Katelyn Neumann, mezzo-soprano, is a previous SB Music Club scholarship awardee. Ms. Neumann earned her A.A. in Music at SBCC where she studied classical voice under the tutelage of Nathan Kreitzer. She earned a B.A. in Music at CPSU, San Luis Obispo, and attained a M.M. in Vocal Performance at CSU, Northridge. Ms. Neumann has performed as a soloist throughout California and has been the recipient of various accolades both locally and nationally. Ms. Neumann has performed several operatic roles including Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar in Germany, the title role in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, and as Mother in Capitol City Opera’s world premiere of Curtis Bryant’s The Secret Agent. Ms. Neumann performed the role of Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto with Capitol City Opera in 2012 and made her Lamplighters Musical Theatre debut in San Francisco as Leila in Iolanthe in 2013. Ms. Neumann sang with Opera San Jose in its productions of Madama Butterfly, Don Giovanni, and Le Nozze di Figaro, and with the Lyric Theatre of San Jose in their productions of The Prince of Pilsen,Utopia Limited, and Iolanthe, as Mrs. Crocker, Lady Sophy, and the Fairy Queen respectively. Ms. Neumann is also a cantor and soloist at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in San Francisco. In February, she will be singing the role of Mother and inspiring children in the Bay Area to love music and theater through the Children’s Theatre production of Stiles & Drewe’s musical The Three Little Pigs in Palo Alto.