Ananeah Nevil is a first-year student at MIT interested in Biological Engineering, a 2025 Emerson voice scholar, and a member of the MIT chamber chorus. Ananeah graduated from Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC in 2025. She trained as a classical vocalist (Opera) at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University from 2021-2025 and was selected into the Peabody Vocal Performance Academy in 2022. She has won the Peabody Honors Competition (2025), Peabody Achievement award (2023) and placed in the top 2 positions at the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) MD/DC chapters every year since 2021.  Ananeah had major roles in all four years of the theater and musical productions in high school, including the lead role of Molly in Peter and the Starcatcher, Gretchen in Mean Girls, and Mrs. Tottendale in The Drowsy Chaperone. She was the head of the Sidwell a cappella group, Passing Notes, and lead soprano in their chamber chorus. She also plays the flute and piano. Ananeah has conducted research in Immunology at the University of Maryland for the past four years and was a national Top 300 scholar in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search. She was a varsity rower in school and loves running and hiking. She is studying voice with Dr. Kerry Deal at MIT.

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