BARNES, Jasmine Arielle (b. 1991

Jasmine Arielle Barnes is an Emmy award winning composer and acclaimed vocalist who has performed and has had

her music performed worldwide. Her music has been described as “refreshing..,engaging...,exciting” by San Francisco Classical Voice, "Beautifully lyrical" by The Telegraph (UK), and “the best possible blend of Billie Holiday and Claude Debussy” by Boston Globe. The twice over graduate from Morgan State University is is a recent recipient of Opera America’s Discovery Opera Grant for women composers among two other grants from Opera America for her new opera “She Who Dared” premiering at Chicago Opera Theater in June 2025, commissioned by American Lyric Theater with Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, librettist. She has been commissioned by numerous organizations such as NY Philharmonic , American Composers Forum, and Juilliard Pre College, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Carnegie Hall, Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival and School, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Apollo Chamber Players, Baltimore Choral Arts, CityMusic Cleveland, LyricFest Philadelphia, among others.