Gwendolyn DeLaney is a mezzo-soprano with a passion for Early Music, art song, and American opera. Recently, she has been seen as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with UMKC Opera Theater, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Heartland Opera Theater, and The Manager in Working Hard & Hardly Working with No Divide KC and The Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Gwendolyn is also an active chorister and can be seen performing around the Kansas City area with The Lyric Opera of Kansas City, KC VITAs, Cardinalis, and LSP Studios. Gwendolyn is a student of Dr. Aidan Soder. When she isn’t singing, she can usually be found with her nose in a book or playing board games with her friends.

This fall, she is moving to New Haven, CT, where she will begin her studies at Yale University as a part of the Voxtet.