Xiaojie Ji

tenor

Fellow

2023

Age

Birthplace

Meizhou, Guangdong, China

School

Michigan State University

Compeers

Ginger Beebe and Harriet Mosson

Scholarship Donor

Ceil and Michael Pulitzer Scholarship in Voice

Xiaojie is earning a DMA at Michigan State University where he studies with Richard Fracker and serves as a teaching assistant. While at University, he has performed the role of Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff. Previous performances with Manhattan School of Music include Basilio in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Mercury in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld. He was a Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Michigan district encouragement winner in 2022, and Washington district encouragement winner in 2021.