Heralded as “delightful, with the right note of playfulness and a beautiful voice” by Cleveland Plain Dealer, soprano Jessica Lynn Crowell has successfully begun launching a professional singing career. Cleveland Classical called Ms. Crowell “simply delightful” and “appropriately giddy” during a past performance as Papagena in Opera Circle’s (now The Cleveland Opera) Die Zauberflöte. Jessica has had the pleasure of performing a world premiere of Beneath Suspicion, by award-winning composer Dr. Jesse Ayers, at the CFAMC conference and was later named a semi-finalist for the American Prize Ernst Bacon Award for a performance of the same work. As a three-time Voices of Canton (VOCI) competition winner, Ms. Crowell has been seen as Esmeralda in their collaborative production of Bartered Bride with Opera Circle Cleveland. With additional certification in voice and piano pedagogy, Ms. Crowell completed her Bachelor of Arts at Malone University, studying voice with Dr. Cynthia Skelley-Wohlschlager. While a member of Malone Opera Theatre, Ohio audiences have seen her in a variety of roles including Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Cinderella in Sondheim’s Into the Woods, and Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro as well as the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica. Jessica has also been seen by Ohio audiences as Magda in Menotti’s The Consul with Nightingale Opera Theatre’s Young Artist Program. Ms. Crowell is currently continuing her education in esteemed Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Houston, Texas under the guidance and training of Dr. Robin Rice.