Elizabeth Perryman, soprano, received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Eastern Illinois University and Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.  Ms. Perryman completed a Professional Studies Diploma at Mannes School of Music in New York City in May 2004.  Some of the opera companies Ms. Perryman has sung with include the Bronx Opera, Chelsea Opera (NYC), Pensacola Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera (apprentice/cover artist) and the Altamura Summer Festival.  Ms. Perryman has been a three time regional finalist with the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, a finalist in American Institute of Musical Studies Meistersinger competition, a semi-finalist in the Chicago Bel Canto competition, first place in the Sigma Alpha Iota Graduate Performance Awards and won the Audience Choice Award with 2008 Altamura/Caruso International Opera Competition.  Ms. Perryman has been a featured soloist in new compositions (Richard Brooks, Dr. Tim Brown and Sam Belich.)  She has recorded “Trojan Women,”  “Lauis and Chyrsippus” and “The Eglantine” with Sam Belich and “Dreams” by Dr. Timothy Brown.  Some operatic roles include Suor Angelica, Donna Elvira, Donna Anna,  Countess, Micaela, Fiordiligi, Rosalinda, Elisabetta, First Lady, and Hanna Glawari.  She has been the soprano soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the Riverside Choral Society Summer Sings 09/10 and Oratorio Society of New Jersey.  In 2009, Ms. Perryman made her debut with the Bronx Opera as the First Lady in the Magic Flute, and sang Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi with conductor Anton Coppola.  In 2010, Ms. Perryman sang the role of Dido with Oratorio Society of New Jersey, and the soprano solos with the Masterwork Chorus in the Schubert Mass in G (2010 Summer Sings.)  In the spring of 2011, Ms. Perryman sang the role of Donna Anna with the Bronx Opera and was a soprano soloist with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey in the Mozart C Minor Mass.   Ms. Perryman sang the role of Mimi this summer as well as the soprano solos in Elijah with the Masterwork Chorale.  Ms. Perryman looks forward to singing the First Medium in the Bronx Opera 2012 winter production of Vaughan Williams' “The Poisoned Kiss” and the soprano solos in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 next spring with the Cathedral Basilica of Newark.  Ms. Perryman teaches elementary music in North Brunswick NJ and private voice.