Tiffany Jackson (soprano)

{{short description|American operatic soprano}}

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Tiffany Renée Jackson (born 1971)Tiffany Renee Jackson in the U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019 is an American jazz and operatic soprano. She created the role of Alma March in the world première of Mark Adamo's opera Little Women. She was born in Philadelphia and studied at the University of Michigan (Bachelor of Music), Yale University School of Music (Artist Diploma and Master of Music), and the Manhattan School of Music (Professional Studies Certificate). Jackson earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Connecticut{{cite news |last1=Slattery |first1=Brian |title=Tiffany Jackson Raises the Church Roof |url=http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/hood_to_ivy_league/ |accessdate=4 November 2019 |publisher=New Haven Independent |date=October 7, 2019}} School of Fine Arts.Doherty, Donna (25 July 2010). [http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20100725/soprano-tiffany-jackson-is-pumped-about-her-lifes-latest-chapter-video "Soprano Tiffany Jackson is pumped about her life's latest chapter"]. New Haven RegisterOpera America. [http://www.operaamerica.org/applications/nawd/newworks/details.aspx?id=13 North American Works Directory: Little Women].

Jackson created an autobiographical one-woman show, From the Hood to the Ivy League, which debuted in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Doherty |first=Donna |date=2019-09-28 |title=New Haven success story Jackson readies Oct. 6 concert at church |url=https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/New-Haven-success-story-Jackson-readies-Oct-6-14472279.php |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=New Haven Register |language=en-US}}

In it, Jackson discusses her experience growing up in the African-American ghetto, singing operatic music styles as an African American and eurocentrism in music, her experience with teaching and bodybuilding, and racism in America.{{Cite web |last=Gellman |first=Lucy |date=2019-09-16 |title=The Diva Is In |url=https://www.newhavenarts.org/arts-paper/articles/the-diva-is-in |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=www.newhavenarts.org |language=en}}

Jackson joined Western Carolina University in 2021 as an Assistant Professor of Music.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Tiffany Renée Jackson |url=https://www.wcu.edu/faculty/tjackson.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308140325/https://www.wcu.edu/faculty/tjackson.aspx |archive-date=2022-03-08 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=Western Carolina University |language=en}} She directs the university's small commercial voice ensemble, the Catamount Singers.

Jackson appeared on "America's Got Talent".