Ashley Mulcahy is a mezzo-soprano who received a BM in Vocal Performance and BA in Italian Language and Literature from the University of Michigan in 2014. She has extensive choral experience including with the University of Michigan Chamber Choir and West Side United Methodist Church. Mulcahy has participated in workshops focusing on Renaissance and Baroque singing styles. She has received honors including selection to sing in the 17th Century Accompanied Song Masterclass at the Boston Early Music Festival.

1. Ashley Mulcahy
Mezzo Soprano
ashleymulcahy2@gmail.com
Education
The University of Michigan, Dec. 2014 Graduation: Vocal Performance (BM), student of Carmen
Pelton &Italian Language and Literature (BA)
Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College: 2014, (Julianne Baird, Christa Patterson)
International Baroque Institute Longy (IBIL): 2014, (Rosa Dominguez, Paul Leenhouts)
Urbino Musica Antica: 2013, Renaissance and Baroque Singing (Lavinia Bertotti), Seventeenth Century
Ornamentation (Josué Meléndez)
Rovigo Musica Antica: 2013, Seventeenth Century vocal music (Lia Serafini)
Choral Experience
Cantor: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2011-2015
Alto Section Leader: West Side United Methodist Church, 2015
University of Michigan Chamber Choir: Directed by Jerry Blackstone, 2013-2014 academic year,
selected for a fully funded tour of Australia and New Zealand Summer 2014
University of Michigan Orpheus Singers: Small ensemble
University of Michigan Opera Chorus
IBIL Ensemble: Works by Tunder and Schütz, directed by Paul Leenhouts
Rovigo Musica Antica Ensemble: Works by Handel and D. Scarlatti, directed by Walter Testolin
Chamber Music
Newberry Consort: Young Artist, Upcoming April 2016
University of Michigan Museum of Art Concert Series: Soloist, Dowland, Verdelot
IBIL Ensemble: Soloist, excerpts from Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi (H. Schütz), directed by Paul
Leenhouts
University of Michigan Baroque Orchestra: Soloist, “Sonata sopra Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis” from
Vespero della Beata Vergine (Monteverdi), directed by Edward Parmentier
University of Michigan Early Music Ensemble: Handel cantatas and Bach obbligato arias, directed by
Edward Parmentier
Awards and Honors
2015 Boston Early Music Festival: Selected to sing in the 17th
Century Accompanied Song Masterclass
to be given by Ellen Hargis, Stephen Stubbs, and Paul O’Dette
National Fulbright Finalist: 2015
Young Singers Foundation Bev Sellers Memorial Scholarship: National, merit based, 2014
University of Michigan International Institute Individual Fellowship: Granted to research Italian
Renaissance and Baroque vocal music in Italy, 2013
University of Michigan School of Music Merit Scholarship
Language Skills
Fluent Italian
Lyric Diction: Italian, French, German
Teachers
Carmen Pelton: 2010-2015
Ellen Hargis: Current