Praised for her “pure-toned focus” by the Boston Musical Intelligencer, American mezzo-soprano Jamie Chelel is a versatile artist equally at home in solo, ensemble, and operatic repertoire.
Jamie performs regularly with ensembles including Nightingale Vocal Ensemble, the Mudville Madrigal Singers, Back Bay Chorale, and The Boston Cecilia, and she holds a Choral Fellowship at Old South Church in Boston. She also serves as a cantor at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (West End, Boston), and has sung with groups such as Cappella Clausura, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Boston University Opera, Kadence Ensemble, Church on the Hill, Olde Towne Carolers, and Zamir Chorale of Boston, among others.
Frequently tapped for recordings and premiere performances of new works, Jamie's recent debuts include music by Bill Cutter, Laura Nevitt, Tim Harbold, William David Cooper, and indie band The Bog Berries. In the 2024-2025 season, Jamie participated in Artist Residencies at both Berklee College of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where she collaborated with student composers and singers to read, record, and perform new vocal music.
Recent stage credits include Frederick Douglass (Odyssey Opera), Don Carlo (Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra) La damnation de Faust (BYSO), La Bohème (Boston Opera Collaborative), and Don Giovanni (NEMPAC). In 2024, she debuted the role of Otto in The Good King, a micro-opera with music by Leo Sowerby (Old South). In 2023, she was awarded a Grant for Creative Individuals by the Mass Cultural Council.
Jamie is currently pursuing graduate studies at Harvard University, and holds a degree in Vocal Performance from Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She maintains a small, private voice studio dedicated to building singers' confidence and healthy vocal technique. Outside of music, Jamie is a creative at MIT, splitting her time between designing hands-on educational experiences with the K-12 Maker Lab, and managing communications for the MIT Edgerton Center. In her free time, she enjoys ballet class, playing guitar, and listening to Taylor Swift.
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