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Hailing from Bellingham WA, Mezzo Soprano Molly Yuko McGuire has recently established herself as a classical vocalist within the musical world of the Northeast, USA and beyond. McGuire loves to perform a wide variety of genres from early music to new music and is especially enthralled when she gets to play a villain.
Molly Yuko McGuire obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Music degree at DePauw University’s School of Music in Indiana (2014-2018). During her time there, she performed roles such as Palade from Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea, to most recently, the puberty-stricken Cherubino in W.A. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. In summer 2018, she was afforded an opportunity to travel to Italy and work with noted early musician Gabriel Crouch on a program of madrigals and motets from late Renaissance England. She moved to Boston in September 2018. Looking to connect with a vibrant early music scene, she started singing with ensembles such as Cantata Singers, Et Al and The King’s Chapel Choir as both chorister and soloist. During this time, she also developed her skills as an ensemble singer with the Voces8 Scholar program and Bach Akademie Charlotte. Most significantly, her work with mentors Vivian Montgomery and Pamela Dellal would greatly influence her approach to performing Early Music. These musicians were proponents of not only creating a vibrant, historically informed experience, but also thinking about the narrative inherent to the performance of such music. In June 2019, she sang with Bach Akademie Charlotte in their Bach Experience concerts and J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244). In May 2022, she sang in Boston J.S. Bach's Cantata BWV 37 with Emmanuel Music under the direction of Ryan Turner.
Molly Yuko McGuire is currently finishing her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale (expected graduation: 2023). Solo highlights of this past year include work with Masaaki Suzuki on J.S. Bach’s Motets, a concert of 19th CE parlor songs with Nicholas McGegan, and most recently, performing a portion of the alto solos for J.S. Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium (BWV 248) under the direction of David Hill. Beyond New Haven, she continues to cultivate her love for the work of J.S. Bach with engagements including with the Emmanuel Music Bach Institute, Oregon Bach Festival and the JSB Ensemble in Stuttgart, Germany. |
