Virginia Mims, Soprano [email protected]

As an emerging operatic soprano, I communicate with audiences through my pursuit to understand roles in that encourage the world to be a more vulnerable, loving, and understanding place. Education Master of Music Indiana University Bloomington Spring 2021 Jacobs School of Music Bachelor of Music Indiana University Bloomington Spring 2019 Jacobs School of Music High School Diploma A.W. Dreyfoos School for the Arts Spring 2015 West Palm Beach, FL

Additional Training Opera Lucca Lucca, Italy, EU Young Artist June 2019 Fondation Bell’Arte: Summer Session Paris, France, EU Young Artist July 2019, 2018 Janiec Opera Company at Brevard Music Center Brevard, NC, USA Young Artist Summer 2017 University of Miami at Salzburg Salzburg, Austria, EU Student Summer 2016 From the Top, NPR Program Miami, FL, USA Featured Performer March 2014 YoungArts Foundation Miami, FL, USA Classical Voice Winner January 2014

Full Roles Zemfira Aleko (Rachmaninoff) Vaness Opera Workshop May 2020 Flower Maiden 2 Parsifal IU Opera Theater November 2019 Zelatrice Suor Angelica Opera Lucca July 2019 Cleopatra Giulio Cesare IU Opera Theater February 2019 Mary Bailey It’s A Wonderful Life IU Opera Theater November 2017 Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro Janiec Opera Co. July 2017 Marian Paroo The Music Man IU Opera Theater April 2017

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Partial Roles Donna Elvira Act 2, Vaness Workshop May 2020 Zdenka Arabella Act 1 Duet, Murphy Workshop Dec. 2019 Violetta La Traviata Act 1 and 3 Excerpt, Fondation July 2019 Bell’Arte Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor Act 1 Excerpt, Opera Lucca July 2019 Alice Falstaff Act 1 Quartet, Opera Lucca July 2019 Fiordiligi Così fan tutte Act 1 Excerpt, Opera Lucca July 2019 Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia Act 1 duet, Fondation Bell’Arte July 2018 Lakmé Lakmé Flower Duet, Janiec Opera Co. June 2017 Pamina Die Zauberflöte Suicide Scene, BU Tanglewood July 2013

Ensemble La Traviata Verdi IU Opera Theater March 2020 Parsifal Wagner IU Opera Theater November 2019 Suor Angelica Puccini Opera Lucca July 2019 Mass Bernstein IU Opera Theater April 2019 Dialogues of the Carmelites Poulenc IU Opera Theater October 2018 Don Giovanni Mozart IU Opera Theater September 2017 Street Scene Weill Janiec Opera Co. August 2017 Madama Butterfly Puccini IU Opera Theater November 2016 Oklahoma! Rodgers IU Opera Theater April 2016 La fille du Régiment Donizetti Palm Beach Opera March 2015 Les Contes d’Hoffman Offenbach Palm Beach Opera March 2014 Macbeth Verdi Palm Beach Opera January 2014 La Traviata Verdi Palm Beach Opera February 2013

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Concert Soprano Solo Bach BWV 105 Bloomington October 2019 Solo Recital Palm Beach, FL March 2019 Solo Recital Broadway Baptist Louisville, KY November 2018 Solo Recital Senior Recital Indiana University November 2018 Soprano Solo Brahms Requiem, V First United Methodist April 2018 Solo Recital Junior Recital Indiana University April 2018 Solo Recital Ormond Beach, FL January 2018 Soprano Solo Händel Messiah Masterworks Chorale December 2017 Solo Recital First Baptist Louisville, KY January 2017 Soprano Solo Mozart Exultate Jubilate SAOS Orchestra July 2016 (Austria) Joint Recital Three Sopranos Salzburg, Austria July 2016 Joint Recital Voice and Violin Ft. Lauderdale, FL May 2016 Soprano Solo Schubert Mass in G Masterworks Chorale April 2015 Soprano Solo Mozart Vesperae solennes Masterworks Chorale April 2015 Solo Recital Senior Recital West Palm Beach, FL April 2015

Teaching Experience Voice Teacher ANR Music Lessons Camp Class Instructor June-July 2020 (Virtual) Associate Instructor IU Bloomington, IN, USA Private and Class Instructor Fall 2019-Spring 2021 Private Studio Bloomington, IN, USA Piano and Voice Teacher Summer 2018-Current Fondation Bell’Arte: Summer Session Paris, France, EU Opera Scene Director July 2018 Urban Youth Impact West Palm Beach, FL, USA Volunteer Vocal Coach Spring 2015

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Professional Experience Soprano Soloist/Section Leader First United Methodist Church 2015-Current Soprano Chorus Ringer St. Thomas Episcopal Church December 2018, 2017 Dresser IU Opera Theater Costume Shop 2018-Current Soprano Soloist/Octet Member Royal Poinciana Chapel 2013-Current

Honors and Awards Associate Instructorship IU Jacobs School of Music 2019-2021 Barbara and David Jacobs Scholarship IU Jacobs School of Music 2015-2019 Il Circolo Scholarship Winner Italian Cultural Society, FL 2015, 2019 Honorable Mention Winner Dayton Opera Guild Competition 2018 Third Place Winner Orpheus Vocal Competition 2016 First Place Winner Indianapolis Matinee Musicale 2016 Competition First Place Winner Classical Singer Competition 2015 Semi-Finalist National Presidential Scholar 2015 Program First Place Winner Schmidt Vocal Competition 2015 Grand Prize Winner Junior Achievement: Watch a Rising 2015 Star Second Place Winner Voice of the Future, Wales, UK 2014 First Place Winner Women of Note Competition 2012

Mentors – Coaches, Conductors, Directors, Teachers Kevin Murphy Eiddwen Harrhy Elvia Pulcinelli Rafael Fusco Chuck Prestinari Eileen Downey Warren Jones Marcello Cormio Constantine Gary Thor Kitsopoulos Wedow Rani Calderon David Neely Tyson Deaton Arthur Fagen Cynthia Lawrence Candace Evans Robin Guarino Garnett Bruce Leonard Foglia Keturah Stickblatt Green Dean Anthony Vince Liotta Renata Scotto Marilyn Mims Alice Hopper Carol Vaness Heidi-Grant Susanne Marsee Robynne Murphy Rossi-Lemeni Redmon

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