Stephanie Foley

Stephanie Foley is a mezzo-soprano (a female voice type with a warm, mid-range register) scheduled to appear as vocal soloist with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra. The concerts pair Mozart's Requiem with two contemporary orchestral works, Caroline Shaw's Entr'acte and Anna Clyne's Sound and Fury.

Listeners will hear Foley's voice as one of four soloists in Mozart's Requiem, a choral-orchestral work completed after the composer's death in 1791. The mezzo-soprano part sits in the middle of the vocal texture, often moving in close harmony with the soprano, tenor, and bass soloists in sections like the "Recordare" and "Benedictus," where the four voices weave overlapping lines over a steady orchestral pulse. Expect a blend rather than a spotlight, as the Requiem's soloist writing favors ensemble balance over individual display. The evening opens with Caroline Shaw's Entr'acte, a short string work built from shifting, quietly unsettled harmonies, and Anna Clyne's Sound and Fury, a piece that alternates turbulent orchestral outbursts with more still, reflective passages.