K r i s t i n H a l l i d a y   Lyric Soprano   kristinhalliday@yahoo.com

Kristin Halliday is an award winning lyric soprano   originally from Potomac, Maryland. She has performed extensively in the Washington Metropolitan area, nationally and internationally, appearing in concert and recital. She sang at the Altenburg Music Festival in Germany and was featured in recital with the country's premier clarinettist and leading visual artist, in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland.  Kristin has been noted for her “uncommon voice of great beauty,” and “is an exceptionally moving interpreter of almost all kinds of music.” Kristin was a recipient of the Peggy and Yale  Gordon Award in the Rosa Ponselle Competition and advanced in both the Marjorie Lawrence and the Freiderich Schorr Competitions.  She most recently was a winner of the 2007 Gretchen Hood Vocal Competition.  Kristin  studied voice and pedagogy with world renowned, Betti McDonald in New York. She received the highest certification from the Insitute for Musical Arts to teach voice and vocal pedagogy.   Kristin Halliday is the founder of the Academy for the Performing Arts, providing professional training in voice and theatre with a studio of private voice students in  Potomac, Maryland.