Biography

Distinguished from others by an unrelenting passion, Sequina DuBose is a performer driven by a willingness to persevere. As a young girl growing up in Detroit, Michigan, Ms. DuBose displayed a unique talent and affinity for music at an early age. As an adult, she emerges today, a stunning performer most noted for her engaging stage presence and charming musical style.

Sequina DuBose’s repertoire displays her versatility in a variety of comic and dramatic roles. Most recently, she makes her debut as Clorinda in Rossini’s, La Cenerentola, as a Resident Young Artist with Opera Memphis. She has also performed with the Philadelphia Opera Company, and as a Festival Artist with Utah Festival Opera Company in their productions of Gershwin’s, Porgy and Bess. Other roles performed include Pamina in Mozart’s, The Magic Flute, Erisbe in Cavalli's L'Ormindo, Lauretta in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Nanetta in Verdi’s, Falstaff, and both Susanna and Countess in Mozart’s, The Marriage of Figaro.

Recognized for her talent and skill, Ms. DuBose has received 1st place in several competitions including the Richardson Awards for Voice Competition, the Virginia District NATS Competition, and the Leontyne Price Vocal Arts Competition for Emerging Artists, as well as, being named a Marian Anderson Scholar. She was also a finalist and study award recipient in the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition. On the concert stage, she has performed and traveled throughout the Czech Republic, Bermuda, Martinique, and Paris. Most notably, she has appeared as a soloist in the world premiere performance and recording of Wynton Marsalis’, All Rise, with the Morgan State University Choir, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.

Ms. DuBose currently resides in New York where she studies voice with Joan Patenaude-Yarnell, and pursues a Professional Studies Certificate in Vocal Performance at The Manhattan School of Music.