Miriam Stoner

• NY Resident
• MM '15 CIM
• BM '13 ONU

Miriam Frances Stoner (soprano) is a 2013 Ohio Northern University alumna and a 2015 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music (Master of Music in Voice Performance and Opera). At ONU, she performed in scenes from Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), La Traviata (Violetta), and Carlyle Floyd’s opera Susanna (Susanna). Ms. Stoner soloed with the ONU Symphony Orchestra, the ONU Jazz Ensemble, and the ONU Men’s Chorus. She earned the Theodore Presser Award and the Cantari Award for Outstanding Vocalist. Her teacher there was Kirsten Osbun Manley who initially sparked Miriam's interest in studying Classical Music.

Her CIM credits include Die Zauberflöte (Papagena), Alcina (Oberto), Dido and Aeneas (Spirit and Chorus), Der Rosenkavalier and Werther (Sophie). Stoner appeared with the Great Lakes Light Opera, in Alice in Operaland (Alice), Don Giovanni (Zerlina), and Le Nozze di Figaro (Susanna). At CIM, Stoner studied with Dr. Mary Schiller. She then sang in Suor Angelica (Suor Genovieffa) with the Central Florida Lyric Opera, and participated in the Varna International Music Academy and the University of Miami Frost School of Music Program in Salzburg and Vienna, Austria.

Since moving to New York, Miriam sang "Pie Jesu" in the Fauré Requiem and reprised the role of Papagena in The Magic Flute at Opera America. She had multiple engagements with the Westchester Oratorio Society including Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s Cantatas Wir danken dir, Gott; Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; and Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. She also made her Broadway debut as Mama Judy in The Goldfish from Pluto. Stoner studies with Janet Steele and Marijo Newman.