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The Canadian-American soprano, Elise Noyes, is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music heralded for her versatility in operatic, musical theatre, and choral works alike. She was selected as the first prize winner of the Jessie Kneisel German Lieder Competition in 2022, in addition to being chosen as a finalist for the Friends of Eastman Opera Voice Competition in 2021.
Elise Noyes' performances include Eastman Opera Theatre’s Into the Woods as Cinderella, La Calisto as the title role, Michaela in Mercury Opera’s Carmen, and Isabel in Pirates of Penzance with Rochester Summer Opera. She has been featured with SUNY Geneseo Symphony Orchestra as the soprano soloist in W.A. Mozart's Requiem, as well as in Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the Edmonton Youth Orchestra, and has appeared as a featured soloist for the Eastman School of Music: Bach Cantata Series. In the spring of 2023, she competed as a semi-finalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition, in addition to keeping up an active schedule as a recitalist.
Elise Noyes is currently supported by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Anne Burrows Foundation, and has served as a lecturer at Ithaca College teaching in the voice department on top of her own private studio. Her pedagogical methods focus primarily on breath and body awareness, as well as text connection throughout various languages and styles. |
