Ava Chenok is a dramatic soprano originally from the Washington D.C. area. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a BA in Music, focusing on operatic and classical vocal performance. She is currently in a Master of Musicology program at Brooklyn College.

She has studied voice for a decade, and performs multiple genres on top of classical, including jazz, rock, and musical theater. She spent a year in Berlin after graduation, studying voice and performing in more intimate spaces. She also danced for fourteen years, including ballet en pointe, jazz, and modern.

She has a wide range of experience from performance to production. Most recently she was an Assistant Director for the production of Suor Angelica in the 2026 Prague Summer Nights Festival. She was the lead role in Bat Boy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at 17 years old, performed in the ensemble for the Pacific Opera Project’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and other operas, and premiered the lead role of a new experimental rock opera by Bernard Langs, Sacred and Profane Love, performed in New York City.

She prides herself on her leadership background, where she has directed and conducted shows and musical groups/choruses, worked in stage management, and organized One Act Play festivals.