Jarrod Lee came to JSU a few weeks?Months? I can't remember now...He came to JSU awhile ago to hear some of us sing and give us some feedback. Afterwards he stayed and gave us some very sound advice. When I started my podcast, he was one of the first people that came to mind who I wanted to interview because he was someone from JSU that was currently doing the thing I want to do! What an inspiration! #MusicTalk is finally back with more content. This is the FIRST HALF of the episode.

In this episode we discussed Porgy and Bess, life decisions, rejection, supporting himself while being a performing artist, and MUCH MUCH MORE.

Jarrod Lee, bass baritone, hails from Alabama and presently resides in Maryland. He has received rave reviews from Opera News and The Washington Post. This season Jarrod made a Metropolitan Opera debut as one of the featured soloists in Porgy and Bess and a role debut as the Undertaker in the same opera with Atlanta Opera. A few roles include: Undertaker in Porgy and Bess with Washington National Opera, Angelotti in Tosca with Annapolis Opera, Le Bailli in Werther with Opera Delaware. Jarrod has also performed in community outreach works commissioned by Washington National Opera called In the Smoke of the Sting and Just out the Window by Tom Minter. Jarrod has been a finalist in the Annapolis Opera, the Harlem Opera Theater Vocal Competitions and a semifinalist in Austria’s Meistersinger. In new works, Jarrod premiered the role Levi in the Afro-Futuristic opera ballet called Cloud Nebula by Scott Patterson with Afro House Baltimore, and Joe Louis in Shadowboxer by Frank Proto with the Maryland Opera Studio. Jarrod has also participated in American Voices at the Kennedy Center, curated by Renée Fleming and Jarrod had the honor of performing for President Barack Obama as a featured soloist with the historic Metropolitan A.M.E Church. For updates: www.JarrodLee.com / Website and @Jarrodleebassbaritone / Facebook.