Kaitlyn Marie Callahan Naumowicz

• Nominated for "Teeny Award," for outstanding youth in the arts - 2025
• Seattle Opera Teen Vocal Studio Member - 2023-Present
• Youth Opera Project Member, with principal*, feature, soloist and/or ensemble roles in all annual productions** - Seattle Opera - 2017-Present
• Professional Opera Mentee via ArtSmart and Seattle Opera - 2024-Present
• Hi-Tones Select Treble Ensemble Member - Issaquah High School - 2024-Present
• Youth Chorus Member "Towns Boy" in mainstage production Pagliacci - Seattle Opera - 2024
• Master Class with Ibidunni Ojikutu - Seattle Opera - Classical Performance - 2024
• Solo and duet ratings of Superior "1" - Eastshore Regional Solo & Ensemble – 2024
• Music in the Parks Regional Choral Competition soloist - Superior "1" Rating - 2024
• Master Class with Gemma Balinbin - Musical Theater performance - Seattle Opera - 2023
• Solo rating of Superior "1" - Eastshore Regional Solo & Ensemble – 2023
• Eastshore Regional Honor Chorus member - 2023
• *Currently cast as principal role Scarlet in Robin Hood, to be performed in January 2025
• **select shows in 2020-21 were rehearsed and performed virtually during Covid-19 pandemic

Kaitlyn went to see "The Magic Flute" at Seattle Opera in 2017, when she was 7 years old and decided right there that opera is her path. She joined Seattle Opera's Youth Opera Project later that same year and has performed in every Seattle Opera youth opera production since, as well as in the youth chorus for Seattle Opera's 2024 mainstage production of Pagliacci. Kaitlyn joined Seattle Opera's Teen Vocal Studio pre-college training program as an 8th grader and hopes to continue in this studio through high school (class of 2028). She consistently earns superior ratings in solo, small and large ensemble adjudications and regional competitions. Through her years of working with Seattle Opera, she has been afforded remarkable opportunities for performance, master class work, mentorship both as a mentee by professional opera singers and a mentor to youth performers. She attends a Big Picture high school and spends her time outside of school pursuing private instruction in voice and piano, singing in auditioned ensembles, recitals, concerts, and competitions, and performing in operas, musicals and plays. She is looking forward to continuing to learn and grow her skills throughout high school and college, where she plans to pursue Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in vocal performance/opera, with a goal of learning multiple languages, living abroad, and performing opera and classical music around the world.