Faculty and Staff
Leilani Velasco Vaughn
Director, Voces Festivas
Kansas City
Leilani Velasco joined the Festival Singers family as a choir member in 2020 and directs Voces Festivas, highlighting Spanish choral music, language, and community.
Born in Los Angeles and relocated to the Kansas City area in 2008, she grew up singing with her family’s choir, Coro Santa Cecilia, which she joined at age 12 and now serves as assistant music director. The choir has performed throughout the Kansas City area.
She graduated cum laude from Kansas State University in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Music Education (Vocal Emphasis), studying voice with Dr. Amy Rosine and Dr. Patricia Thompson. At Kansas State she sang in Collegiate Chorale, Grand Chorus, and Concert Choir, and directed the University Choir in 2017. She teaches K-6 general music and 5th/6th grade choir in the Shawnee Mission School District.