Guest Recital: Stella Roden, soprano

Stella Dayrit Roden is recognized as a vocal artist of classical and

contemporary music. She has performed as a featured soloist with the

Hartford Symphony Orchestra, New Britain Symphony, The Connecticut

Virtuosi and numerous chorales. Since joining the University of Central

Missouri faculty in 2005, she has served as soprano soloist with each of

UCM's premier large ensembles, and regionally as a guest artist with

the Sedalia Symphony and Marshall Philharmonic. As Resident Artist with

the Wichita Grand Opera, she performed the role of 'Cousin' in Puccini's

Madama Butterfly and served as a member of the opera chorus for the

2011 season. In the summers of 2012 and 2013, Roden gave guest voice

recitals in Florence, Italy with collaborative pianist Cristiano

Manzoni. This coming October, Roden performs Barber’s Knoxville: Summer

of 1915 on the UCM campus.