about

Jasmine Muhammad is a versatile vocalist, bridging the gaps between the opera house, the harmonic space of background vocals, and the intimate recitals of art songs, spirituals, and jazz standards. After three successful years as a Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist, Jasmine continues her work as a Manhattan-based freelance musician. As of the 2022-23 season she joins the Metropolitan Opera Chorus as a full-time member after joining the extra chorus roster in 2019.

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She has been featured as a soloist in several Met Opera productions: Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Porgy & Bess, La Rondine, Turandot, and most recently Ainadamar. Jasmine was also an ensemblist, and Esther cover in Lincoln Center Theater's premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon's Intimate Apparel and premiered Dana Kaufman's The Homestead, a work commissioned by Amherst College about Emily Dickinson.​ Other engagements include Kanye West's operatic presentations of Nebuchadnezzar and Mary as well as the American Opera Project's Composers & the Voice fellowship program.

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​Beyond the operatic stage, Jasmine has sung background vocals for John Legend and Sharon Jones with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On tribute at Hollywood Bowl and performed with Warren Haynes on the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration Tour for two consecutive years. Her recording credits include backing vocals for Karen O, Benjamin Booker, Kanye West, Warren Haynes, Kevin Morby, and Michael Kiwanuka.

 

Jasmine holds a master’s degree in Voice from the Manhattan School of Music and a bachelor’s in Vocal Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts.