Kelly A. Hopkins, soprano, is a graduate of the voice program at Boston University. She has been reviewed as, “outstanding” by Joel Schwindt of the Boston Musical Intelligencer. He went on to say, “Kelly Hopkins, whose rendition of “Ich folge dir/I follow you” (a proclamation of the believer’s faithfulness) displayed not only her vocal power and agility, but also an impressive amount of endurance, as she skillfully navigated Bach’s long-breathed vocal lines.”
Ms. Hopkins is a former student of S. Mark Aliapoulios and Robert Honeysucker. She has been a soloist and featured performer with The Back Bay Chorale, The Providence Singers, The Seraphim Singers, in the Music at Mission concert series, Marsh Chapel Music, Philovox, The Boston Bach Ensemble, Ensemble St. Germain, Trinity Church Copley Square, and many other groups.
She has also been a featured soloist in debuts of new works by composers such as James Yannatos, Julian Wachner, Graham Ramsay, Avner Dorman, and Elliott Gyger. Ms. Hopkins is a regular collaborator with Keith Ciccone, piano & organ, and a regular performer with the Boston Medical Center/BU Arts Lab concert series. She has also been featured as a Patient Ambassador with The Snow Companies, as a part of Epilepsy Foundation New England‘s annual gala fundraiser, and at MIT through Artists Beyond the Desk.
Ms. Hopkins has been heard in the greater Boston area as a soloist in works such as the Fauré Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Bach St. John Passion and Jesu Meine Freude, Poulenc Mass in G, Britten Rejoice in the Lamb, Pärt Magnificat, as well as with the MIT Libraries house band The Dust Jackets, in the 2006 Halloween performance at the Orpheum with The Disco Biscuits, in backing vocals for Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, and in various performances with former members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Velvet Underground, and Chanticleer.
Ms. Hopkins sings regularly in churches and houses of worship all over the greater Boston area including The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Mission Church), Mission Hill; Church of Our Saviour, Longwood; St. Paul Parish, Harvard Sq.; St. Peter’s Episcopal, Central Square; St. Charles Borromeo, Waltham, MA; Glendale United Methodist Church, Everett; Trinity Parish, Newton Corner; and King’s Chapel.
Professional Musical Affiliations:
1998 – 2015 The Seraphim Singers Singer, Soloist, General Mgr., Board of Directors
2007 – 2011 Church of Our Saviour, Longwood Soprano Section Leader, Soloist
2001 – 2003 Tempus Singer
1999 – 2003 Philovox Singer, Soloist
1999 – 2000 The Copley Singers Founding Member, Singer
1999 – 2000 Trinity Church Boston, all choirs Singer, Soloist
1999 – 2003 Lesley University Choir Section Leader, Soloist
1998 – 1999 Boston Bach Ensemble Singer
1997 – 1998 Back Bay Chorale Singer, Soloist
1996 – 1999 Marsh Chapel Music President, Singer, Soloist
Discography:
Julian Wachner: Sacred Music
Conrad Susa: Carols & Lullabies
J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Elliott Gyger: Hebrew, Latin, Greek (2002)
And approximately a dozen private releases for EC Schirmer/Arsis Audio New Issues CDs with Philovox. These CDs are sent to subscribers who wish to hear samples of new sheet music available from EC Schirmer composers.
Online samples:
- Poulenc: Mass in G, Agnus Dei- soprano solo
- Susa: El Noi de la Mare, from Carols & Lullabies, Christmas in the Southwest– soprano solo and in quartet
- J.S. Bach: Aria from St. John Passion– Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigen Schritten
- Michael Tippett: Go Down Moses from Child of Our Time– live performance with the Seraphim Singers, Spring 2013
Linked below is a documentary short film made about the BU Arts Lab program When Patients Heal You from the 2018 concert. WPHY is an annual concert featuring Boston University College of Fine Arts music students, Boston University Medical School student artists, and Boston Medical Center Neurology unit patients.
To contact Kelly: Kelly.Hopkins@gmail.com or 617.396.SONG (7664)
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