www.aliciaolatuja.com Alicia Olatuja, mezzo-soprano from St. Louis Missouri is a Vocal Performance graduate of the Manhattan School of Music Masters program. During her collegiate studies Mrs. Olatuja performed many musical theatre and opera roles as Despina in The Three Little Pigs, Mae Jones in Street Scene, Zaneeta Shinn in The Music Man, Rhoda in All That Glitters, Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music, Keisha in the World Premiere of the musical Elijah’s Kite, Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte, Nina in The Consol, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Sweeny Todd, Dialogue of the Carmelites, Carmen and the World Premiere operetta Corps of Discovery where she made her professional debut as Sacagawea at the Opera Memphis. Mrs. Olatuja also performed selected scenes at Carnegie Hall, UVA, and The Kennedy Center. The following year Alicia made her recital debut at Carnegie Hall. Recently Alicia performed as Sophie in the World Premier of the dramatic musical From the Fire in New York and presented the work at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh Scotland. This fall she will begin the European tour of the musical commemorative work The LaMama Cantata. Although musical theatre and opera are two of Alicia’s studied musical passions, she also performs a variety of genres singing as a soloist with the Juilliard Jazz ensemble, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir as well as with various recording artists Christian McBride, Chaka Khan and Bebe Winans. She regularly performs in various venues nationally and internationally with her husband in their African Jazz band the Olatuja Project where Alicia sings in various African dialects such as Yoruba and Shona. They recently released their debut album, The Promise. Alicia Olatuja is also a voice teacher, vocal producer, teaching artist for the Brooklyn Arts Counsel and diction specialist who finds New York City to be the perfect environment for her growing musical career. On Jan 21 2013, Alicia performed brilliantly with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir at President Obamas Inaugural.
