American collaborative artist Justina Lee has served as assistant conductor, pianist, and coach for such companies as the Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the Castleton Festival, and the Wolf Trap Opera Company. Recital highlights include collaborations with Lawrence Brownlee, Alyson Cambridge, Kate Lindsey, Lisette Oropesa, Dimitri Pittas, and Tamara Wilson. Ms. Lee has appeared under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation residency program and on recital series that include On Wings of Song at Carnegie Hall, the Harriman-Jewell Series, the Washington Performing Arts Series at The Kennedy Center, and on Renée Fleming’s VOICES recital series. She can also be seen on National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Concert series with Lawrence Brownlee and heard as collaborator with soprano Tamara Wilson on her album Tiffany’s Spellbook, premiering the work of American composer Evan L. Snyder.
Ms. Lee is an alumna of the distinguished Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at The Metropolitan Opera and holds degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Manhattan School of Music. She served as Principal Coach of the Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland, College Park from 2008-2022, and serves on faculty at the Prague Summer Nights Music Festival and the Perform Opera in Italy summer program. She joined the faculty at the Juilliard School in 2022 as Associate Artistic Director of Vocal Arts with a focus on the undergraduate curriculum.
Justina Lee is faculty at the 2026 Schmidt Vocal Institute