Carolyn Anderson is a soprano, educator, and producer based in the Hudson Valley. Before moving to New York, she was based in Ohio for 10 years, where she regularly performed with Toledo Opera, The Toledo Symphony, The Toledo Museum of Art, and the Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music. Recent awards include 1st place in the Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition with collaborative pianist/composer Steven Naylor, and 3rd place in the Great Lakes Region NATS Competition. Recent roles include Clorinda (La Cenerentola), The First Lady (The Magic Flute), The Fairy Godmother (Viradot’s Cendrillion), and Le Novizie (Suor Angelica). She was also the producer of BGSU’s MicroOpera program for two years and was the executive producer of the recent film adaptation of Jonathan Kroeger’s Matchless. She has been a music instructor at her New Windsor Music Academy, The New York School of Music, and Toledo School for the Arts. In March 2025, she and pianist/composer Steven Naylor gave a lecture series at Interlochen Center for the Arts on contemporary music performance.  Young Artist programs include the New York Opera Conservatory with Taconic Opera, Nightingale Opera Theater, and Chicago Summer Opera. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music from Bowling Green State University, and a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory.