Bryn Aratyr Jimenez, soprano, has appeared on stages throughout North America and Europe. She has sung leading roles in Cosi fan Tutte with the Amadeus Opernensamble, Lucia di Lammermoor and La Divina with California Opera, Suor Angelica with Opera Appassionata, The Gondoliers with the Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Romeo et Juliette with the Opera Studio at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, and was nominated for an arty award for Dido and Aeneas with Vallejo Music Theatre.  She has also been featured in concert with Golden Gate Opera, Oakland Lyric Opera, Regina Opera, New York Opera Studio, The East Bay Chamber Symphony, and The New York Chamber Players. 

Ms. Aratyr Jimenez has been the recipient of several vocal honors, including scholarships from the East Bay Opera League and Mayflower Choral Society and the Overall First Prize, Most Promising Voice award, Melodie award, Concert Group award, and Opera award at the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival, and was a semi-finalist in the Concours de l’interpretation de la musique Francaise de Montreal in Quebec.

Ms. Aratyr Jimenez holds Associates Degrees in vocal performance and teaching from the Victoria Conservatory of Music in Victoria, BC and a Bachelor of Music from the Vancouver Academy of Music in Vancouver, BC.  Since graduation, Ms. Jimenez has continued to study in San Francisco, Berlin, and New York, where she currently resides.

11/2009