Bri Cooper
Bridgette Cooper
Black Enterprise Magazine: Classic Notes: An operatic prodigy finds her place on the world stage; April/May 2013; Photograph by Rayon Richards; Edited by Sonia Alleyne
Black Enterprise Magazine: Classic Notes: An operatic prodigy finds her place on the world stage; April/May 2013; Photograph by Rayon Richards; Edited by Sonia Alleyne
Heavenly Grass: Great American Art Songs; Bridgette Cooper-Anderson, Mezzo-Soprano; © Copyright - GShirmer / Classical Soloists Records (783707102504) (2005)
Mezzo-Soprano Bri Cooper introduces herself:
Get to Know International Opera Singer Bri Cooper
Critically
acclaimed classical singer, actress, recording artist and Humanitarian, Bri Cooper is the first classical singer
featured the Salute to Excellence Award winning, Black Enterprise Magazine and was recently awarded the 2013
Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from East Carolina University School of
Music. Bri, is also a 2012
Marian Anderson Scholar and was guest soloist for the 73rd Annual
Lincoln Memorial Concert Revisited. Ms. Cooper's
CD Heavenly Grass has also been nominated for the 2013 Indie Artist
of the Year Award and has released her new single "Segni Di Pace Fino"
on her label Classical Soloists Records in association with Urban
Classical Records. Bri made her Carnegie Hall debut in the Weil Recital
Hall in
the Voices of the New Millennium Concert in New York City. Her guest
soloist engagements
include singing for the People’s Inaugural Luncheon Tribute to First
Lady
Michelle Obama, The International Caribbean Heritage Awards, and the Bahamas
Independence Day and Goombay Festival which celebrates her Bahamian heritage, The
New Haven Connecticut Celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Recital, The Royal Palm Beach
Celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Palm Beach, Florida, The 100th
Celebration of Christ Episcopal Church in Miami, Florida, as well as soloist for St. Christopher's
Episcopal Church in Haverville, Florida. Bridgette was also featured as guest
soloist for the unveiling of Thomas Jefferson's historical "North Star
Newspaper" at the Benjamin Banneker Museum. She has performed in recital
throughout the United States and Europe.
Ms. Cooper was
featured on FOX45 Morning Show, singing a selection from her debut CD, Heavenly
Grass: Great American Art Songs. Her television credits include the role of the
clerk in fifth season of the HBO series THE WIRE, Toyota commercial, and the
television pilot project The Washingtonian for HBO produced by Sarah Jessica
Parker. Her debut CD Heavenly Grass: Great American Art Songs premiered to rave
reviews.
Ms. Cooper
has performed with The Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Charleston Symphony
International Tour of Porgy and Bess performing the roles of Bess and Clara,
The Israel Jerusalem Music Festival, Aspen Opera Theater and Opera Ebony Young
Artist Program to name a few. Her debut with The Washington National Opera
helped to establish her as not only a world class opera singer, but also an
advocate for the education of opera for our younger generation, with The Washington
National Opera Look-In Program where she performed the role of Tituba from
Robert Ward’s The Crucible. Her operatic repertoire includes Carmen, Flora from
La Traviata, Thisbe from La Cenerentola, Dorabella from Cosi fan Tutti and Dido
from Dido and Aeneas, to name a few, as well as several oratorio works.
Bridgette’s musical theater and stage play performances include the National
Broadway Tour of Show Boat and American Theater of Harlem’s Picnic and Raisin
in the Sun.
Ms. Cooper
is the recipient of several awards including the Paul Robeson National Vocal
Competition, Marjorie Lawrence
International Vocal Competition, Bel
Canto Competition of Chicago, the YWCA Studio Club Competition, International Who’s Who of Professional and
Business Women, and Ms. American
Achievement of District of Columbia and the National Association of Teachers of
Singing state and Regional Finalist. She is also contributing editor for several
on line music magazines.
Bri received her Bachelor of Music in Opera Performance from
East Carolina University where she was awarded outstanding College students of
America and then went on to study at the prestigious American Institute of
Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. She is currently and MBA candidate studying
International Business and Marketing. Her debut CD is available on Amazon.com,
Best Buy, Walden Books, and all digital distribution outlets including Apple
iTunes.
Visit Bri's web site www.bricooper.wix.com/bricooper
YouTube: The Mezzo Maven Channel http://youtu.be/fZzmwBpCo4A
Facebook: Bridgette Cooper, Mezzo Soprano
Twitter: @bridgettcooper
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