Heralded for her “soaring lyric soprano voice,” Dr. Angelique Clay has garnered accolades for performances in the United States, Europe, and South America. Operatic roles include Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, the title role of Susannah from Floyd’s American drama Susannah, and Bess in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Dr. Clay’s oratorio repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass.
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Dr. Clay has recorded and toured as a featured soloist with the American Spiritual Ensemble throughout the United States, Spain and Brazil. Dr. Clay has performed with international and regional orchestras such as the Slovak State Philharmonic, in Kosice, Slovak Republic; Sinfonia Warsovia in Poland; Missouri Symphony Society; Knoxville Symphony Orchestra; Lexington Philharmonic, Louisville Orchestra and Arcadiana Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Clay is in the process of completing a recording project entitled Songs for the People: African-American Women Composers of Art Songs to be released in late 2017. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kentucky and is presently an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Clay is in the process of completing a recording project entitled Songs for the People: African-American Women Composers of Art Songs to be released in late 2017. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kentucky and is presently an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Kentucky.