Pavani has been singing since she was 4 years old. In 2012, her musical journey began with summer musical theater camps under Margaret Vasquez at the Progressive Arts and Theatre Camp at St. Ann’s Catholic Church and then at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in West Palm Beach. In 2013, at the age of 5, she formally trained with Adrianna Zabala at the Adriana Zabala Voice and Music Academy in West Palm Beach, which continued throughout elementary school until middle school. In elementary school, she was a member of the South Olive Elementary School Choir as well. As a child, Pavani studied both violin and piano at Palm Beach Atlantic University in the Preparatory Music Department with Violinist Belen Clifford and then piano with International Artist, Dr. Catherine Lan. However, her true love was vocals.
In 2015, at the age of 7, she auditioned for and was accepted to perform in the Treble Choir at Young Singers of the Palm Beaches at the Kravis Center for Performing Arts, with Artistic Directors Shawn Berry and Connie Drosakis. She was the youngest member selected for the Treble Choir. She was promoted to the Bel Canto Choir in middle school and is currently in the Cantate Choir high school girls choir at Young Singers. Pavani has been a member of Young Singers of the Palm Beaches for over 8 years and has had multiple community performances, both live and recorded online on YouTube, in her local community.
In 2018, she auditioned for and was accepted into ACDA in Louisville, Kentucky and was placed in the Children’s Honor Choir under Conductor Dr. Anthony Trecek-King (Dr. T.K.).
In 2019, Pavani auditioned and was accepted into the BAK Middle of the Arts Vocal Program in Palm Beach County under Conductors Connie Drosakis and Jorge Valls. This is an audition-only school that specializes in fine arts and music training. She attended BAK for 3 years.
In 2019 and 2021, she performed in Florida’s MPA (Music Performance Assessment) Convention with the BAK Choir and received a superior with distinction rating both times. In 2021, she was selected by solo audition to perform in Florida’s Allstate Vocal Choir. In 2021, she trained with Soprano Mrs. Sonia Santiago, an Associate Professor of Music at Palm Beach Atlantic University. In December 2021, she began her training with Broadway performer and opera artist, Mr. James White III.
In 2022, she auditioned for and was accepted into the A.W. Dreyfoos High School of the Arts for her vocal talent under Conductor Mr. Kent Taylor. Dreyfoos is well known as a selective and premiere arts and music high school in Palm Beach County. She is currently an incoming 10th grader in the Girls Choir at Dreyfoos.
More recently, in December 2022, she performed with the Palm Beach Symphony for a televised holiday performance pre-recorded at the Eissey Campus of Palm Beach State College. On March 4, 2023, she performed at The Boca Raton Arts Festival with guest conductor NYC Conductor Franciso Núñez and the NYC Children’s Choir with guest artist, Christina Maxwell. On March 9, 2023, she performed and appeared on WPTV News Channel 5 with the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches.
In April 2023, she was selected, by audition, to attend Interlochen Summer Music Program for Voice and Opera with the highest award of merit scholarship offered.
In May 2023, she placed as a Finalist in the Hal Leonard National Vocal Competition for pre-teens.
You can find Pavani’s 2023 18th Century Music Competition vocal performance here.