Through Wandering Landscapes
Sunday, March 15, 2026
3:00 pm
Walnut Hills High School
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Cantus Arcticus – Concerto for birds and orchestra
Bedřich Smetana
The Moldau
Catherine Fields
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Rachel Kobernick, soprano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastorale”
Rachel Kobernick is a versatile soprano praised for her “power and sweetness” (The Observer), “seamless coloratura sparkle” (Seen and Heard International), and “captivating performance” (The New York Times). In 2025, Rachel premiered four exciting roles singing La Statue Animée in Rameau’s Pygmalion (Kentucky Opera), Marguerite in Faust (Heartbeat Opera),Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof (Cincinnati Opera), as well as Norina in Don Pasquale (Opera Magnifico). Next season, Rachel will make her concert debut as a soloist with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, return to Kentucky Opera to sing Berginella in Songbird, and make her role debut as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro (Indianapolis Opera). She is also a 2025 George and Nora London Foundation Competition Finalist. Additional performance credits include appearances with Sarasota Opera, Opera on the James, Queen City Opera, the NF Opera Collective, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and Cincinnati Song Initiative. In competition, Rachel has been a finalist of the Sullivan Foundation, National Opera Association, Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, and Corbett Foundation, and has won multiple awards from the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, the Kyrenia Opera Competition, the National Society of Arts and Letters, and the Three Arts Scholarship Fund. Rachel graduated with a master’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music and a bachelor’s of music from the Eastman School of Music.
Voices of America
Sunday, May 31, 2026
3:00 pm
Walnut Hills High School
TBD