Molly is sponsored by Lee & Barbara Jacobi.
Canadian American soprano Molly Netter enlivens complex and beautiful music, both old and new. Noted for her “natural warmth” (LA Times) and “clear, beautiful tone” (NY Times), Molly’s voice can be heard on six GRAMMY-nominated albums.
Highly sought after as a soloist, recent season engagements include solo debuts with the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Julia Wolfe’s “Steel Hammer” at Carnegie Hall, the premiere of Katherine Balch’s Illuminate with the California Symphony, Reena Esmail’s “the History of Red” with the Albany Symphony, as well as solo appearances with both the Fort Worth and Johnstown Symphonies for Handel’s Messiah. Recent recording releases include David Lang’s “little match girl passion” for solo quartet on Cantaloupe music, gallant music from “the New Spain” recorded in Madrid with Camerata Antonio Soler on Orchid Classics, a video concert of 16th century song with Voices of Music in Berkeley, CA, and Handel’s Israel in Egypt with Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra, which was nominated for a GRAMMY in 2025.
Netter has also been presented as soloist by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Early Music Festival, New World Symphony, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Bang-on-a-Can All Stars, and on tour in Japan, Singapore and Burma under Masaaki Suzuki.
Molly holds a BM in composition and contemporary voice from Oberlin Conservatory and an MM in early music voice from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. She currently teaches on the voice faculty with James Taylor and Dame Emma Kirkby at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute.
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