Soprano Kathleen Roland is an active soloist in both opera and concert music. A featured singer with many music festivals, including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Britten-Pears Institute in England, and the Tanglewood Music Festival, Roland has sung with many notable conductors, including James Conlon, Grant Gershon, Kent Nagano, John Mauceri, Reinbert de Leeuw, and Oliver Knussen. Recent engagements include concerts in Scandinavia, with the Los Angeles Master Chorale at Disney Hall, with Southwest Chamber Music in Southeast Asia, in Germany with mdi ensemble, and with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Roland holds a DMA in vocal performance from the University of Southern California, is a Fulbright scholar, and an American- Scandinavian Foundation grantee. She is also a member of the voice faculty at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
