Carson Rose Schneider

Praised for her “excellent musicianship” (Talkin’ Broadway) and “stunning and emotionally evocative” playing (Cherry and Spoon), Dr. Carson Rose Schneider is a versatile pianist who works as a duo partner, coach, music director, and rehearsal pianist with opera companies, chamber groups, and choirs. 

Based in the Twin Cities, she has collaborated with companies around the Midwest including Skylark Opera Theatre, Nautilus Music Theatre, Lyric Opera of the North, AOT, Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Lakes Area Music Festival, OOPS MN, Bay View Music Festival, AOT, Out of the Box Opera, and Really Spicy Opera. Most recently, she was the Music Director for Lyric Opera of the North’s October 2023 production Speed Dating, Tonight and for their touring show Hansel and Gretel. This summer, she is a répètiteur for Lyric Opera of the North’s June 2024 show La Bohème and the Chorus Director for Out of the Box Opera’s June production of Suor Angelica. She will also be a faculty coach at the St. Croix Valley Opera Summer Intensive. She was a MNDuo participant in Source Song Festival’s inaugural season in 2014 and is thrilled to be returning this summer. 

In addition to an active performing life, she is the Music Director and Pianist at Union Congregational Church in Elk River, MN and is the Coordinator and Music Director for Skylark Opera’s Skylark for Seniors concert series. She also manages a home recording and coaching studio called Carson Rose Studios. Dr. Schneider finished her DMA in collaborative piano and coaching from the University of Minnesota in 2017, where she studied with Dr. Timothy Lovelace.