Lynne McMurtry
School of Music Voice faculty member Lynne McMurtry will be performing as a soloist in late January with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in upcoming concerts celebrating Mozart's birthday.
She will be singing the alto solos in Mozart's “Coronation Mass” on a program including the “Sinfonia Concertante” with Concertmaster Nikki Chooi and principal violist Caroline Gilbert, with JoAnn Falletta conducting.
The concerts will be Saturday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 29 at 2:30 p.m., at Kleinhans Music Hall as part of the BPO's Classics Series.
Ms. McMurtry specializes in teaching both classical and musical theatre style. She has given vocal master classes at such institutions as York University and for the Young Artists of Calgary Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria. She was a Founding Faculty Artist of the Vancouver International Song Institute and has been a teacher/performer at the Art Song Lab in Vancouver, Canada, for almost 10 years. She received master's degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
McMurtry is also an active recitalist and has sung at many distinguished song venues, including Tanglewood, Ravinia, and the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Toronto. Her recital exploring song settings of Walt Whitman earned her a rave review in the Toronto Star, which stated, “Art doesn’t get any more moving that this.” She is a frequent performer of contemporary music and has many premieres to her credit, including works by Augusta Read Thomas, the Canadian premiere of Ned Rorem's “Evidence of Things Not Seen” and the North American premiere of Judith Weir's “The Voice of Desire.”
On CD, McMurtry can be heard as Roberto in Vivaldi’s “La Griselda” with Kevin Mallon conducting the Aradia Ensemble (Naxos) and also in Vivaldi’s “Nixit Dominus” with the same ensemble. Her recording of The Complete Songs of Virgil Thompson with the Florestan Recital Project was a “Pick of the Month” for BBC Music Magazine.
