Jeffrey Yang

• National Round Qualifier for 2023 NATS Nationals - Classical
• National Round Qualifier for 2022 NATS Nationals - Classical
• National Round Qualifier for 2022 NATS Nationals - Musical Theater
• 1st Place Winner in the 2022 NATS LA-SEP Competition - Classical
• 1st Place Winner in the 2022 Vo-Cal Competition - Classical
• 2nd Place Winner in the 2023 Vo-Cal Competition - Musical Theater
• 2nd Place Winner in the 2021 Vo-Cal Competition - Musical Theater
• 2nd Place Winner in the 2021 MTAC VOCE Competition
• 3rd Place Winner in the 2024 NATS Cal-Western Competition in Classical Voice
• 3rd Place Winner in the 2023 Fullerton College Classical Vocal Competition
• 3rd Place Winner in the 2022 American Protégé International Vocal Competition - Classical Repertoire
• 3rd Prize Winner in the 2022 International Grande Music Competition
• 3rd Place Winner in the 2022 Pacific Symphony's Opera Focus Competition
• 3rd Place Winner in the 2020 NATS LA-SEP Competition - Musical Theater
• 3rd Place Winner in the 2020 NATS LA-SEP Competition - Classical
• Finalist in 2023 MTAC's VOCE Competition
• Semi-Finalist in 2024 The Music Center's Spotlight Competition
• Semi-Finalist in 2022 CS Music Competition- High School Classical Division
• Semi-Finalist in 2022 Hal Leonard Vocal Competition- Art Song Division
• Merit Award in 2023 The Music Center's Spotlight Competition
• Encouragement Award Winner in the 2022 Schmidt Vocal Competition
• Panel Finalist and Branch Honors in Certificate of Merit: Voice (Level 10)
• Studied at Northwestern University's Vocal Performance Seminar (2023)
• Studied at New York University's Steinhardt's Classical Voice Intensive (2022)
• Notable Instructors Worked With: Ann Baltz, Cecilia Violetta López, Michael Hanley, Davóne Tines, Dr. Errik Hood, Dr. Ryan Reithmeier, Matthew Worth, Dylan Thomas, Aram Barsamian, Rollo Dilworth, ANÚNA

Jeffrey Yang is a high school senior at the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) in Santa Ana, California, where he studies in the Classical Voice Conservatory. He trains with Kathleen Martin as a baritone and is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades from various vocal competitions. He has 6+ years of performance experience through his involvement in choral/solo shows and operas at OCSA and beyond. He performed the role of Falke in OCSA’s April 2023 production of Die Fledermaus. He has studied at the Classical Voice Intensive at New York University Steinhardt, where he worked with Dr. Erik Hood, Dianna Heldman, Dr. Scott Murphree, Harolyn Blackwell, and more. He has also studied at the Intensive Vocal Performance Seminar at Northwestern University with Pamela Hinchman, where he performed the role of Morales from Carmen. He has also participated in various masterclasses in which he has performed for esteemed soprano Cecilia Violetta López, baritone Matthew Worth, prolific presenter and vocal instructor Michael Hanley, and more. Since 2021, he has also served as the co-program director of the OCSA High School Showcase Team, recently featured in the Fall 2022 edition of the Classical Singer magazine. A featured performer alongside the Philharmonic Society of Orange County's Festival Artistic Director, Davóne Tines, he, with the rest of the showcase team, was invited to perform in a creative workshop showcase as part of the Triumph Over Adversity Festival. As founder and co-president of the organization Artingual, he aims to put his classical operatic training to use in bettering youth literacy around his community. In addition to being a singer, he is also a published and award-winning author and poet, having studied at the Kenyon Review Young Writer Workshop and the California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA).