Amy Owens

Award-winning soprano Amy Owens is known for her “high-flying vocals” and “scene-stealing” performances on operatic and symphonic stages, as well as her innovative, multi-disciplinary pursuits in music education. As a singer, she has received awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council, the George London Foundation, and the Jensen Foundation, and she was the recipient of the grand prize from the Sullivan Foundation. She has performed with Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Utah Opera, and the Virginia Opera. She was the soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with the National Symphony, and has appeared with many other notable orchestras across the U.S. Her operatic and musical theater roles include Cunegonde in Candide, Chrisann Brennan in The Revolution of Steve Jobs, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Emily in Our Town, Phoebe in Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Johanna in Sweeney Todd, and the title role in The Santa Fe Opera’s world premiere of Sweet Potato Kicks the Sun. Amy is a sought-after soprano for developing contemporary works, including the Metropolitan Opera workshop of Eurydice, and multiple workshops with American Opera Projects. As a multi-disciplinary artist, Amy performed at the 50th annual New Orleans Jazz Festival with renowned musician Glen David Andrews, and as an emerging conductor, was selected to participate in the Hart Institute for Women Conductors at Dallas Opera and the International Conducting Workshop Festival in Bulgaria. As an educator, Amy is the director of the Young Voices program and a co-director of the Opera Storytellers Camp at The Santa Fe Opera. She co-founded The Collective Conservatory and developed a unique curriculum to forge new and innovative paths for online musical collaboration during the pandemic in 2020. A sought-after vocal coach, Amy developed a unique online education program for vocalists in 2021 called Vocal Revolution and maintains a robust online studio focusing on technique and vocal freedom. Amy holds a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from Rice University and a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from Brigham Young University.