COMPOSER | resident artist
JASMINE ARIELLE BARNES
Emmy award winning composer, Jasmine Arielle Barnes, is a Baltimore native and Dallas based artist. Her music has been described as “refreshing..,engaging...,exciting” by San Francisco Classical Voice, "Beautifully lyrical" by The Telegraph (UK), and “the best possible blend of Billie Holiday and Claude Debussy” by Boston Globe. Barnes is managed by UIA talent, a resident artist for Opera Theater of Saint Louis (2023/24), American Lyric Theater (2021-23) , Chautauqua Opera (2021), and All Classical Portland (2021). She has been commissioned by NY Philharmonic and Juilliard Pre College, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, The Washington National Opera and The Kennedy Center, Aspen Music Festival and School, Apollo Chamber Players, Baltimore Choral Arts, CityMusic Cleveland, LyricFest Philadelphia, among others.
In demand composer Barnes’ recent art song, “Peace”, written for Lawrence Brownlee on the album, Rising, has since been named a BMI favorite. She has also composed pieces for Will Liverman, Russell Thomas, Karen Slack, Leah Hawkins, and a host of other world class artists. She received a 2023 Capital Emmy Award for the PBS documentary, “Dreamer,” about her choral/orchestral song cycle, “Portraits: Douglass and Tubman”, and career and relationship with Baltimore Choral Arts. Barnes had a robust schedule in 2023 with premieres at Carnegie Hall, LA Opera, and Chicago Symphony. Future premieres of her work include the opera, On My Mind, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis and NY Philharmonic, who is partnering with Juilliard and American Composers Forum, an orchestral workshop of her opera She Who Dared, as well as many more exciting performances in 2024.
Upcoming Performances
“Songs for the People” a baroque oratorio. Poem by Frances Ellen-Watkins Harper
February 13, 2024: The Bach Choir of Bethlehem (World Premiere)
April 15, 2024: Westmoreland UCC
May 11, 2024: Handel Choir of Baltimore
“Revise?” A song for Poet, Choir, and String Quartet. Poetry by Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
February 16, 2024: Apollo Chamber Players, members of the Opera Ebony Guild, and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton (World Premiere)
On My Mind (Chamber Opera), Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, librettist
March 14-16, 2024: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (World Premiere)
“The Boroughs” (Brass quintet)
May 2024: The Juilliard School and New York Philharmonic