Lara Alami is a Detroit-based Mezzo-Soprano, Composer and Voice Teacher.

🎶 Meet Lara

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Lara Alami is a professional mezzo-soprano, composer, and dedicated voice teacher based in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. She is the owner of Alami Voice Studio, where she works with singers of all ages, levels, and voice types, helping them develop healthy, sustainable technique, artistic confidence, and expressive freedom.

Lara currently serves as voice faculty at Oakland University, where she teaches applied voice to undergraduate singers. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and regularly adjudicates NATS Student Auditions. Her previous teaching experience includes Oakland University’s Community Music program, the Rochester Conservatory of Music, and vocal direction at Seaholm High School.

In her teaching, Lara emphasizes both technical skill and musical literacy. Alongside vocal technique and performance coaching, she incorporates ear training, sight singing (solfège), and music theory for singers, empowering students to become independent, confident musicians. Her teaching is highly individualized and supports a wide range of goals, including auditions, collegiate study, professional performance, and personal enrichment.

As a performer, Lara sings locally and nationally with acclaimed professional ensembles, including the Grammy Award–winning Conspirare, Grammy-nominated True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Audivi, Alium Spiritum, Sounding Light, Vocal Arts Ensemble Cincinnati, and Choral Artists of Michigan. She is an annual soloist for Messiah and tours each summer with the professional quartet Alium Spiritum. Additional performance credits include appearances with the Oregon Bach Festival.

Recent solo engagements include alto soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the University Musical Society, Duruflé’s Requiem, the Ethnic Soloist in Karl Jenkins’ Stabat Mater (singing in Aramaic), and a featured performance at the Global Ties Detroit Gala. Her operatic roles include Vera Boronel in The Consul with Opera MODO Detroit, as well as outreach performances with Motor City Lyric Opera, bringing opera to students throughout Metro Detroit. She also performs seasonally with the Greenfield Singers at The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village and sings regularly in churches across the region.

Lara is also an emerging composer and a participant in Jocelyn Hagen’s Compose Like a Girl initiative. Her original choral work Use Your Voice for Kindness was recently premiered by Audivi and the Community Chorus of Detroit in a concert celebrating Detroit-based composers.

She holds a Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy from Oakland University and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Arizona State University. Outside of music, Lara enjoys time with her husband, Faris, and their three children. She is also a visual artist and has recently exhibited her oil paintings at the Spread Art Gallery in Detroit.