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]'''Dawn Upshaw''' (born ], ] in ], ]), is an ] ]. The recipient of several Grammy- ]-, and Edison Prize-winning discs, Upshaw is at home both in ] and ], and in repertoire from ] to ]; many composers, including ] have written for her, and she has worked repeatedly with the director ], in his staging of ]'s ''Theodora'' at ]; his ] production of ]'s '']'' (1996); and a staging of ]'s cantata BWV 199, presented in the 1995-96 season at New York's 92nd St. ].
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'''Dawn Upshaw''' (born July 17, 1960) is an American ]. She is the recipient of several ]s and has released a number of ]-winning discs; she performs both ] and ], and her repertoire spans ] to ]. Many composers, including ], ], ], ], ], and ], have written for her. In 2007, she was awarded a ].<ref name="MacArthur Foundation"></ref>
== Overview ==


==Early life==
Upshaw received a B.A. in 1982 from ] (which later awarded her an honorary doctorate), and went on to study voice with ] at the ] in ], earning her M.A. in 1984. She also attended courses given by ] at the Aspen (Colorado) Music School. She was a winner of the Young Concert Artists auditions (1984) and the ] (1985), and was a member of the ] Young Artists Development Program. She was also awarded the ], ], by ] on ], ].
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Dawn Upshaw was born in ]. She began singing while attending ] in ] and was the only female ever promoted to the top choir (the Singing Rockets) as a sophomore, according to choir director Douglas Ulreich. She received a B.A. in 1982 from ], where she studied voice with Dr. David Nott. She went on to study voice with ] at the ] in ], earning her M.M. in 1984. She also attended courses given by ] at the ]. She was a winner of the ] (1984) and the ] (1985), and was a member of the ] Young Artists Development Program. Since her start in 1984, Upshaw has made more than 300 appearances at the ].
Her engagements with ] over the years led to a 1997 recording of ] songs. She tours regularly with piano accompanist ]; ] and ] are also long-standing partners.


==Career==
She came to international fame with her recording (1993), with ] of the hauntingly powerful Symphony No 3 by ], known as the ''Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'' (''Symfonia pieśni żałosnych'').
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Upshaw came to international fame with her performance on the million-selling recording (1992), with ], of ] by ], known as the ''Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'' (''Symfonia pieśni żałosnych'').
Upshaw was a guest of ] and Mrs. Clinton on the ] special, ''Christmas in Washington''. The ] presented a prime-time telecast of her 1996 London ] Concert, "Dawn at Dusk", in which she performed songs from the American ]. She has recently been noted for her involvement in singing the new works of ] and for her partnership with him in developing his music. This has moved her out of the traditional role of a classical singer: Upshaw is known for the emotion she puts into acting as well as singing her parts but her rendition of ''Ayre'' made her appear almost as a charismatic rock-singer. It is a tribute to her vocal range as well as her star-stature. ''Ayre'' has been published by Deutsche Grammophon.


She has premiered more than twenty-five new works, notably ]'s song-cycle '']'', and has embraced several pieces created for her, including the ]-winning opera ''L'Amour de Loin'' by ], '']'' by ], the nativity ] '']'' by ], and ] highly acclaimed ] '']'' and ] ''Ayre''. In 2009, she premiered ] song cycle ''The North Wind was a Woman'' at the gala opening of the Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Centre's season.
In ], she performed with ] and the ] for a short period. The performances included ]'s ].


In addition to her operatic recordings, she has also sung the title role in the first complete recording of the score of ]'s '']''.<ref>''Oh, Kay!'' restored by Tommy Krasker, starring Dawn Upshaw and Kurt Ollmann, Roxbury Recordings (Nonesuch 1995)</ref> She has also recorded albums of songs by ] and ].<ref>''Dawn Upshaw sings Rodgers & Hart'', recorded NYC June 1995, (Nonesuch 1996)</ref> Upshaw was a guest of ] ] and Mrs. Clinton on the ] special ''Christmas in Washington''. The ] presented a prime-time telecast of her 1996 London ], ''Dawn at Dusk'', in which she performed songs from American ]. Her engagements with ] over many years led to a 1997 recording of ] songs.
Dawn Upshaw is currently the artistic director of the Graduate Program in Vocal Arts at the ], which accepted its first students in the 2006-2007 academic year.


Upshaw appears on an album of Christmas music in association with the male vocal ensemble ] titled ''Christmas with Chanticleer featuring special guest Dawn Upshaw'' for Teldec Classics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christmas with Chanticleer |url=https://www.chanticleer.org/cds/christmas-with-chanticleer |website=Chanticleer |access-date=June 8, 2019 |archive-date=June 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608215603/https://www.chanticleer.org/cds/christmas-with-chanticleer |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Dawn Upshaw is married and a mother. She lives near New York.


Upshaw tours regularly with pianist ]. ] and Margo Garrett are also long-standing partners. She has worked with director ] many times, including on his staging of ]'s ''Theodora'' at ], his ] production of ]'s '']''—as part of the ] and ]'s month-long residency at the ], 1996—a staging of Bach's cantata ], presented in the 1995–96 season at New York's ], and the ] production of ]'s '']'' (1998). Upshaw has often performed as a soloist at the annual ] in California; most recently in 2006, 2008, and 2009. In 2011, she was the music director of the festival, where she performed the world premiere of the Peter Sellers-staged production of ]'s work ''Winds of Destiny''. She joined the ] as artistic partner beginning with the 2007–08 season, and she is artistic director of the Graduate Program in Vocal Arts at the ], which accepted its first students in the 2006–07 academic year. She also is a faculty member at the ].
== Awards and Recognitions ==
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*The ] & Dawn Upshaw for '']: Lyric Suite'' (])


Upshaw holds ] ] from ], the ], ], and ]. She is an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University from 2020 to 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 21, 2020|title="Dawn Upshaw"|url=https://adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/2020/09/21/dawn-upshaw/|url-status=live|access-date=June 24, 2021|website=Program for Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large, Cornell University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225192025/https://adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/2020/09/21/dawn-upshaw/ |archive-date=February 25, 2021 }}</ref>
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==Personal life==
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Upshaw is a divorced mother of two. She lives near New York City.<ref> {{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref> She was diagnosed with and treated for early-stage breast cancer in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://music.cbc.ca/ |title=Upshaw |access-date=March 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212163426/http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2012/8/Dawn-Upshaw-reflects-on-Gorecki-master-classes-Opera-News-award |archive-date=February 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Awards and recognition==
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'''1989 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist'''
* '']'' (Music of ], ], ], ])''

'''1991 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist'''
* ''The Girl with Orange Lips'' (], ], etc.)

'''2003 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance'''
* The ] & Dawn Upshaw for '']: Lyric Suite''

'''2006 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording'''
* The ] and chorus with Dawn Upshaw for '']: Ainadamar (Fountain of Tears)''

'''2007 ]'''<ref name="MacArthur Foundation" />

'''2014 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist'''
* '']'' ('']'')

==Selected discography==
* 1990: ]: '']'' H.146, ''Magnificat'' H.74, ], bass, ], tenor, Dawn Upshaw, soprano, Ethna Robinson, contralto, ], soprano and contralto, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by ]. CD EMI classics, 1991
* 1991: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ''Le Nozze di Figaro'', conducted by James Levine, Deutsche Grammophon, 435 488-2
* 1992: ], conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, RCA Victor Red Seal CD, 09026-60593-2
* 1992: ]: '']'', ]/Elektra Records CD, 79282
* 2005: '']'' (1996), Deutsche Grammophon DVD, B0004602-09
* 2005: '']'', Deutsche Grammophon CD, 00289 477 5414

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American soprano (born 1960)
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Dawn Upshaw
Born (1960-07-17) July 17, 1960 (age 64)
Nashville, Tennessee, US
GenresClassical
InstrumentVocals
Years active1984–present
Musical artist

Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano. She is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs; she performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary. Many composers, including Henri Dutilleux, Osvaldo Golijov, John Harbison, Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Adams, and Kaija Saariaho, have written for her. In 2007, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.

Early life

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Dawn Upshaw was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She began singing while attending Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois and was the only female ever promoted to the top choir (the Singing Rockets) as a sophomore, according to choir director Douglas Ulreich. She received a B.A. in 1982 from Illinois Wesleyan University, where she studied voice with Dr. David Nott. She went on to study voice with Ellen Faull at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, earning her M.M. in 1984. She also attended courses given by Jan DeGaetani at the Aspen Music School. She was a winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions (1984) and the Walter M. Naumburg Competition (1985), and was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Young Artists Development Program. Since her start in 1984, Upshaw has made more than 300 appearances at the Metropolitan Opera.

Career

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Upshaw came to international fame with her performance on the million-selling recording (1992), with David Zinman, of Symphony No 3 by Henryk Górecki, known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych).

She has premiered more than twenty-five new works, notably Henri Dutilleux's song-cycle Correspondances, and has embraced several pieces created for her, including the Grawemeyer Award-winning opera L'Amour de Loin by Kaija Saariaho, The Great Gatsby by John Harbison, the nativity oratorio El Niño by John Adams, and Osvaldo Golijov's highly acclaimed chamber opera Ainadamar and song cycle Ayre. In 2009, she premiered David Bruce's song cycle The North Wind was a Woman at the gala opening of the Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Centre's season.

In addition to her operatic recordings, she has also sung the title role in the first complete recording of the score of Gershwin's Oh, Kay!. She has also recorded albums of songs by Vernon Duke and Rodgers and Hart. Upshaw was a guest of President of the United States Bill Clinton and Mrs. Clinton on the NBC special Christmas in Washington. The BBC presented a prime-time telecast of her 1996 London Proms Concert, Dawn at Dusk, in which she performed songs from American musical theater. Her engagements with James Levine over many years led to a 1997 recording of Claude Debussy songs.

Upshaw appears on an album of Christmas music in association with the male vocal ensemble Chanticleer titled Christmas with Chanticleer featuring special guest Dawn Upshaw for Teldec Classics.

Upshaw tours regularly with pianist Gilbert Kalish. Richard Goode and Margo Garrett are also long-standing partners. She has worked with director Peter Sellars many times, including on his staging of Händel's Theodora at Glyndebourne, his Paris production of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress—as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen's month-long residency at the Théâtre du Châtelet, 1996—a staging of Bach's cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199, presented in the 1995–96 season at New York's 92nd Street Y, and the Salzburg Festival production of Olivier Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise (1998). Upshaw has often performed as a soloist at the annual Ojai Music Festival in California; most recently in 2006, 2008, and 2009. In 2011, she was the music director of the festival, where she performed the world premiere of the Peter Sellers-staged production of George Crumb's work Winds of Destiny. She joined the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as artistic partner beginning with the 2007–08 season, and she is artistic director of the Graduate Program in Vocal Arts at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, which accepted its first students in the 2006–07 academic year. She also is a faculty member at the Tanglewood Music Center.

Upshaw holds honorary doctorates of arts from Yale University, the Manhattan School of Music, Illinois Wesleyan University, and Allegheny College. She is an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University from 2020 to 2026.

Personal life

Upshaw is a divorced mother of two. She lives near New York City. She was diagnosed with and treated for early-stage breast cancer in 2006.

Awards and recognition

1989 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist

1991 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist

2003 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

2006 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

2007 MacArthur Fellowship

2014 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist

Selected discography

References

  1. ^ MacArthur Foundation
  2. Oh, Kay! restored by Tommy Krasker, starring Dawn Upshaw and Kurt Ollmann, Roxbury Recordings (Nonesuch 1995)
  3. Dawn Upshaw sings Rodgers & Hart, recorded NYC June 1995, (Nonesuch 1996)
  4. "Christmas with Chanticleer". Chanticleer. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  5. ""Dawn Upshaw"". Program for Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large, Cornell University. September 21, 2020. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  7. "Upshaw". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2015.

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