top of page

Short Bio:

Canadian soprano Rose Hegele (she/her) explores the extremes of human vocal and artistic expression in 20th and 21st century music. Active across genres including avant garde music, contemporary opera and chamber music, Rose creates healing spaces for audiences to embrace their complexity and humanity. She has performed at venues including Boston's Symphony Hall, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and Carnegie Hall. Recent highlights include performing as “Gloria (Double)” in Tod Machover’s opera VALIS at MIT in September 2023, premiering William Thomas McKinley's "The Recycler '' with the Lugano Percussion Ensemble on their 2023 US tour, performing Arnold Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" with Lowell Chamber Orchestra in October 2022, and performing a split bill recital with pianist Sarah Cahill at the Center for New Music (San Francisco, CA) in July 2022. Dedicated to education through artistry, Rose has presented masterclasses at Brown University, Roger Williams University, Frost School of Music, Berklee College of Music, Clark University, Wildflower Composers Festival, and Boston Singers Resource. A collaborative tour de force, Ms. Hegele is committed to working with others in diverse musical environments. She is a founding member of Der Gestanke Pierrot Ensemble, Peridot Duo, and Into the Light Ensemble, and sings with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble and Vox Futura.
​

Long Bio:

Canadian soprano Rose Hegele (she/her) specializes in exploring the boundaries of human vocal expression through 20th and 21st century music. Her practice encompasses avant-garde music, contemporary opera, and chamber music, creating immersive spaces where audiences can embrace their full humanity. As noted in I Care If You Listen, "Throughout her program, Hegele [brings] her audience along on a musical journey – and we believe her... Hegele's vocal intensity and musical interpretations convince her listeners of the message, even if the music is challenging; she makes easy work of difficult music, allowing these pieces to truly be understood" (Tracy Monaghan, 2022).

 

Recent performance highlights include Pierre Boulez's "Le Marteau sans maître" at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art (January 2025), the world premiere of "Five Ways to Die" with Experiments in Opera (June 2024), a collaborative recital with pianist Keith Kirchoff at the Alba Music Festival (June 2024), the soprano solo in Morton Feldman's "Rothko Chapel" at Boston's Symphony Hall (April 2024), the role of "Gloria" (Double) in Tod Machover's opera VALIS at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (September 2023), and premiering William Thomas McKinley's "The Recycler" (2015) with Lugano Percussion Ensemble (February 2023).

​

As an educator, Rose has presented masterclasses at institutions including Brown University, Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Roger Williams University, Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, University of Texas in Austin, Clark University, Wildflower Composers Festival, and Boston Singers Resource. A collaborative tour de force, Hegele has performed with multiple ensembles under the guidance of Vimbayi Kaziboni, Andris Nelsons, Samy Rachid, Kelly Corcoran, Jeff Means, and Bruce Hangen. She is a founding member of Peridot Duo and Der Gestanke Pierrot Ensemble, and performs regularly with Sound Icon and Nightingale Vocal Ensemble. Her collaborative work extends to performances with Ludovico Ensemble, Guerilla Opera, Carduus, and Vox Futura.

​

Rose holds a Master's in Contemporary Classical Music Performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and a Bachelor's of Music in Vocal Performance and Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music. She has furthered her education at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the Cortona Sessions for New Music, the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, the soundSCAPE Composition and Performance Exchange, and a fellowship at bespoken. Her significant voice teachers and mentors include Jullin O'Scheaur, Donna Sherman, Jennifer Tung, Katherine Ciesinski, Tony Arnold, Kathryn Wright and Eunbi Kim.

Want more info? Subscribe to my mailing list!

©2019 by Rose Hegele.

​

Photo credits to Taylor Rossi, Brandon Vick, Tina Tallon, Haley Urbanowski, Adam Noya Photography, Tyler Shore, Tod Machover, and Ball Square Films.

bottom of page