Graycen Gardner, soprano, is currently based in Los Angeles, where she is a professional singer specializing in classical, early music, new music, and session vocals. Her ability to deftly alternate between a full operatic vocal production and a light, shimmering sound enables her to sing a wide, wonderful variety of repertoire and musical styles. Graycen became a rostered member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale in 2021, and she performs as a chorister and solo opera singer throughout LA. This past summer, she performed with LAMC’s international touring production of Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien (Music To Accompany A Departure), staged by Peter Sellars. In 2025, she performed in the Stanford Live premiere of David Lang’s before and after nature. Graycen sang the role of Mina in Beth Morrison Projects’ 2024 and 2025 workshops of Star Singer, a new opera by Juhi Bansal, and this past summer she recorded an aria from the work for the organization’s 20th-anniversary album, BMP: SONGBOOK. In 2024, she performed the soprano solos in LAMC’s Handel-Mozart Messiah at Walt Disney Concert Hall, and she performed with an octet of LAMC singers for the LA Phil’s GRAMMY Award-winning premiere of Revolución diamantina by Gabriela Ortiz. In 2024, she performed the role of Baby Doe in The Opera Buffs’ concert version of The Ballad of Baby Doe. In 2022, she was the soprano soloist in the LA Master Chorale’s Messiah Sing-Along at Disney Concert Hall, and in 2023 she sang the soprano solo in the LAMC’s premiere of Reena Esmail’s “Malhaar: A Requiem for Water.” In 2019, she performed in the premiere tour of Timothy Peterson’s The Séance with New Opera Works, reprising her role as “The Voice of the Dead” in New Opera West’s 2022 revival of the work. In 2018, Graycen was a studio artist at Central City Opera, where she performed the role of Galatea in Acis and Galatea and received the Young Artist Award for Excellence. Graycen also specializes in film and television session vocals, and her recent credits include Wicked (2024). Along with her profound love of performance, Graycen has a passion for teaching, and she provides private voice instruction to students in the greater Los Angeles area and beyond.