Soprano
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Soli Deo Gloria: Chamber Music Ensemble, May 2024: “Give Me Jesus” American Negro Spiritual; Moses Hogan, arr. (1957 – 2003)
“Exsultate, jubilate” and “Alleluia” from Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165 by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
“Vocalise” by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
“Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen” from Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51 by J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
“Alla selva, al prato, al fonte” from Il re pastore by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
“Da Tempeste” from Giulio Cesare by G. F. Handel (1685-1759)
“Mondnacht” by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and “Er ist’s” by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
“The world feels dusty” from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
About Chandi
Chandi Millet Plummer, D.M.A.,
is based in Louisville, Kentucky where she teaches and is the coordinator for vocal studies at Boyce College. As an instructor, she regularly performs faculty recitals and teaches voice, vocal pedagogy, choral conducting, and children’s music methods, among other classes. She is an active member of The National Association of Teachers of Singing where her students have advanced to the semi-finals and finals in area competitions. At the NATS National Conference in 2024, she will present How Spirituals Influenced Both Resistance to Nazis and Civil Rights Protests as a poster presentation.
Plummer recently guest lectured and taught at the University of Kentucky and Colorado Christian University. She will present a guest lecture recital on the influence of spirituals at the Bay View Music Festival in Michigan, summer 2024.
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Dr. Plummer brings diverse musical experience to her current singing career specializing in chamber music, recitals, concert work, and oratorios. In the 2022 International Clara Schumann Competition she won second prize in the professional voice category. She annually performs the soprano solos for G. F. Handel’s Messiah. Other oratorio performances include W. A. Mozart’s Missa Brevis, B-flat Major. She is the artistic director and founding member of Soli Deo Gloria, a chamber music ensemble featuring violin, soprano, and piano. Her previous operatic scenes and roles include: Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel) with The Louisville Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Handel’s Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra), and Menotti’s The Medium (Monica) in the Killer Women of Opera concert in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Dr. Plummer received a B.M. in voice performance with an honors scholarship from The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she studied with Patricia Berlin; an M.M. in voice performance from Southern Seminary; and a D.M.A. in voice performance from the University of Kentucky where she studied with Dr. Everett McCorvey. Her dissertation is How Spirituals Influenced Both Resistance to Nazis and Civil Rights Protests: https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2024.54
Plummer’s favorite roles are off the stage, however, where she is the wife of Dr. Robert L. Plummer and the mother of three daughters. In every performance opportunity that she accepts or declines, Plummer considers carefully how it will impact the treasure of her family.
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