Who is Tara Priolo?

Tara Priolo is known to most as ‘your resident white-facing biracial multi-passionate musician.’ She is, among other things: a soprano, brand coach, voice teacher, activist/diversity counselor, and artsadministrator. In all spaces, she brings a commitment to vulnerability, equality & equity, and a penchant for starting and facilitating hard conversations.

Tara’s voice; as a singer, speaker, and writer, is her most powerful and sought-after asset, as Kristine Denton West says, “When you sing, people listen.” She uses her voice to tell her own story and uncover the untold and ignored stories of under-represented classical composers. Fittingly, in 2022, Tara made her debut in the Minnesota Opera Chorus in their first show back after the pandemic, The Anonymous Lover by Joseph Bologne. She was slated to perform in their production Voices United, which was a unique all-chorus offering including works by Scott Joplin and other performed repertoire before it was canceled due to COVID. Later this season, she will perform with the social justice-driven opera company An Opera Theatre as Cherubino as part of an educational outreach program and in Journey North Opera Company’s Changing the Narrative, a production centered around women taking back their power in an industry full of misogynoir. 

Tara’s soprano voice is known for its wide range, brilliance, flexibility, and warmth, which will be showcased in her release of Soliloquy a collection of 10 songs by Black composers. She is an experienced performer previously heard as: Minerva in Mixed Precipitation’s adaption of Monteverdi’s The Odyssey, a soloist for Exultate Chamber Choir and Vox Nova, a self-produced recitalist, and a performer with Opera on Tap and Thursday Musical. 

Tara’s work doesn’t end on the stage; she is also the owner/operator of Tara Priolo Studio, which includes teaching voice, piano, and coaching brand clients. Through client-led, goal-oriented

lessons and coaching Tara Priolo Method seeks to meet people exactly where they are & release the entanglements they’ve placed on their voices - spoken, sung, written, or in the online space. In her own endeavors online, Tara has grown 1000+ followers in under a year, opened the door to antiracist work for many, and cultivated a safe, supportive, and free online community.

Tara is active as an arts administrator in Minneapolis. She is Co-Managing Diva of Opera on Tap- Twin Cities, Operations Manager of Thursday Musical, Diversity Consultant for Opera ReadingProject’s IDEA Fellowship and administrative assistant for Out of the Box Opera. She serves on several boards including Journey North Opera Company, OOPS Minnesota, and previously Thursday Musical. She successfully juggles all the obligations above in addition to raising two dogs, Millie and Moose, with her husband, Ross. 

She holds an MM in Vocal Performance from the University of Minnesota–Duluth (2015) and a BA in Vocal Performance from Luther College

(2013). 

Currently, she studies with mezzo-soprano Victoria Vargas and coach Eric McEnaney.

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