Soprano, Lillie Judge, is a native of Charlotte, NC and is pursuing a Doctor of Music degree at the Jacobs School of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Brian Gill. Most recently, Judge performed the soprano solo in Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony with over 300 fellow IU students. She looks forward to singing the role of Contessa in IU’s production of Le Nozze di Figaro this fall. Recent outreach performances include the role of Despina in John Davies’ The Three Little Pigs and the role of The Red Song Bird in the premier of Zach Redler’s The Red Song Bird at the inaugural Children's Opera Festival in Columbia, SC. Previously at IU, Judge has performed as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, premiered the role of Mrs. Edith Frank in Anne Frank and sang in the choruses of Roméo et Juliette and Eugene Onegin. Judge holds a Master of Music in Voice Performance and Certificate of Vocology from IU as well as a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and Sacred Music from Westminster Choir College. At Westminster, she sang with Westminster Choir and performed Bach’s B minor Mass under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Westminster Symphonic Choir and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Other previous roles include Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), and Laetitia (The Old Maid and The Thief).