About
Chloé Vaught is a native of Los Angeles, California with a B.A. in Vocal Performance from UCLA. While at UCLA, she collaborated with Stephen Stubbs, James Darrah, James Bass, Seraphic Fire, Lucy Yates, Tonality, and attended the Aspen Festival and School of Music. In 2020, she received a GRAMMY for her choral performance in Richard Danielpour’s The Passion of Yeshua with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. In 2022 she participated in the Castleton Young Artist Program with Michelle DeYoung and Paul Groves, and was a Vocal Fellow at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute.
Now, Chloe performs with groups around the city such as LA Master Chorale, LA Opera Chorus, Tonality, DC6 Singers, HEX Vocal Ensemble, and more. She frequently records for independent films, background vocals sessions, and thoroughly enjoys contributing to others’ passion projects. As a soloist, she possesses versatility and loves to explore many genres including early music, contemporary music, pop, jazz, and more. Chloe wants to continue recording for film and television, premiering pieces in collaboration with contemporary composers, and be a part of the movement to keep opera and classical music fresh, relevant, and accessible for all.
FILM CREDITS
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Sing 2
Spiderhead
Better Nate Than Ever
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE- CHORAL
-LA Opera Chorus, 2022
-LA Master Chorale Auxiliary Roster, 2022
-2021 GRAMMY recipient for Best Choral Performance in Richard Danielpour’s The Passion of Yeshua, recorded with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
-Soprano section leader at Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica
-Core Soprano of Los Angeles-based choir, Tonality
-Soprano in J.S.Bach’s Jesu Meine Freude for the Dilijan Chamber Music Series at Colburn School of Music in January 2020
-Soprano in the U.S. Premier of Rachel Fuller’s Animal Requiem in October 2019
-Student in the Aspen Music Festival’s Seraphic Fire Professional Choral Institute in Summer 2019
-UCLA Seraphic Fire Ensemble Artist member of Chorus in Seraphic Fire’s performance of Poulenc’s Mass in G in May 2019
-Chorus member of the East Coast premiere of Richard Danielpour’s oratorio The Passion of Yeshua with the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra in April 2019
-Chorus member of UCLA Opera’s world premiere of Carla Lucero’s opera Juana in April 2019
-UCLA Seraphic Fire Ensemble Artist member of Chorus in Seraphic Fire’s performance of Vivaldi and La Pieta in February 2019
-UCLA Seraphic Fire Ensemble Artist member of Chorus in Seraphic Fire’s performance of Arvo Pärt’s Passio in April 2018
-UCLA Seraphic Fire Ensemble Artist member of Chorus in Seraphic Fire’s performance of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in February 2018
-Chorus member of the Final Fantasy-Distant Worlds concert at Microsoft Theater January 2018
-Chorus member of Rossini’s Stabat Mater for L.A. Dream Orchestra performance February 2016
SIGNIFICANT CHORAL WORKS PERFORMED
-Arvo Part’s Passio
-Beethoven's 9th
-David Lang’s Little Match Girl Passion
-Handel’s Messiah
-J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
-J.S. Bach’s Jesu Meine Freude
-Mahler’s Symphony no. 2
-Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna
-Poulenc’s Mass in G
-Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem
-Rossini’s Stabat Mater
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE - SOLO AND ROLES
-Tess, Woman #2 in Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' OMAR
-Owl in Tim Holt's Palo Seco
-Sun in O-Lan Jones' ICELAND
-Daphné in Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers
-Soloist in UCLAOpera’s Michelle DeYoung Recital
-Lead Singer in The Chloe Vaught Quartet that performed jazz standards weekly at the restaurant Pips on La Brea
-The Sleep Fairy in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel with Studio City Opera