Amy Nicole Broadbent is a a Washington, D.C.-based soprano who has garnered recognition as a dynamic singer, conductor, and composer.

Ms. Broadbent sings “with consummate poise, limpid clarity, and faultless intonation” (Washington Classical Review).

Her vocal repertoire spans from frequent interpretations of Bach, Handel, and other baroque champions through contemporary chamber music and art song. During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, Amy has been a featured soloist for the Washington National Cathedral’s socially-distant webcast services. Other solo performances include: Bach St. John Passion, Stravinsky Les Noces, Handel Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Bach Magnificat, Bach solo cantata Ich bin in mir vergnügt with acclaimed conductor Matthew Halls at the keyboard, Mozart Requiem, Brahms Requiem, Handel Messiah, Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Bach Christmas Oratorio, Haydn Creation, Bach Coffee Cantata, Arvo Pärt Passio, Reich Tehillim, Kyr’s Song of the Beloved (world premiere). Amy won first place in the Audrey Rooney Bach Competition, NATS local/regional levels, and the National Society of Arts and Letters’ (NSAL) Winston Voice Competition; she also was a finalist and prizewinner for the New York Oratorio Society Competition at Carnegie Hall, the Annapolis Opera Competition, the Bethlehem Bach Competition, and the Franco-American Grand Concours Vocal Competition. After winning NSAL’s competition, she used the scholarship to study in Weimar, Germany, appearing as Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. 

Amy’s compositions and arrangements have been performed at venues including the Washington National Cathedral, Basilica of the National Shrine, and the White House, and broadcast nationally on EWTN in 2018. As an ensemble musician, Amy has performed in many of the nation’s world-class and GRAMMY award-winning choral ensembles, including: The Crossing, True Concord, The Thirteen, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Berwick Chorus of the Oregon Bach Festival, and the Washington Bach Consort. She currently serves as vocalist and Assistant Conductor of the Sea Chanters, the official chorus of the U.S. Navy, with the rank of Musician 1st Class. Amy holds degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park, and will graduate in 2021 with a master’s degree in conducting, as a student of Dr. Edward Maclary.