Zoi Chavez, soprano
Twenty-year-old vocalist, Zoi Chavez, was born and raised in the beautiful state of New Mexico! Her musical interests started at a very early age. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Pie Jesu” was the first vocal piece that she had performed at the tender age of 5, at a local church.
At the age of eight, she joined a local children’s choir and a few years later she joined the Symphony Orchestra of Albuquerque (SOA) choir directed by Dr. Charles McDaniel, where she had the opportunity to perform many solos, which included various works by Mozart, Handel, Haydn, Schubert and Faure.
In 2007, she began studying with Jacqueline Zander-Wall and performed in many studio classes. Zoi is an alumnus of the Young Voices at the Santa Fe Opera program where she studied under Robert Tweten, Kathleen Clawson, and Michael Wilson.
Zoi has participated and placed 1st in many national, regional and state competitions: the Music Teacher’s National Association (MTNA) where Zoi took 1st place in the national competition in her division, NATs 1st place, and the Vocal Artistry Art Song 1st place.
She played the title-role in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe with Opera Southwest.
When Zoi is not singing , she enjoys riding her dirt bike at the family ranch, fishing, hiking, riding motorcycles with her father, traveling and swimming.
Zoi would like to thank her parents Ron and Rhea Chavez, voice teacher Jacqueline Zander-Wall and fiancé Rick for supporting her in her musical endeavors.
