Vanessa Tompkins is establishing herself as a soprano soloist, lead actress, and music teacher. To highlight this versatility, Vanessa has appeared as the soprano soloist for FOX 13's Christmas special, the premiere of select works by Hollywood film composer Patrick Cassidy, sung duets to an audience over 1,000 with Broadways's Franc D'Ambrosio, "The Iron Man of the Mask", appeared as a lead actress in commercials and webseries with litewave media and Gabriel's Messengers Films-- all while her students place in national and local competitions and debut as leading ladies in musical theatre productions.

Additionally, Vanessa has appeared as a soprano soloist with members of the Naples Philharmonic, the Pinellas County Symphony Orchestra, the Hurricane Quartet, and the Dillingham Quartet. Her operatic and musical theatre credits include Pamina (The Magic Flute) with Opera For Earth, Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro) with New Century Opera, Yum-Yum (The Mikado) with the Gilbert & Sullivan Players, and Kate (Kiss Me Kate) with the Gilbert & Sullivan Players. Vanessa's stage credits include Lorraine Sheldon in The Man Who Came To Dinner, Rosalind in Shakespeare's As You Like It, and Beatrice in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing with Shakespeare in Performance. Just recently, she was featured as the soprano soloist for Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with the Hurricane Quartet. In addition, Vanessa has also appeared as the soprano soloist for several missa brevi by Hadyn, Mozart, and Faure with members of the Naples Philharmonic. She has completed a full season with the Opera Tampa Singers and Opera Tampa. Vanessa attained her Bachelor of Arts in Music from Ave Maria University. She serves as a weekly cantor for Christ the King church and enjoys performing as a free lance soprano soloist for galas, weddings, funerals, private and business events and gratefully looks forward to continuing her artistic journey with friends and family like you. 

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