Laura Yanez

Education

About me

Laura Yanez has been delighting audiences around the world with her lovely soprano for the last ten years. Born in Hawaii into a Marine Corps family, Laura is no stranger to traveling the world. Graduating from James Madison University with a Bachelor of Music in Music Theatre, Laura's favorite roles include Maria in West Side Story, Kate in The Wild Party and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro at Stadttheater Freiberg, Germany.

Laura spent three years touring America and Canada as the lead singer of the Irish Phenomenon “Riverdance”. Performing everywhere from Los Angeles to Radio City Music Hall in New York City, critics have acclaimed Laura “shimmering, pure soprano” as “a delight whenever she was onstage” [The Reporter, Vacaville, CA ] “If angels could sing, they would sound like Yanez” exclaims LA’s Entertainmenttoday.net

Laura recently returned to the stage with Riverdance for the one-night engagement “Riverdance on Ice” hosted by Olympians Michelle Kwan and Nancy Kerrigan and starring a cast of Olympians including Sasha Cohen. This marked Laura’s National television debut when it aired on NBC and the Hallmark channel in February and March of 2011.

Other credits include the first National Tour of A Year with Frog and Toad and Lead Singer of Emerald Beat and Irish Thunder at Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Tampa. Laura has traveled around the world singing aboard Holland America ships. She is also a proud supporter of Make a Wish Foundation in America and The Hope Foundation in Ireland
Additional skills:
advanced piano player, basic guitar and ukulele. Basic aerial silks.

Skills

Languages Spoken	English
Dance Styles	Folk, Jazz, Tap
Vocal Types	Belt/Traditional, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano
Organisations / Memberships	SAG-AFTRA