Soprano Lara Lynn Nelson graduated with her masters of Voice Performance and Literature from Eastman School of Music in 2007 and from University of Miami in 2005 with a bachelors in Vocal Performance.  Lara is a 2009 Winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society Competition.  In 2005, she placed First in the Friends of Eastman Opera Competition and in 2004 was honorable mention in Univeristy of Miami's Salzburg Competition, Austria.  Operatic roles include her 2010 Pittsburgh Opera debut as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, Sandrina in Mozart's La finta giardiniera, Lauretta in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Papagena in Mozart's The Magic Flute, and Adina in The elixir of Love by Donizetti. She performs professionally with Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Undercroft Opera, and the Jubilation Concert Series of First Presbyterian Church of Beaver.  She has given numerous concerts in PA, FL, NY, VA, Italy, and South Africa.  Lara believes music can enrich communities and education.  She performs at local nursing homes, gives master classes for high school students, presents opera to elementary classes, and teaches private students of all ages.  She currently teaches at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA while pursuing her career.