Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum presents Julia Bullock as a featured soprano soloist in the Young Artist Showcase

On Sunday, Jan. 18, vocalist Julia Bullock, a seasoned soprano, graces the halls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to perform Across the Cultures, a contemporary mix of modern classics and timeless jazz, as part of the museum’s popular Sunday Concert Series and Young Artist Showcase in Calderwood Hall.

Accompanied by pianist Renate Rohlfing, Bullock will perform the music of Luciano Berio and Olivier Messiaen and selections by jazz masters, Billy Taylor and Oscar Brown paying homage to Josephine Baker.

The night begins with Olivier Messiaen’s “From Chants de terre et de ciel” continuing with a medley of Francis Poulenc’s “Métamorphoses,” followed by arrangements by Jeremy Siskind. Continuing with Xavier Montsalvatge’s “From Cinco canciones negras,” the night comes to a close with Oscar Brown, Billy Taylor, and Harry T. Burleigh.

Bullock, who was recently heralded in The New York Times as an “impressive, fast-rising soprano… poised for a significant career,” has been called a “showstopper,” by The San Francisco Chronicle and a “beauty of sound,” by Opera News.

Currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at The Juilliard School, Bullock earned her bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and her master’s degree through Bard College’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program where she was the first recipient of the Mimi Levitt Scholarship and won Bard College’s 2010 Concerto Competition. Bullock’s passion and dedication for her art has earned her numerous awards of the highest honors, including the 2012 Young Concert Artists International and the 2014 Naumburg International Vocal Competition.

Rohlfing, a highly experienced and versatile pianist, hails from Honolulu, Hawaii, where she began piano studies at the age of four. At 15, she made her orchestral debut with the New Orleans Symphony, performing Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1 while simultaneously touring Japan on a solo concert tour. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, SUNY Stony Brook, and The Juilliard School, Rohlfing is a highly sought after vocal accompanist, most recently performing with baritone Timothy McDevitt and soprano Sarah Wolfson. The New York Times hailed Rohlfing’s interpretation of various works by Webern as “graceful yet variegated.”

Often a sell-out event, the Young Artist Showcase Sunday Concert Series will take place on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 1:30 p.m., in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s Calderwood Hall, located at 25 Evans Way, Boston, Mass. Tickets are required, which may be purchased in advance or at the door, and include Museum admission. Admission is $27 for adults; $24 for seniors, $17 for students with valid IDs; and youth age 7 and under are not admitted.

Museum hours: Open daily from 11 am to 5 pm and Thursdays until 9 pm. Closed Tuesdays.