
Soprano Molly Grace Young is equally at home in stage, concert and recital repertoire. Based just outside Washington, DC she performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician. As a professional chorister in the resident choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, she was a featured soloist in international broadcasts through the Eternal Word Television Network in masses and concerts, including the Bach Magnificat and Cantata 63. With the Basilica choir, she sang for Pope Francis when he visited D.C. in 2015 as well as many performances in Rome, Italy at many churches throughout the city at at the Vatican Embassy.
With the Peabody Singers and Peabody Concert Orchestra, Ms. Young was the featured soprano soloist in Mozart's Requiem, Vivaldi's Gloria and Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. She has also performed as a featured soloist in the Bach in Baltimore Concert Series under the direction of Herbert Dimmock. In 2011, she performed the title role in Melissa Dunphy's Gonzales Cantata in the world premiere of the fully staged production, directed by Tim Nelson and produced by the American Opera Theatre. Other roles include Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) and Belinda (Dido and Aeneas).With the Professional Choral Institute, an initiative of the University of South Florida and Seraphic Fire, Ms. Young performed and recorded the Grammy-nominated album of Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem in 2011. Ms. Young graduated Summa Cum Laude from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and earned Master of Music degrees in Vocal Performance and Early Music Performance from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD where she studied with sopranos Phyllis Bryn-Julson and Ah Young Hong. She currently lives with her husband near Greenbelt, MD.