Soprano
Carolyn is a "versatile young soprano" (Eugene Opera) with a "pure timbre" (Opera News) and "haunting" voice (Eugene Opera). With nearly fifteen years of vocal training - including both solo and ensemble work - she has acquired a vast repertoire of vocal knowledge and is always eager to continue learning.
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SOLO & ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE
Throughout her academic career, Carolyn sang with a wide variety of groups including the University of British Columbia's Early Music Ensemble, Eugene Opera, University of Oregon Chamber Choir (competing at both the the 2013 Fleischmann International Trophy Competition, where the choir received first place, and the 2015 Internationaler Kammerchor-Wettbewerb Marktoberdorf, where the choir received second place), University of Oregon Opera Ensemble, and the Oregon Bach Festival.
In addition to her work in various ensembles, Carolyn has also premiered over twelve contemporary works across North America and Europe (with pieces by composers such as Andrea Reinkemeyer and Cary Boyce), including three world premieres at the Uzmah-Upbeat International Summer School in Milna, Croatia, and two premieres at the 2016 Oregon Bach Festival's Composer's Symposium under the coaching of Roomful of Teeth’s Esteli Gomez and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon.
Most recently, Carolyn performed in Persisting Sound's inaugural concert at the 2019 Siren Nation Festival and sang with In Medio during the Grotto's Festival of Lights. In 2019 she performed with the Portland Symphonic Choir and the Portland Phoenix Chamber Choir, competing at the Llangollen International Musical Eistedfodd in the UK; and she was also a guest soloist for both the Vivaldi Gloria with the South Puget Sound Community College Choirs in 2019 and the Student Orchestra of Greater Olympia's production of Handel's Messiah in 2018.
She also plays piano and percussion, often accompanying herself for performances of both classical and popular music.
In addition to her work in various ensembles, Carolyn has also premiered over twelve contemporary works across North America and Europe (with pieces by composers such as Andrea Reinkemeyer and Cary Boyce), including three world premieres at the Uzmah-Upbeat International Summer School in Milna, Croatia, and two premieres at the 2016 Oregon Bach Festival's Composer's Symposium under the coaching of Roomful of Teeth’s Esteli Gomez and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon.
Most recently, Carolyn performed in Persisting Sound's inaugural concert at the 2019 Siren Nation Festival and sang with In Medio during the Grotto's Festival of Lights. In 2019 she performed with the Portland Symphonic Choir and the Portland Phoenix Chamber Choir, competing at the Llangollen International Musical Eistedfodd in the UK; and she was also a guest soloist for both the Vivaldi Gloria with the South Puget Sound Community College Choirs in 2019 and the Student Orchestra of Greater Olympia's production of Handel's Messiah in 2018.
She also plays piano and percussion, often accompanying herself for performances of both classical and popular music.
Carolyn is currently a member of the Portland-based chamber choir In Medio, the Tabor Wind Ensemble, and new music group Persisting Sound.
Concert Soloist & Staged Performances
Britten: Turn of the Screw
Miles, Eugene Opera, 2015
Charpentier: Messe de Minuit Pour Noel
Portland Symphonic Choir, 2018
Gabrieli: In Ecclesiis A 14
Guest Soloist, University of British Columbia, 2018
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Amore, University of Oregon, 2016
Handel: Ottone HWV 15 - Affanni del Pensier
University of British Columbia Early Music Ensemble, 2017
Handel: Neun deutsche Arien HWV 209 - In den angenemen Büschen
University of British Columbia Early Music Ensemble, 2016
Handel: Messiah HWV 56
Guest Soloist, Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia, 2018
Handel: Messiah HWV 56
Guest Soloist, Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia, 2018
Humperdink: Hansel und Gretel
Der Sandmann, University of Oregon, 2015
Jacquet de La Guerre: Cantates françoises sur des sujets tirez de l'Ecriture, livre I: Esther, V-VI
Persisting Sound, 2019
Steffani: Duetti da Camera - Lungi d'all idol mio
University of British Columbia Early Music Ensemble, 2017
Vivaldi: Gloria RV 589
Guest Soloist, South Puget Sound Community College, 2019
Miles, Eugene Opera, 2015
Charpentier: Messe de Minuit Pour Noel
Portland Symphonic Choir, 2018
Gabrieli: In Ecclesiis A 14
Guest Soloist, University of British Columbia, 2018
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Amore, University of Oregon, 2016
Handel: Ottone HWV 15 - Affanni del Pensier
University of British Columbia Early Music Ensemble, 2017
Handel: Neun deutsche Arien HWV 209 - In den angenemen Büschen
University of British Columbia Early Music Ensemble, 2016
Handel: Messiah HWV 56
Guest Soloist, Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia, 2018
Handel: Messiah HWV 56
Guest Soloist, Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia, 2018
Humperdink: Hansel und Gretel
Der Sandmann, University of Oregon, 2015
Jacquet de La Guerre: Cantates françoises sur des sujets tirez de l'Ecriture, livre I: Esther, V-VI
Persisting Sound, 2019
Steffani: Duetti da Camera - Lungi d'all idol mio
University of British Columbia Early Music Ensemble, 2017
Vivaldi: Gloria RV 589
Guest Soloist, South Puget Sound Community College, 2019
Contemporary Performances
Cary Boyce, One Perfect Rose
Vocal Fellow, Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, 2016
Katerina Gimon, The Tracks Are Lonely
Vocal Recital, 2019
Robert Humber, Bells of Gray Crystal (World Premiere)
University of British Columbia, 2018
Edward Jiang, On the Beach at Night (World Premiere)
University of British Columbia, 2017
Jihyun Kim, Lullaby (World Premiere)
Uzmah-Upbeat International Summer Program, 2017
Emily Lau, That It Will Never Come Again
Persisting Sound, 2020
Austin Mahar, When I am Dead, My Dearest (World Premiere)
University of Oregon, 2017
Michael Malis, Nourishment (World Premiere)
Uzmah-Upbeat International Summer Program, 2017
Wataru Niimori, Two Dickinson Songs (World Premiere)
Uzmah-Upbeat International Summer Program, 2017
Carolyn Quick, Alleluia (World Premiere)
Persisting Sound, 2020
Carolyn Quick, The Rocking Chair (World Premiere)
University of British Columbia, 2018
Carolyn Quick, Pieces (World Premiere)
Vocal Recital, 2019
Carolyn Quick, And If the Winter Comes (World Premiere)
Vocal Fellow, Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, 2016
Carolyn Quick, By the Sea (World Premiere)
Ova Novi, University of Oregon, 2016
Andrea Reinkemeyer, The Thaw (World Premiere)
University of Oregon, 2016
Aidan Ramsay, Smoke Billows
University of Oregon, 2016
Drew Swatosh, Dead Fires (World Premiere)
Persisting Sound, 2020
Walker Williams, Missa Brevis (World Premiere)
University of British Columbia, 2017
Vocal Fellow, Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, 2016
Katerina Gimon, The Tracks Are Lonely
Vocal Recital, 2019
Robert Humber, Bells of Gray Crystal (World Premiere)
University of British Columbia, 2018
Edward Jiang, On the Beach at Night (World Premiere)
University of British Columbia, 2017
Jihyun Kim, Lullaby (World Premiere)
Uzmah-Upbeat International Summer Program, 2017
Emily Lau, That It Will Never Come Again
Persisting Sound, 2020
Austin Mahar, When I am Dead, My Dearest (World Premiere)
University of Oregon, 2017
Michael Malis, Nourishment (World Premiere)
Uzmah-Upbeat International Summer Program, 2017
Wataru Niimori, Two Dickinson Songs (World Premiere)
Uzmah-Upbeat International Summer Program, 2017
Carolyn Quick, Alleluia (World Premiere)
Persisting Sound, 2020
Carolyn Quick, The Rocking Chair (World Premiere)
University of British Columbia, 2018
Carolyn Quick, Pieces (World Premiere)
Vocal Recital, 2019
Carolyn Quick, And If the Winter Comes (World Premiere)
Vocal Fellow, Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, 2016
Carolyn Quick, By the Sea (World Premiere)
Ova Novi, University of Oregon, 2016
Andrea Reinkemeyer, The Thaw (World Premiere)
University of Oregon, 2016
Aidan Ramsay, Smoke Billows
University of Oregon, 2016
Drew Swatosh, Dead Fires (World Premiere)
Persisting Sound, 2020
Walker Williams, Missa Brevis (World Premiere)
University of British Columbia, 2017