Student Profile

Tiara Abraham
Music, Vocal Performance

Tiara is currently a chorister with UC Davis University Chorus, the Schola Cantorum chorus at Sacred Heart Church, Sacramento, and The Washington Chorus, Washington, D.C.

Tiara is studying with Jonathan Nadel.

Announcement

Tiara Abraham Wins 2nd Place in Sacramento Master Singers Scholarship

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Tiara Abraham

Undergraduate music major (focusing on vocal performance) Tiara Abraham has won second place in the Sacramento Master Singers Youth Scholarship competition. For it she sang one of only a few Vincenzo Bellini art songs, ”Per pietà, bell’idol mio,” in the collegiate category, age 20–22.

Announcement

Undergraduate Tiara Abraham Receives YoungArts Award

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Tiara Abraham

Tiara Abraham, 16, a senior at UC Davis, majoring in vocal performance at the Department of Music, has received a 2022 YoungArts award in Classical Voice.

Announcement

“Teenage vocalist enters senior year at UC Davis”
Davis Enterprise

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Tiara Abraham

At 7 years old, Tiara Abraham took her first college class at American River College.

Her mother Dr. Taji Abraham accompanied her to the Spanish class where they sat together in the front row.

While at ARC, it was not unusual for Tiara’s classmates to be three or four times her age. However, the other students were always welcoming once they saw her in action.

“I was very focused on what the professor was saying, so I think that it was easy for the professors and classmates to understand that I was serious about learning,” Tiara said.

Announcement

Undergraduate Tiara Abraham Begins Summer with Achievements

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Tiara Abraham Jonathan Nadel

Undergraduate music major Tiara Abraham has earned two regional scholarships and been accepted to three summer programs at Oberlin, NYU, and Eastman.

Announcement

“Musical prodigy Abraham makes solo debut”
Davis Enterprise

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Tiara Abraham

When Tiara Abraham was 4 years old, her parents noticed she had a knack for singing with vibrato, a style more often found in accomplished opera singers than preschoolers. “They noticed I really enjoyed singing,” she said. Soon after, they signed her up for private singing lessons. Still just 15 years old, the Sacramento native has performed with as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, the Vatican and in Vienna.

Announcement

Tiara Abraham Wins Top Prizes
Enkor and Great Composers Competitions

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Jonathan Nadel "14-year-old Tiara Abraham begins her first quarter as a music major" Tiara Abraham

Undergraduate music major Tiara Abraham performed “Quia Respexit” from J.S. Bach’s Magnificat, and earned the Grand Prize from the Enkor International Music Competition. She received a score of 96.25 percent, which is the highest received by a contestant during its six years and won the Grand Prize among ages 10–25 in the vocal category. Enkor is a unique music competition with a jury board consisting of more than 500 members throughout the world.