Penelope Jensen

American lyric soprano, native of Denver, Colorado, specializing in Baroque performance and Lieder repertoire; B.A.1963 in Music from Pomona College, where she studied both voice and piano (student of Russell Sherman), M.A.T. 1964 in Education from Harvard University; has performed with such major orchestras as The Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, [a547971], The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. In 1992 she was invited by Robert Shaw to be soloist with the [a526576] and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus in the 250th anniversary performance of George Frideric Handel's «Messiah» at Carnegie Hall in New York City. She has sung with Ars Musica, [a1729024] and the Smithsonian Chamber Players and received the Franz-Schubert-Preis for excellence in the singing of German art songs by the Franz-Schubert-Institut in Baden bei Wien, Austria. Currently voice faculty at Duke University since 1988, she lives with physician husband Eric in Chapel Hill, NC, where she maintains a private voice studio.