Studio News: Fall 2024
Student Successes and Performances!!

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!!

Sarah Vanlandingham, Beryt Scott, Grace Gamel, Elle Miller,

Isabella Wells, and Miriam Wells

Congratulations to these seven ladies for advancing to the region level of the

TMEA All-State Choir Festival Auditions!!

Everett Baumgarten and Daniel Karash

Everett and Daniel will be sharing the title role in The Little Prince at Opera in the Heights this December!

Get your tickets here: www.operaintheheights.org

Grace Gamel, Beryt Scott, Amelia Goss, and Pepper Estes

These four girls will be singing in the children’s chorus of The Little Prince at Opera in the Heights!

Dante Petrozzi, Shreya Puvada, Daniel Karash, and Abigail Lee

These four have been cast 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 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

The Isomura Voice Studio

More Information about the Isomura Voice Studio

About Monica
& the Isomura Voice Studio

Ella Theurer (far left) and Liam Norton (far right) as the First and Third Spirits in Die Zauberflöte at Houston Grand Opera, February 2022

Graduating Seniors

Ella Malinsky and

Olivia Gonzales

at the 2023

Studio Recital

Mezzo-soprano, Monica Isomura, is a professional classical singer and dedicated voice teacher. She maintains a thriving private voice studio of gifted young and adult singers. Dr. Isomura has served as the Education Coordinator and Children’s Chorus Master for Opera in the Heights since 2016, and previously taught at 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, is a registered NATS teacher, and teaches voice at The Kinkaid School and is the mezzo-soprano soloist and music director 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.

Her students regularly perform with Houston’s premier music ensembles and theater companies, earn leading roles in school productions, receive high honors in voice competitions, and are accepted into the most prestigious programs, colleges, and universities.