Settlement Staff

Kim Lauritsen - Voice/Violin

Mezzo-soprano Kimberly Lauritsen, a Nebraska native, earned her Masters of Music in Voice from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She frequently appears with the Cleveland Orchestra, most recently as soloist in The Lord of the Rings Symphony at the Blossom Music Center under the direction of the composer Howard Shore, and at Severence Hall in Debussy’s Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien under the baton of Matthias Pintscher. She has performed lead roles with Opera per tutti, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Opera Cleveland on Tour, CIM Opera Theater, the Janiec Opera Company, and UNL’s Opera Theater. A champion of new music, Ms. Lauritsen recently debuted roles in Jim Harris and Mark Hayes' new musical Civil War Voices, Monica Houghton’s opera The Big Bonanza, and Randall Eng’s opera Florida. Ms. Lauritsen performs with the Opera Cleveland Chorus, is Music Director of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, and teaches voice, violin, and theory at the Cleveland Music School Settlement. She is the recipient of the Boris Goldovsky Prize in Opera, the Vassos Prize in Art Song, and a Special Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and is a student of George Vassos.

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E-Mail
klauritsen@themusicsettlement.org

Direct Phone
(216) 421-5806, ext. 731

Courses
Voice for Young Singers