New York-based soprano Marisa Karchin is a compelling performer of art song, opera, and contemporary music. Marisa is pursuing a doctorate in voice at The Juilliard School where she is a recipient of the 2023-24 Presser Award for her work with the Glass Clouds Ensemble.

At Juilliard, Marisa has performed chamber music including Unsuk Chin’s Akrostichon-Wortspiel at Alice Tully Hall, Pierrot Lunaire, and John Musto’s The Book of Uncommon Prayer with the composer. As an avid proponent of new music and interdisciplinary collaborations, Marisa has also recently performed with the Da Capo Chamber Players, Brooklyn New Music Collective, and is collaborating on an upcoming immersive theater piece with Jody Oberfelder Projects. In 2022, she co-founded the Glass Clouds Ensemble, a chamber collective that partners with local environmental organizations, with whom she has held artist residencies at Yellow Barn and Avaloch Farm Music Institute and is a current Chamber Music America Ensemble Forward and Artistic Projects grant recipient. Marisa also performs with guitarist Alberta Khoury in a series of community engagement concerts at hospitals and community centers.

Other recent highlights include performances with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Westchester Philharmonic String Quartet,  Lehigh University Very Modern Ensemble, and East Winds Quintet in a centennial performance of Earl Kim’s “Rattling On.” She has premiered many works with the Chelsea Music Festival and conductor Ken-David Masur by composers including Helen Grime, Santa Ratniece, and Aigerim Seilova, and will join CMF for their 15th festival season in June 2024.

Marisa was awarded first prize in the 2018 Joy in Singing International Art Song Competition, presenting a debut recital at Carnegie's Weill Hall, and was a finalist in the 2020 Art Song Preservation Society’s Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition. In opera repertoire, Marisa has performed roles including La Fée (Cendrillon), Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Angelica (Orlando) and Nanetta (Falstaff), with artist residencies at Dayton Opera and Opera Saratoga. Chamber opera performances include a leading role Moto Osada’s Four Nights of Dream (Japan Society of New York and Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan) and Shirley Temple in Robert Ashley's DUST (The New School). Marisa holds degrees from Yale University (BA) and Mannes School of Music (MM).