Grace Steiner in performance

Events

I have prioritized publicly verifiable performances, announcements, and program pages here. Earlier Kansas State materials may list me under Grace Volker.

Upcoming

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

Grace Steiner with students at NATS student auditions
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
Past

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.”

Past

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.

Grace Steiner at the NATS Intern Program
Past

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.

PSU Wind Band concert at Bicknell Center for the Arts
Past

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.

Central Kansas Community Choir announcement image for Messiah
Past

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.

Past

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 production image from KU Theatre
Past

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.

KU Opera image for Dido and Aeneas
Past

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 rehearsal image from KU News
Past

Carry My Own Suitcase – Diana

Dates March 3–4, 2023

Venue Robert Baustian Theatre, Murphy Hall, University of Kansas

ComposerSusan Kander

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.

Past

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.

Past

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

Archive

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.