Carolyn Anderson is a soprano, educator, and producer based in the Hudson Valley. Before moving to New York, Anderson was based in Ohio, where she regularly performed with Toledo Opera, The Toledo Symphony, The Toledo Museum of Art, and the Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music. Recent awards include 1st place in the Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition with collaborative pianist/composer Steven Naylor, and 3rd place in the Great Lakes Region NATS Competition. Recent roles include Clorinda (La Cenerentola) The First Lady (The Magic Flute), The Fairy Godmother (Viradot’s Cendrillion), and Le Novizie (Suor Angelica). She was also a producer of Bowling Green State University’s MicroOpera program for two years and was the executive producer of the recent film adaptation of Jonathan Kroeger’s Matchless. Anderson was an instructor at BGSU and a private voice teacher at the Toledo School for the Arts. In 2025, she and Steven Naylor developed a lecture/recital series on contemporary music for adolescents, which was given at Interlochen Center for the Arts. She is a private voice/piano teacher at the New Windsor and Fishkill Music Academies. This fall, she will sing the titular role of Patience with the Ridgewood Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music at BGSU and her Bachelor of Music at Oberlin Conservatory.
Watch Carolyn Anderson sings My Ship by Kurt Weill for the 2025 Autumn Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.