Morgan James

MORGAN JAMES is a classically trained vocalist, Broadway veteran and recording artist.

Morgan recently paid tribute to Judy Garland for her centennial, where performed “Get Happy” with Sinfonia Gulf Coast and Nashville Symphony.

Ms. James is a frequent symphony pops soloist, and recently she has performed her brand new show “Symphonic Soul: The Magic of the Memphis Sound” with the Virginia Symphony, Wheeling Symphony orchestra and Sinfonia Gulf Coast. Other appearances include the Cleveland Pops, Houston Pops, Sun Valley Music Festival, American Pops Orchestra, Spokane, Detroit, Harrisburg, San Diego, Utah, Youngstown, Fort Meyers, Missouri, Ocean City Pops, Greensboro, Charlotte, Allentown, East Lansing, Atlanta, Long Bay Symphony (and many more).

A Leonard Bernstein aficionado, Ms. James has appeared with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic, Breckinridge Music Festival, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Colorado Symphony and Wichita Symphony performing her solo Bernstein show, conducted by Teddy Abrams. Morgan was featured with the Philadelphia Orchestra in “West Side Story” in concert, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. She appeared with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in an all Bernstein program, led by Brett Mitchell. Morgan has had the honor of being in the Bernstein MASS four times: most recently with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Music festival, conducted by Marin Alsop; with the Louisville Orchestra (conducted by Teddy Abrams), the Philadelphia Orchestra (conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), as well as with Baltimore Symphony at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, (also conducted by Marin Alsop).

On Broadway, Morgan has appeared in five Original Broadway Casts: Motown: The Musical, Godspell, Wonderland, The Addams Family and Kristin Chenoweth’s For The Girls. She routinely tours Europe and the US with her own soul band, and she also toured Europe, Australia and the U.S. with Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, and is featured in ten of their videos. Her videos on YouTube have garnered 285 million views (and counting).

As a recording artist, Ms. James just released her fifth studio album of original soul music entitled “Nobody’s Fool”. In addition to “Memphis Magnetic”, “A Very Magnetic Christmas”, “Reckless Abandon", her debut studio album entitled "Hunter", and a live album dedicated to the music of Nina Simone (both on Epic Records), she has also recorded several full album covers, including the Beatles “White Album” and Joni Mitchell’s “Blue”, all available for purchase and streaming.

Morgan received her voice training at The Juilliard School. For more information, please visit her website: www.morganjamesonline.com.

Instagram: @morganajames