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 the recipient of the 2023-24 Presser Award for her project bridging chamber music and environmental initiatives on Governors Island.

At Juilliard, Marisa has performed diverse 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 in an immersive theater piece with dance company Jody Oberfelder Projects at Green-Wood Cemetery. A founder of the Glass Clouds Ensemble, a chamber collective that partners with local environmental organizations, 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 Ania Vu, and joined CMF for their 15th festival season this year.

Marisa was awarded first prize in the 2018 Joy in Singing International Art Song Competition, presenting a debut recital at Carnegie's Weill Recital 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), and was an artist in residence with 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).