Zanaida Robles, soprano
Zanaida Robles, director of classical choirs at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, has performed as a concert soprano soloist and ensemble member throughout the United States and parts of Europe. A district finalist in the 2001 Metropolitan Opera Auditions and two-time award winner of the Artist of the Future competition in Los Angeles, she has also been honored to receive the CSUN Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholarship, the Young Musicians Foundation Gladys Turk scholarship, the Long Beach State New York Alumni Club Scholarship, two BEEM Foundation scholarships, the CSULB Theodore Presser Scholarship, the NFAA National Arts Recognition and Talent Search level I award, two Charles Dolo Coker Vocal Jazz Awards, the KCET Emerging Young Artist Grand Prize, and the NAACP ACT-SO national gold medal for music composition.
Zanaida Robles sings regularly with Pacific Chorale and the John Alexander Singers. And she is the soprano section leader and soloist for the Coventry Choir at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena. She has sung professionally under the batons of such conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Pierre Boulez, John Mauceri, Carl St. Clair, Marin Alsop, John Alexander, Leonard Slatkin, and Gustavo Dudamel.
Zanaida Robles holds a Master of Music degree in choral conducting from California State University, Northridge where she was the graduate assistant to the director of choral studies for two years. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from CSU Long Beach, where she was the first recipient of the four-year Dean's Scholarship for Distinction in the Arts. She has studied choral conducting with Paul Smith, Jonathan Talberg and John Alexander. Her classical voice teachers and coaches have included Lynn Bielefelt, Shigemi Matsumoto, Robin Buck, Donald Brinegar, Martin Katz, Ruth Golden, Linda Zoolalian, and Henri Venanzi. In fall 2010, Zanaida looks forward to beginning studies at the USC Thornton School of Music in pursuit of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral music.
Zanaida Robles sings regularly with Pacific Chorale and the John Alexander Singers. And she is the soprano section leader and soloist for the Coventry Choir at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena. She has sung professionally under the batons of such conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Pierre Boulez, John Mauceri, Carl St. Clair, Marin Alsop, John Alexander, Leonard Slatkin, and Gustavo Dudamel.
Zanaida Robles holds a Master of Music degree in choral conducting from California State University, Northridge where she was the graduate assistant to the director of choral studies for two years. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from CSU Long Beach, where she was the first recipient of the four-year Dean's Scholarship for Distinction in the Arts. She has studied choral conducting with Paul Smith, Jonathan Talberg and John Alexander. Her classical voice teachers and coaches have included Lynn Bielefelt, Shigemi Matsumoto, Robin Buck, Donald Brinegar, Martin Katz, Ruth Golden, Linda Zoolalian, and Henri Venanzi. In fall 2010, Zanaida looks forward to beginning studies at the USC Thornton School of Music in pursuit of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral music.
