Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw
Born (1960-07-17) July 17, 1960
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
EducationIllinois Wesleyan University
Manhattan School of Music
OccupationSoprano
Years active1984–present
Employer(s)Bard College Conservatory of Music
Tanglewood Music Center
Children2

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, David Bruce, John Adams, and Kaija Saariaho, have written for her. In 2007, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.[1] In 2006, she founded the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College Conservatory of Music in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, serving as artistic director until 2019. She serves as head of the Vocal Arts Program at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Career

In 2006, Upshaw founded the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College Conservatory in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, serving as artistic director until 2019, when she was succeeded by Stephanie Blythe.[2] She serves as head of the Vocal Arts Program at Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts.[3]

Upshaw appears on an album of Christmas music together with the male vocal ensemble Chanticleer, titled Christmas with Chanticleer featuring special guest Dawn Upshaw for Teldec Classics.[4]

She is an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University from 2020 to 2026.[5][6]

Personal life

Upshaw was born on July 17, 1960, in Nashville, Tennessee.[5] She is a mother of two.[5] In 2006, she was diagnosed with and treated for early-stage breast cancer.[7]

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[1]

2014 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist

Selected discography

References

  1. 1 2 "2007 Fellows Individual Pages – MacArthur Foundation". Macfound.org. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
  2. ↑ College, Bard (September 17, 2013). "at Bard College". bard.edu. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Dawn Upshaw". BSO. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Christmas with Chanticleer". Chanticleer. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 "Upshaw, Dawn, (born 17 July 1960), American soprano; Charles Franklin Kellogg and Grace E. Ramsey Kellogg Professor of the Arts and Humanities, and Artistic Director, Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Bard College Conservatory of Music, since 2004", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, December 1, 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U38378, ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4, retrieved July 17, 2026
  6. ↑ ""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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