Kaitlyn Marie Callahan Naumowicz

• 8 years as Seattle Opera Youth Opera Project performer, including principal, feature, soloist and/or ensemble roles in all annual Seattle Youth Opera productions (2017-2025*)
• 20 under 20 "Teeny Award" + honorarium for outstanding youth leadership, volunteerism, advocacy and service in the arts, Teen Tix Seattle (2025)
• "Scarlet" in Robin Hood, Seattle Opera Youth Opera Project (2025)
• All-State Singer, classical division, CS Music (2025)
• 2nd round qualifier, classical H.S. 1, CS Vocal Competition (2025)
• 1st place, S/M/A large ensemble, Eastshore Region solo/ensemble, advancing to State (2025)
• 4th Place, lower H.S. classical, NATS NW Region, advancing to Nationals (2025)
• 3rd Place, lower H.S. classical, NATS Puget Sound Chapter (2025)
• Semi-finalist, teen classical division, Music International Grand Prix competition (2025)
• Seattle Opera Teen Vocal Studio (2023-25)
• Private voice studies with Tessa Ravagni Studio (2023-25)
• Professional opera mentee with Katie Stevenson via Art Smart scholarship (2024-25)
• Private piano studies with Shannon Keeler (2024-25)
• Hi-Tones select treble ensemble, Issaquah High School (2024-25)
• Youth Chorus, "Towns Boy" in Pagliacci, Seattle Opera mainstage (2024)
• Summer Pre-college Vocal Workshop, Seattle Opera (2023-2024)
• Master Class (classical) with Ibidunni Ojikutu, Seattle Opera Teen Vocal Studio (2024)
• "Right Mitten" in Rootabaga Country, Seattle Opera Youth Opera Project (2024)
• "Anne" in A Little Night Music (partial), Seattle Opera Teen Vocal Studio (2024)
• Eastshore Region M.S. Honor Chorus (2023-24)
• Superior "1" rating, Eastshore M.S. Region Solo/Ensemble (Solo 2023, 2024) (Duet 2024)
• Superior "1" rating and soloist, Music in the Parks M.S. Choral Competition (2024)
• "Shere Khan" puppeteer in Jungle Book, Seattle Opera Youth Opera Project (2023)
• Master Class (musical theater) with Gemma Balinbin, Seattle Opera Teen Vocal Studio (2023)
• School and liturgical choir member, with extensive solo and small ensemble performing experience (2018-2025)
• Summer training for youth performers, including opera, improv, musical theater and acting, Seattle Opera and Village Theater, (2016-2022)
• *select shows in 2020-21 were rehearsed and performed virtually during Covid-19 pandemic

Kaitlyn (now 15) 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 became an ArtSmart professional opera mentee as a freshman. 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 has participated in select school choirs since elementary school and has been featured as a regular soloist in concerts and community events. Kaitlyn spends her time outside of school pursuing private instruction in voice and piano, volunteering at a local farm, reading, crocheting and knitting items to sell at local markets, singing in auditioned choirs and 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.

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