World Symphony, the Madison Bach Musicians, Mountainside Baroque, Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Session Symphony, Westchester Oratorio Society, the Harrisburg Choral Society, the UMass Bach Festival and Symposium, Amherst Symphony, Bach at Bucknell, the Susquehanna Valley Chorale, Newburyport Choral Society, NJ Master Chorale, the Harvard Radcliff Collegium Musicum, and she performed as a member of the Carnegie Hall Chamber Chorus singing Tallis' famed work Spem in alium with The Tallis Scholars as part of Carnegie Hall's Before Bach series. Byrne recently joined the rosters of Boston Baroque (Director: Martin Pearlman) and Emmanuel Music of Boston (Director: Ryan Turner) where she sings as a soloist and ensemble member regularly on their weekly Emmanuel Music: Bach Cantata Series. Byrne continues to appear with Lorelei Ensemble, and highlights with the group include premiering a new arrangement of love fail by David Lang at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and singing a performance at the Trinity Wall Street Twelfth Night Series where Byrne was featured as a soloist in the New York Times acclaimed performance of Perotin's Beata Viscera."
Corrine Byrne is a core and founding member of Ensemble Musica Humana (since July 2012), which has presented concerts across the USA and Canada, has recorded two full albums, has appeared in the BEMF Fringe Festival and SoHip concert series, founded the Pioneer Valley Early Music Day, and has appeared on the BBC adaptation of Poldark. Byrne is also a core member of Tempus Continuum Ensemble (since August 2011), a group that has received a Jerome New Music Fund award and has been presented by the Arts in the Village Series alongside the Manhattan String Quartet and the Boston Trio. Byrne works with trumpeter Andrew Kozar to broaden the repertoire for solo trumpet and solo voice with the Byrne:Kozar:Duo, recently featured on NPR and a nationally broadcast episode of American Public Media's Performance Today, and whose recording of Bring Something Incomprehensible Into This World was featured on Scott Wollschleger's 'soft abberation' -one of Alex Ross' picks for 'Notable Recordings of 2017' in The New Yorker Magazine. The duo has been presented by the Boston Sculptor's Gallery, Oklahoma City University, Versipel New Music, Southern Louisiana University, New Music Miami, SUNY Fredonia and Ethos New Music, Tulane University and nienteForte, Charlotte New Music Festival, the International Trumpet Guild, and the Lake George Music Festival. Byrne has collaborated with and performed world premieres of works by composers Sebastian Currier, Scott Wollschleger, Paula Matthuson, Reiko Futing, Alexandre Lunsqi, Beth Weimann, Anne Goldberg, Alex Burtzos, Kevin Baldwin, Douglas Boyce, Reiko Yamada, Carson Cooman, Eric Sawyer, Scott Worthington, David Smooke, Phillip Shuessler, Meaghan Burke, Finnur Karlsson, Jeff Gavett, Chris Cresswell, Christian Carey and Alex Weiser. She also has worked with composer/director of Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Marc Neikrug on his Pueblo Songs which culminated in a performance featured in NewMusicBox. Byrne performed at Gracie Mansion as a soloist with West Side 5 for Mayor Bloomberg and all of the New York City Council.
Corrine Byrne appeared on a career development panel alongside Kent Tritle and Damien Sneed at Manhattan School of Music, and has given master-classes at Oklahoma City University, Wagner College, Florida International University, Randolph College, William Patterson University, Ithaca College, and Southeastern Louisiana State University. sereved as Teaching Artist at Greenwich House in Manhatten (November 2014-May 2017); Voice Instructor at at Wagner College in Staten Island (August 2016-May 2017); Assistant Professor of Voice at Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (July 2017-July 2019). She is currently on faculty and serves as the chair of Vocal Studies at Longy School of Music of Bard College (since August 2019). She is a member of Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists that donates a percentage of their concert fee to organizations they care about. Byrne supports the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and South Shore Habitat for Humanity through her performances. |
