Alissa
Ruth-Suver

Soprano // Conductor

"...gleaming..." "...spellbinding..."
"...so ethereal that the hairs on your neck will stand on end."

BIOGRAPHIES

SINGING WORK

Soprano Alissa Ruth-Suver's clarity, warmth, and flexibility have allowed her to perform a wide variety of repertoire across the United States, both as a soloist and ensemble singer.

As a choral artist, Alissa can be heard with a variety of professional ensembles around the country, including the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Skylark Ensemble, Ensemble Altera, Ensemble Iona, ensemble viii, Conspirare, The Crossing, True Concord, and Orpheus Chamber Singers. She has also appeared as a soloist with Bourbon Baroque (Louisville, KY) and American Baroque Opera Co (Dallas, TX), appearing in both opera and oratorio performances.

As a featured soloist on Skylark's album Once Upon a Time, "... soprano Alissa Ruth-Suver and Skylark give a performance so ethereal that the hairs on your neck will stand on end." Alissa's recent solo credits include Hindemith's Das Marienleben, Eccles' Semele (for which she "provided a gleaming soprano" in the roles of Ino and Cupid), Whitacre's Goodnight Moon (reviewed as "spellbinding" on Skylark Ensemble's GRAMMY®-nominated album "It's a Long Way") Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Handel's Messiah, Bach's Mass in B minor, Scarlatti's 7 Arie con Tromba Sola, and Couperin's Leçons de ténèbres. She performs regularly with early music organizations across the country in addition to her collaborations with the wind ensembles at Capital and Baylor Universities.

TEACHING and CONDUCTING WORK

Alissa is a sought-after clinician and masterclass instructor. She has led voice masterclasses at Baldwin-Wallace University, Southern Virginia University, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, and Kilgore College, and has worked in residence with choral ensembles at University of North Texas and Baylor University. She loves mentoring students who are interested in being professional singers and is especially passionate about sharing ways that contemporary music and professional choral singing can be a part of an active and varied performance career.

Alissa has a background in vocal music education, and has served as a secondary choral music educator for much of her career, first in her home state of Ohio, and most recently in Fort Worth, Texas. Since being named the "Young Teacher of the Year" in her first year of teaching, she has been a guest choral clinician at Southern Virginia University, Capital University, Phillips Exeter Academy, Indian Springs Middle School, Timberview Middle School, and Trinity Springs Middle School. She was honored to assist in the Timber Creek HS Choir's appearance at the 2023 National ACDA Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, she was on a small team of educators who created and contributed to Skylark Ensemble's Virtual Choral Education Program, creating a series of teaching modules that could be used by educators and students alike to continue to nurture a love of choral music while apart.

Alissa is currently in the process of earning her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at Baylor University. In 2024, she was selected to conduct at the Eastern ACDA Graduate Choral Conductors' Workshop (Dr. Jason Max Ferdinand, instructor) and the Yale University Norfolk Chamber Choir & Choral Conducting Workshop (Dr. Jeffrey Douma and Dr. Felicia Barber, instructors). She loves making high-level choral music and is honored to have a career in which she has a place both in the choir and on the podium. After all, "there is no such beauty as where you belong."

EDUCATION

Master of Music in Choral Conducting

Baylor University // Waco, TX

Anticipated May 2025

Bachelor of Music in Education

Capital University // Columbus, OH

May 2014

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