CORDA VOCE

Charming, entertaining, and daringly virtuosic, Jenny Kim-Godfrey and Dr. Jonathan Godfrey form the soprano and classical guitar duo known as Corda Voce (Cor-da VO-chay - Italian for "string voice"). Since 2015 they have intertwined the influences of cabaret, classical, jazz, and popular music to create a program that has delighted and surprised audiences of all ages and musical interests throughout North America. Recent engagements include the concert series’ of Guitar Sarasota, the Sarasota Institute of Lifelong Learning, the Choral Artists of Sarasota, Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, the Venice Theatre, Ave Maria University, the Landings Learning Group Concert Series, the Gravenhurst Opera House (Ontario), Meredith College (NC), the Pinellas County Opera League, the Gulf Coast Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters, and the St. Petersburg Opera Guild, among many others. They have made several appearances on ABC-7 Sarasota’s SunCoast View and have appeared as guest artists on the Portfolio Composer Podcast.

Both graduates of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (where they met and, incidentally, fell in love!), Jenny and Jonathan individually have extensive experience collaborating with Grammy-award winning performers and performing on stages around the world from concert halls to outreach venues. Together as Corda Voce, Jenny and Jonathan have crafted a diverse and lively repertoire focusing on songs not originally written for guitar that, after some creative arrangement, make dazzling use of the instrument while showcasing Jenny’s agile coloratura technique and “nightingale tone” (Virginia Zeani). Yet whether sharing cabaret standards or reimagining mainstay musical theater numbers, the heart of Corda Voce is rooted in music that is simply meant to be fun, engaging, sometimes quirky, and always memorable. The resulting program is one that promises to take the listener on a musical journey from the sublime to the comedic - and all the way back again.

Jonathan Godfrey

DM, Indiana University

MM, Cleveland Institute of Music

BM, LaGrange College

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