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Jamet Pttman is a native of Washington, DC. She majored in Piano Performance at Oberlin Conservatory, but changed majors after she saw her first opera there. She later received a Master of Music degree (Vocal Performance, Opera Concentration) from the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at the Catholic University of America. At the tender age of 23, she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions for the Washington area (Northeast Region). One of the judges took notice and invited her to study at the Manhattan School of Music.
She performed in the American premiere of the Czech opera The Two Widows. In 1998, Jamet made her Carnegie Hall debut with a performance of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream under the direction of Sir Neville Marriner. Most recently, Ms. Pittman performed at Carnegie Hall in Bach's B-Minor Mass and Handel's Messiah with Musica Sacra. She has sung with the NY Choral Artists at Avery Fisher Hall with the NY Philharmonic under the baton of such Maestri as Loren Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, et al.
Jamet was asked to sing the role of Bess in the Porgy and Bess Suite with the Washington Army Band and Chorus at the Gershwin Centennial Birthday Celebration with the world's leading Porgy, Alvy Powell. Later, she would be part of the first American broadcast of Porgy and Bess in a "Live from Lincoln Center" telecast with New York City Opera. Additionally, Jamet performed in Baz Luhrmann's production of La Boheme on Broadway.
Jamet has performed in several musical theater productions, including Carousel and Master Class. Jamet has sung and recorded with several professional ensembles, including the Baltimore/Washington Repertory Opera, the Opera Company of Brooklyn, New York Choral Artists, Clarion Music Society, and St. Ignatius Loyola Choir.
Ms. Pittman is an original cast member of 3 Mo' Divas.
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