Kristin Roney is a mezzo-soprano and vocal pedagogue based in northern New Jersey. She is fiercely committed to the healing, transformative, and communicative power of music. She is an ardent advocate of embodied vocal and artistic wellness. She strives to collaborate with colleagues whom share this belief in bettering their community by fostering compassion and freedom of expression through music.
Kristin’s performance highlights include the original cast recording of Alan Menken’s Hunchback of Notre Dame, original recording of Totus Tuus by Michael Trotta, chorister with New York Philharmonic in their production of Honegger’s Joan of Arc at the Stake, world premiere of Ola Gjeilo’s Dream at Carnegie Hall, singing at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Mrs. Segstrom (A Little Night of Music) with Light Opera of New Jersey, Idamante (Idomeneo) with Cantanti Project, soloist with the Phoenix Symphony, Zulma (L’italiana in Algeri) with Utopia Opera, Duruflé Requiem alto soloist with Immaculate Conception Concert Series, and guest recital artist for Immaculate Conception Winter Recital Series. Other roles include Dryad (Ariadne auf Naxos) with Manhattan Opera Studio, and Bradamante (Alcina) for New York Lyric Opera, and Florence (Albert Herring) and Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro) with Lyric Opera Theatre of Arizona State University. Additionally, she covered the roles of “Stephano”, “Suzuki”, “Kate Pinkerton”, and “Orfeo” through the joint Arizona Opera/Arizona State University Study Cover program.
In addition to performing, Kristin is a dedicated educator. As a teacher, she believes that singing is one of the most sincere expressions of a person. Kristin is one of eleven people in the world certified as a YogaVoice® teacher. Kristin was introduced to YogaVoice® in the fall of 2015, and finished her certification in 2017. Since then, Kristin has focused her research on the use of yoga and meditation in working with performance anxiety and as tools to unlock the body so that students can embody their authentic sound. Serving as the education coordinator and sole partner for YogaVoice®, she guides students through the YogaVoice® certification process, builds curriculum, and conducts numerous workshops and intensives.
Kristin’s teaching style is holistic and process-, not product-, focused. She teaches mindful deliberate practice, which is tailored to the needs of the individual. By teaching mindful and intentional practice, students learn to sing from a place of true self-awareness. Students learn what free singing feels like, because one cannot heal what one does not feel. Kristin believes everyone has the right to have their authentic, true voice heard and experienced. In lessons, Kristin helps students discover their authentic sound and what it means to be truly present as a musician and performer using her own performance and training knowledge as a classical musician, YogaVoice principles, asanas, mantras, meditation, age appropriate repertoire, study of vocal technique, musicality, and interpretation of song in a nurturing and safe environment. Her students have won competitions, attended prestigious summer programs, performed on Broadway, and been admitted to top music institutions in the United States.
Kristin earned degrees from Arizona State University (M.M. Opera Performance) and Willamette University (B.M. Voice Performance). She currently holds positions at Lindeblad School of Music (Voice Department Chair) and YogaVoice® (Education Coordinator and Partner).
When not singing or teaching, Kristin loves being home in New Jersey with her husband, and their dog, Finnigan.
In addition to performing and teaching, Ms. Roney is a Reiki III practitioner.
For more information about Kristin and YogaVoice, please click here.
Kristin’s performance highlights include the original cast recording of Alan Menken’s Hunchback of Notre Dame, original recording of Totus Tuus by Michael Trotta, chorister with New York Philharmonic in their production of Honegger’s Joan of Arc at the Stake, world premiere of Ola Gjeilo’s Dream at Carnegie Hall, singing at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Mrs. Segstrom (A Little Night of Music) with Light Opera of New Jersey, Idamante (Idomeneo) with Cantanti Project, soloist with the Phoenix Symphony, Zulma (L’italiana in Algeri) with Utopia Opera, Duruflé Requiem alto soloist with Immaculate Conception Concert Series, and guest recital artist for Immaculate Conception Winter Recital Series. Other roles include Dryad (Ariadne auf Naxos) with Manhattan Opera Studio, and Bradamante (Alcina) for New York Lyric Opera, and Florence (Albert Herring) and Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro) with Lyric Opera Theatre of Arizona State University. Additionally, she covered the roles of “Stephano”, “Suzuki”, “Kate Pinkerton”, and “Orfeo” through the joint Arizona Opera/Arizona State University Study Cover program.
In addition to performing, Kristin is a dedicated educator. As a teacher, she believes that singing is one of the most sincere expressions of a person. Kristin is one of eleven people in the world certified as a YogaVoice® teacher. Kristin was introduced to YogaVoice® in the fall of 2015, and finished her certification in 2017. Since then, Kristin has focused her research on the use of yoga and meditation in working with performance anxiety and as tools to unlock the body so that students can embody their authentic sound. Serving as the education coordinator and sole partner for YogaVoice®, she guides students through the YogaVoice® certification process, builds curriculum, and conducts numerous workshops and intensives.
Kristin’s teaching style is holistic and process-, not product-, focused. She teaches mindful deliberate practice, which is tailored to the needs of the individual. By teaching mindful and intentional practice, students learn to sing from a place of true self-awareness. Students learn what free singing feels like, because one cannot heal what one does not feel. Kristin believes everyone has the right to have their authentic, true voice heard and experienced. In lessons, Kristin helps students discover their authentic sound and what it means to be truly present as a musician and performer using her own performance and training knowledge as a classical musician, YogaVoice principles, asanas, mantras, meditation, age appropriate repertoire, study of vocal technique, musicality, and interpretation of song in a nurturing and safe environment. Her students have won competitions, attended prestigious summer programs, performed on Broadway, and been admitted to top music institutions in the United States.
Kristin earned degrees from Arizona State University (M.M. Opera Performance) and Willamette University (B.M. Voice Performance). She currently holds positions at Lindeblad School of Music (Voice Department Chair) and YogaVoice® (Education Coordinator and Partner).
When not singing or teaching, Kristin loves being home in New Jersey with her husband, and their dog, Finnigan.
In addition to performing and teaching, Ms. Roney is a Reiki III practitioner.
For more information about Kristin and YogaVoice, please click here.
