Brenda Patterson

About

Brenda Patterson is an internationally acclaimed soprano who served as a Principal Artist at the Metropolitan Opera for seven seasons and has performed at major opera houses including Hamburg State Opera, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Opera Colorado, Glimmerglass Opera, Carnegie Hall, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Florida Grand Opera. She is the Winner of the Taranow Prize in Voice from The Juilliard School, where she has also taught on faculty. Patterson has held teaching positions at Juilliard, Mannes, Tanglewood, Opera Philadelphia, and the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists Program. She currently teaches voice at the University of Virginia and is co-founder and Director of Music of Victory Hall Opera in Charlottesville. As a passionate vocal teacher, she believes in imparting a solid technical foundation to her students with an artistic approach characterized by questioning and experimentation.

Education & Qualifications

The Juilliard School (Winner of the Taranow Prize in Voice); Barnard College

Teaching Styles