Voices of Our Time: Vocal Competition All-Stars Program

ABOUT THE
performers
LAWRENCE BARASA | Tenor
HOMETOWN: Nairobi, Kenya
2023 Vocal Competition, 2nd Place Winner
PREVIOUS: UMSO Concert (UMSO)
UPCOMING: Mozart Requiem (National Presbyterian
Church DC); Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (National
Orchestra Institute)
KATERINA BURTON | Soprano
HOMETOWN: Ocean City, MD
2017 Vocal Competition, 2nd Place Winner
PREVIOUS: Micaëla, Carmen (Washington National
Opera); Soprano Soloist, Mahler 4th Symphony
(National Symphony Orchestra); Soprano Soloist,
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra); Alice Ford, Falstaff (Aspen Opera
Theater); Girlfriend 2, Blue (Washington National
Opera); Soprano Soloist, Mahler 2nd Symphony
(Richmond Symphony Orchestra)
UPCOMING: Soprano Soloist, Britten War Requiem
(U.S. Navy and Air Force Bands); Mimì, La bohème
(Opera Theatre of Saint Louis)
WINONA MARTIN | Mezzo-soprano
HOMETOWN: Dallas, TX
2023 Vocal Competition, 1st Place Winner
PREVIOUS: Stéphano, Roméo et Juliette; Rosmira,
Partenope; Mary, The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me
(Washington National Opera); The Teacher, The
(R)evolution of Steve Jobs; Countess Ceprano,
Rigoletto (Utah Opera); Mrs. McLean, Susannah
(Wolf Trap Opera)
UPCOMING: Linfea, Il Destino, La Calisto (The
Glimmerglass Festival); Laurene Powell Jobs, The
(R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Washington National Opera)
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