I have always identified as both a singer and a scientist. But I was very fortunate following a decade in scientific research to embark a full-time performing career. After only a few short years, at the height of my success, my facial nerve injury took it all away from me. I thought it was over.  Ironically, I needed to go back to the scientific mindset I had trained in for so long.  When I returned two years later, I began to amass new professional experiences, represented in an excerpt from my bio, below.  Admittedly, when I read it, I have to pinch myself since I never thought I would get this experience again. But here we are…and there’s even more to come! So stay tuned to this space for upcoming events! 

“Noted for her “rich and radiant soprano” (Edward Oriz, Sacramento Bee) has performed on national and international stages such as Opera Memphis and IVAI in Italia as well as numerous local companies such as Opera Parallèle, Festival Opera, West Edge Opera, Livermore Opera, Opera San Jose, Fremont Symphony, Peninsula Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Livermore Amador Symphony, Diablo Symphony, and the Sacramento Choral Society. 

A champion of new music, she helped spearhead the performance of eight song premieres by eight different renowned composers for an alte/neue lieder fest with LIEDER ALIVE! including Daron Hagen, David Conte,  Erling Wold, Kurt Erickson, and Henry Mollicone. In 2022 she will premiere a new song set by Tarik O’Regan as a part of the same series. Her collaborations with living composers included a recital of works by Jake Heggie, with the composer himself at the piano. She has also premiered works by philanthropist Gordon Getty with the Russian National Orchestra and San Francisco Opera, most recently in a reading of his opera Plumpjack with Lester Lynch. She frequently collaborates with her husband, composer Kurt Erickson, and has premiered many of his works such as Song of Solace, Young Sea, and the Neue lieder set Ich und Du.

Heidi has also garnered recognition in major vocal competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (NYC First Place Winner), the Liederkranz Awards, the MacAllister Awards, and the KDFC competition which resulted in a performance with pianist Lang Lang. In 2019 she was awarded the prestigious ‘Best in the Bay” award for her Richard Strauss recital featuring John Parr of Deutsch Oper Berlin at the piano.”

IN-PERFORMANCE

Listen to the June 26th, 2022 performance of Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer: https://youtu.be/QtVwu-QKB-U

CANDIDS