Jennifer Olenic

1^st Prize Winner
2017 Brian Law Opera Competition

Biography prepared by Lesley Robinson from information submitted by the artist with her application for the 13^th Brian Law Opera Competition, held .

Jennifer Olenic, soprano

Soprano Jennifer Olenic, 26, was raised in Ottawa. She earned her Bachelor of Music from Kennesaw State University and her Master of Music in vocal performance at Mercer University in Georgia in the United States. Jennifer was a winner of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) student auditions within her categories. Other awards include the Mercer University Graduate Fellowship, the Gretchen Van Roy Voice Endowed Scholarship, the JoAnn Durham Endowed Arts Scholarship, The Glenn Hollingsworth Jr. Memorial Scholarship, and the R. Wayne Gibson Endowed Piano and Voice Scholarship. Jennifer’s operatic roles include Bradamante in Handel’s Alcina, Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and Ruth in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. She has also appeared as a soloist in oratorio.