Kathleen Roland-Silverstein

Kathleen Roland-Silverstein is a highly regarded scholar and concert soloist, known for her performance of contemporary music. She has been a featured singer with many music festivals, including the Tanglewood and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festivals, and has sung in Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Cambodia, Vietnam and throughout the United States. Solo appearances with orchestra include the Hollywood Bowl, Disney Hall, San Francisco Opera, and the Hanoi Opera House. Dr. Roland is a Fulbright scholar, American-Scandinavian Foundation scholar, and a Finlandia Foundation grantee. She is is the author of Romanser: 25 Swedish Songs with Guide to Lyric Diction (Gehrmans 2013), and A Performance Guide to the Songs of Jean Sibelius, (Oxford University Press 2026). Dr. Roland is an associate editor for Journal of Singing, and an SU professor emeritus.