An extremely versatile performer, Mary Elizabeth Southworth is an active soprano soloist in repertoires including chamber music, opera, oratorio, art song, musical theatre, and symphonic works.She has performed numerous times with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Opera. These performances include: soprano soloist in Zemlinsky's Psalm 84, Blumenmadchen in Wagner's Parsifal, Frasquita in Carmen, and Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio conducted by Paavo Jarvi. She was also featured in Cincinnati Opera's outreach program entitled Find Your Voice. Mary has also sung with the Cincinnati Pops under the batons of Maestro Erich Kunzel, John Morris Russell and Marvin Hamlisch, performing at the Cincinnati Pops Concerts in the Park series and the Home for the Holidays programs.Mary Elizabeth was seen in Nevada Opera's production of Marriage of Figaro as Susanna, Kentucky Opera's production of Marriage of Figaro as Barbarina, and Dayton Opera's production of Little Women as Beth and Magic Flute as Pamina. She has sung the role of Gretel in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel twice with the Kentucky Opera and also with the Chattanooga Opera and has appeared with the Kentucky Symphony, the Central Wisconsin Symphony and the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra. She is an active recitalist performing recitals throughout the country and was a featured soloist at a dedication concert with Jerome Hines in 2002. She performs regularly and has toured and recorded with the Dayton chamber music ensemble Top Brass. In 2006 she helped create a chamber music ensemble called Conundrum with whom she actively performs.Currently serving as Adjunct Instructor at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Previously she was on staff as Master Voice Teacher at the Musical Arts Center and served on the faculty at Wright State University. Many of her students have landed roles in national and international tours.