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Linda Teixeira is an accomplished New York based soprano and passionate music educator.
She is a founding member of the QueensSound Ensemble, a trio of Queens based women who perform classical, contemporary, and original works written by living composers.
On the concert stage, Linda has performed with the West Islip Orchestra, Long Island Guitar and Mandolin Orchestra, and with Essential Voices USA at Carnegie Hall. Originally from Long Island, Linda has performed with Opera Night Long Island for more than a decade and regionally she has performed with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, Regina Opera, and Rockland Opera.
Linda was a resident artist for several years with Dicapo Opera Theater. In The Saint of Bleecker Street, The New York Times specifically noted Linda for her “important” contribution to the work as the role of Maria Corona. She traveled to Szeged, Hungary with Dicapo’s cast of Tobias Picker’s Emmeline to participate in the International Mezzo Television Competition.
She performed the role of The First Lady in the Magic Flute at Italy’s Amalfi Coast Music Festival and Fiordiligi in Così Fan Tutte with Garden State Opera.
For many years Linda has sung sacred and liturgical music, most notably, with her hometown church choir she sang at Radio City Music Hall kicking off the Christmas Spectacular. In 2017 Linda performed excerpts of Bach’s Magnificat at the Co-Cathedral of St Joseph in Brooklyn, NY, and was the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Vesperae solennes at the festival of St. Theresa in the Bronx. With the Xavier Company Linda has toured the Tri-state area in original works, “No Greater Love” and “Advent Carol” which focus on themes of faith and social justice.
After conducting a children’s choir in 2012, Linda was inspired to continue her studies in Music Education at the Aaron Copland School of Music (CUNY, Queens College). She is a NYS Certified Music Educator K-12.
“Music acts as a gateway to a child’s imagination and provides endless possibilities for creativity.” - Linda Teixeira