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Claudia Kitka holds degrees in music from Duke University and Eastman School of Music (M.M.). Her diverse performance experience includes opera, musical theater, Shakespearean, and modern dramatic roles. Locally she has performed with the Camellia Symphony, the California Wind Orchestra, the Sacramento Symphony, Stockton Opera, UC Davis Music and Drama productions, and Davis Comic Opera Company.

A noted recitalist specializing in performing contemporary music, she has premiered new works throughout the United States. Currently Professor of Music at Sacramento State, she teaches voice, performance practice, lyric diction, and musical theater performance. She also team teaches in the Department of Theatre and Dance and serves as a vocal coach for many of the musical productions. Her collaborations with arranger/pianist Carole Delaney, Sacramento State music faculty emeritus, include several solo theatrical revues.