About

Sydney first discovered her musical talent at a young age, having perfect pitch, and played viola in the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the suburbs of Boston, and met key mentors, vocal coach and pianist Elaine Smith Purcell, Professor Sharon Daniels, and soprano Teresa Winner Blume, who instilled a deep love for singing and making music.

Sydney recently played the roles Helena in Purcell’s A Midsimmer Night’s Dream, Madame Herz in Mozarts Der Schauspieldirektor, as well as Bubikopf in Ullmann’s Kaiser von Atlantis, and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte. She originated the role of Nausicaa in Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg’s world premiere opera "NIGHTTOWN", as well as sang the role of Papagena and 1st Spirit in Mozart's "The Magic Flute", Zerlina (cover) in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Patience in the operetta, Patience, Serpina in Pergolesi's intermezzo La Serva Padrona, and Mabel in the operetta Pirates of Penzance. Recently Sydney won an encouragement award for the 2024 Seraphin Liedduo Wettbewerb in Würzburg, as well as 1st Prize in the 2025 Newpark Festival Competition. She also won 1st prize for classical singing in the 2021 “NATS” competition in the Boston division. She frequently sings as a soloist and Soprano 1 in the Süddeutscher Kammerchor, and has sung in the masterclasses of Christianne Iven, Anne Sofie von Otter, Janet Williams, Malcolm Martineau, and Sir Thomas Allen. Sydney currently studies with Christianne Stotijn at the Hochschule für Musik in Würzburg, Germany.