Chehalem Cultural Center Spring Concert Series: Chelsea Janzen Williams & Leigh Brown (Vocal Jazz & Harp)

• Chelsea Janzen Williams, soprano
• Leigh Brown, harp

Leigh Brown and Chelsea Janzen Williams present "Hemel en Aarde – Heaven and Earth": a concert of harp and vocal music, featuring classical, jazz, and contemporary genres and a special premiere of a newly-commissioned work by the American Harp Society. (Lolati Wines will be served at this concert)

Doors open at 6:30pm, performance begins at 7pm. Concerts are approximately 60-75 minutes with an intermission.

Sliding-scale pricing for concerts is available for anyone in financial hardship. Contact jeanneann@chehalemculturalcenter.org for more information.

About Chehalem Cultural Center Spring Concert Series

https://www.chehalemculturalcenter.org/spring-concert-series

About Chelsea Janzen Williams, soprano

Chelsea Janzen Williams is a northwest-based vocalist and actor, praised for her effervescent and versatile stage presence and lovely soprano voice, having performed professionally with theatres, opera companies, and vocal groups in Washington, Oregon, and Arizona. Chelsea's operatic roles include Pamina in Die Zauberflote (Aquilon Music Festival), Gianetta in L'elisir d'amore (Opera Bend), and Adele in Die Fledermaus (Cascadia Concert Opera). In 2012 she won the NW NATS classical voice competition and sang at the national finals in Chicago. She is a graduate of Linfield University (B.A. Vocal Performance) where she received a scholarship to study with Dr. Gwen Leonard, won the Linfield Concerto Competition, and premiered Libby Larsen's Moabit Sonnets. At Arizona State University (M.M. Vocal Performance) she studied with Dr. Anne Kopta and was the soprano soloist in Mozart's Requiem and Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass. In Arizona, Chelsea's musical theatre performances were with the Scottsdale Musical Theatre Company, Hale Center Theater, and as a guest vocalist with Kristin Chenoweth and the Phoenix Symphony.

Regionally, Chelsea has worked with theatre companies including Theatre 33, Lakewood Theater, The Elsinore Theatre, Enlightened Theatrics, Oregon Contemporary Theatre. She lives in Dundee with her husband Chase, a professional chef, and black lab Lilou Noir.

About Leigh Brown, harp

Leigh Brown is a professional harpist who has performed as a soloist and in ensembles and orchestras in Oregon, Indiana, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and the World Harp Congress in Prague. Born in Indiana, she began her musical training on piano at the age of six and on harp at age eight. She continued her music education while still in high school at the world-renowned School of Music (now Jacobs School of Music) at Indiana University. As an undergraduate, she received a scholarship to study with Distinguished Professor of Harp, Susann McDonald, in the largest harp department in the world. She graduated in 2001 with a degree in harp performance and was awarded the special distinction of a Performer's Certificate. At IU Leigh performed with various orchestras, harp ensembles and chamber groups and in the ballet and opera series. During her last year of college, she won the Career Award in Music from the National Society of Arts and Letters Competition, Bloomington Chapter.

Leigh performs classical to contemporary to pop and jazz for all types of events in the Portland area. She loves wine and has her own wine brand called Lolati Wines, which is inspired by her South African family roots. She resides in Oregon wine country with her husband and two border collies.