Jenny Cochran
Jennifer Cochran received her BM and MM degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University. She has performed major roles in many opera/musicals most notably the Ohio premiers of Ligeia, and Regina, in the title roles. She has performed major roles at Cain Park, Cleveland Opera, Tri-C West, and Eldred Theater at Case Western Reserve University. As soprano soloist and cantor at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland she performed many classical, gospel and jazz works.
Jenny served as the Director and vocalist of the "Mostly Jazz Mass" at Trinity Cathedral for the past 20 years. There she was accompanied by Gateway Band, whom Jenny currently gigs with in the Cleveland area. She has performed as soloist with the University of Buffalo's Civic Symphony; at St. George's and St. Michael's Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland; St. John the Divine in New York City; and numerous churches in the Greater Cleveland area. Jennifer was a choral and drama teacher at Hathaway Brown for 18 years, and arts teacher for the Cuyahoga Board of Developmental Disabilities Adult Activity Centers for 3 years, the Director of the Perfroming Arts at Trinity High School for 11 years. Pre-pandemic, she was the director of “MusiGals” an adult women’s choir wo was entering their eleventh season! She was also the soprano member of NEOVocE (Northeastern Ohio Vocal Ensemble), an ensemble of professional Cleveland area Opera Singers. Both of these groups were entrepreneurial endeavors. Jenny was a finalist and prize winner in the Savanah “American Traditions” vocal competition in 2012. Her vocal quartet A Note of Class performed in the greater Cleveland area and was invited to perform at the White House. Jennifer's voice can be heard on the original soundtrack of the video Not a Jealous Bone which premiered on PBS nationally. She and Gateway Band are working on the creation of new EP!