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Britt Hewitt is an NYC-based pop/alternative singer/songwriter and classical vocalist currently in her final semester of her undergraduate degree at The Juilliard School.
Britt grew up in the arts schools of Jacksonville, Florida. She has been singing and writing music for as long as she can remember, and she started to teach herself to play piano by ear at the age of 5. Britt began taking voice lessons and performing for public audiences when she was just 8 years old. By the time she was 12, she had recorded her first demo album, sung on local television, and toured in Greece as a soloist with her school choir. At 15, Britt’s family relocated to Dallas, Texas, where she graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. While there, she studied opera, choral music, and jazz, and she appeared in school productions ranging from Hair: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical under the direction of the Dallas Theater Center's Kevin Moriarty, to Mozart’s The Magic Flute. She was among the school’s Jazz Singers, with whom she attained finalist status at The Monterey Jazz Festival in 2016. During her time in high school, she interned at The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, studied at The Recording Academy’s Grammy Camp Nashville, and became a contestant of the blind auditions for season 10 of The Voice (for which she never performed, as the teams filled up while she quite literally waited in the wings).
In 2016, Britt was accepted to The Juilliard School and began pursuing her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Arts under the tutelage of the late Sanford Sylvan. William Burden became her teacher in 2019. At Juilliard, Britt has played Mistress Quickly in the spring 2018 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, Miles in the school’s fall 2018 production of Turn of the Screw, and Spirit in their spring 2019 production of Dido and Aeneas. The latter toured in the U.S. and Europe, including the historic Chateau de Versailles. She has performed in two Focus Festival performances curated by Dr. Joel Sachs. Her repertoire as a classical performer continues to lean towards newer works that push musical boundaries. She sang the role of Dawn in Experiments in Opera's first workshop of Everything for Dawn: Part I. She worked with The American Opera Project for their public libretto reading of Eat the Document. Britt recently presented her graduation recital, the repertoire for which consisted only of women composers from the 20th century and forward.
Britt is a member of The New York Songwriters Circle and has performed her original work at The Bitter End and Rockwood Music Hall. She is a My NYC Song Contest 2018 finalist for her song “Left Behind.”
Britt's original work will appear in the short play I Will Never Lie to You in Juilliard's Beyond The Machine. In April, she will appear in the chorus of La Bohème. She will officially graduate from The Juilliard School in May with her Bachelor of Music.
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