Rochelle Small: Bio
Soprano Rochelle Small’s appearances have been many and varied, ranging from invitations by the Manhattan Borough President’s Office for annual commemorations of September 11th in the Manhattan Remembers 9/11 ecumenical sunrise services at Battery Park in New York City to an open air concert with the Harlem Philharmonic Orchestra at the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial. Her solo experiences have ranged from guest appearances with the Philharmonia Oltenia of Bucharest, Romania in an evening of opera arias to a moving rendition of Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Unity in Diversity Orchestra in New York City.
Born in Wichita, Kansas, Rochelle enjoys singing in English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish, and is equally at home in operatic and recital repertoire. She is a rostered artist with Sing for Hope, Horizon Concerts, Harlem Opera Theatre, and Spiritus. Rochelle was recently honored with an Anacapa Fellowship from the prestigious Thacher School of Ojai, CA where she spent the week guiding students on a journey to explore the artist within. This spring Rochelle made her official Colorado debut and was featured in the Pikes Peak Arts Festival. Her greatest passion is sharing classical music with those who might not otherwise be exposed to it. Therefore, she also regularly performs in nursing homes, homeless shelters, hospitals, and schools. Rochelle is the two-time recipient of the highly prestigious Kansas Cultural Trust’s Promising Young Artist Award and was honored with Community Partnership Awards by Amber Charter and Adam Clayton Powell schools for her outreach work with Horizon Concerts.