BIOGRAPHY
Mezzo-soprano, Kristin Roney is quickly making a name for herself in the New York-Metropolitan area as a performer and educator. Kristin is an ardent believer in the healing, transformative, and communicative purpose of music. She strives to collaborate with colleagues whom share this belief in bettering their community by fostering compassion 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, 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. This past winter she had the honor of singing at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
As an ardent advocate of embodied vocal and artistic wellness, and the right of female musicians to have a full and holistic lifestyle, Kristin is one of eight people in the world certified as a yogavoice practitioner. Kristin was introduced to Yogavoice in the Fall of 2015, and finished her certification in 2017. Kristin holds a M.M. from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, as well as a B.M. in vocal performance from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. While at ASU, she performed the role of Florence (Albert Herring) and Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro) with Lyric Opera Theatre. Additionally, she covered the roles of “Stephano”, “Suzuki”, “Kate Pinkerton”, and “Orfeo” through the joint AZ Opera/ASU Study Cover program.
In addition to performing, Kristin is a dedicated educator. Currently, she maintains her own studio and teaches at Lindeblad School of Music in Pinebrook, New Jersey. At Lindeblad, she serves as the chair of the voice department teaching private voice lessons, group theory classes, and is also a member of the pre-college program. As a certified yogavoice practitioner, 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.
When not singing or teaching, Kristin loves being home in New Jersey with her husband and rescue dog Finnigan.
In addition to performing and teaching, Ms. Roney is a Reiki II practitioner.
For more information about Kristin and YOGAVOICE®, please click on 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, 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. This past winter she had the honor of singing at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
As an ardent advocate of embodied vocal and artistic wellness, and the right of female musicians to have a full and holistic lifestyle, Kristin is one of eight people in the world certified as a yogavoice practitioner. Kristin was introduced to Yogavoice in the Fall of 2015, and finished her certification in 2017. Kristin holds a M.M. from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, as well as a B.M. in vocal performance from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. While at ASU, she performed the role of Florence (Albert Herring) and Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro) with Lyric Opera Theatre. Additionally, she covered the roles of “Stephano”, “Suzuki”, “Kate Pinkerton”, and “Orfeo” through the joint AZ Opera/ASU Study Cover program.
In addition to performing, Kristin is a dedicated educator. Currently, she maintains her own studio and teaches at Lindeblad School of Music in Pinebrook, New Jersey. At Lindeblad, she serves as the chair of the voice department teaching private voice lessons, group theory classes, and is also a member of the pre-college program. As a certified yogavoice practitioner, 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.
When not singing or teaching, Kristin loves being home in New Jersey with her husband and rescue dog Finnigan.
In addition to performing and teaching, Ms. Roney is a Reiki II practitioner.
For more information about Kristin and YOGAVOICE®, please click on here.
