ARTIST RESUME

Riley Cardona Soprano on stage

Instructor & Voice Coach

  • Independent Voice Instructor - Minneapolis, MN, 2019-Present

  • Director of Music Ministries - Champlin United Methodist, Champlin, MN, 2019-2024

  • Voice Instructor - South Dakota State University - Brookings, SD, 2019

  • Voice Instructor - Southwest Minnesota State University - Marshall, MN, 2019

  • Voice and Piano Teacher - Hearts Performing Arts - Minneapolis, MN, 2019

Roles Performed

  • Angel of Mercy, Requiem for Frankie Silver (Craig Carnahan) - Orpheus Music Project, 2022

  • Angel of Mercy, Requiem for Frankie Silver (Craig Carnahan) - Orpheus Music Project, 2020 (POSTPONED)

  • Golden Cockerel, The Golden Cockerel (Rimsky-Korsakov) - Sarasota Opera, 2015

  • Thibault, Don Carlos (Verdi) - Sarasota Opera, 2015

  • Crobyle, Thaïs (Massenet) - Florida Grand Opera, 2014

  • Estelle, No Exit (Andy Vores) - Florida Grand Opera, 2014

  • Helen Niles, Mourning Becomes Electra (M.D. Levy) - Florida Grand Opera, 2013

  • Lucy, The Telephone (Menotti) - Florida Grand Opera, 2013

  • Countess, Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) - Arbor Opera Theater, 2013

  • Daughter/Chorus, Akhnaten (P. Glass) - IU Opera Theatre, 2013

  • Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Mozart) - IU Opera Theatre, 2012

Roles Prepared

  • Thaïs, Thaïs (Massenet)*

  • Lavinia Mannon, Mourning Becomes Electra (M.D. Levy)*

  • Mimí, La Bohème (Puccini)*

  • Pamina, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)

* denotes covers

Concert Pieces Performed

  • Featured Artist, A Voice and a Piano - recital with Jonathan Prescott, St. Paul, MN, 2022

  • Journey (Liam Moore) - GRAND SongSlam, Chicago, IL, 2022

  • Featured Artist, SongBreak: Songs for our Wellbeing - Orpheus Music Project, Minneapolis, MN, 2021

  • Featured Artist, A Voice and a Piano - recital with Jonathan Prescott, St. Paul, MN, 2020 (CANCELLED)

  • Soloist, Händel selections - Southwest Minnesota Orchestra, Marshall, MN, 2019

  • Soloist, Falling for the Lied - recital with The Lied Society, Minneapolis, MN, 2019

  • The Die was Already Cast from Ashland (Sam Beebe) - Source Song Festival, Minneapolis, MN, 2019

  • A Way of Things (Jason Squinobal) - Source Song Festival, Minneapolis, MN, 2018

  • Crepuscule (Liam Moore) - Minneapolis SongSlam, Minneapolis, MN, 2018

  • Dido, Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) - Sonomento, Minneapolis, MN, 2017

  • A Math Problem for the Real World (Ryan Johnston) - Source Song Festival, Minneapolis, MN, 2017

  • Soloist, Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini) - Sonomento, Minneapolis, MN 2017

  • Soloist, Mass in C Minor (Mozart) - Sonomento, Minneapolis, MN, 2017

  • Soloist, Dona Nobis Pacem (Vaughan Williams) - South Metro Chorale, Minneapolis, MN, 2016

  • Soloist, The Messiah (Handel) - St. John’s Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN, 2016

  • Soloist, Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) - Kenwood Symphony, Minneapolis, MN, 2016

  • Soloist, Psalm 42 (Mendelssohn) - South Metro Chorale, Minneapolis, MN, 2016

  • Soloist, Chandos Anthem No. 4 (Handel) - Sonomento, Minneapolis, MN, 2015

  • Cantata Misericordium (Britten) - Sonomento, Minneapolis, MN, 2015

  • Anne, Annelies (James Whitbourn) - Bach Chorale, Lafayette, IN, 2015

  • The Lost Generation: Songs of WWII (Jordan Jenkins) - Source Song Festival, Minneapolis, MN, 2015

  • Soloist, The Greatest of These is Love (E. Penhorwood) - Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN, 2014

  • Carmina Burana, (Orff) - Indiana University Chorus, Bloomington, IN, 2013

  • Requiem, (Duruflé) - USingers, Bloomington, IN, 2012

Young Artist Experience

  • Studio Artist, Sarasota Opera - Sarasota, FL, Spring 2015

  • Studio Artist, Florida Grand Opera - Miami, FL, 2013-2014

  • Mainstage Artist, Arbor Opera Theater - Ann Arbor, MI, Summer, 2013

Education

  • M.M. Vocal Music Performance - Indiana University, 2013

  • B.M.E. Music Education - South Dakota State University, 2011