Hailed a "Standout" by Ted Medrek of the Boston Herald for her performance of Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Meredith Hansen has scored many successes with notable competitions, both domestically and internationally. In addition to receiving Grant Support from the prestigious Gerda Lissner Foundation, she was also chosen for the Final Rounds of The 45th Annual Francisco Viñas Singing Contest in Barcelona, Spain. Ms. Hansen was the First Place Winner in both the Charles Lynam Competition and the Violetta DuPont Vocal Competition, as well as both First Place Winner and Audience Favorite in the Opera Birmingham Competition. Ms Hansen has been honored as a Regional Semi-Finalist and Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She is also the 2010 recipient of the Boston Lyric Opera Stephen Shrestinian Award for Excellence.

Ms. Hansen's 2009/2010 season opened with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra Opera Gala, and continued with her Mainstage Debut as Frasquita in Carmen with Boston Lyric Opera, conducted by Keith Lockhart. She also performed Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem with the Plymouth Philharmonic, and made her Boston Symphony Orchestra and Carnegie Hall Debut singing Elijah under the baton of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Additionally, she performed a program of scenes and arias (Juliette, Elettra, Violetta and others) on the Esplanade with Boston Lyric Opera and The Landmarks Orchestra, conducted by Charles Ansbacher.

The Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grant Nominee was seen as Gilda with the Newton Symphony Orchestra, as well as Countess and Rosalinda with Opera by the Bay, Miss Silverpeal in Mozart's The Impresario with MetroWest Opera, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the Quincy Choral Society, Verdi's Requiem with the Paul Madore Chorale, and The Messiah with Commonwealth Opera.

For her November 2008 performance of Rossini's Petit Messe Solennelle with Masterworks Chorale, Matthew Guerrieri of the Boston Globe offered the following praise: “Soprano Meredith Hansen sang the surprisingly sweet "Crucifixus" with a creamy tone and soared in the "O salutaris hostia."

Originally from Cohasset, MA, Ms. Hansen received her undergraduate training at The Eastman School of Music and The University of Connecticut, her Master's Degree from Boston University, and spent a year of post-graduate study as an Intern with the Opera Institute at Boston University.