Jodi Burns will graduate with honors in the spring of 2007 from the Ohio State University. There she has studied with Professor Loretta Robinson. Her roles include Poppea in Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea and Diana/Giove in Diana in Cavalli's La Calisto. As Poppea, “Jodi Burns astonishes with her ability to insinuate sensuality into every note,” (The Columbus Dispatch). In scenes programs she has played Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Anna in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda (covering the role of Maria), Rose and Mme. Fiorentino from Weill's Street Scene, as well as Annie from Chicago.

Jodi participated in the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) program in Graz, Austria in the summer of 2006 where she studied with Marjorie Bennet Stephens. While in Graz, she had the privilege of working in master class with the acclaimed baritone Bo Skovhus, and was a frequent soloist on AIMS Artists in Recital Concerts. Throughout her tenure at Ohio State she performed various solos with the OSU Symphonic Choir and Women's Glee Club. Other solo work includes 2007 performances of the soprano solos Buxtehude's Cantata, Jesu Meine Freude, and a featured spot in the Mark Moffett Memorial Scholarship Concert in 2006.

Jodi received the 2007 OSU School of Music Undergraduate Outstanding Achievement Award in the Vocal Performance Area, and was the 2006 recipient of the Helen Swank Vocal Scholarship.

Jodi began study in the fall of 2007 as a fellow at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Fletcher Opera Institute. She will study with Dr. Marilyn Taylor.