Ali King is a 17-year-old soprano who studies with Seth Riggs in Los Angeles and is coached by Rakefet Hak at UCLA. Ali began college in Portland at age 13 and received an associates degree at the age of 16. Ali has received numerous awards in classical festivals and competitions with her most recent awards coming from the Los Angeles Opera Reading Room and the Palm Springs Opera Guild for her exceptional talent as a young classical singer. In 2006 Ali debuted with members of the Oregon Symphony in their Young Artist Concerto Competition and sang “Quando mein vo” by Puccini. Ali attended the San Francisco Opera Arts training program to study with Blanche Thebom at the age of 12. That same year she sang with Burt Bacharach in the Bank of Americas Pop concert. At age 14 she participated in the Astoria Music Festival summer opera program. Her vocal credits also include performances in a variety of venues; Community theater productions with leading roles in Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, and Brundibar in Portland, OR, radio spots, voiceovers, and the animated voice of Pfaff for Perrine Productions. In 2005 she appeared with the Portland Opera’s women chorus in Street Scene. Ali plays piano, and has written music since the age of 11. She crosses genres, writing music in a contemporary style, and is a member of West Coast Songwriters Association. Currently she is working on a fully orchestrated classical piece that she hopes to perform with a full orchestra. As a commercial singer, she has been an invited guest for two years with the New York Music Festival, performed at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, and has worked on several projects producing her own material. Ali hopes to continue her education in voice and composition in the fall at a music conservatory.