Lacey Jo
Instruments: Voice, Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Beginner Drums
Genres: Voice – all, Guitar/Uke – pop/rock/jazz, Drums – pop/rock/jazz
University: Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. Master of Music degree in Opera Performance and an Artist Diploma of Opera Studies from The Juilliard School.
Fun Fact: I’m a wiz in the kitchen! I love trying new recipes and cooking for family and friends.
Bio:
Lacey Jo teaches voice from beginning to advanced levels, guitar from beginning to intermediate levels, and drums from beginning to intermediate levels. Throughout her career she has had the opportunity to study with some of the finest teachers and coaches in the operatic field and while maintaining a firm grip on her own pop techniques. She has continued studying and practicing guitar writing her own compositions and playing for herself and peers throughout her operatic career and she has recently begun working in a singer-songwriting duo here in LA. Drums were Lacey Jo’s first love having played the traditional drum kit, orchestral percussion and marching percussion throughout her youth. She has maintained her passion for rhythm throughout the years often being praised by conductors for her attention to rhythmic detail and inner pulse.
In her performance career as an opera singer she has been lauded by the New York Times as having a “rich, warm tone”; while bringing a “broad emotional palette” to the stage. Native to Cedar Rapids, Iowa she recently completed her young artist residency at LA Opera where she debuted in Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles, sang Clotilde in Norma, Kate Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly and the Alto Solo in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle under the baton of Plácido Domingo. She appeared with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, returning for Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland, which she reprised with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. She also appeared with the LA Phil under the baton of John Adams in their production of Adams’ own Nixon in China. While most of her roles to date have been as a mezzo soprano, Lacey Jo is excited by the development of her instrument toward the soprano repertoire of Verdi and Wagner.