Gwen Paker is an award-winning soprano equally at home on the operatic stage and in the concert hall. While studying at the Eastman School of Music with Professor Robert Swensen, Gwen won first prize in the 2022 Friends of Eastman Opera Voice Competition and the 2019 Eastman Voice Department Concerto Competition. An avid performer of opera, Gwen made her professional operatic debut as Gertrude Stein in Thomson’s The Mother of Us All with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and has starred in several productions with Eastman Opera Theatre. Gwen’s passion for music extends beyond performance, and she flourishes as a voice faculty member at The Hochstein School. Prioritizing the individual needs of each student in order to build their self-confidence, musicality, and singing technique, Gwen teaches lessons to students of all ages and abilities.