Josie Larsen, student of Bradley Williams, is a lyric soprano from Sammamish, Washington. Josie is thrilled to have performed as Annunciata in Bolcom’s Lucrezia, Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte, Elaine in Musto’s Later the Same Evening, Rosalinda in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, Mimi in Puccini’s La Bohème, and the Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw.  Additionally, she has covered Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Music Academy of the West and the Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at the Aspen Music Festival.  She has excelled at concert performances of the Brahms Requiem, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Villa-Lobos, and “From Jewish Folk Poetry” as part of the BSO’s Decoding Shostakovich series.  Josie completed her bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University in 2021, her master's degree at The New England Conservatory in 2023, and her Artist Diploma also at the New England Conservatory in 2025. Josie’s greatest joy in music is connecting people across many languages and cultures in a common musical experience.