Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano, is celebrated for her remarkable versatility, electric stage presence, and exceptional dramatic instincts. Known for her fearless exploration of bold and challenging repertoire, she expands the expressive possibilities of the voice across over 100 languages and a wide spectrum of musical genres, including classical, contemporary, world music, cabaret, and theatrical works.
A passionate advocate for new music, Du Mouchelle has premiered nearly 100 works for voice, collaborating with leading composers such as Anthony Davis, Roger Reynolds, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Christian Wolff. Recent highlights include her portrayal of Venus in Tiffany Skidmore’s The Golden Ass with Slee Sinfonietta, the dual roles of Madame and the Voice of Goddess Khan Yin in Su Lian Tan’s Lotus Lives with Meridian Ensemble, and her ninth return to the internationally renowned June in Buffalo festival. She is also featured on New Focus Recordings’ release of Songs and Dances by Yvar Mikhashoff.
Together with her husband, percussionist Stephen Solook, Du Mouchelle forms the duo Aurora Borealis. They have commissioned and premiered more works for the combination than any other duo, with their next album set for release by New Focus in 2026.
Her current artistic work is grounded in extended vocal performance, creative empowerment, and environmental awareness. Tending Ostreidae: Serenades for Settling is an immersive, multimedia collaboration with Stephanie Rothenberg and Suzanne Thorpe, in which Du Mouchelle pioneers innovative underwater vocalization techniques. These methods reflect the unique acoustic and physiological conditions of submerged sound and highlight the ecological significance of aquatic environments.
She also leads Un-silenced, a solo voice commissioning project exploring sound, silence, and personal agency through themes of invisibility, institutional suppression, and healing. The 2025-26 season features premiers of works by Hesam Abedini, Marcelo Lazcano, Tiffany Skidmore, and Yiheng Yvonne Wu. Extending into pedagogy, The Emboldened Voice Project draws from her performance practice to develop methods for releasing vocal repression and fostering expressive freedom in the voice studio.
Du Mouchelle is Assistant Professor of Music at the University at Buffalo (New York) where she has directed the vocal performance program since 2015. She has designed pioneering courses in extended vocal techniques, performance embodiment, and vocal empowerment for singers and instrumentalists alike.