Virginia Taylor Grabovsky is an early music soprano whose artistry and academic focus are already establishing her place in the field of historically informed performance. Currently pursuing a double major in Vocal Performance and Music Theory at the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory, she combines technical excellence with intellectual rigor.

At Baldwin Wallace, Virginia studies voice with Nancy Maultsby and is an active member of the select Motet Choir, Sōl a Capella ensemble, and the BW Symphony Orchestra as a cellist. She also sings with the Baldwin Wallace Community Women’s Choir, where she serves as a chorister, intern, and librarian, and has enjoyed arranging and conducting works for their concerts. In 2025, she was recognized by the Conservatory for both academic excellence and artistic achievement, receiving the “Outstanding Soloist Award” for her work with Sōl at the ICCA competition. Looking ahead, she will take on the role of Spirit in Baldwin Wallace’s opera production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

Virginia’s singing has been described as “beautiful, memorable, and mesmerizing,” recently performing at the Amherst Early Music Festival, Duke University Chorworks, and with Saecula Schola Cantorum. Notable solo performances include Buxtehude’s Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, Carissimi’s Jephte, Bach’s Missa in A Major, and Dvořák’s Mass in D Major. Today she sings professionally with the Church of the Covenant in Cleveland and Saecula Schola Cantorum in Connecticut.

Before beginning her studies at Baldwin Wallace, Virginia studied voice with Sherezade Panthaki and sang with the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s choral ensembles, where she strengthened her connection to sacred repertoire and refined her skills as a performer. She further broadened her musicianship as a cellist with the Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestra and as both a bassist and vocalist in jazz ensembles, experiences that enhanced her versatility and expressive range. She is also an accomplished pianist, having earned top rankings in the National Guild system. Virginia’s earliest training was with the Elm City Girls’ Choir in New Haven, Connecticut, where she was introduced to choral conducting as well as to the counterpoint and expressive nuance of Renaissance and Baroque music—formative experiences that sparked her enduring fascination with ornamentation, rhetoric, and the emotional power of early music.

Virginia continues to celebrate the beauty and relevance of early music, inviting audiences to encounter its timelessness with a new appreciation. She looks forward to graduate study in early music, exploring ornamentation and improvisation while blending her love of performing, learning, and sharing this music with others. When she’s not making music, Virginia enjoys spending time with small animals—especially cats, bunnies, and dachshunds—wandering through craft stores, and savoring a good bowl of ramen with friends.