Jordan Otis is a mezzo-soprano opera singer with experience performing leading and supporting roles in productions such as Il Barbiere di Siviglia and The Merry Widow. She has won awards including the Vocal Performance Award from Redlands Opera Theatre in 2015. Otis received her Masters in Vocal Performance from the University of Redlands in 2015 and Bachelors in Music Education from Southern Adventist University in 2013.
In 2003, with the help of commission by Welsh Independent Dance, Procter began developing her work by
using video, one of which "Am I This?" was chosen for The Dance on Screen Festival at The
Place, London. Since then she has continued exploring the medium and has made over ten
videos, shooting in locations in Wales, Argentina and Austria.
Artist Resume of Kara Laus, Dramatic Mezzo-SopranoKara Laus
Dramatic mezzo-soprano Kara Laus is a budding artist and Pittsburgh native who makes her professional debut upon receiving her B.M. of Performance in Voice from Duquesne University.
In her five years of opera performance, Ms. Laus has appeared at Duquesne as la Zelatrice and la Badessa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and covered la Principessa; in her early career she performed the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aneas, Baba in Menotti’s The Medium, Constance in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer, and Gertrude in Humperdink’s Hansel and Gretel, and covered Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.
Ms. Laus has appeared frequently in Pittsburgh and internationally with the studio of her teacher, Guenko Guechev, most recently presenting concerts in Rome and Florence, Italy. A prolific concert singer and recitalist, she has performed such works as Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, de Victoria’s Missa O Magnum Misterium, Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, and De Falla’s 7 Canciones Populares Españoles.
In 2003, with the help of commission by Welsh Independent Dance, Procter began developing her work by
using video, one of which "Am I This?" was chosen for The Dance on Screen Festival at The
Place, London. Since then she has continued exploring the medium and has made over ten
videos, shooting in locations in Wales, Argentina and Austria.
Artist Resume of Kara Laus, Dramatic Mezzo-SopranoKara Laus
Dramatic mezzo-soprano Kara Laus is a budding artist and Pittsburgh native who makes her professional debut upon receiving her B.M. of Performance in Voice from Duquesne University.
In her five years of opera performance, Ms. Laus has appeared at Duquesne as la Zelatrice and la Badessa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and covered la Principessa; in her early career she performed the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aneas, Baba in Menotti’s The Medium, Constance in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer, and Gertrude in Humperdink’s Hansel and Gretel, and covered Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.
Ms. Laus has appeared frequently in Pittsburgh and internationally with the studio of her teacher, Guenko Guechev, most recently presenting concerts in Rome and Florence, Italy. A prolific concert singer and recitalist, she has performed such works as Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, de Victoria’s Missa O Magnum Misterium, Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, and De Falla’s 7 Canciones Populares Españoles.
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Performance Experience: Opera Roles
Nine of Diamonds
Rosina
Hanna
Mrs. Gobineau (p)
Meg (p)
Performance Re-imagined
Il Barberie di Siviglia
The Merry Widow
The Medium
Falstaff
OperaWorks
University of Redlands Opera
University of Redlands Opera
University of Redlands Opera
University of Redlands Opera
2015
2015
2014
2013
2013
Performance Experience: Solo and Oratorio
Alto Soloist
Recital
Featured Soloist
Recital
Featured Soloist
Alto Soloist
Little Red
Gloria (Vivaldi)
Graduate
Pops Concert
Senior
Pops Concert
Magnificat (Bach)
Into the Woods
Montecito International Music Festival
University of Redlands
East Tennessee Symphony Orchestra
Southern Adventist University
Southern Adventist University Jazz Band
Southern Adventist University Symphony
Butler University Lyric Theatre
2015
2014
2014
2012
2011
2010
2009
Performance Experience: Choral
Requiem (Verdi)
Ceremony of Carols
Gloria
9th Symphony
Carmina Burana
Verdi
Britten
Rutter
Beethoven
Orff
Christ Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA
Southern Adventist University
Southern Adventist University
Southern Adventist University
Butler University
2015
2013
2012
2011
2008
Awards and Honors
Vocal Performance Award Redlands Opera Theatre 2015
President’s Honor Recital Winner University of Redlands 2015
Concerto Competition Finalist University of Redlands 2014
Training and Education
Monticito International Music Festival
OperaWorks Emerging Artist Summer Program
Riverside, CA
Los Angeles, CA
2015
2015
Masters of Music
Bachelors of Music
Vocal Performance
Music Education
University of Redlands
Southern Adventist University
2015
2013
Teachers Coaches Directors Master Classes
Patricia Gee
Julie Penner
Nanch Davis Booth
Ann Baltz
Twyla Meyer
Wayne Hinton
Zeffin Quinn Hollis
Marco Schindelmann
Faith Esham
Olga Perez-Florez
Erika Person
Other Skills
Musical Theatre
Dance
Zumba
Music Teacher
Experience in both lead, supporting roles, workshops and full productions
Ballet, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Swing, Waltz, Latin
Zumba Fitness Certified
Licensed Music Teacher, vocal and instrumental K-12
Jordan Otis, mezzo-soprano
T: (423) 619-3762 E: jordanlynn915@gmail.com