Patricia Kramer

Mezzo-soprano Patty Kramer is here to begin her Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance here at UNL this fall. She graduated with her Masters from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and undergraduate degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. This South Dakota native is thrilled to be back at UNL -- her first visit was as a young trombonist in the Winter Festival for Winds and Percussion.

She has dedicated her life to performing, teaching, and promoting the enhancement of musical awareness and research. She has performed with the Toledo Opera, Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Asheville Lyric Opera, Cedar Rapids Opera Theater, Bowling Green Children’s Opera, Sounds of South Dakota, Inc. and Opera Omaha as well as competing in various competitions, most recently performing as a soloist with Lima Symphony Orchestra after winning the Lima Symphony Concerto Competition. She also has taught privately in many Nebraska high schools and a returning teacher in the Allegro Wolf Voice Academy in Sutton, NE.

Her dream here at UNL is to learn as much as she can from the voice and opera departments, particularly her voice teacher and mentor Prof. Butler, her responsibilities as a graduate teaching assistant and grow through her new research endeavors here at the University.