Famed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves will join the Juilliard School’s Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts as a distinguished visiting faculty this month.

Graves will be in residence with Juilliard for a multiweek residency every semester while also holding coaching and mentoring sessions each term. Residencies will focus on the performance of opera scenes and there will also be a group recital. Some of the residency work will take place remotely throughout the upcoming year.

“Joining the faculty of Juilliard’s Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts is, for me, a career highlight!” Graves said in a press release. “There is nowhere in the world—and certainly no place where creative and performing arts education is alive and serious—that isn’t somehow associated with Juilliard. I’m thrilled beyond words to have been invited to contribute to the training that Juilliard’s talented young performers receive to launch their careers, and I couldn’t be more excited to join the colleagues and peers already there doing this important work. I have admired and respected this amazing institution of excellence for my entire career, and it will be a joy to become a part of this leader in performing arts education.”