Julia Tooker

• AWARDS:
• 1st Place - National CS Music Vocal Competition - Musical Theatre
• 3rd Place - National CS Music Vocal Competition - Classical
• 1st Place - Schmidt Vocal Competition - Ohio District
• 1st Place - American Virtuoso International Music Competition - Young Artist
• 1st Place - American Protégé Vocal Competition - Opera Aria
• OPERA PERFORMANCES:
• The Page in Rigoletto (Finger Lakes Opera)
• Jeanette in The Anonymous Lover (Finger Lakes Opera)
• Niña in Ainadamar (Eastman Opera Theatre)
• Autghe in Silent Light (Eastman Opera Theatre)
• Aeterna in & Aeterna (The New Voice Festival)
• Warrior in Dido & Aeneas (The New Voice Festival)
• MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCES:
• Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (OFC Creations Theatre Center)
• Lucy in Jekyll & Hyde (OFC Creations Theatre Center)
• Amy in Little Women (OFC Creations Theatre Center)
• Johanna in Sweeney Todd (OFC Creations Theatre Center)
• Vanessa in In the Heights (OFC Creations Theatre Center)
• Sandy in Grease (OFC Creations Theatre Center)
• Cosette in Les Misérables (OFC Creations Theatre Center)

Julia Tooker is an award-winning soprano currently in her final year of Vocal Performance studies at the Eastman School of Music, training under Kathryn Cowdrick. Raised in Rochester, NY, with vibrant Puerto Rican heritage, she was immersed in diverse musical traditions from an early age. Her classical voice training began with Diane Abrahamian at the Eastman Community Music School, and she later performed leading roles in several community theatre musicals. Julia made her Broadway cabaret debut in 2023 as a Rising Star at Ben Cameron’s Broadway Sessions in NYC, and in 2025, she made her professional opera debut as an Apprentice Artist with Finger Lakes Opera, appearing in Rigoletto and The Anonymous Lover.