Meet the Soloists

Carley DeFranco, soprano

Carley DeFranco is a Boston-based soprano known for her committed dramatic portrayals Carley was the 2018-19 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellow with Emmanuel Music, a 2019 Fellow with American Bach Soloists, and a third place winner of the American Prize (Professional Division) in Oratorio/Art song She is a current soprano scholar with VOCES 8 and will join the group for one performance on their American tour next year She received her Master’s in Music (Vocal Performance) from The Longy School of Music at Bard College

An avid concert soloist, Carley has appeared with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra (Mozart’s Requiem), North Carolina Master Chorale (Handel’s Alexander’s Feast), Harvard Radcliffe Collegium Musicum (Monteverdi Vespers), Boston Cecilia (Rudoi Our Transcendental Passion), American Bach Soloists Academy (Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198), and Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra (Gounod’s Messe Solenelle, Saint Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël, Schubert’s Mass in Eb Major)

Kristin Lawler, alto

Named the “Nancy P Marriott Scholar” Kristin received her Masters in Voice Performance from the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA and her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance with emphasis in Opera and Musical Theatre from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio

Kristin has served as a Teaching Artist Fellow with the Classical Music Institute in San Antonio, Texas Additionally she returned for her second season with the Prague Summer Nights Young Artist Music Festival (Washington D C residency) as Marcellina in their production of Le Nozze di Figaro Her stage and solo work was showcased to directors of Washington National Opera’s Young Artist Program, Glimmerglass Festival, and the Castleton Festival Recent noteworthy roles have included Ruggiero (Alcina, Händel), as well as Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte, Mozart).

In addition to performing with Symphony NH for Mozart’s Requiem, Kristin has held roles with esteemed professional companies such as Emmanuel Music (The Beggar’s Opera), Opera del West (Cendrillon), and Boston Opera Collaborative (Annual Opera Bites Event)