Music Department - Montgomery College - Rockville Campus

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Molly Donnelly

Mezzo-soprano Molly Donnelly has sung in many of the major concert halls in New York, Paris, Berlin, London, and Washington, D.C., including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Boetcher Concert Hall, The Barbican, and the Meyerhoff Hall. She has performed as a soloist with Musica Sacra, The Oratorio Society of New York, The Minnesota Orchestra, The National Symphony, The Baltimore Symphony, The Berlin Philharmonic, The Bethlehem Bach Festival, The Washington Bach Society, The Cathedral Choral Society, The Maryland Handel Festival, The Maryland Chorus, The Washington Opera, The Cincinnati Opera, The Oratorio Society of Washington, The Masterworks Chorus, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, The Denver Symphony, The Boulder Philharmonic, The Ohio Light Opera, The Washington Savoyards, and many other notable ensembles. Dr. Donnelly is a Fulbright Scholar and holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland, a Master of Music degree from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Colorado. As a scholar, Dr. Donnelly is the author of the article on the 18th century singer, Susannah Cibber, in the Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

As Tolomeo, in the premiere of the North American production of Handel's opera Tolomeo, Andrew Porter, reviewing for The New Yorker wrote: "Her voice has character--an elusive quality, God-given, not acquirable, that makes people listen. Her countenance is clear and candid, her presence lithe and honest, her expressiveness sterling."

Dr. Donnelly has been a member of the music faculty at Baldwin Music in Cincinnati, Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, and George Mason University. She has taught at Montgomery College since 1997, where she teaches voice and directs the Chamber Singers and the College Chorus. She is an active adjudicator serving the National Association of Teachers of Singing, The National Symphony Young Artists Award, The Friday Morning Music Club Awards, and MCPS choral festivals. Dr. Donnelly is the co-director of the annual National Philharmonic Chorale Summer Choral Institute held at Montgomery College and is currently acting as Assistant Director of the National Philharmonic Chorale.

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