Genevieve Hahn, coloratura/lyric soprano, enjoys a diverse vocal life. Her last adventure was to Assisi, Italy where she performed solo works in six concerts as well as performing with the choral ensemble in numerous venues in the city. She also performed in various concerts throughout the Styrian province of Austria through the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS). Her repertoire contains opera arias, operettas, oratorio arias, art songs, musical theatre, cabaret songs, jazz standards, spirituals, and church music.

 

In opera, she has been a soloist and/or ensemble member for such companies as UD Lyric Theatre, Spotlight on Opera, Wilmington Concert Opera, and Delaware Valley Opera Company in roles such as Alcina in La liberazione di Ruggiero, The Princess in L'enfant et les sortileges, Nausicaa in Penelope and the Geese, as well as numerous other performances.

 

She ​​has performed a number of oratorio solos as well, including Saint-Saens’ Christmas Oratorio, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The First Nowell. 

 

In her musical theatre/operetta roles, she has had the female leading role in such productions as Ruddigore and The Emerald Isle with The Ardensingers and The Pirates of Penzance and The Gondoliers with Rose Valley Chorus and Orchestra. She also has been asked to perform solos in their cabarets and offsite performances.

 

Genna also is a very active solo concert performer in the tri-state area, performing in concert series at such venues as Cokesbury, Country House, Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, Newark United Methodist Church, and Faith Presbyterian Church. 

 

She has also been Artist-in-Residence, as well as a guest soloist, at numerous churches in the tri-state/Philadelphia area.

 

Her vast choral experience has led her to perform with choirs in Croatia, England, and Wales and with the Jesus College Chapel Choir at Cambridge University.

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Genevieve graduated summa cum laude from the University of Delaware with a Master’s degree in Flute Performance and Vocal Performance, where she studied flute with Professor Eileen Grycky and voice with Dr. Isai Jess Munoz. She is presently studying voice with Jessica Beebe. During this time at UD, Genna won the Greater Philadelphia NATS Advanced College Musical Theater Treble Competition and Adult/College Musical Theater Competition, and the Newark Symphony Orchestra Youth Concerto Competition College Division, where she performed three operatic arias with the orchestra. She was a finalist in the Eastern Region NATS Adult Musical Theatre Treble Competition and the UD Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and took 2nd place in the GPNATS Advanced College/Independent Studio Classical Treble Voice Competition.

 

She has also performed in master classes with Gloria Banditelli, Stephen Powell, Edrie Means Weekly, Forrest McClendon, and Katherine Jolly.

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Genevieve also pursues performing in concerts that benefit different charitable causes, such as the Jonathan Beech Memorial Concert (donates funds to pediatric cancer foundations) and the Annual Benefit Concert to Combat Human Trafficking, as well as performing for various nursing homes and assisted living facilities. She also enjoys learning foreign languages and has a proficient knowledge of Italian, German, French, Russian, and The Muppets.

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