Jesse Kliman

• 2025: Clopin Trouillefou in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Young Artists of America
• 2025, 2024: Maryland Senior All-State Chorus, Bass 1
• 2025: Featured Vocalist in SIX: Teen Edition, Young Artists of America
• 2025: CS Music All-State Singer Award
• 2024: Beast / Hercules in Disney in Concert: A Dream Is A Wish, Young Artists of America
• 2024: 1st Place, MD/DC NATS Student Auditions (Upper High School Classical, TBB Voices)
• 2024: Washington National Opera Institute, The Kennedy Center
• 2024: Frederick Barrett in Titanic, The Theatre Lab
• 2024: National School Choral Award, DeMatha Catholic High School
• 2024: Coleman Mellett Outstanding Musician Award, DeMatha Catholic High School
• 2024, 2023: Winner, Young Composers Project, Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA)
• 2024: Overall Vocal Soloist Award, Festivals of Music (Virginia Beach)
• 2024: Don Price in Big Fish, Young Artists of America
• 2023 - present: YAACompany, Young Artists of America
• 2023: Kevin in The Prom, The Theatre Lab
• 2023: King Arthur in Camelot, DeMatha Catholic High School
• 2023: Maryland Junior All-State Chorus, Tenor
• 2022 - present: Voices of DeMatha, DeMatha Catholic High School

Jesse Kliman, baritone, is a junior at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He studies with Robert Cantrell.

He has received recognition in classical voice and musical theatre, having attended the WNO Opera Institute and currently training with Young Artists of America at Strathmore, a pre-professional program blending musical theatre with fully orchestrated performances. Recent credits include Camelot (Arthur), Big Fish (Don Price), Titanic (Barrett), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Clopin), and the youth premiere of Disney in Concert (Beast / Hercules).

At school, Jesse is section leader for DeMatha’s top choir, Voices of DeMatha, and has been selected to the Maryland All-State Chorus for three consecutive years. Beyond his theatrical & vocal training, he is an accomplished pianist and cellist, and enjoys composing. Jesse hopes to become a professional opera singer, dedicated to using storytelling and art to make opera accessible and inspiring for new audiences!