Jordan Lee Gilbert
Co-Creator
Jordan Gilbert, a native of New Jersey, recently graduated from the Manhattan School of Music with a degree in classical vocal performance, earning the prestigious President's Scholarship and the Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence.
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Most recently, Jordan was named a finalist in the Orpheus Vocal Competition and was awarded the Verdi Award for her performance. Jordan was also awarded first place in the Young Artist Division for Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra's National Vocal Competition, and sang with the orchestra in March 2024. Miss Gilbert was awarded Second Place in the Alexander and Buono International Vocal Competition, and was named a semi-finalist in Opera Mississippi's John Alexander National Vocal Competition. Her career highlights include her role debut as Zerlina in "Don Giovanni" at the Estates Theater in Prague this past summer, where she was also named a Prague National Theater Artist. Jordan has also showcased her talents in roles such as Drusilla in "L'Incoronazione di Poppea" at Manhattan School of Music and Barbarina in "Le Nozze di Figaro" at the Castleton Festival.
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Jordan has performed as a Soprano soloist in Bach's "Magnificat" at the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Brooklyn, and has sung in scenes portraying KateÅ™ina (Legenda o KateÅ™ina z Redernu) at the Divadlo Oskara Nedbala Tábor, Giulietta (I Capuleti e I Montecchi), Ilia (Idomeneo), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Servilia (La clemenza di Tito), and Cherubin (Cherubin). Jordan will return to the Estates Theater in July 2024 to sing the role of Susanna in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro."
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Jordan has also attended programs like Classic Lyric Arts Italy, and Classical Singing in New York. She has sung in masterclasses for Daniel Belcher, Margo Garret, Marianne Barrett, Brian Zeger, and Nicolò Sbuelz. She studies under Edith Bers.
MEGHAN THOMSON
Co-Creator
Meghan Thomson is a classically trained soprano hailing from northern Rhode Island. She received her bachelor’s degree in classical vocal performance from the Royal College of Music in London. She is also an alumnus of the Manhattan School of Music.
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Meghan has performed scenes as Ellen in Britten’s Peter Grimes, Stepmother in Alma Deutcher’s Cinderella, and Lisette in La Rondine at the Royal College of Music. In 2022, she was selected as part of a women’s chamber chorus for Gustav Holst’s The Planets at the Royal Festival Hall in London under the direction of Vasily Petrenko. Meghan has had the privilege of working with many notable conductors including Nick Cleobury and Natalie Murray Beale, and studied under Olivier-award-winning soprano Amanda Roocroft.
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As a singer, Meghan is passionate about performing music by lesser-known female composers, and exploring compositions influenced by American immigrant music and stories. A voracious reader since childhood, Meghan takes great joy in scriptwriting, and lists Grimm’s Fairytales, mythology, gothic novels, and (of course) ghost stories as her favourite inspirations. When not in the practice room, you can find Meghan listening to big band vinyls, reading at the beach, and exploring historic New England with her wonderful family.
