Miriam Schildkret, mezzo-soprano, first sang Vivaldi’s Gloria when she was 10 years old as a member of the Mount Desert Summer Chorale. She has performed the work as a soloist multiple times since then. Her most recent performance of the Gloria was as the alto soloist with the Union College Choir at Carnegie Hall in 2021. Other favorite concert appearances include Mozart’s Requiem, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Beethoven’s Mass in C, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. She has sung in concerts with Arizona Opera, the Scottsdale Philharmonic, and the West Valley Chorale. Miriam’s operatic roles include Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, and Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus in addition to the numerous roles she sang during the five seasons she was an Education Teaching Artist with Arizona Opera. A proud advocate for the arts, Miriam is a frequent guest speaker for organizations across the Valley. She has been a lecturer for West Valley Arts Council, Arizona Opera, TedX Scottsdale, and was featured in the Arizona PBS series Desert Canvas.