Olivia Siri (she/they) is a lyric soprano and voice teacher based in Orange County, CA. She is a first-year graduate student at California State University, Fullerton’s School of Music pursuing a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance, studying with Dr. Joni Prado. She obtained a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Chapman University’s Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music in 2023 where she studied with Dr. Rebecca Sherburn.
Previous roles include 2nd Lady (Die Zauberflöte), La Contessa (Mese Mariano), Noémie (cover), Dean of Faculty (Massenet Cendrillon), Chorus (Florencia en el Amazonas), and 2nd Spirit (Die Zauberflöte). In the Spring of 2025, she will sing Rima and 1st Spirit in CSUF Opera Theatre’s productions of Hajar and Die Zauberflöte.
As a choral singer, she participated in Chapman’s premiere vocal ensemble University Singers for three years and their Early Music Ensemble as a soloist and ensemble member for a year and a half. She is currently an active cantor and Soprano section leader at St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church in Orange as well as a volunteer singer in Pacific Chorale. Her most recent engagement with the choir includes singing Hadyn’s Missa in tempore belli (Mass in a Time of War) at the Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa. She also had the honor and privilege of performing at the Hollywood Bowl this past summer with other Cal State Fullerton and Fullerton College music students, alumni, and celebrity guest artists in Boublil and Shönberg’s “Do You Hear The People Sing”, under the batons of Broadway conductor Kevin Stites and the Pacific Chorale assistant conductor Kibsaim Escárcega.
Olivia teaches voice at Cadenza Music Academy in Tustin and maintains an active private studio. She has also taught voice lessons at Spotlight School of Music in Garden Grove. She works with various ages and abilities, including those with learning and cognitive differences, while incorporating light movement in her lessons due to her strong background in it.
When she is not performing or teaching, you’ll find her at EDM festivals and clubs. She also considers herself a Disney adult since she lives 10 minutes away from Disneyland and has been there over 20 times in her lifetime.