Gianni Schicchi (2024) phtography by Kat Moraros 

Die Fledermaus (2025) photography by Caleb Randall

Experience

Aberdeen Brickett, soprano, is a second year student getting a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance with a focus in Classical Voice. Aberdeen studies with Dr. Malinda Haslett and Scott Wheatley at the Osher School of Music at the University of Southern Maine. She made her operatic debut singing with the OperaMaine Children's Chorus in Bizet's Carmen. Other operatic credits include Wagner's The Flying Dutchman (OperaMaine), Verdi's Aida (OperaMaine), Bach's St. Matthew Passion (Portland Symphony Orchestra Choir), Puccini's La Boheme(OperaMaine), and Penhorwood's Too Many Sopranos (Osher Opera Theatre). Aberdeen recently played the role of Zita in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and Rosalinde in Strauss's Die Fledermaus with the Osher Opera Theatre at the Osher School of Music. She recently starred as Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, also with the Osher Opera Theatre. In the 2025–2026 season, Aberdeen is honored to be named an OperaMaine Emerging Artist with their outreach program, Opera for All, bringing live music education to schools across the state of Maine. 

In her first year at the University of Southern Maine, Aberdeen sang with the Osher School of Music's Bella Voce Choir under the direction of Dr. Michele Kaschub. She is currently a member of the Chamber Singers, led by Dr. Kyle Neilsen. Recently elected treasurer of the Osher School of Music’s Student American Choral Directors Association (SACDA), she is committed to bringing choral students together through community activities. Over the past years, Aberdeen earned first place in Classical Divisions IV and V of the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition and received the prestigious Ellen Chickering Award. Aberdeen was an intern with the 2025 Blue Hill Bach Festival, performing in a vocal masterclass with Gene Stenger, renowned tenor and Yale faculty member. Additionally, she sang as a member of the chorus for the festival finale performance of Bach's Magnificat. She is a recipient of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Award for 2025-2026 for her research on Matilde Salvador, a 20th century Valencian composer, during which she debuted Salvador's song cycle Cinq Cançons de Bres in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Île Saint-Louis - Paul Rey. Recently, she was awarded an additional UROP for the 2026-2027 academic year for her research on Wabanaki music education in Maine. Aberdeen was a finalist for both the Osher School of Music's Concerto Competition and the 48th Annual Honors Recital this past spring. Additionally, she was awarded the Elanor Erdman and Diane Nixon Vocal Excellence award from Bay Chamber Concerts and the first place Barbara C. Littlefield Vocal Scholarship from the Portland Rossini Club.  

Osher School of Music Gala (2025) photography by Will Wohler

Hansel and Gretel (2025) photography by Emily Hayes