In-demand pianist Lauren Servias has performed with Tacoma Opera, the Oregon Festival of American Music, Eugene Ballet, the John G. Shedd Institute of the Arts, Cascadia Concert Opera, Lark Opera, Seattle Civic Dance Theatre, and other performing arts organizations. Collaborators have included New York Philharmonic principal trombonist Joseph Alessi, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Conductor Laureate Tim Seelig, internationally acclaimed Kirtan songstress Johanna Beekman, and faculty artists from Chapman University, Florida Atlantic University, Seattle Pacific University, Washington State University, and Oregon State University, among other institutions.
After working as a staff pianist at Interlochen Arts Camp, Seattle Civic Dance Theatre, and Seattle Pacific University, Servias taught on the Oregon State University music faculty, filling multiple roles from 2012 to 2021. In addition to teaching group piano and accompanying courses, Servias served as Music Director for OSU Opera for six years. Under stage director Marc Callahan and Servias’ leadership, OSU Opera’s production of Louis Aubert’s La forêt bleue won a second-place prize in the National Opera Association’s Collegiate Production Competition in 2016. Her work as the pianist for Bella Voce (OSU’s premier women’s choir) began with a performance at the 31st International Society for Music Educator’s Conference in Brazil, and her tenure with the Corvallis-OSU Symphony included solos in Petrushka, Pini de Roma, The Nutcracker, and the Harry Potter Symphonic Suite.
Servias holds a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano Performance from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Central Washington University. She now balances her position as Assistant Director of Development for OSU’s College of Liberal Arts at the OSU Foundation with an active performing and adjudication schedule, as well as writing the program notes for the Corvallis-OSU Symphony.