A respected and accomplished vocal artist, the beauty of her voice is balanced by a singer of sincerity and purity who has drawn the attention of opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world.
Born in San Francisco, California, and raised in the East Bay, Ms. Bynum studied voice at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the Cornish Institute of Music in Seattle, Washington. She continued her studies privately with soprano Olivia Stapp, has participated in master classes with Martin Katz, and assisted in master classes with Frederica von Stade with whom she has appeared in concert.
Ms. Bynum maintains an active schedule of performances including concerts, recitals and special engagements. Jennifer has also composed her own original works and has put together a Christian musical group. Her music has been hailed as creative, emotionally resonant, and crosses all racial barriers. She recently completed a sound track containing her own musical recordings and is hoping to release her CD soon.
Jennifer Bynum has performed professionally with orchestras and in recitals throughout the world. Some of her performances include:
Benefit concert for Habitat for Humanity for the third year in East Hampton, New York Sponsors: Arlene and Alan Alda
Performed Mahler 2nd with the Waterbury Symphony, Leif Bjaland, Conductor
Performed David Fanshawe's African Sanctus at the Lied Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, Sir David Willcocks Conductor
Martin Luther King Celebration with the Memphis Symphony
Christmas Concert with the Memphis Symphony
Roles of Serena and Bess in Porgy and Bess with the San Francisco Symphony, New York City, Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor
Villa Lobos with the Nashville Symphony Role of Serena in concert version of Porgy and Bess with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Denver Colorado
Featured guest artist with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
Villa Lobos' Bachiana brasiliera No. 5 with the San Francisco Symphony
Villa Lobos' Bachiana brasiliera No. 5 with the Utah Symphony
Handel's Israel in Egypt with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Conductor Nicholas McGegan
American Festival of Voices with the San Francisco Symphony, Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, with Tyne Daly; mezzo soprano, Frederica von Stade, and baritone Sherrill Milnes
Concerts in Russia in Vladivostok, Magadan, Petropavlovsk on Kamchatka, Komsomolsk on Amur, and Khabarovsk, where her recitals were videotaped for telecast throughout Eastern Russia
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Midsummer Mozart, Conductor George Cleve
Two recitals in Khabarovsk in far Eastern Russia with the Khabarovsk Symphony Orchestra
International Arts Festival in Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton), China, at the invitation of the Chinese Embassy. She was the only non-Asian performer at the festival honoring the founding of the Chinese Culture Promotion Society of Guangdong
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Mark Ream's Nowhere Now Here premier at the Artsphere Theater in Tokyo
