ABOUT
Soprano Kyle Leigh Carney enjoys bringing life to vocal music spanning from the medieval to modern. She has appeared as a soloist with the Bethlehem Bach Choir (J.S. Bach’s Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir), Choral Arts Philadelphia (J.S. Bach’s Jesu meine freude and Christ lag in Todes Banden, Kile Smith’s Vespers, and David Carpenter’s A Love So Still), Tafelmusik Summer Baroque Institute Orchestra and Choir (Charpentier’s Messe à 8 voix), Baltimore Baroque Band (Handel’s L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato), and Baltimore Choral Arts (Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers). As an ensemble member, she has performed with The Thirteen, Bridge, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, Chantry and the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble. She has performed regularly with several church choirs of the Mid-Atlantic, including the choirs of St. Clement’s Church of Philadelphia, Grace and Saint Peter’s of Baltimore, and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. She is well-versed in Gregorian chant and served as cantor at the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori.
Kyle Leigh is a founding member of the early music ensemble Sacred Monsters, recent winners of El Paso Pro Musica’s Young Artist Development Series and the Peabody Institute’s Honors Ensemble Award. Her operatic credits include premiering the role of Traveler in Tim Witbeck’s In the Penal Colony, Belinda/First Witch (Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas), Fairy (Purcell’s Fairy Queen), and in scenes as Aldimira/Erismena (Cavalli’s L’Erismena). She has participated in summer festivals with ARTEK, Tafelmusik, Illinois Bach Academy and Amherst Early Music.
Kyle Leigh earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College as a McCabe Scholar. She is a recent graduate from the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, where she earned a Master of Music degree in Historical Performance – Voice and Voice Pedagogy. At Peabody, she was a winner of the George Castelle Memorial Award and received a graduate teaching assistantship in music theory.