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Jacqueline Porter - Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

Jacqueline Porter



Jacqueline made her debut with Melbourne Chamber Orchestra in July 2007 when she performed to acclaim the premiere of Calvin Bowman's song cycle of time and seasons. In 2008 she returned to perform with the orchestra in its final concert at BMW Edge, presenting Britten's "Les Illuminations".

Jacqueline holds an Honours degree in Music Performance and a Bachelor of Arts (Italian) from the University of Melbourne. The winner of the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir 2008 Singer of the Year competition and 2007 Australian Youth Aria, Jacqueline appears regularly as a soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and Melbourne Chorale.

She has been broadcast on ABC Classic FM and appeared on Channel Nine’s Carols by Candlelight.

A Developing Artist with Victorian Opera in 2006 and 2007, Jacqueline made her operatic debut as L’Amour in Gluck’s Orpheé et Eurydice. Other roles for VO include Despina in (Così fan tutti), Drusilla, Virtù and Pallade (L’incoronazione di Poppea) and Gianetta (Cover- The Elixir of Love). Jacqueline’s 2008 engagements include Mozart’s Requiem and Enescu’s Vox Maris for the MSO.

In 2009 she will perform Saskia and Hendrickje Stoffels in VO’s world premiere of Rembrandt’s Wife.