CACEY CLARKE NARDOLILLO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Catherine Clarke Nardolillo, soprano, lauded by the NY Times for her “exquisite” singing, has appeared at Carnegie Hall, with the Toledo Symphony, Boulder Philharmonic, Evansville Philharmonic, Johnson City Symphony, Lexington Philharmonic, Owensboro Symphony, Natchez Festival of Music, and the National Youth Choir.

A native of Maysville, Kentucky, Dr. Nardolillo has music degrees from the University of Kentucky, the University of Colorado, and a DMA from UK, which she received in 2013She is  Director of the Kentucky District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Since 2015, Dr. Nardolillo has served as the Director of Voice for Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Music Festival in the Czech Republic. She has been the chorus master for University of Kentucky Opera Theater since the 2014-15 season, is on the music faculty at University of Kentucky, Centre College and Transylvania University, and maintains a private studio in Lexington, Kentucky. She has been Executive Director of the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington and the Lexington Chamber Orchestra since 2023