Kiana Lilly (she/her/hers)

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Kiana Lilly is a Soprano from New York City. Lilly studies vocal performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Dr. Mary Schiller. 

Kiana has participated in productions from Mozart's “Die Zauberflote”, Stravinskys’ “Le Rossignol", and Purcells’ “Dido & Aeneas" among others. She has sung roles varying from Fiordiligi and Lakme to Manon, Donna Elivra, & Ariadne in various opera scene programs. 

Kiana was a finalist for the classical singer, WQXR, and Schmidt vocal competitions. She placed 2nd in the National Association for Teachers students (NATS) vocal competition and was the winner of her school's concerto competition. She has had masterclasses and coachings with world renowned artistic directors and musicians. She has had masterclasses with Brian Zeger (Juilliard School), Evan Mirageas (Cincinnati opera house) and coachings from Craig Terry, (Chicago Lyric Opera) Francois Germain (summer program in Salzburg, Austria) & John Simmons(Cleveland Institute of Music). 

When Kiana isn’t singing classical music she is an active member in her community and interned with the New York City Council. She is an executive member of the Cleveland Institute of Music Black student union (BSU) promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts through programming and curriculum. She also travels throughout the U.S singing gospel music with the Songs of Solomon international choir as well as singing musical theatre, being in productions and performing scenes from Rent, Songs for a New World, Ragtime, & The Color Purple.