About Dr. Usherwood

Dr. Jessica Usherwood, soprano, is an active performer and soloist. As a recitalist, Jessica has performed works including Messiaen’s Chants de terre et de ciel, William Bolcom’s Let Evening Come, André Previn’s Honey and Rue, and Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs. Jessica is the soprano of the International Chamber Artists (ICA). With ICA she has presented works such as Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Mozart’s Requiem, Britten’s Les Illuminations, Ginastera’s Cantos Del Tucumán, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and Morton Feldman’s Journey To The End Of Night. She has premiered commissioned works with chamber ensemble including Eric Malmquist’s If You Travel Far Enough (Text by Susan Lucciardi), Tim Hinck’s Terraform I: Brook, and Brian Baxter’s Ho sentito di una terra distante (Text by Marcella Mencotti). 

Jessica Usherwood holds a doctorate in voice performance and literature from the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. She earned a professional diploma in opera and master’s degree in voice performance and vocal pedagogy from the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, and a bachelor’s degree from Lee University. 

Dr. Usherwood has been teaching at the Elementary level for 2 years.  She is a board member of United Way of the Lakelands and a steering committee member of Greenwood Community Counts Consortium. Her research interests include community engagement, childhood development, and music and the trauma-informed classroom.