A Montana native and current resident of Billings, MT, soprano Carolyn Jane Coefield has performed with several ensembles including Portland Opera Works!, Portland SummerFest, Helena Symphony, Astoria Music Festival, Bel Canto Northwest, Portland Opera Guild, and The Illustrious Virginia City Players. Most Recently, Carolyn performed the roles Papagena and 2^nd Lady in the Portland Opera Works! 2006 production of The Magic Flute. During the summer of 2006 Carolyn sang the role of Giannetta in the Portland SummerFest Concert Production of L’Elisir D’amore.

During the spring season of 2005, Ms. Coefield joined Portland Opera Works!  The apprentice and outreach program affiliated with Portland Opera.  She performed the role of the Mother in Hansel and Gretel.

After her successful debut with the Helena Symphony Chorale, Ms. Coefield returned as a guest artist to make her symphonic debut with the Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for the inaugural performance of new Music Director Allan R. Scott.  She returned to Helena in March 2005, to sing the role of Johanna in a semi-staged production of Sweeney Todd. In December 2004, she was featured as the soprano soloist in the Billings Messiah Festival.

Ms. Coefield has performed at the International Music Festival as a member of the Bach Academy Festival Ensemble in Stuttgart, Germany and throughout Greece with renowned Bach scholar and conductor Helmut Rilling. In addition to an active recital career, Ms. Coefield has performed the roles of "Musetta" in Puccini's La Bohéme, "Pamina" in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, and "The Countess" in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro

“Carolyn Coefield (Pamina)---gave a strong and heartfelt performance.”

 ---James McQuillen  The Oregonian May 7, 2001 

Theater credits include roles in Nunsense, As Is, Falsettos, Two by Two, Cabaret, The Music Man, and Godspell.  She spent two seasons working with The Illustrious Virginia City Players, a summer stock melodrama and olio company, where she performed roles such as Becky in Tom Sawyer, the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, and Virginia in The Canterbury Ghost. 

Ms. Coefield received her B.A. in Music at Rocky Mountain College.  She then earned her Master of Music in vocal performance at Portland State University where she studied with Ruth Dobson. She has received additional training in master classes with Shirlee Emmons, Marilyn Horne, Ellen Faull, Dorothy Danner, Christopher Mattaliano, Paul Sperry, and Jerome Hines. She has returned to Rocky as adjunct vocal faculty. Students of Miss Coefield’s are in the chorus of this production.

Carolyn’s recent performances include Vivaldi’s Gloria and the Carmina Burana with the Helena Chamber Singers in December 2007 and May 2008, respectively. Giannetta marks Miss Coefield’s stage debut with Rimrock Opera Company in March 2008.