American soprano Mimmi Fulmer performs repertoire ranging from early music to premieres of works written for her. She was praised by the Washington Post for her “really beautiful soprano” and by Gramophone for her “warm and natural interpretations”. Her most recent CD, “American Vistas”, with flutist Leone Buyse , released on Albany Records in 2009, was called “superb” by American Record Guide, concluding “Anyone who enjoys great American music should find this”.

Ms. Fulmer has been a featured soloist at festivals around the nation, including Aspen and Bang on a Can, and in concerts at the Kennedy Center, CAMI Hall, the Walker Art Center, and with the Seattle Flute Society, as well as at the Bath Fringe Festival and in Kyoto, Japan. Her opera roles include Cherubino, Galatea, Poppea, The Woman in “Erwartung”, and Schubert's Helena. She is active in recital and oratorio as well, with recent engagements taking her to San Diego, Richmond, New Jersey, Chicago, Costa Rica, Miami, Pittsburgh, Massachusetts, and Muncie.

Recent performances include being guest artist at a three-day international conference at Princeton University on Edward Cone's “Musical Form and Musical Performance”, appearing as soprano soloist in the St. Matthew Passion with the Madison Bach Musicians, and giving a recital and master class at UW-Green Bay.

Noted for her performances of new music, she has premiered dozens of works written for her, including nine roles in eight operas (“Mimmi Fulmer cooed delightfully as the Maid and shrieked suitably as the Shrill Woman”-- New York Times). Her solo CD, “About Time”, was called “a gratifying testimony to …composers in America” by Opera News online and “a spectacular show” by American Record Guide. In 2005, she premiered a one-woman multi-media opera written for her at the University of Michigan. She is featured on a CD of music by New York composer Joseph Dubiel released in 2005 on the Centaur label. She can also be heard on the CRI label in music of Edward Cone and the Innova label in works of Hans Sturm.

Early music has been a significant part of her career, and she performs regularly with fortepianist Trevor Stephenson , the Madison Bach Musicians, and the Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble. “Fulmer…deftly created the illusion of speaking to you alone…The warmth and purity of her lyric soprano sounds…enhanced the illusion of intimacy” --the Milwaukee Journal.

Ms. Fulmer is the recipient of grants from the American-Scandinavian Foundation and the Finlandia Foundation to pursue work in Nordic art songs, and spent part of summer, 2009, in Helsinki and Stockholm doing research. She will present a lecture-recital on Nordic songs at the National College Music Society Conference in Portland in October, 2009, and a lecture-recital on Finnish songs at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle in 2010.

Ms. Fulmer is Professor of Voice and Associate Director of Opera at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where her work has been distinguished with both the Vilas Associate and Chancellor's Awards. Her students are enjoying success around the world with companies including New York City Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Washington National Opera, El Paso Opera, Opera Tampa, and Opera Australia. They have held fellowships at Tanglewood and Merola, sung on cruise ships, and are pursuing careers as educators at the school and university levels. Alum Nathaniel Stampley is starring as Mufasa on Broadway in “The Lion King”, following the national tour of “Ragtime” and the Broadway premiere of “The Color Purple”. Ms. Fulmer has presented numerous master classes, including at Ball State University, University of California-Riverside, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and with the Currents Ensemble to rural Virginia schools.