HALUS-GRIEP, Oliviana Marie

Oliviana Marie is a composer, conductor, lyricist, librettist, trumpeter and pianist, as well as an accomplished singer, dancer, and actress, currently studying composition at USC’s Thornton School of Music, where she proudly represents her school on the Dean’s List and as a Thornton Ambassador.

In 2024, Oliviana became the youngest winner of The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award (past winners include John Mayer and Cinco Paul) and in 2023, she was the only composer to ever win two awards in the same year for ASMAC’s Student Competition (The Ray Charles Vocal Arranging Award and The Bill Conti Big Band Arranging Award). She is a four-time Marvin Hamlisch International Music Award nominee in jazz, contemporary pop and classical composition, winning in 2023 for best R&B song, presented by Clive Davis.

Oliviana is the first female composer to be commissioned by the award-winning CAMARADA Chamber Music Ensemble and composed “The Elements,” which premiered in October 2024 at The Mingei Museum in San Diego, CA, in celebration of Camarada’s 30th Anniversary.