Nadia’s kaleidoscopic career has spanned both the classical and commercial music worlds. She was a finalist in the national cast search for an opera based on the film, “Gladiator”, and will have featured roles in the premiers of two new operas next year. She has sung for the movie scores of “Oscar and Lucinda” (composed by Oscar-winner Thomas Newman), “Michael”, “The Last of the Mohicans”, “Apologetica” and “The Passion of Joan of Arc” (composed by Grammy-winner Richard Einhorn), and has performed as a soloist with prestigious groups such as I Cantori, Pacific Chorale, and the internationally-acclaimed Carmel Bach Festival, with whom she is celebrating her ninth season. She has appeared on PBS, CNN, National Public Radio, Classic Arts Showcase and the Hour of Power, and was invited to perform at the California State Bach Festival and to tour nationally with the Anonymous Four in the “Voices of Light Tour” for Columbia Artists, as well as internationally with the Jeannine Wagner Ensemble. As an oratorio soloist, her recent performances include Bach Magnificat, Vivaldi Gloria, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart Requiem, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. Her recent opera credits include The Annunciation, Dido and Aeneas, Ordo Virtutum, The Flying Dutchman, Cosi Fan Tutte, and Orfeo. Nadia also appeared in special concert series at the Huntington Library, the L.A. County Museum of Art, and the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. She has been a featured soloist at a variety of churches throughout southern California for the last twelve years. CD releases include I Cantori’s critically-acclaimed “A Choir of Angels” and Carmel Bach Festival’s “Best of the Fest” Volumes I and II and “Mass in B-Minor”.

Nadia’s diverse list of performance credits also includes appearances on the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon and E! Entertainment Network, as well as starring in a television variety show under the direction of Joe Lano, musical director for Frank Sinatra. She performed in a Carpenters tribute with Richard Carpenter and the Garden Grove Symphony, at the West Coast premiere of “Home Alone II”, and in two Disneyland Christmas shows starring Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart. Nadia’s musical theater credits include roles in Oliver, They’re Playing Our Song, and The Music Man, and she also had a cabaret act, frequently performing for Variety Club International’s celebrity tributes, for legends such as Bob Hope, Ginger Rogers and Donald O’Connor. Prior to her classical music career, she also led her own popular dance band, “Eclipse” and performed with the “Stage Four” vocal jazz quartet. Each Christmas season she has sung with the versatile Lamplight Carolers quartet, recently featured in the pages of Town and Country Magazine. Nadia’s voice can be heard on numerous demos for L.A. recording artists such as Grammy-winner Jeremy Dalton. Other diverse recordings include the theme song and musical sequences for L.A.’s “Mark and Brian” morning show and the “America’s Funniest Home Videos” CD-ROM home game.

Nadia holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Music (Vocal Performance) and teaches voice at the University of California, Irvine and Fullerton College, as well as maintaining a busy private vocal studio. She is referred as a voice teacher by many schools and organizations, including the prestigious Pacific Foundation for the Arts, Pacific Chorale, Musical Theater Academy of Orange County, and the nationally-renowned Center for Voice. Nadia is a member of The National Association of Teachers of Singing, and is listed in Who's Who in Executives, Professionals and Higher Education. In 2003 she was nominated for Orange County's "Teacher of the Year" for her work at Fullerton College. In 2004 Nadia will tour the state of California lecturing on vocal health for business professionals for the California Federation of Interpreters. She has also judged several vocal competitions, including Rotary Club International’s Young Singers Competition (Musical Theater Division) and American Christian Schools International High School Musical Competition (Classical Division).