Kathleen Kraulik

Carmen: Pianist. Regional: Carmen (Theatre de la Jeune Lune); Rigoletto, Giulio Cesare, Die Kluge, Il Segreto di Susanna (Minnesota Opera); La Traviata, Madama Butterfly (Sioux City Symphony). Official accompanist for the Metropolitan Opera's local district and regional auditions. Teaching: MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis; Institute of Vocal Artistry, Santa Barbara and St. Paul; National Arts Camp, Interlochen, Michigan; Bethel College, St. Paul. Maintains a private studio in Minneapolis as freelance recital accompanist, art song and opera coach, choral accompanist, and piano instructor. Training: MM in piano performance, University of Arizona, Tucson; postgraduate study in lieder and accompanying, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria; BM from Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska.