Cultivating a versatility of style, Veronica Roan is comfortable with a wide variety of concert and chamber music. Her solo work includes J.S. Bach’s Köthener Trauermusik under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki, songs of Charles Ives in Generations of Music at Yale in Weill Hall, and Haydn’s Stabat Mater under the direction of Stefan Parkman. In the spring of 2024 she toured with Juilliard415 and Yale Schola Cantorum as the alto soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor under the direction of David Hill, after she placed second in the Colorado Bach Ensemble’s national Bach Competition for Young Artists. Ms. Roan’s solo work in 2023 included Handel’s L’allegro with Juilliard415 under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki, Déesse Flore and Hyacinth in La couronne de fleurs with The Sebastians (New York, NY), and Mozart’s Reqiuem with Music at Trinity (Vero Beach, Florida). Her immersion in concert music at Yale has allowed her to collaborate with young composers, and she enjoyed premiering Brittney Benton’s Only in Dreams with New Music New Haven. Ms. Roan was honored to be the 2025 recipient of the Watson Family Award at the Lyndon Woodside Oratorio Competition.
Her career has also encompassed choral ensemble performance and sacred music. She was a member of the 2022–2023 VOCES8 US Scholars program, with whom she recorded works by composers such as Reena Esmail, Shruthi Rajasekar, and Paul Smith with YourClassical at American Public Radio. She was also delighted to collaborate with VOCES8 in the U.S. premiere concert of Christopher Tin’s Grammy-nominated work The Lost Birds. She has performed regularly with chamber groups in Dallas including Orpheus Chamber Singers, Incarnatus, Dallas Chamber Choir, and others.
In addition to her performance work, Ms. Roan was privileged to teach undergraduate and secondary voice to Yale University students. She has also worked in non-profit development, most recently for The Dallas Opera, and in university admissions. Upon her graduation from Yale, she received the Director’s Award from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music for her research presentation on grave goods in modern America. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Texas and a Master of Music degree from Yale University.