She was also selected as a semi-finalist for both the MIOpera Vocal Competition in 2020 and the Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition in 2017. Before she was singing professionally, Ms. Young was awarded an Encouragement Award at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2010. 

A member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Ms. Young maintains an active voice studio at Heartland Sings and regularly adjudicates competitions, serves as a clinician, and teaches workshops focusing on varying aspects of vocal performance.

Natalie is currently the Associate Artistic Director and Principal Vocal Artist at Heartland Sings where she periodically serves as a conductor. She holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Voice Performance from Belmont University and a Master of Music Degree in Voice Performance from the University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance.

Natalie Young

Soprano

Dazzling audiences with her light lyric coloratura voice, soprano Natalie Young has made her mark performing a wide variety of styles from opera to pop. 

As an oratorio soloist, Ms. Young’s credits include: Mass in Blue (Todd), Stabat Mater (Pergolesi), Song of the Shulamite (McCullough), Requiem (Mozart), Messiah (Handel), Requiem (Brahms), Dixit Dominus (Handel), Messe Basse (Fauré), in addition to Bach cantatas 22, 36, 140, and 211. 

She also maintains a busy recital and concert schedule and most recently sang as a guest soloist with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players Association, Purdue University - Fort Wayne, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and various concert series' in the Fort Wayne area. Her concerts often feature her command of pop, country, jazz, and musical theatre styles. 

Principal opera and musical theatre roles include: Sister Angelica (The Three Hermits, Heartland Sings), Kate (An Evening with Cole Porter, Heartland Sings), Micaëla & Frasquita (Carmen, Leonhardi Ensemble/Munich), Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore, Opera Naples), Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute, Lawrence Opera Theatre), Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance, Opera in the Ozarks), and Mother Abbess (The Sound of Music, Theatre in the Park) . 

She was a finalist for the American Prize - Women in Opera Professional Division in 2017 and is the two-time St. Louis Chapter Winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters Dorothy Lincoln-Smith Vocal Competition.

Kyrie: 5:30-6:42

Credo: 12:02-13:10 & 13:38-15:00

Agnus Dei: 31:55-33:27 & 35:41-36:51

Weihnachten (26:05-30:30 in this video:)

I Could Have Danced All Night (just the repeat…26:46-25:42 in this video:)

Green Finch & Linnet Bird

Glière “Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra, Op. 82, movement 1” (22:28-31:30)

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