Samantha Sosa is a Venezuelan soprano studying for her Master of Music at the Manhattan School of Music and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music where she was granted the Ornest Award presented to students who show excellence in academic and musical study. She moved from Caracas, Venezuela to Florida, United States in 2009 and learned English. She attended the Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, Florida where she was a part of the Spanish Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and an Arts Ambassador. She graduated with a Gold Seal of Biliteracy Award and a Fine & Performing Arts Endorsement. Sosa moved to Rochester, New York and received her Bachelor of Music Degree from the Eastman School of Music where she studied with Katherine Ciesinski. A major focus of Sosa's undergraduate studies was early music. She sang with Eastman's Collegium Musicum Ensemble for three years under the direction of world renowned lutenist, Paul O'Dette. She is now living in New York City and is pursuing her Master of Music degree at the Manhattan School of Music under Ruth Golden. 

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This summer, Sosa is a Young Artist at the Glimmerglass Festival where she will be performing Lucy in The House on Mango Street ​and in the ensemble of Tosca. Notable performances include the role of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with Vienna Summer Music Festival. She portrayed Little Red Ridinghood in Into the Woods with the Eastman Opera Theatre. Her first role with the Eastman Opera Theatre was as Littler Daughter in Proving Up by Missy Mazzoli. She also covered the title role in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas as well as the title role in Handel’s Alcina with the Eastman Opera. This season, she is a capulet dancer in Roméo et Juliette by Gounod and is premiering the role of Aparecida in the opera Macabéa by Suzanne Farrin. Samantha has also premiered new works by Peruvian composer Mark Contreras Waiss. In regards to musical theater, she has performed the roles of Little Red Ridinghood, Rapunzel, and covered Cinderella in Into the Woods, as well as Maria in West Side Story.

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Sosa was also a young artist in the Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center where she sang in a masterclass for Patti LuPone and performed with her. She attended musical theater and acting training programs in New York City and in Los Angeles such as Open Jar Institute and Cynthia Bain's Young Actor Studio.

 

Samantha has won the Encouragement Award at the Pittsburgh District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in both the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons. She has also competed at the Musical International Grand Prix in New York City, winning 2nd and 3rd place in the classical and musical theater categories, and at the Classical Singer Vocal Competition in Chicago, where she was a finalist in both the classical and musical theater categories.

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In concert, Ms. Sosa has performed as a soprano soloist the Mozart's C Minor Mass in Kodak Hall conducted by Dr. Anna Lenti and Beethoven's Mass in C in Kodak Hall conducted by Dr. William Weinert. With Eastman's Bach Cantata Series she performed Bach's Magnificat in D Major and Bach Cantata: BWV 79. She also performed Rutter's Magnificat with Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua, NY. With Eastman's Collegium Musicum she sang The Plaint and The Night in Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen as well Luigi Rossi's Noi siam tre donzellette with Dr. Anna Lenti and Alissa Magee in Kodak Hall.

 

Her debut album, "A Sosa-Miller Holiday" (christmas and holiday music in collaboration with American clarinetist Michael Miller) was released in winter of 2021. As an actor, she portrayed Mariette in the film The Saints of the Rue Scribe, which won 29 various Film Festival Awards. 

 

Offstage, Samantha founded the Latine Student Alliance, an identity-based student organization for Latinx and Hispanic students at Manhattan School of Music, and is also the Voice Representative for the Classical Voice students at Manhattan School of Music. In her free time, Samantha enjoys exercising, reading, and spending time with family, friends, and her cat!