SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The board of directors for Syracuse Opera, Central New York’s only year-round professional opera company, recently announced it has appointed the following four new board members.

Casey Barduhn has been a member of the Syracuse Opera Chorus for more than 30 years. He served as an educator for 35 years, including as superintendent of schools for the Westhill Central School District. Barduhn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in music education, elementary education, and education administration.

Dayle Burgess most recently served as an assistant to the president at St. Lawrence University. She previously served as the chief of staff to a New York State assemblymember, as well as a Board of Education member, and past president for the Gouverneur Central School District. Burgess received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.

Henriette Carvalho is a lead manager in underwriting intelligence at Equitable. She has been with the company for 23 years. For the past six years, Carvalho has been the chair of an employee resource group. She previously served as secretary and VP with the Rochester Western New York Chapter of Prospanica: The Association of Hispanic MBAs & Business Professionals. Carvalho is a graduate of Universidade de São Paulo, USP with a pharmacy degree, and holds an MBA from SUNY Oswego.

Kathleen Roland-Silverstein is the author of “A Performance Guide to the Songs of Jean Sibelius” (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) and “Romanser: 25 Swedish Art Songs with Guide to Swedish Lyric Diction” (Gehrmans Musikförlag, 2013). She serves as the music reviewer for the Journal of Singing and regularly contributes to the Opera Journal. Roland-Silverstein is a highly regarded concert soloist and specialist in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and has performed internationally with many music festivals, the Syracuse Opera said. She is a faculty member at Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music and has served on the board of the National Opera Association.

The Syracuse Opera was founded in 1974.