Gaby Poplawski

• SELECTED STAGE EXPERIENCE:
• Performance for NBA Rising Star Challenge (2020)
• Quadrophenia with The Who and Eddie Veder (2017)
• Chance The Rapper’s Coloring Book studio recording and Magnificent Coloring Day Festival (2016)
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra holiday concerts: Home Alone and Merry Merry Chicago with Ashley Brown (2016-2020)
• Britten’s War Requiem with Chicago Symphony Orchestra (2013)
• Lyric Opera: La Bohéme (2012-13) and Tosca (2014-15)
• Radio features: WPNA, Monitor, iHeart Radio American Busker (since 2019)
• Various solo engagements at churches, weddings, and other events (since 2016)
• AWARDS:
• CS Music Certified Artist Award (2021)
• FAME (Foundation of Artists Mentored in Entertainment) finalist (2020)
• CS Music Vocal Competition, 2nd-round (2017, 2019, 2021)
• National Choral Director’s Award, Walter Payton College Prep Choir (2021)
• Member of National Honor Society (2021) and French Honor Society (2018-2021)
• Seals of Biliteracy in three foreign languages: Polish, Spanish, and French.
• National French Contest: Platinum award (first rank in the nation)
• TRAINING AND GROUP MEMBERSHIP:
• Voice and piano: since 2009
• Guitar and ukelele: since 2018
• Chicago Children’s Choir (2012-2021)
• Voice of Chicago (2015-2021)
• Encore Ensemble (2017-2021)
• Grammy Camp Audio Engineering track (2020)
• University of Miami Frost School of Music Camp Advanced Songwriting track (2020)
• Walter Payton Concert Choir (2017-2021) Section leader (2020-2021)
• Solo music: https://linktr.ee/notsilvi
• CONTACT INFORMATION:
• Email: notsilvichannel@gmail.com
• Instagram: @notsilvi

Gaby Poplawski is a graduate of Walter Payton College Prep, Chicago, IL, and a rising Freshman at Pomona College, Claremont, CA. She began taking voice and piano lessons at the age of 6, and joined the Chicago Children’s Choir when she was 9 years old, moving up to VOC, the choir’s top-performing ensemble at age 12. She speaks four languages fluently (Polish, English, Spanish, and French), plus some Italian, and sings in many more. With performance experience from the Lyric Opera children’s chorus (Tosca, La Bohéme) to backup for Grammy-award-winning Chance the Rapper (Magnificent Coloring Tour, Coloring Book), Gaby is versatile in classical, musical theater, and popular styles. She also writes, produces, and performs her own original music under the stage name Silvi. Her current voice teacher is Michelle Hackman.