Biography
Caroline Goodwin’s soprano voice has been described as “filament fine but powerful” and full of “rising star sparkle.” As an emerging young artist, Caroline has shown herself to be a versatile musician and performer. While engaging in classical training, she has also developed her passions for musical theatre, new music, and jazz. She holds both a Master of Music in Voice (2023) and a Bachelor of Science in Voice with an Outside Field in History (2021) from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana. During the summer of 2022, she attended the world-renowned American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria.
Currently located in Washington, D.C., where she studies with Elizabeth Daniels, Caroline is highly involved in the city’s thriving music and arts scene. As a regular chorister with the Washington Concert Opera, Caroline has performed such classics as Luisa Miller, Manon Lescaut, Iphigénie en Tauride, Les pêcheurs de perles, and Idomeneo. She is currently employed as a soloist and soprano section leader at Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, where she is also growing a voice studio of students of diverse ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
Caroline is well-versed in musical theatre and operetta, most recently having played Mrs. Anderssen, one of the Liebeslieders, in A Little Night Music with the College Light Opera Company. In 2024, she sang Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with First Coast Opera. In 2023, she participated in nine productions during the College Light Opera Company’s season. Her most notable roles included Elise in The Yeomen of the Guard, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, and The Plaintiff in Trial by Jury.
Other favorite dramatic performances include Paquette in Candide, Gabriella in La Rondine, Maud Dunlop in The Music Man, Zelda Zanders in Singin’ in the Rain, Lou Ann in Hairspray, Marie in scenes from The Bartered Bride, and Cherubino in scenes from Le nozze di Figaro. Other ensemble experiences include H.M.S. Pinafore, Jesus Christ Super Star, Singin’ in the Rain, 9 to 5, The Little Mermaid, Hello Dolly, Ainadamar, L’Étoile, Falstaff, Xerxes, and Bernstein’s Mass.
Caroline's growing experience in concert work spans genres and includes multiple engagements on pops and classical concert with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, performances especially important to her because of her hometown audience. In December of 2024, she sang the soprano solo in Handel’s Messiah with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. She has programmed, performed, and appeared as a guest on multiple recitals in Terre Haute, Bloomington, and Indianapolis, Indiana, as well as in Washington, D.C., and Graz, Austria.