VALERIA SOKOLOVA ORE is a native of Ekaterinburg, Russia.
She was born into a musical family and started her training on the piano at the age of six.
Ms. Sokolova Ore graduated from the Tchaikovsky Musical College and received her Bachelor of Arts Degree with a dual major in Music Education and Music. She is a graduate of the Musorgsky Ural State Conservatoire where she received a Master of Arts Degree in Music. She has performed as both a choir director and a member of choral groups, such as Municipal Choir, ensemble Ascension, ensemble Choral, and folk-jazz ensemble Ekaterina that have toured the former Soviet Union, Germany and France.
Valeria has been teaching piano since her college days at the Tchaikovsky Musical College.
In 2006, Ms.Sokolova Ore graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, receiving a Masters of Music with a dual emphasis in vocal performance and piano accompaniment. She studied piano with Professor Carol Stivers and Dr.Enrico Elisi; voice with Dr. Alfonse Anderson and Dr. Carol Kimball.
Valeria was selected, in the summer of 2007, as one of ten pianists out of thirty five cities in the United States and Canada to attend the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria. She participated as a collaborative pianist in the Opera Studio and studied with James Douglas - piano, Beaumont Glass & Semyon Rozin - vocal coaches, and Gustavo Halley - voice.
Ms. Sokolova Ore was again selected to attend the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria in the summer of 2009.
She participated as a singer in the Opera Studio Program and studied with Alfonso Anderson - voice, Darryl Cooper - vocal coach, Patricia Weinmann & Karen Miller - stage directors.
Valeria has performed the role of Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana, Ellen in Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters, and the Sorceress/Spirit in Dido and Aeneas.
In summer of 2013 & 2014, Ms Sokolova Ore participated La Voce Totale the Vocal Festival in Henderson, Nevada.
In summer of 2015, Valeria Sokolova Ore has performed the role of Kate Pinkerton and was a chorus member in Madama Butterfly with the Opera Las Vegas under the direction of Gregory Buchalter, the assistant conductor at the New York's Metropolitan Opera.
She has been a soloist of the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society under the direction of Dr. Douglas Peterson and performs with the Gateway Arts Foundation in Las Vegas.
Ms. Sokolova Ore has performed numerous concerts in Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; Denver, Colorado;
Boston, Massachusetts; Paola, Kansas; and Graz, Austria.
She provided the piano accompaniment for the students participating the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS and NATSAA); played for the Solo & Ensemble contests; the competitions for the Classical Singer Convention; the auditions for the Summer Program of the American Institute of Musical Studies; and several Master classes with renowned pianists and singers, such as Denyce Graves, Barbara Bonney, Luana De Vol, Gabriele Lechner, Mark Thomsen, Norman Shetler, and Walter Moore.
Valeria resides in Las Vegas, where she performs as both a collaborative pianist and a singer.
Ms.Valeria Sokolova Ore currently is a Visiting Piano Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Music.
She was born into a musical family and started her training on the piano at the age of six.
Ms. Sokolova Ore graduated from the Tchaikovsky Musical College and received her Bachelor of Arts Degree with a dual major in Music Education and Music. She is a graduate of the Musorgsky Ural State Conservatoire where she received a Master of Arts Degree in Music. She has performed as both a choir director and a member of choral groups, such as Municipal Choir, ensemble Ascension, ensemble Choral, and folk-jazz ensemble Ekaterina that have toured the former Soviet Union, Germany and France.
Valeria has been teaching piano since her college days at the Tchaikovsky Musical College.
In 2006, Ms.Sokolova Ore graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, receiving a Masters of Music with a dual emphasis in vocal performance and piano accompaniment. She studied piano with Professor Carol Stivers and Dr.Enrico Elisi; voice with Dr. Alfonse Anderson and Dr. Carol Kimball.
Valeria was selected, in the summer of 2007, as one of ten pianists out of thirty five cities in the United States and Canada to attend the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria. She participated as a collaborative pianist in the Opera Studio and studied with James Douglas - piano, Beaumont Glass & Semyon Rozin - vocal coaches, and Gustavo Halley - voice.
Ms. Sokolova Ore was again selected to attend the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria in the summer of 2009.
She participated as a singer in the Opera Studio Program and studied with Alfonso Anderson - voice, Darryl Cooper - vocal coach, Patricia Weinmann & Karen Miller - stage directors.
Valeria has performed the role of Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana, Ellen in Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters, and the Sorceress/Spirit in Dido and Aeneas.
In summer of 2013 & 2014, Ms Sokolova Ore participated La Voce Totale the Vocal Festival in Henderson, Nevada.
In summer of 2015, Valeria Sokolova Ore has performed the role of Kate Pinkerton and was a chorus member in Madama Butterfly with the Opera Las Vegas under the direction of Gregory Buchalter, the assistant conductor at the New York's Metropolitan Opera.
She has been a soloist of the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society under the direction of Dr. Douglas Peterson and performs with the Gateway Arts Foundation in Las Vegas.
Ms. Sokolova Ore has performed numerous concerts in Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; Denver, Colorado;
Boston, Massachusetts; Paola, Kansas; and Graz, Austria.
She provided the piano accompaniment for the students participating the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS and NATSAA); played for the Solo & Ensemble contests; the competitions for the Classical Singer Convention; the auditions for the Summer Program of the American Institute of Musical Studies; and several Master classes with renowned pianists and singers, such as Denyce Graves, Barbara Bonney, Luana De Vol, Gabriele Lechner, Mark Thomsen, Norman Shetler, and Walter Moore.
Valeria resides in Las Vegas, where she performs as both a collaborative pianist and a singer.
Ms.Valeria Sokolova Ore currently is a Visiting Piano Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Music.