Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Soprano

Noted for her “dazzling, virtuoso singing” (Boston Globe), Lucy Fitz Gibbon is a dynamic musician whose repertoire spans the Renaissance to the present. She believes that creating new works and recreating those lost in centuries past makes room for the multiplicity and diversity of voices integral to classical music’s future. As such, Ms. Fitz Gibbon has given modern premieres of rediscovered works by Baroque composers Francesco Sacrati, Barbara Strozzi, and Agostino Agazzari, as well by 20^th century composers including Tadeusz Kassern, Moses Milner, and Florence Price. She also works closely with today’s composers, workshopping and premiering works by John Harbison, Katherine Balch, Kate Soper, and Pauline Oliveros, to name just a few.

Lucy has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Tafelmusik; the Naples Philharmonic; the Albany, Richmond, and Tulsa Symphonies; and the American Symphony Orchestra in her Carnegie Hall debut. As a recitalist Ms. Fitz Gibbon has performed with her husband and collaborative partner, pianist Ryan McCullough, in such venues as New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Park Avenue Armory, and Merkin Hall; London’s Wigmore Hall; and Toronto’s Koerner Hall. Their appearance on PBS’ Great Performances was praised by the Wall Street Journal as “breathtaking.”

A graduate of Yale University, Ms. Fitz Gibbon also holds an artist diploma from The Glenn Gould School and a master’s degree from Bard College Conservatory’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program. Her principal teachers include Monica Whicher, Edith Bers, and Dawn Upshaw. She has spent summers at the Tanglewood Music Center and Marlboro Music Festival and serves on the faculty of Bard College Conservatory.