About Gianna

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from

Birmingham-Southern College (1989 Magna Cum Laude)

Graduate work on scholarship at Cleveland Institute of Music

Studied piano with William DeVan at BSC

Extensive performance experience in Concert repertoire, Choral music, Broadway, and Opera

Roles include Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Gilda in Rigoletto, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, Angelica in Suor Angelica, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte, Musetta in La Boheme

Music Directing/Conducting Broadway musicals with Ovation Arts and Lyrique Music Productions   (West Side Story, Into the Woods, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie, The Sound of Music, Nunsense II, 42nd Street, Li’l Abner, The Fantasticks, The King and I, Big)

Music Director, Grace United Methodist Church

former Children’s Choir Director, First Presbyterian Church