Aidan Laidlaw is a classically trained, high, lyric baritone who is most known for his ability to express a wide range of emotion and the ability to perform numerous genres of music. Aidan has played a variety of operatic roles which include Bob in Menotti's Old Maid and the Thief, Father in Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel, and Guglielmo in Mozart's Così fan tutte. He also has performed in multiple competitions, winning the National Association of Teachers and Singing competition, the Elizabeth Gardner Voice Award, and the 2025 Oakland University Concerto Competition where he performed O vaterland du machst bei tag from Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra. Aidan has also been a part of multiple professional performances in the Detroit area ranging from church services, choral concerts, weddings, funerals, and being a part of Greenfield Villages Barbershop quartet. Aidan recently graduated from Oakland University with a Bachelors in Music studying with Dr. Drake Dantzler. Aidan is continuing his education in the Fall to pursue a Masters degree at the Jacobs School of Music where he will study with Dr. Brian Gill and continue his training to be a professional opera vocalist as well as a future teacher.