Soprano KARINA VARTANIAN is a recent graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, where she earned her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and received the Josephine C. Whitford Award, a commencement honor recognizing exceptional achievement. This past summer, she was seen as a Young Artist making her operatic role debut with the Winter Harbor Music Festival performing the role of Zerlina in Don Giovanni along with participating in The Art Song Preservation Society of New York’s Bel Canto Masterclass with Maya Sypert and performing in their summer concert series. Her partial opera role credits include Frasquita (Carmen), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), The Countess (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), and Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro). She was invited to sing for the pontifical visit of His Holiness Aram I at the Rainbow Room in 2023 and was invited last fall to perform at the 40th Anniversary Banquet celebrating Archbishop Anoushavan at Terrace on the Park. Back in 2019, Karina was a solo finalist in the Armenian Youth Talent Competition where she made her Carnegie Hall debut. She was the proud recipient of the AGBU Arts Scholarship from 2023–25. At MSM, she served as the Chair of Communications for the Womxn Organization, where she helped launch the school’s first ever Women’s History Month series and programmed the inaugural Women’s History Month Concert. She currently serves as a Board Member and Social Media Manager for The Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island.