Make My First CD

          Lyric Opera of Chicago Porgy and Bess Parade

With a voice that has been described as “exquisite,” “sublime,” and “pure beauty,” soprano Veronica Chapman-Smith has performed with opera companies and orchestras across the country while keeping firm roots in her hometown of Philadelphia. Now I am looking to make my first CD!I hope to have my CD completed by Christmas 2015 with your support you can get special gifts for your donations! My CD will be comprised of my favorite arias from opera and oratorio. 

For Your Donations you get a gift:
$5 donation 1 preview selection from the CD
$10 donation 2 selections
$25 donation 4 selections
$50 a free CD
$500 free CD and 30 minute concert in your home
$1,000 2 free CD and 45 minute concert in your home
$2,000 4 free CD and 45 minute concert in your home or small event

Ms. Chapman-Smith recently sang the role of Lily (Porgy and Bess) at Lyric Opera of Chicago, a role she also performed in their 2008 production. With Opera Birmingham Ms. Chapman-Smith has performed several roles including Clorinda (Cenerentola), about which Michael Huebner of The Birmingham News remarked, "The role of Clorinda was engagingly sung, Veronica Chapman-Smith milked the sister's arrogance and ineptitude for all it’s worth.” As Liu (Turandot) with Opera Birmingham, Mr. Huebner noted that Ms. Chapman-Smith “sang passionately in the tear-jerking Act 1 aria, ‘Signore, ascolta,’ her final high pianissimo notes suspended in pure beauty.”

                              Recital with Martietta Simpson

Ms. Chapman-Smith has performed a wide assortment of operatic roles, including Sandrina (La Finta Giardiniera) with Elysium Concert Opera of Philadelphia, Gianetta (The Gondoliers), First Lady (The Magic Flute), and Clara (Porgy and Bess) with Opera Delaware, Nedda (I Pagliacci) with Sycamore Opera, and The Cousin (Madama Butterfly), Solo Gospel Quartet (Coffin in Egypt), and Solo voice for a commissioned piece by Lembit Beecker titled I Have No Story to Tell with Opera Philadelphia. 

  Opera Theater of the Rockies Marriage Of Figaro

                     Opera Birmingham Cenerentola

Ms. Chapman-Smith has also been a soloist with leading orchestras and choral groups, performing with West Shore Symphony and Memphis Symphony (Home for The Holidays), Colorado Symphony (Opera of The Rocks), Charlotte Symphony (Holiday Concert), Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Ursinus College, and Orquestra Sinfonica Municipal de Caracas to name a few. In addition to her private teaching studio, Ms. Chapman-Smith is an Artist in Residence at Temple University.