Mezzo-soprano
Voice Teacher
Music Educator
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS (DMA) Voice Performance
Stony Brook University
MASTER OF MUSIC (MM) Voice Performance University of Michigan
BACHELOR OF MUSIC (BM) Voice and Music Education Northwestern University
The Isomura Voice Studio
Monica has just relocated to the Main Line and is currently accepting new students in the Philadelphia area!!!
Am I ready for voice lessons?
Voice students should:
Be able to read music (at minimum treble clef and basic rhythm)
Have had some basic piano and/or other instrumental training or are willing to enroll in piano lessons
Be enrolled in a choral program (preferable) and/or a theater program
Be ready to commit to a regular weekly lesson.
Email monicaisomura@gmail.com to inquire about lessons!
About Monica and the Isomura Studio
Mezzo-soprano, Monica Isomura, is a professional singer and dedicated voice teacher. She has enjoyed a career in opera and concert and maintains a thriving private voice studio of gifted young and adult singers. Her students regularly perform with premier music ensembles and theater companies at the local, national, and international level. They earn leading roles in opera and musical theater productions, achieve All-State Choir membership, receive high honors in voice competitions, and are accepted into the most prestigious programs, conservatories, and universities. (see Voice Studio page for specifics).
Dr. Isomura has served as the Education Coordinator and Children’s Chorus Master for Opera in the Heights since 2016, and previously taught at The Kinkaid School, HSPVA, Lone Star College-Cyfair, TUTS Humphrey’s School of Musical Theater, HGOco, The Emery/Weiner School, and as a Teaching Artist with Young Audiences of Houston, Inc. She currently leads the Isomura Voice Studio and is a registered NATS teacher. For the past five years, she served as music director and mezzo-soprano soloist at the Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism (HCRJ). She holds a doctorate (DMA) in voice performance from Stony Brook University, a Master’s (MM) in voice from The University of Michigan, and a Bachelor’s (BM) in voice and music education from Northwestern University. She is a proud alumna of the Paul Spencer Adkins studio.
2025 NATS Classical Winners!!
2023 NATS First Place Winners! Michael Karash, Sabine Lesniewicz,
and Liam Norton
Ella Theurer (far left) and Liam Norton (far right) as the First and Third Spirits in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at Houston Grand Opera in 2022
Studio News: Summer and Fall 2025 Student Successes and Performances!!
Everett Baumgarten
Everett just sang the principal role of Miles in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at both the world renowned Santa Fe Opera and the Spoleto Festival in SC.
Liam Norton
Liam will be attending the prestigious Schmidt Vocal Institute this summer, as well as the University of Michigan’s Pulse solo voice program AND the Northwestern University Vocal Performance Intensive!!
Sarah Vanlandingham and Giselle Jacobs
Sarah and Giselle will both be attending the Juilliard School Summer Voice Intensive!!
Grace Gamel
Grace will be attending both the Colorado Vocal Institute and the Northwestern Univ. Vocal Performance Intensive!
Beryt Scott
Beryt will be attending the Interlochen Summer Voice and Opera Intensive as well as
the Creative Arts Academy for Musical Theater in West Chester, PA!
Michael Karash
Michael will go to Northwestern University to double major in voice performance and mechanical engineering!!
Anna Parker
Anna will go to Yale University to study creative writing and theater!!
Trevor Pham
Trevor will be going to Vanderbilt University on a full merit scholarship in voice performance!!
Giselle Jacobs
Giselle will go to Southern Methodist University on a full merit scholarship in voice performance!!
Isabella Wells
Bella will go to Swarthmore College to double major in music and engineering!!
Grace Gamel, Liam Norton, and Sarah Vanlandingham
These three will all go into the Houston Grand Opera Bauer Family High School Voice Studio this fall!!
Studio Highlights of 2024-25 Season!:
Greater Houston NATS Classical Competition Winners:
Liam Norton- 1st place 11th grade TBB
Dante Petrozzi- 1st place youth
Giselle Jacobs- 2nd place 12th grade Treble
Sarah Vanlandingham- 2nd place 11th grade Treble
Sashai French- 3rd place Adult Avocational
Elle Miller and Grace Gamel- finalists 11th grade Treble
Greater Houston NATS Musical Theater Competition Winners:
Everett Baumgarten- 1st place youth
Abigail Lee- 3rd place youth
Liam Norton- 2nd place 11th grade TBB
Sasha Verzosa Mintz- 2nd place 11th grade Treble
Everett Baumgarten and Daniel Karash had a fantastic run, sharing the title role in The Little Prince at Opera in the Heights this past December and Grace Gamel, Beryt Scott, Amelia Goss, and Pepper Estes were gorgeous in the children’s chorus!!
Grace Gamel and Elle Miller made it to the TMEA All-State Choir!!
Sarah Vanlandingham and Sabine Lesniewicz both won the Young Arts Competition with Distinction in Classical Voice. It is a national competition and a tremendous honor!
Sabine Lesniewicz, Giselle Jacobs and Trevor Pham - Congratulations to Studio Alum, Sabine Lesniewicz for winning 1st place and to Giselle Jacobs and Trevor Pham for being finalists in the Houston Masterworks Chorus Young Singer Competition!!
Edie Salek, Abigail Lee, and Amelia Cruz Goss had featured roles in the TUTS production of Matilda!!
Dante Petrozzi, Daniel Karash, and Abigail Lee sang in the children’s chorus of Puccini’s La Boheme at Houston Grand Opera this winter!
Studio Highlights of the 2023-2024 Season!
The Sound of Music at Houston Grand Opera featured Peter Theurer as Friderich, Abigail Lee as Marta, and Daniel Karash and Dante Petrozzi as the Friderich and Kurt covers!
Both Daniel Karash and Everett Baumgarten performed the roles of Friderich and Kurt on The International Broadway Tour of The Sound of Music throughout Asia!!
Grace Gamel, Giselle Jacobs, Sarah Vanlandingham, and Sashai French, made their operatic debuts in Puccini’s La Boheme at Opera in the Heights
Michael Karash and Ella Theurer were selected to be members of the HGO Bauer Family HS Voice Studio
Ben Evans was nominated for a Tommy Tune for best leading actor in Cinderella at The Kinkaid School
Giselle Jacobs and Sashai French (daughter and mother)
both won first place in their classical division at
the Greater Houston NATS Competition!
Sarah Vanlandingham (soprano 2) and Isabella Wells (alto 2) made it all the way to All-State Choir at the 2024-25 TMEA All State Festival
Elizabeth Hsu was accepted into the voice program at Northewestern University Bienen School of Music, Brian Oliveira was accepted to the theater program at Oberlin College, and Kailee Chan was accepted to the musical theater program at The University of Northern Colorado
Beryt Scott attended the Colorado Voice Institute Summer Program
Liam Norton attended the Colorado Voice Institute as well as Arts Bridge Vocal Instensive
Sabine Lesniewicz and Ella Theurer participated in the Metropolitan Opera High School Summer Voice Program
Trevor Pham attended the University of Michigan high school solo voice program
Hannah Otness was cast in her first professional show (as an adult) in the ensemble of The Wizard of Oz at Queensbury Theater
