Heidi Grant Murphy
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| Born | Heidi Grant 1965 (age 58–59) Bellingham, Washington, U.S. |
| Education | Jacobs School of Music |
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| Spouse | Kevin Murphy |
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Heidi Grant Murphy (born 1965) is an American operatic soprano and academic voice teacher. A member of the Metropolitan Opera since 1989, she appeared at international opera houses, and made recordings. She has been a voice teacher at the Jacobs School of Music from 2011.
Life
Heidi Grant was born in Bellingham, Washington. She began her music education at Western Washington University and continued at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University Bloomington. During her graduate studies, she became a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and was hired by James Levine as a participant in the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.[1]
She became a member of the
She recorded Clearings in the Sky, a collection of compositions by
Since 2011, she has been teaching at the Jacobs School of Music, joining the faculty together with her husband, the pianist Kevin Murphy.[6]
In a 2021 profile in The New York Times of Murphy and her spouse, she was reported having stated that “the instrument in your throat” is not enough, and that the process of becoming a singer “takes work on your psyche, your innermost being.”[3]
References
- ^ a b "Heidi Grant Murphy / Professor of Practice (Voice)". Indiana University Bloomington. 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ "Murphy, Heidi Grant". archives.metoperafamily.org. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ a b Tommasini, Anthony (November 25, 2009). "Classical World Power Couple: Heidi and Kevin Murphy". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Heidi Grant Murphy" (in German). Bavarian State Opera. 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ "Grant Murphy, Heidi". operissimo.com (in German). Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ "Pianist Kevin Murphy and soprano Heidi Grant Murphy appointed to IU Jacobs School of Music faculty". Indiana University Bloomington. August 4, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
External links
- Heidi Grant Murphy discography at Discogs
- Heidi Grant Murphy (management) Kirshbaum Demler & Associates
- Heidi Grant-Murphy (Soprano) Bach Cantatas Website
- Anthony Tommasini: A Power Couple Set to a Melody That's Domestic, the New York Times, November 25, 2009
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