Caroline Carter is a mezzo soprano currently studying at Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
Caroline is a graduate of the prestigious Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where she began her classical training, focusing on art songs, arias, and opera performance. She is currently a fourth-year student in the vocal performance program at Oberlin Conservatory, studying with Dr. Katherine Jolly.
Caroline was named the second place winner in the 2022 NATS National Student Auditions competition and the Silver Award Winner in the 2021 Young Arts National Competition. She has also received accolades from Schmidt Vocal Institute and CS Music. Her recent credits include Marcellina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with the Brancaleoni International Music Festival, Dorothée in Cendrillon with Chicago Summer Opera, and Ernestina in Rossini’s L’occasione fa il ladro with Oberlin Opera Theater. This fall, she performed as Mrs. Herring in Oberlin’s production of Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten.
Notable Accomplishments
Second Place, NATS National Student Auditions, 2022
National YoungArts Finalist in Voice: Classical/Mezzo Soprano, 2021
Silver Award in Voice: Classical/Mezzo Soprano, YoungArts 2021
Semifinalist, NATS National Student Auditions, 2021
2021 Jon Vickers Award for Most Promising First- or Second-Year Treble Voice, awarded by Great Lakes Region NATS
2020 Richard Miller Award for Fine Singing, awarded by Ohio NATS
First Place, The National Association of Teachers of Singing, Great Lakes Region Competition, 2021 and Ohio State Competition, 2020
First Place, Schmidt Vocal Competition, Washington DC, 2020
Finalist, CS Music Competition, 2020
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