Malia Civetz | Oregon Symphony Guest Artists

Malia Civetz

Vocals

Appears on: Beethoven v. Coldplay

In addition to Beethoven v. Coldplay, Malia Civetz has performed as a featured vocalist in four World premieres of Steve Hackman’s symphonic mash-ups including Tchaikovsky v. Drake, Bartók v. Björk, Stravinsky's Firebird Remix-Response, and Mashupalooza.  

Malia, a Los Angeles-based vocalist and songwriter, recently released her third single, “Just A Little Crush,” as a follow-up to her single “Little Victories,” which was released earlier this year and reached over 2 million streams in a few weeks.  In October 2017, she debuted her first single, “Champagne Clouds,” on the Los Angeles KIIS-FM radio segment of On Air with Ryan Seacrest.  The single was officially released on all streaming platforms and crossed over the 20 million combined streams mark in just a few months, making Taylor Swift’s “Favorite Songs” playlists on both Apple Music and Spotify.  

The 2016 graduate of the University of the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music’s Popular Music Program, Malia was named “Outstanding Blues/Pop/Rock Vocal Soloist” in Down Beat magazine's 2015 and 2016 College Student Music Awards. Civetz was a member and soloist of the 2015 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella’s winning group, The SoCal VoCals, who had the honor of performing at the White House for President Obama, the First Lady, and their staff in December 2015.

Her musical accomplishments span over a decade with early highlights that include performing as a “Star of Tomorrow” at the Apollo Theater in New York at age 13, having the privilege to sing for President Obama at 16, and performing in Barry Manilow’s show at Paris Las Vegas at 17.