Learn to sing, from opera to musical theater, with a professional soprano who has her Doctorate!
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Experiencia
Applied Music Program Private Instructor
Aug, 2023 - PresentPierce College, LACCD
● Instructing and guiding community college voice students to help them reach their goal of placement into four-year colleges or universities as music majors. ● Teaching students how to learn their pieces and effective methods of practice, teaching them pronunciation for foreign language pieces.
Chorister
Aug, 2018 - PresentLos Angeles Opera
I have been in the chorus of four operas: Don Carlo (Verdi) La Boheme (Puccini) Eurydice (Aucoin) Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) and coming soon in May/June 2024: Turandot
Soprano
Sep, 2017 - PresentLos Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC)
I've been a soprano on the roster since Fall 2017.
Assistant Choir Director
Mar, 2014 - Jun, 2020Los Cerritos Middle School in Thousand Oaks
• Served as the vocal model for middle school students while I was teaching them their warmups, rounds, and pieces. • Worked with the main director on shaping vowels, phrasing, dynamics, and imparting vocal technique to unchanged and changing voices I prepared the students for several festivals, one of them a CA state-wide festival, in which they were awarded Superior ratings.
Educación
BM (Bachelor of Music) in Vocal Performance
Aug, 2004 - Jun, 2008California State University Northridge
DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) in Vocal Performance
Sep, 2020 - Jun, 2023University of California Santa Barbara
MM (Master of Music) in Vocal Performance
Aug, 2008 - Jun, 2010University of Arizona
Awards
Winner
May, 201242nd Annual American Educators of Italian Origin United (AEIOU) Opera Competition
International Semifinalist
Sep, 2022Musical International Grand Prix Classical Voice Competition
Idiomas
Italiano
Competencia limitada
Inglés
Dominio fluido / nativo
Francés
Competencia limitada
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