Betsi Hodges [Staff Accompanist], for Opera Idaho, has accompanied in the Art Song Recital Series since its inception in 2012, as well as for concerts—Mostly Mozart in 2015, The Golden Age of Operetta in 2016, and the Let’s Get Real! Verismo Concert in 2018. Betsi became our staff accompanist in 2018, and is a member of 208 Ensemble.

Betsi, originally from St. Louis, MO, received her Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and her Master’s degree from Michigan State University, both in piano performance. Betsi completed a doctorate in accompanying and chamber music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she was the recipient of a graduate fellowship and assistantship and was a member of the graduate resident piano trio. While in Greensboro, Betsi was a member of the piano faculty at Guilford College. She has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Michigan State Philharmonic and the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.

During past summers, Betsi has participated in the Rome Music Festival in Rome, Italy, the International Fine Arts Institute in Moscow, Russia, and a piano quartet residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts. She has been the accompanist for the Eastern Music Festival, the Luigi Silva Centennial Celebration, the Bernard Greenhouse Celebration, and the International Falcone Tuba Competition at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Festival.

Betsi has performed with her husband, cellist Brian Hodges, as the Duo Navona at the Hampden Sydney Chamber Music Festival in Virginia, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and various recitals throughout the United States and Italy.