Kaya Giroux
Associate Vocal Coach
Kaya Giroux (she/her), is a full lyric soprano who is currently one of two candidates for the prestigious Artist Diploma in Opera Studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, having earned her Master of Music in Vocal Performance there in 2025 studying with Susanne Mentzer. She was recently named winner of the 2026 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition — San Francisco District and went on to win the Regional Special Encouragement Award as a finalist. Kaya also was selected as one of just twenty five Gerdine Young Artists at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, one of opera’s premiere training programs which receives over 1200 applicants each year. While there she covered the roles of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, and Edith in The Pirates of Penzance. She is a 2022 graduate of Carnegie Mellon University where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Vocal Performance with both University and College Honors under the tutelage of Maria Spacagna.
On the teaching side, Kaya loves working with students of all ages and backgrounds. With five years of teaching experience, she strives to help others to find their own unique voices and to cultivate a love of music. Kaya works to help her students explore all of the capabilities of their voices in a safe way while fostering a fun and creative environment. She believes that vocal training should be an ongoing and unending endeavor filled with healthy exploration, expression, and openness. Having experience singing everything from pop to jazz to opera, she infuses elements of both classical and modern techniques to help her students achieve their desired sound.
As a performer, Kaya has performed frequently on the operatic stage. Recent roles include Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Nella in Gianni Schicchi, Sandrina in La finta giardiniera, La bergére, Une Pastorelle, La Chouette, and Le chauve-souris in L’enfant et les sortilèges, Béatrice in Béatrice et Bénédict. She has received top honors from the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Schmidt Vocal Arts Undergraduate Competition, Hal Leonard Vocal Competition, Sigma Alpha Iota, Berkeley Piano Club, the Pittsburgh Foundation, NATS, and Distinguished Young Women. Additional training includes being a 2022 Fleischner Young Artist with Pittsburgh Festival Opera as well as a 2021 VOICE Experience participant with Savannah Voice Festival. Kaya is a proud graduate of Jacqueline M. Walsh High School for the Visual and Performing Arts.
Hometown: Bristol, RI
