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Dr. Ísis Jarnicki de Carvalho, voice
Ísis Jarnicki de Carvalho is a Brazilian spinto soprano and Assistant Professor of Voice at Ithaca College. Dr. Carvalho enjoys curating collaborative recitals in diverse styles, genres, languages, and cultural traditions. A sought-after instructor of Brazilian Portuguese diction and art song repertoire, Dr. Carvalho also provides coaching sessions for vocal ensembles and one-on-one lessons for voice professionals and students on demand.
Dr. Carvalho is committed to championing the performance of works by women composers from the 19th to the 21st centuries and promoting free or low-cost accessible attendance experiences for audiences with disabilities.
Dr. Carvalho's research and performance interests have earned her features as a guest artist, clinician, and consultant across the US and Brazil. Recent engagements include the 2025 CollabFest Performer Showcase, hosted by the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society (IKCAS), and a guest artist feature at Women's History Through Storytelling: An Interdisciplinary Event during a residency at the University of Tennessee Southern in March 2025. Dr. Carvalho has also been featured as soprano soloist in Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection") by Gustav Mahler and in Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos during her tenure as Visiting Instructor of Voice at Concordia College in 2022-23.
On the operatic stage, Dr. Carvalho has performed in Glory Denied (Old Alyce), Albert Herring (Lady Billows), Hänsel and Gretel (The Mother), The Magic Flute (2nd Lady), and Orpheus in the Underworld (Public Opinion), and her own original staged production of Chant d'Amour de la Dame à la Licorne, a chamber opera for soprano, cello, and piano by Romanian composer Liana Alexandra (1947-2011). Brazilian performances include Maria Tudor, Suor Angelica (The Nursing Sister), L'occasione fà il ladro (Ernestina), Master Peter's Puppet Show (El Trujamán), Trial by Jury (The Plaintiff), and The Mikado (Katisha and Pitti-Sing).
Dr. Carvalho's upcoming engagements include two performances with music by women composers from Brazil, Europe, and the United States at the 2026 International Annual Music by Women Festival, hosted by the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS, and a soprano soloist feature alongside the Ithaca College Treble Choir in April 2026.
Dr. Carvalho holds BM degrees in Voice and Piano Performance and a Graduate Certificate in Chamber Music Performance from the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná (Curitiba, Brazil), and MM and DA degrees in Voice Performance from Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN) and Ball State University (Muncie, IN).