Kennedy Blair Miller is an American soprano studying for her Master of Music at the Royal Academy of Music, where she is a recipient of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. Recent operatic engagements include the debut role of Lila in the world premiere of Toby Anderson’s new opera SATYRS Act I at the Royal Academy of Music’s Students Create Festival. In the Royal Academy of Music's Opera Scenes showcases, Kennedy performed as Elettra (Idomeneo, Mozart), Contessa Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart), and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni, Mozart). She also performed as Poppea (L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi) in 2021 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and CVNC described her performance as “seductive and dramatic, capturing perfectly the character's unquenchable ambition and persuasive sexuality.” Other operatic engagements include Third Spirit/Cendrillon Cover (Cendrillon, Massenet) at the Miami Beach Music Festival and Student II (Der Jasager, Weill) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Kennedy is a passionate performer of and advocate for song and contemporary music. This year, she debuted a new song cycle by British composer Mary Offer called 'Girl, Woman, _____'. Kennedy wrote the libretto and co-produced the staged premiere at the Students Create Festival at the Royal Academy of Music in January 2024. In 2023, she was a finalist for the Joan Chissell/Rex Stephens Robert Schumann Lieder competition at the Royal Academy of Music. Kennedy was a top 15 semifinalist in the national competition for the National Association of Teachers of Singing in 2022 and 2020 after winning first place in the North Carolina competitions. Kennedy studies with Mary Nelson at the Royal Academy of Music, where she will continue her training for the next two years.