Mikaela Pace - Biography
Mikaela Pace is a Native-American soprano born and raised in Carrollton, TX. She has recently moved to the Austin area in Summer 2023. She holds a voice studio of 46 students and is the Soprano Section Leader at Westminster Presbyterian Church
Mikaela made her young artist debut in two programs in the Summer of 2022. She performed as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro (Matador Opera Workshop). And she was a Studio Artist at Red River Lyric Opera where she covered the role of Johanna in Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In the Summer of 2019, Mikaela has the gracious opportunity to attend the Music in the Marche Young Artist Program in Mondavio, Italy. There she studied Italian with native speakers and lived with a lovely host family. Her favorite operatic roles include Tonina in Prima la musica e poi le parole, Laurie in The Tender Land, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi (Baylor Opera Theatre), and Rose Maurant in Street Scene (Texas Tech Opera Theatre). Other roles include Contemptus Mundi in Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum, Second Woman in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, and Mrs. Gobineau in Menotti's The Medium.
​
As a versatile artist, Mikaela has an equal passion for both classical and musical theatre repertoire. In the Fall of 2022, she made her dream role debut as Maria in a staged concert version of Sondheim's West Side Story produced by Soar and Wild Imagings in the Anthem STORIES Building in Waco, TX. In March 2022, she was Margo Crawford in Bright Star at the Waco Civic Theatre. Mikaela also has tons of chorus experience through participating in shows produced by Lubbock Moonlight Musicals and Lubbock Community Theatre.
​
Ms. Pace has participated in multiple voice competitions. In 2023, she participated with Baylor Opera Theatre in the Robert Hansen Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition and placed 1st in Opera Division II. In 2022, she was a semi-finalist in the American Pops Orchestra Next Gen Competition. In the 2021 season of the John Alexander Vocal Competition, she was a finalist in both the Opera Student Artist and Musical Theatre Student Artist Categories. Mikaela is also the 2nd recipient of the Melody Claire Hall Voice Scholarship (2018). She had the gracious opportunity to open the second act in the SoCo Women's Chorus concert at Martin Luther Cathedral in Austin, TX.
​
Mikaela received her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance (2023) at Baylor University in Waco, TX where she studied under Dr. Kimberly Monzón. Ms. Pace also received her Bachelor of Music Performance - Voice degree (2021) at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX where she studied under Dr. Alice-Anne Light and Lissette Jimenez.
