I have prioritized publicly verifiable performances, announcements, and program pages here. Earlier Kansas State materials may list me under Grace Volker.
Upcoming
Summer Voice and Audition Workshop
Date Thursday, June 25, 2026, 1:00 PM–7:00 PM CDT
Venue Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, Pittsburg State University
I will lead a one-day summer workshop for high-school singers focused on solo performance, audition preparation, mock auditions, and festival-style coaching at Pitt State.
Past

NATS Student Auditions
Date February 18, 2026
Event Kansas City Chapter Student Auditions
Venue University of Kansas
Five students from my studio competed at the Kansas City Chapter Student Auditions, representing undergraduate, graduate, and music-minor tracks.
Studio representation: five students represented my studio across multiple degree tracks.
Top results: two students earned first place in their respective categories.
Division range: the group included undergraduate, graduate, and music-minor singers.

Southeast Kansas Symphony Holiday Concert
Date Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM CST
Venue Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, Linda & Lee Scott Performance Hall
Ensemble Southeast Kansas Symphony
I appeared as a featured vocalist alongside Sara Flessner in the Southeast Kansas Symphony’s annual holiday program, which included selections from The Nutcracker with the Pittsburg Ballet and a special guest conductor for “Sleigh Ride.”
Student Recital Series: Mezzo-Soprano Lecture Recital
Date Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM CDT
Venue University of Kansas
I presented this lecture recital through KU’s Student Recital Series.

NATS Intern Program
Dates May 20–30, 2025
Venue University of Louisville
I participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program, a fully funded professional-development initiative for emerging voice teachers.

Mezzo Soloist – The Noise (Osberg)
Date April 29, 2025
Venue Bicknell Family Center for the Arts
Ensemble Pittsburg State University Wind Ensemble
I performed as mezzo soloist with the Pittsburg State University Wind Ensemble in a program that included The Noise by Dorothy Gates Osberg.

Alto Soloist – Handel’s Messiah
Date December 9, 2024
Ensemble Central Kansas Community Choir
I performed as alto soloist with the Central Kansas Community Choir for their annual performance of Handel’s Messiah.
Student Recital Series: Voice
Date Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM CDT
Venue University of Kansas
I presented this solo recital in Swarthout Recital Hall as part of the KU Student Recital Series.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Mrs. Lovett
Dates February 16, 18, 20, 21, 2024
Venue Crafton-Preyer Theatre at Murphy Hall, University of Kansas
I performed Mrs. Lovett in this co-production by KU’s Department of Theatre & Dance and School of Music. The production explores the psychology of the central characters through Stephen Sondheim’s score in this darkly comic tale of revenge set in London.

Dido and Aeneas – Sorceress
Dates November 3–5, 2023
Venue Baustian Theatre, Murphy Hall, University of Kansas
Presenter KU Opera
I sang the Sorceress in KU Opera’s fall 2023 staging of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

Carry My Own Suitcase – Diana
Dates March 3–4, 2023
Venue Robert Baustian Theatre, Murphy Hall, University of Kansas
I sang Diana in the world-premiere workshop production of Susan Kander’s chamber opera Carry My Own Suitcase, a recipient of the 2022 Opera America Discovery Grant.
The Pirates of Penzance – Ruth
Dates February 28–March 3, 2019
Venue McCain Auditorium, Kansas State University
Presenter K-State Theatre
K-State materials list me under Grace Volker as Ruth in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance.
The Magic Flute – Dritte Dame
Dates March 9–12, 2017
Venue McCain Auditorium, Kansas State University
Presenter K-State Opera
K-State materials list me under Grace Volker as one of the Ladies in Mozart’s The Magic Flute; current professional bios identify the role as Dritte Dame.
Archive Notes
Additional Documented Appearances
2019 Ad Astra Music Festival
2018 AIMS Opera Studio, Graz
Also listed UMKC Opera, Landlocked Opera, Sun Valley Music Festival Chamber Program
My public biographies also document appearances with UMKC Opera, Landlocked Opera, the Sun Valley Music Festival Chamber Program, the Ad Astra Music Festival, and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, where I made my European orchestral debut in selections from West Side Story.