Grace Kiver, born in Brisbane, Australia and currently living in State College, Pennsylvania, is a soprano pursuing a Bachelor in Music Education from Penn State University in the studio of Professor Jennifer Trost. Grace has interests in both choral singing and opera performance, and is a three-year member and Vice President of the Penn State Concert Choir, with whom she has toured to Australia and Canada. She is a recipient of the Willa Taylor Vocal Endowment Award as well as the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award. She has performed in Penn State Opera Theatre’s performances of Puccini’s La Bohème, Debussy’s Pélleas et Mélisande, and Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, and will perform the role of Oberto in Penn State Opera Theatre’s production of Handel’s Alcina later this Spring. Grace hopes to pursue a master’s degree in Vocal Performance following her graduation from Penn State.
