Dr. Francisca Maxwell

Soprano Francisca Maxwell studied at the Royal Conservatorium in Brussels, department of the Erasmus Hogeschool, where she obtained a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in Vocal Arts and a certificate in Vocal Pedagogy. In 1997, she was granted a Fulbright Scholarship and continued her education at the University of Texas at Austin where she graduated with a DMA in Voice Performance in 2002. A Belgian native, Francisca worked as a free-lance singer in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. She was staged in many operas and operettas, with lead roles in L’Incorronazione di Poppea, Dido and Aeneas, Rinaldo, Alcina, Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Fledermaus, Eine Nacht in Venedig and Paganini. She equally portrays herself in oratorio, recitals and chamber music. Francisca immigrated to Atlanta in 2009 and held a position as artist affiliate at Agnes Scott College before joining the faculty at Clayton State University in the fall of 2018.