About Georgina
Georgina was born in 1981 in Elkhart, Indiana and embarked on a life filled with beautiful music amidst a myriad of other interests. She started singing at a very early age and began her formal voice training at the age of eight. She studied violin from the age of three.
Georgina’s first stage appearance was in Canton, Ohio, where she appeared with Players Guild of Canton in a production of the musical, Oliver. Her operatic debut was as Amahl in Indiana Opera North’s production of Amahl and the Night Visitors. Georgina graduated from John Adams High School where she was a member of the 1999 State Champion Mock Trial Team. During high school she was a member of the IUSB Philharmonic and the South Bend Chamber Singers, concertmistress of South Bend Youth Symphony and participated in summer music programs at Interlochen, Tanglewood Music Center and Aspen Music School. She received numerous awards including the YWCA Young Woman of the Year.
Georgina attended the Royal College of Music, London, England, where she studied with Eiddwen Harrhy, receiving a BMusic(Hons) degree in 2001. She continued her education at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music where she studied with Alan Bennett and received a Masters in Music degree. While at IU, Georgina appeared as a soloist in various concert works including Haydn’s Creation, Handel’s Solomon, Bach’s B-Minor Mass, Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia, Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42, Schubert’s Mass in A Flat Major, Mozart’s Litaniae Lauritenae K.195, the Mozart Requiem, the Brahms Deutsches Requiem andHarbison’s due Libri.. She also appeared with IU Opera Theatre as Clorinda in Rossini’s Cenerentola and as Despina in Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte. She performed more than any other student in the history of the Jacobs School of Music.
She thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with other musicians such as the Catacoustic Consort, The Bath Street Studio and was a member of the Carmel Bach Festival Chorale. Outside the USA she appeared as a soloist in England, Wales, Romania and Greece.
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