Megan Weston

Voice, Piano

Megan Weston is a soprano, teacher, and the director of Athena Music Foundation. She has taught master classes for the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and La Sierra University, and was a guest soprano with the Conductors Institute at Bard College for several summers. She maintains voice and piano studios in Manhattan and Rockland County, and is pursuing a M.A. in Music and Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Recognized for her "remarkable virtuosity and charm" (Financial Times) and her “gorgeous lyric soprano” (Opera), Megan first gained attention as Lightfoot in Carlisle Floyd’s Cold Sassy Tree (San Diego Opera), and as Lisa in La sonnambula (Caramoor). Her repertoire includes Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffmann (Tulsa Opera), Despina in Così fan tutte (Utah Opera), Carmina Burana (San Diego Symphony), Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Glens Falls Symphony), Cunegonde in Candide (Lyric Opera San Diego), and Tuptim in The King and I (Charlottesville Opera).

Megan has sung in programs with the Metropolitan Opera Guild at Lincoln Center and appeared on PBS and NHK. Premieres include Constance in Mitchell Bach’s Les trois mousquetaires (Phoenicia Festival), The Swallow in Sergio Cervetti's Elegy for a Prince (Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium), Nico Muhly's “Impaired Vision” (Symphony Space), and Anne in Harold Farberman's Diamond Street (Albany Records). She has won awards from the Gerda Lissner International Competition, Metropolitan Opera Western Regional Auditions, and Zachary National Competition. She earned her B.M. in Vocal Performance from California State University Fullerton, and was a member of the Young Artist Programs of San Diego Opera and Utah Opera. With her group The Athenians, she recently toured Dubai, Macau, and Tsinghua University, Beijing with conductor Lü Jia.

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