Bio

Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Webb grew up in a musical family listening to Gilbert and Sullivan records. She appears regularly as a soloist and chorister in the Boston area. Since 2011, she has performed with Cantata Singers and Ensemble and has been featured as a soloist on many occasions, including Mendelssohn’s Elijah, works of Bach and Handel, Osvaldo Golijov’s Oceana, and the world premieres of Peter Child's Lamentations, Zachary Wadsworth’s Faces of the Past, and Scott Perkins’ A Map to the Next World. Other notable performances include Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum and the first staged performance of Elena Ruehr’s Cassandra In the Temples with Cappella Clausura, and Handel's Esther and Alexander's Feast with the King's Chapel choir. This season she will record a new work by Juhi Bansal with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble. Ms. Webb has worked with composer Larry Thomas Bell on several recent projects including the premiere of his song cycle Parables of Love and Death with tenor Thomas Gregg. She appears on his album Thoughts and Prayers from Albany Records. Ms. Webb graduated from Oberlin College, where her love for early music was sparked in the Oberlin Collegium Musicum. 

Press

"...An alto aria (sung bewitchingly by Jennifer Webb) happily savored its own dreamy elegance..." Matthew Guerrieri, Boston Globe 

"...Displayed exceptional technical ability and artistry, creating a dramatic musical “reading” of the text." Joel Schwindt, Boston Musical Intelligencer 

"But the standout of the evening was Jennifer Webb, who delivered a velvety and most affecting aria..." Aaron Keebaugh, Boston Classical Review