Janice Chandler Eteme has long been among America’s foremost lyric sopranos, singing an astonishing range of music with the world’s top orchestras and conductors.  Called “one of the loveliest soprano voices on earth” by The Baltimore Sun and “radiant” by the Cincinnati Enquirer, the 2008 – 2009 season finds the soprano singing Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 both with the Cincinnati Symphony under Gilbert Kaplan and the Colorado Symphony under Jeffrey Kahane.  She joins the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Memphis Symphony Orchestra for Handel’s Creation, the San Diego Symphony for Brahms’ Requiem, and the Milwaukee Symphony under Andreas Delfs for Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.  In addition, she’ll be heard in Lokumbe's Dear Mrs. Parks with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Alabama Symphony, and she will join the Qingdao Symphony under the direction of Yong Yan Hu for a concert performance of Porgy and Bess at Carnegie Hall.

During the 2007 – 2008 season Ms. Chandler Eteme made her debut with the Dallas Opera as Clara in Porgy and Bess.  She also made her European Operatic debut as Bess in Porgy and Bess with Opera de Lyon under the direction of William Eddins, a role she will reprise during the 2009-2010 season for productions in Edinburgh, London and Lyon.  In addition, she joined the Orchestra of St. Luke’s for Brahms’ Requiem at Carnegie Hall, performed Missa Solemnis with the National Philharmonic, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and Handel’s Messiah with the Minnesota Orchestra.

In the 2006 – 2007 season the soprano sang Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Rome’s Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Yuri Termirkanov, the Nashville Symphony and Leonardo Slatkin and finally for her debut with the Pacific Symphony under Carl St. Clair.  She was heard in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Neeme Järvi and the New Jersey Symphony, Hans Graf and the Houston Symphony, and with Uri Segal at the Chautauqua Festival.  She participated in a concert performance of Porgy and Bess with the Choral Arts Society of Washington at the Kennedy Center, and joined the Orchestra National de la Pays de la Loire for a French tour of Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5.

Recent career highlights include Strauss’ Four Last Songs with Yuri Temirkanov and the Baltimore Symphony, Daniel Hege and the Syracuse Symphony, Stefan Sanderling and the Florida Orchestra and with Peter Oundjian at the Grand Teton Music Festival.  She sang Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with James Conlon and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and with Gabriel Levine and the Pittsburgh Symphony, Tippett’s A Child of Our Time with Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 and Mendelssohn’s Elijah both with Jahja Ling and the San Diego Symphony, and Orff’s Carmina Burana with Andreas Delfs and the Milwaukee Symphony.

A pre-eminent concert soloist, Ms. Chandler Eteme sang under the baton of Robert Shaw with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.  In addition, she has worked with such distinguished conductors as Marin Alsop, Christoph von Dohnányi, Charles Dutoit, Jo Ann Falletta, Claus Peter Flor, Neal Gittleman, Raymond Harvey, Carlos Kalmar, Yakov Kreizberg, Raymond Leppard, Christof Perick, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Alfred Savia, Robert Spano, Vladimir Spivakov, Edo de Waart and Hugh Wolff.   She has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, NHK (Japan), Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic.  In addition, she has sung at the Bard Music Festival, Grand Park Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Chautauqua Festival, Prague Autumn International Music Festival, and at the Blossom Music Festival. 

Ms. Chandler Eteme’s recordings include an inspirational solo disc entitled Devotions, DvoÍák’s Te Deum with Zdenek Macal and the New Jersey Symphony, and a forthcoming world-premiere recording of Maslanka’s Mass.   She holds a Bachelor of Arts in vocal performance from Oakwood College, a Master of Music in vocal performance from Indiana University, and has studied with Virginia Zeani, Margaret Harshaw and Todd Duncan.

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