Dawn Upshaw is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs; she performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary.
12 Facts About Dawn Upshaw
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Dawn Upshaw began singing while attending Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois and was the only female ever promoted to the top choir as a sophomore, according to choir director Douglas Ulreich.
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Dawn Upshaw was a winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Walter M Naumburg Competition, and was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Young Artists Development Program.
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Since her start in 1984, Upshaw has made more than 300 appearances at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Dawn Upshaw came to international fame with her performance on the million-selling recording, with David Zinman, of Symphony No 3 by Henryk Gorecki, known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.
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Dawn Upshaw has recorded albums of songs by Vernon Duke and Rodgers and Hart.
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Dawn Upshaw was a guest of President of the United States Bill Clinton and Mrs Clinton on the NBC special Christmas in Washington.
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Dawn Upshaw has often performed as a soloist at the annual Ojai Music Festival in California; most recently in 2006,2008, and 2009.
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Dawn Upshaw is a faculty member at the Tanglewood Music Center.
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Dawn Upshaw holds honorary doctorates of arts from Yale University, the Manhattan School of Music, Illinois Wesleyan University, and Allegheny College.
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Dawn Upshaw is an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University from 2020 to 2026.
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Dawn Upshaw was diagnosed with and treated for early-stage breast cancer in 2006.