Lara
Bolton

Lara Bolton joined West Bay Opera as an accompanist in 2006. Now working
as a freelance coach and pianist, the Ohio native recently completed her
second season in San Francisco Opera’s Merola program as an apprentice coach.
In May, she was the rehearsal pianist for Otello at
Fresno Grand Opera. She was the Music Director of the San Diego Opera
Ensemble, and was a coach and pianist in the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist
Program at the Washington National Opera. She has participated in the
Music Academy of the West and was on the music staff at the Brevard Music
Festival and Interlochen Arts Camp, where she also received her high
school diploma.
Ms. Bolton holds a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from
the University of Maryland and received a Bachelor’s degree in Music
Theory from the University of Michigan.

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